e e e e e e e 1 4 1 e e 1 1 1 e e e 1 4 1 1 11 . -\- -•... 1.. "\-. 1.. '"\-1.. "\.. "\- 'N.. "\%\.. "\. '"N... "N. '\.. " ■ ""N.1... ,. " ■ =\.1. '"%,.. "%.% ■ ,..1% ■ -1... 1.1.. :SSSS -"c,.=SSSSS 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 !merman 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 EQUIPMENT, LIGHT BOARD, LAMINATING MA- CHINE, ART SUPPLIES, PAPER FOLDERS, PRINT SHOP EQUIPMENT, ETC. Na- tional Council on Alcohol and Other Dependencies is a voluntary, non-profit agency committed to informing all segments of the public of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties about the use, misuse and abuse of alcohol and other drugs and dependencies on these substances. National Council of Alcohol needs all office equipment, fur- niture and supplies, a light board for graphics, a laminating machine, art sup- plies, paper folders, any equip- ment used in a printing shop, a print wheel, ribbons paper or cables for Wang 01S-60x data processor and double-sided floppy discs, ribbons or cables for IBM-compatible computer. KITCHEN FURNITURE, ITEMS, BEDDING AND TOWELS, RIDING LAW MOWER. Youth Living Centers, Inc. is a family and child service agency, with a supervised independent living program helping older teens go out on their own. Youth Liv- ing Centers also has two group homes. Youth Living Centers needs furniture, kitchen items, bed- ding and towels and a riding lawn mower. OTTOMANS. A Friend's House Adult Day Care provides supervised daytime care and activities for impaired adults age 50 or older, and support services for caregiver families. A Friend's House needs ot- tomans, for rest time (program assists elderly persons with cir- culation difficulties.) JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE Pv; 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. Eight-year-old girl from a single parent home. Child has some learning difficulties. Would greatly benefit from a calm, nurturing, reliable female role model. Friendsly ten-year-old girl with creative and artistic talents, who enjoys skating and out- door activities, would benefit from a flexible female role model. FAMILY-TO-FAMILY FAMILY TO FAMILY 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. Very friendly, outgoing couple in their mid-sixties from Minsk. She was a bookkeeper and he was an engineer. They both enjoy music and theater and she loves to cook. They can communicate reasonably well in English and speak Yiddish fluently. 50 FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1991 Lovely widow from Moscow. She was a food industry engineer and enjoys reading, art and music. She is most anxious to be matched. 1 1 1 1 el e e le S:SSSSSSSSS: el, VOLUNTEER LINK P S e Kesher is the Hebrew word for "link." The purpose of this page will be to present a selec- t on of opportunities which link Lion members of our community to e agenes ci and annvuas i di id l th a at 1 e can benefit from the energy, i 1 4 ? 4 resources and spirit we e ‘4 possess in abundance. 'I 1 SSSS:SSSSSSSSSS OPPORTUNITIES ETHER 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. Wing Lake Developmental Center 6490 Wing Lake Rd. Birmingham, MI Betty Desmonde, Volunteer Coordinator 851-2000 Children's Immune Disorder C.I.D. 604 W. McNichols Detroit, MI 48203 Patricia A. Priebe (313) 342-3430 Michigan Commission for the Blind 1200 6th Street Michigan Plaza Bldg., 15th floor, North Tower Detroit, MI 48226 Jim Braun or Leamon Jonis 256-1524 Kiwanis-Windshire Program 25150 Evergreen, #103 Southfield, MI 48075 - Charles F. Fox 353-8810 RIJN Kenny R.E.H.A.B. 21700 Northwestern Hwy., Suite 1140 Southfield, MI 48075 Denise L. Eddins & Lynn Jahn (313) 569-8180 Tourette Syndrome Assn., Metropolitan Detroit Chapter 2219 E. Lincoln Royal Oak, MI 48067-4029 Mary Kennedy (313) 398-4TSA Affirmations Lesbian/ Gay Community Center 195 W. 9 Mile Rd., Suite 110 Ferndale, MI 48220 Ms. Janet Stevenson or Mr. Michael Petroni (313) 398-7105 East Michigan Environmental Action Council 21220 W. Fourteen Mile Birmingham, MI Linda Eberly 258-5188 NATIONAL III COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN GREATER DETROIT SECTION 30233 SOUTHFIELD RD., SUITE 100 SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN 48076 VOLUNTEER 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. Adult Well-Being Services 1423 Field Avenue Detroit, MI 48214 Adult Well-Being Services provides social work and men- tal health services for the elderly, mentally ill and developmentally disabled adults throughout southeast- ern Michigan. The clients par- ticipate in classes and activity groups at various centers and receive supportive services, in- cluding informaiton, referral, counseling, and therapy. For those who cannot visit the centers, services are provided in their homes. Adult Well-Being Services has developed programs pro- viding guardianship services, case management, mental health aftercare, supervised workshops, and social group work in nursing homes. The goals of this agency are to promote the maximum in- dependence and well-being of adults disadvantaged by age, income, health, education and/or environment. Volunteers are needed to provide home visits to clients, to assist staff with client ac- tivities during program hours and to assist with special events, and to provide clerical help. Skills needed: Patience, warm and caring attitude, typ- ing and office skills. Estimated time commitment: Daytime hours, a commitment of 3-6 months. Contact: Mary Meyer Neff at 924-7860. 4 AIDS Volunteer Network 3750 Woodward, Suite 32 Detroit, MI 48201 AIDS Volunteer Network developed as the 75th Anniver- sary Project of the Junior League of Detroit. It recruits, trains, and places volunteers in community agencies and hospitals in which services for AIDS clients are provided. Volunteers are needed for a wide array of functions. Level I volunteers include resource development assistants, satisfaction survey assistants, data entry assistants, clerical assistants, and reception assistants. Level II volunteers include monitoring assistants, benefits counselors, phone support persons, support visitors, "go-fers," and movers. Level III volunteers include resource directory coor- dinators, weekend coor- dinators, and choreworker coordinators. Skills needed: Level I: Com- puter, clerical, and phone call-. ing skills for the satisfaction survey assistant; Familiarity wiht the COMPASS system for the data entry assistant; Good telephone skills. Level II: Ability to work one-on-one with AIDS clients; Must be empathetic and compassionate. Level III: Strong organizational skills. Estimated time commitment: Varying from 2-30 hours per week. Contact: Robert Sharpe at 831-4AVN 1* B'NAI B'RITH kz-I 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, 258-6000.