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PROJECT SHEET
The Hebrew word sherut means service. Project Sherut provides
in-kind goods and services to community service organizations. Each
week. we will publish requests for needed items.
Persons interested in helping to meet these needs should
contact Miriam lmerman at The Jewish Community Council at
962-1880. Also, organizations or groups in need of in-kind
services should contact The Jewish Community Council.
OFFICE SPACE, COM-
PUTER, COPIER, CARBON
RIBBON TYPEWRITER.
Michigan Religious Coalition
For Abortion Rights is a
statewide organization engag-
ed in education and advocacy
aimed at preserving the right
to reproduction choice, and
maintaining the separation of
church and state. Michigan
Religious Coalition For Abor-
tion Rights needs free or low-
rent office space in southern
Oakland County, preferably
near freeways, accessible
days, evenings and weekends;
a computer, a copier and a car-
bon ribbon typewriter.
YARN, MATERIAL, THREAD,
SEWING MACHINE. Ameri-
can Red Cross Oak Park
Senior Center Production
Team makes lap robes, cancer
pads, ditty bags, holiday
decorations and other items for
area nursing homes, Veterans
Hospitals and youth Red Cross
education projects. American
Red Cross needs yarn,
material, thread and a donated
sewing machine.
TOYS, PUZZLES, CHAIRS,
TABLES, CARD TABLE, TV,
VCR STAND, IBM-PC,
CHAIRS. Gateway Counseling
Center is a community-based
mental health and crisis center.
Gateway Center sees children,
adolescents and adults for
psychological counseling, with
fees based on ability to pay.
Substance abuse counseling
is also available. Gateway
Counseling Center needs
good quality, sturdy toys and
puzzles, child-size tables and
chairs, a card table, television
and stand for a VCR, an IBM-
compatible computer and
secretarial chairs with and
without arms.
JEWISH
FAMILY
SERVICE
SPECIAL FRIEND
The Special Friend Program of the Jewish Family Service seeks to
match interested adults with children in need of role models and
companionship. If you would like to make a difference in the life of
a child, please call Marcy Schneider, Program Manager, Volunteer
Service Department, Jewish Family Service at 559-4046. Your time
is the most valuable gift you can give.
Ten-year-old boy from a single
parent home would benefit
from male role model. Family
life is somewhat unstructured.
Child is very sweet, likeable,
and would enjoy having a
positive influence.
Three children from single
parent home. One seven year
old, two twins, five years old.
All three are high energy and
very likeable. Male supportive
role would be best.
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Kesher is the Hebrew word for
"link." The purpose of this
page will be to present a selec-
tion of opportunities which link
members of our community to
agencies and individuals that
can benefit from the energy,
p resources and spirit we
possess in abundance,.
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OPPORTUNITIES
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
A rotating listing of organizations offering volunteer opportunities.
Each week, some of these opportunities will be highlighted in depth
in the Volunteer Link section of this page.
Boys & Girls Club of Pontiac
530 E. Pike
P.O. Box 420102
Pontiac, MI 48342
Coalition of
Concerned Individuals
P.O. Box 15493
Detroit, MI 48215
(313) 334-0551
Cambridge South
Nursing Center
18200 13 Mile Rd.
Birmingham, MI 48009
841-2378
Contact Life Live of
Metro. Detroit
3011 W. Grand Blvd.
Suite 432
Detroit, MI 48202
John Brown
Sandi Chadek
647-6500
Casa Maria Family Services
1500 Trumbull
Detroit, MI 48216
Rosaana Pardo,
Executive Director
(313) 962-4230
Children's Aid Society
7700 Second Avenue
Detroit, MI 48202
Irma Hill, IDS Program Manager
875-0020
Children's Hospital
of Michigan
3901 Beaubien Blvd.
Detroit, MI 48201
Mary Beth Saxton
Beth Bodine,
Executive Director
875-0426
Cranbrook Institute
of Science
500 Lone Pine Rd., Box 801
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303
Karen Reid
645-3233
Creative Arts Center
N. Oakland County
47 Williams
Pontiac, MI 48341
Rita Momin
333 - 7849
Sue Covell
745-5326
FAMILY-TO-FAMILY
FAMILY TO FATLY
The Family to Family program, a joint project of the National Coun-
cil of Jewish Women and Women's Division of the Jewish Welfare
Federation, has been successful in connecting many families in the
Detroit area with Soviet Jewish newcomers. We have a special need
now for senior friendship. Your lives would be greatly enriched if
you reached out to welcome these wonderful people. Won't you
please join us in this exciting program? Please contact NCJW
258-6000 to connect with one of the seniors listed below.
