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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 '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 SUPPLIES, TABLE
FILES, LIGHTS, BOOK-
SHELVES, DESKS, CHAIRS,
ETC. Michigan Farm Worker
Ministry Coalition is an inter-
faith coalition focused on the
concerns of farmworkers. The
coalition meets with farm-
worker groups with summer
organizing programs in
Michigan and also works with
the United Farm Workers on
their year-round public educa-
tion program, with regard to
the issue of pestisides sprayed
on crops, and other issues of
concern. The coalition needs,
for farmworker organizing
groups, office supplies, table
files, lights, bookshelves,
desks, chairs, furniture, office
equipment, such as
computers,
typewriters,
copiers and a fax machine.

information and referral ser-
vices to victims of domestic
violence and their abusive
partners. Respond's primary
program is its court-ordered
referral system for abuse part-
ners in Wayne County District
and Circuit courts. The agen-
cy also receives referrals from
hospitals, social service agen-
cies, corporate employee
assistance programs, crisis
lines, shelter programs and
self-referrals. Respond, Inc.
needs a plain paper top copier,
Xerographic paper, manila file
folders, a 30-cup coffee maker,
legal pads and donated part-
time secretarial services.

CARDBOARD
LARGE
BOXES. Food Bank of
Oakland County supplies
donated food to 70 emergen-
cy food pantries, shelters and
soup kitchens in Oakland
County. The Food Bank needs
cardboard boxes large enough
and strong enough to contain
about 40 pounds of canned
goods.

TABLE TOP COPIER,
XEROGRAPHIC PAPER,
MANILA FILE FOLDERS,
LEGAL PADS, COFFEE
MAKER, SECRETARIAL SER-
VICES. Respond, Inc. provides

HAVEN

Help Against Violent bounters Now

HAVEN

HAVEN, Oakland County Counseling Agency and shelter
for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, has schedul-
ed orientations for prospective volunteers in June.
Volunteers are needed as first response advocates to pro-
vide crisis intervention for survivors of sexual assault and
domestic violence. Volunteers are also needed to work the crisis
line at the shelter which is located in the Pontiac area.
HAVEN has a number of other programs in which women
and men volunteer their time. For further information about
volunteer opportunities, contact Jane Balousek at 334-1284.

FAMILY TO FAMILY

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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.

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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"link." The purpose of this
p 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,
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.

Family Service Detroit
Wayne County
220 Bagley, Suite 920
Detroit, MI 48226
Corine S. Mann,
Vice President
(313) 961-1584
Farmington Nursing Home
30405 Folsom Rd.
Farmington Hills, MI 48236
Sally Jacobs
477-7400
Farmington Youth
Assistance
32789 W. 10 Mile Road
Farmington, MI 48336
Jean Alspector
489-3434, 788-1000
F.O.C.U.S., Inc.
(Friends Offering Challenge,
Understanding & Service)
2902 Cochrane
Detroit, MI 48216
Sherie Lewis,
Volunteer/Tutor Volunteer
961-8715
A Friend's House
Adult Day Care Center
28111 Imperial
Warren, MI 48093
Suzanne Szczepanski - White
(313) 751-6260 (M-W-F)

FAMILY-TO-FAMILY

Friends of Northville
Regional Psychiatric
Hospital NRPH/
Community Relations
41001 Seven Mile Road
Northville, MI 48167
Carol Park, or
Marilyn Rusche
882-3825
342-1800 (Carol Park)
Gateway Counseling Center
26327 John R
Madison Heights, MI 48071
Sheila D. Richmond
(313) 545-5926
Georgian Bloomfield
2975 N. Adams Rd.
Birmingham, MI 48009
Barbara Snyder,
Activities Director/
Volunteer Coordinator
645-2900
Growth Works, Inc.
271 S. Main Street
P.O. Box 115
Plymouth, MI 48170
Susan Davis
455-4095
The Hamilton Nursing Home
590 E. Grand Blvd.
Detroit, MI 48207
Linda D. Young,
Activities Director
(313) 921-1580

VOLUNTEER

LINK

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.

