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PROJECT SHERUT
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.
IBM-COMPATIBLE COM-
PUTER, LETTER-QUALITY
PRINTER. Michigan Coalition
For Human Rights is an inter-
faith, multi-racial network of in-
dividuals and civic, business,
religious, labor and
humanitarian groups, working
primarily with the religious
community in pursuit of justice
and peace. The Coalition
needs an IBM-compatible
computer and letter-quality
printer.
COMPUTERS, SOFTWARE,
FAX, OFFICE EQUIPMENT,
VAN, CLOTHING, GAMES,
TOYS, CANNED FOOD, ETC.
Children's Aid Society has as
its mission the preservation of
families and advocacy for
children in Wayne County. The
agency offers a range of pro-
grams designed to identify and
utilize family strength and to
enhance the quality of life for
children and their families.
Children's Aid Society needs
computers and software, a fax
machine, office equipment, a
van, clothing for infants and
children, blankets, kitchen
equipment and utensils,
children's games and toys, arts
and crafts materials, medical
equipment and supplies, a
35mm camera and canned
food.
JEWELRY, DISHES, KITCHEN
SUPPLIES, KNICK-KNACKS.
The Jewish Community Center
Jimmy Prentis Morris Building
in Oak Park has a flea market
on Wednesday mornings, run
by volunteers. All proceeds go
to the JCC developmentally
disabled program and JARC.
The flea market needs jewelry,
dishes, kitchen supplies and
knick-knacks.
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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.
Seven-year-old boy, who is
bright and very likeable needs
the one-on-one attention that a
male role model could provide.
Very active child with a variety
of hobbies.
Thirteen-year-old boy who is a
little shy and has difficulty in
school would benefit from an
outside positive, reliable male
role model.
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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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.
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OPPORTUNITIES
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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.
Pontiac Area
Lighthouse Caregivers
P.O. Box 430425
Pontiac, MI 48343
Rosellen Loye, Director
335-2462
Project: Capture A Rainbow
P.O. Box 06775
Detroit, MI 48206
Deborah Franklin
898-7549
Recording for the Blind, Inc.
Science Library
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI 48202
Jean Lowmaster
833-0048
Sheltering Arms
1658 E. Lincoln
Birmingham, MI 48009
Nanci Swain, Director
646-1040
Sinai Hospital Guild
6767 W. Outer Drive
Detroit, MI 48235
Amy Brown,
Director Volunteer Services
493-5300
Volunteer Committee-
Detroit Institute of Arts
c/o Auxiliary Services
5200 Woodward Ave.
Detroit, MI 48202
Trudi Wineiman,
Volunteer Chairman
833 0247
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Space — Room to Grow for
Changing Families
30233 Southfield Rd.,
Suite 100
Southfield, MI 48076
Karol Mokley or Marcia Green
258-6606
Vista Maria
20651 W. Warren
Dearborn Heights, MI 48127
Donna M. Biess,
Manager of Agency Relations
(313) 271-3050
WDET-FM Public Radio
in Detroit
6001 Cass Ave.
Detroit, MI 48202
Judy Donlin
577-4146
Wm. Beaumont Hospital —
Parenting Program
3601 W. 13 Mile Rd.
Royal Oak, MI 48073
Joyce Rampenthal or
Beth Frydlewicz
551-1455
Women's Survival Center
167 W. Pine Street
Pontiac, MI 48341
Anne Borg, Director
(313) 335-2585
National Council of
Jewish Women,
Greater Detroit Section
30233 Southfield Road
Suite 100
Southfield, MI 48076
Janelle Miller, Membership
Vice President
258-6000
NATIONAL III COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN
VOLUNTEER LINK
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.
American Cancer Society
29350 Southfield Road
Suite 110
Southfield, MI 48076
The American Cancer
Society is a nationwide volun-
tary health organization
dedicated to eliminating
cancer as a major health pro-
blem and to diminishing in-
dividual suffering. It fights
cancer through research and
tries to make cancer less of a
blow through service and
rehabilitation. The Society of-
fers information; counseling,
and support to families, lends
sickroom supplies, and offers
transportation to treatment
centers. It is also involved in
education. The American
Cancer Society operates the
Discovery Shop, a "resale
boutique." The Discovery
Shop is run by volunteers and
its proceeds go to the Society.
Volunteers are needed to
serve as office receptionists
and sales clerks and cashiers
and to make telephone calls to
mobilize volunteers for bulk
mailings.
Skills needed:
— Basic office skills
— Retail sales skills
Estimated time commitment:
A minimum of a half day per
week, on a consistent basis.
Volunteers in the Discovery
Shop are asked to commit
themselves to a fixed
schedule.
Contact:
Miriam
R.
Shackelford at 557-5353.
Farmington
Nursing Home
30405 Folsom Road
Farmington Hills, MI 48236
Volunteers are needed to
visit, read, assist with letter
writing, help with birthday par-
ties, wheel residents outdoors,
and to and from activities.
Volunteers are also needed to
serve as receptionists — to
greet visitors and direct them
in the facility. Farmington Nur-
sing Home is looking for
volunteer entertainment for bir-
thday parties, such as singers
and instrumentalists.
Skills needed:
— Must be pleasant and
personable
— Must be patient and
helpful with ill persons.
Estimated Time Commit-
ment: Birthday parties are
scheduled on the third Monday
of each month at 2 p.m.; other-
wise, flexible hours.
Contact: Sally Jacobs at
477-7400.
Haven
92 Whittemore
Pontiac, MI 48342
Haven serves victims of
domestic violence and sexual
abuse in Oakland County.
Haven offers domestic
violence counseling, child sex-
ual assault counseling for
adults, teens and families. In-
dividual, group, and family
counseling are utilized.
Haven is also involved in vic-
tim advocacy. In addition to
assistance with ADC, housing,
and furniture, Haven provides
critical advocacy services that
help prepare victims for the
legal system they will en-
counter during prosecution.
Haven supplies information,
emotional support, and
technical understanding of the
social and legal systems in-
volved. Haven is involved in
community violence emergen-
cy shelter in Oakland County
and offers around-the-clock
assistance, as well as a
24-hour crisis line.
Volunteers are needed to
serve as crisis line counselors,
facilitators of support groups
for battered women, group/in-
dividual counselors for
children from violent homes,
court advocates for sexual
assault survivors, medical ad-
vocates for rape victims, group
facilitators for adults who were
sexually molested as children,
group/individual counselors for
incest offenders and batterers,
intake workers for shelter
residents, and follow-up
workers. Volunteers are also
needed for clerical help and to
assist in community outreach
and child sexual assault
prevention programs.
Skills needed:
— Must be empathetic and
non-judgmental
— Must have good listening
and interpersonal commu-
nications skills
Estimated time commitment:
3-4 hours per week for 6
months. Training provided.
Contact: Jane Balousek at
334-1284.
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30233 SOUTHFIELD RD., SUITE 100
SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN 48076
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 flexible. Interested volunteers may
contact Ruth Littmann or Janelle Miller at the NCJW office, 258-6000.