Lovely couple from Baku in their
mid-sixties. She was a medical
assistant and he was a
mechanic. They enjoy music and
reading. They are trying very
hard to improve their English.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1991
Wonderful couple from Kishinev,
mid-fifties/early sixties. He was
a radio engineer who likes to
play chess and she was a
kindergarten teacher who enjoys
singing and baking. They both
speak Yiddish and are most anx-
ious to improve their English.
NATIONAL III COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN
ROJO'
GREATER
DETROIT SECTION
30233 SOUTHFIELD RD., SUITE 100
SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN 48076
VOLUNTEER
LINK
VOLUNTEER LICK
This weekly feature highlights some organizations in the Jewish and
general communities that rely on volunteers. Opportunities for a
nearly limitless range of volunteers will be highlighted.
Readings for the
Blind, Inc.
29451 Greenfield Road,
Ste. 118
Southfield, MI 48076
Readings for the Blind pro-
vides customized tape recor-
ding service for special people
who need assistance with
printed material. Trained and
experienced volunteer readers
with wide ranging back-
grounds and capabilities
record text books in all areas
of academic and vocational
disciplines. Equal attention is
given to specialized and
technical material for profes-
sional and business people,
religious literature of all faiths,
an unlimited variety of non-
book material, and fiction and
non-fiction leisure reading.
Volunteers are needed in
two basic areas. Readers are
needed to record such ma-
terials as textbooks, owner's
manuals, technical journals on
to audio tape for distribution.
Support personnel are also
needed to work in the office
monitoring, duplicating, stor-
ing and mailing tapes, as well
as maintaining files and up-
dating the catalog.
Skills needed: Readers
must have good command of
the language and a strong
voice. Those fluent in a foreign
language are much needed.
Estimated time commitment:
Readers work four to six hours
a week to make one completed
tape. Office staff can work as
little as three hours per week
— more are encouraged.
Contact: Emily McSweeney
at 557-7776.
Help Elderly Maintain
Independence
and Dignity
1100 E. State Fair
Detroit, MI 48203
HEMID serves people 60
years of age or older in the
State Fair area.
Volunteers are needed to do
simple handyman work on
senior citizens' homes. Young
adults are needed for lawn
maintenance, phone and
home reassurance visits and
occasional transportation to
doctor appointments.
Estimated time commitment:
Flexible — any time commit-
ment is appreciated.
Contact: Vee Webster at
891-1038.
Leader Dogs
for the Blind
1039 Rochester Rd.
Rochester, MI 48307
Leader Dogs for the Blind
trains dogs to be guides for
and bring independence to the
blind. The Leader Dog Puppy
Program breeds and raises
pups to be formally trained for
guide dog work.
Volunteers are needed to
raise puppies in their homes
for one year, acting as host
families. The volunteers pro-
vide love and caring for the
pups, and prepare them for for-
mal training.
Contact: 651-9011.
B'NAI B'RITH
YOUTH ORGANIZATION
BBYO — 6600 W. MAPLE RD., WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI 48322
VOLUNTEER ADVISORS ARE NEEDED TO WORK WITH INDIVIDUAL
CHAPTERS OF LOCAL JEWISH YOUTH TEENS TO GUIDE,
CHALLENGE AND MOTIVATE OUR YOUTH!
B'NAI B'RITH YOUTH ORGANIZATION IS COMPOSED OF 30
CHAPTERS. EACH CHAPTER, AZA FOR BOYS AND BBG FOR GIRLS,
IS COMPOSED OF 12-35 YOUTH, WHO MEET ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
OUR PROGRAM IS WELL-ROUNDED AND DESIGNED TO HELP
9TH-12TH GRADERS GROW AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS JEWS.
ESTIMATED TIME COMMITMENT ABOUT 4 HOURS PER WEEK. CON-
TACT ADELE LEWIN (BBG) OR MIRIAM FONER (AZA) AT 788-0700.
HAKOL
THE VOICE
Get your reading voices ready for .. .
JEWISH NEWS ON TAPE, a new project that will make weekly copies of the newspaper
available on cassette tapes for the visually impaired and disabled.
The project is brought to the community courtesy of the National Council of Jewish Women,
its Hakol branch, The Jewish News, and the National Reading Library for the Blind. Tapes
will be distributed through the National Reading Library for the Blind in Farmington Hills,
which estimates it has hundreds of Jewish subscribers. Persons in need of this service may
request copies through NCJW.
Readers are needed for Thursday evenings and Friday mornings. Time commitment is flex-
ible. Interested volunteers may contact Ruth Littmann or Janelle Miller at the NCJW office,
258-1000.