Jewish Family Service
and Resettlement Service

24123 Greenfield Road
Southfield, MI 48075
Volunteers are needed for a
wide range of activities at the
Jewish Family Service. Volun-
teers are needed to:
— offer transportation services
to the aged, the infirmed,
and those without vehicles.
— serve as Office Assistants.
Screening calls, assisting
staff, and scheduling pick
ups of clients.
— serve as Friendly Visitors to
provide comfort and com-
panionship to seniors and
homebound and handicap-
ped individuals.
— assist homebound seniors
with grocery shopping.
— make visits to the elderly in
nursing homes, as teams,
to provide companionship.
— serve as Client Advocates
for those who need help ap-
plying for public assistance.
— serve as a Special
Friend and role model to a
child from a single parent
home.
— a Tutor to children with lear-
ning and reading problems
by offering personalized at-
tention over a period of time
Volunteers for the Resettl-
ment Service are needed to
serve as:
— Conversational English
Tutors to new Soviet
emigres and provide them
with the opportunity to
practice their new English
language skills. Tutors do
not need to speak Russian.
— Russian and Yiddish
Translators for Soviet
emigres and Yiddish-
speaking aged who need
explaining
assistance
health problems to doctors
and dentists.
— Assistants in the Resettle-
ment Warehouse, where
furniture, household goods
and clothes are stored for
new emigres. Volunteers
are needed to oversee the
distribution of goods, assist
with incoming donations,
and monitor inventory.
Skills needed:
— for office work, computer
skills or willingness to learn
— caring, compassion, and
patience
Estimated Time Commitment:
half day per week

Contact: Mary Schneider at
559-4046

Vista Maria

20651 W. Warren
Dearborn Heights, MI 48127
Vista Maria is a private, non-
profit residential treatment
center that provides a range of
services for young women,
between the ages of 13-17, who
are involved in delinquent
behaviors or who are experien-
cing emotional or family
problems.
Vista Maria offers the follow-
ing programs: Interim Place-
ment, which is a short-term,
transitional shelter care and
diagnostic unit, the Vista
Residential Program, the In-
tensive Treatment for
Adolescents Program which
helps young women with delin-
quency problems, Specialized
Foster Care which provides in-
tensive social services to girls,
foster families and birth
families, Living Independently
Vista Style, which pairs young
women, ages 17-19, with an
adult 55 or older in a shared
living arrangement, and
Educational Therapy.
Volunteers are neede to
serve as special events
assistants, professional ser-
vices assistants (sharing
marketable skills), activity in-
structors, assistant child care
workers, craft instructors, and
clerical assistants.
Skills needed:
— Patience and listening skills
— Good communicaiton skills
— An interest in and sym-
pathetic understanding of
delinquent and dependent
children
— Knowledge of the attitudes,
behaviors, and needs of
delinquent and dependent
children
— Ability to teach children new
skills and hobbies
— Ability to facilitate a mutually
respectful relationship with
paid professional staff
— Creativity
— Clerical Skills
Estimated Time Commitment:
varying - minimum of 4 hrs per
week.
Volunteers must attend an
Orientation and commit to at-
tend any in-service training,
applicable to the position.
Contact: Donna M. Biess at
271-3050

Seeking Local Families
For New Soviet Emigres

Family-To-Family is recruiting local families to be - matched with new Americans from the Soviet Union. Currently,
there is a list of 25 families waiting to be paired, and 30 new families are expected to arrive monthly in Detroit.

Participants can share in community, Jewish and family experiences with their matches, and maintain regular
contact by being "friends." A commitment of one year is expected.

To participate in the program, local families should attend an orientation session. The next one will be held 7
p.m., June 17, at Temple Beth El. Others will be 7:30 p.m., June 27, July 16 and 29, at the United Hebrew Schools.

Family-To-Family is co-sponsored by the Women's Division of the Jeewish Welfare Federation of Detroit and the
National Council of Jewish Women. Since 1989, 250 local families have been matched with Soviet Jewish refugees.

To be matched with a new American family or for more information about the program, contact Family-To-Family
at 258-6000.