E WOULD
LIKE TO THANK:
Since the Spring JFS INSIDER, we
would like to thank the following in-
dividuals who have made contributions
to RESETTLEMENT SERVICE. WITH
SINCERE APPRECIATION AND GRAT-
ITUDE, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK
Mrs. Adelberg
Sheldon M. Adelson
Mary Aden
Louis Adler
Candice Alper
Samuel Alper
Sarah Apt
Fanny Aronson
Dr. and Mrs. Harry August
Mr. William Bartlam
Madeline Bassin
Joseph Beck
Florence Beigler
Mrs. Bender
David Bergman
Aileen Berman
Dorothy and Neal Berman
Janice Bloom
Joyce Blum
Sylvia Blumberg
Mrs. Blumenfeld
Ms. Boxer
Susan Brady
Patina Bravman
Richard and Phyllis Breuer
Shelli Chansis
Norma Chudnov
Enid Chuk
Harvey Cohen
Gail Cohen
Miriam Cohen
Joe Cohen
Harriet Coleman
Morton Collins
Marcy Colman
Debbie Columbus
Eric R. Cone
Debbie P. Deutsech
Mrs. Diamond
Herbert Duchan
Mrs. Eason
Laura Eddleston
Akin and Joanna Edelson
Jack Edits
Sheldon Eizen
Richard Farb
Felicia Feder
Marcy Feldman
Edward Foon
Mrs. V. Friedman
Dr. Steven Friedman
Mrs. Gach
Mr. Gertrude Gilbert
Mrs. Gold
Gary Goldberg
Mark Goldberg
Sheryl Golden
Elaine Goldman
Lillian Goldman
Mark Goodman
Wendy Gorge
Marla R. Gottschalk
Barry Grant
Susan Grant
Dolores Greenberg
Harry Grocoff
Mildred Grossman
Mrs. Gussin
Karen Hallenbeck
Dolores Harris
Mrs. Hechtman
Ethel Hedeman
Marcy Herman
Marilyn Hertzberg
John Hopp
T Hyarn
Lisa Imberman
Lynn Ioffee
Lexnor losif
?s.ir. Jacobs
Linda Pies
Andrea Kahn
Mrs. Kamin
Mrs. Kanar
Molly Kaplansky
Daniel Karstofsky
Paula Katz
Sam Katz
Jeanie Kollenberg
Naomi Kelman
Harry Kirsh
Donna Klein
Louis Klein
MTS. Kligman
Elena Komer
Eleanor Korn
Dr. Dennis J. Kovan
Arnold Kresch
Mrs. Jack Krops
Ken and Debbie Kunkel
Mrs. Sandra Kursch
Judith LaBret
Nonnan Lacoff
Anna Lan
Mrs. Leaf
Henry Leeds
Mindy Leeds
Morris Leibernian
Mr. and Mrs. Lepofsky
Sidney Lenhoff
Ann Lester
Barry Levine
Morris Lieberman
Pearl Lieberman
Debbie Lincoff
Rhonda Linositz
Mrs. Lipnik
Ethel Lippitt
Tony Lipson
Loretta Littkv
Lesley Landon
Mr. Ltunelsky
Jenny NIala ■ nud
Barbara Ntanko
Joan Mann
Mr. Margolis
Stephanie Nlergon
Mrs. Mazer
Robert McGlinsky
Mr. and Mrs. Metzger
Mr. Meyeromich
Mrs. Miller
Mrs. Nadel
Rabbi Nelson
Mrs. Lou Nucian
Dr. and Mrs. Olen
Mrs. Olender
Eleanor Park
Doris Patrick
Bobbi Patt
Mr. Larry Pausny
Mrs. Martin Pearlman
Mr. Pearlstein
Andrea Perry
Beverly Phillips
Bernice Pinsky
Mrs. Nancy Raitt
Harold Reeves
Mr. Ressler
Mark Risin
Amy Robbins
Mr. Rose
Dr. Harold Rosen
Dr. Marvin Rosen
Mrs. and Mrs. Sanford Rosenberg
Max Rosenfeld
Ruth and Robert Rosenfeld
Mr. and Mrs. Ross
Michelle Ross
Debra Rothman
Dale Rubin
Tobi Samet
Lisa Scarce
Mrs. Schecter
Meyer J. Segal
Helen Shapiro
Mrs. Barbara Sharpe
James Sherman
Beth Siegel
Mrs. Silver
Norman Silverstein
Mrs. Simon
Elsie Sinkmitz
Ann Sniderman
Leona Sniderman
Larry Snyder
Mrs. Soberman
Karen Sofen
Lillian Soloman
Wendy Soloman
Robert Sovel
Michelle Stiennon
Sheryl Stoddard
Nom Stone
Dr. Leonard Sudakin
Mrs. Sukenic
Michelle Swanson
Joel Tranopol
Larry Trepeck
Nancy R. Triest
Oleg Tsirer
Vicki Turner
Mrs. \Vaysman
Harriet Weinbaum
Elaine Weingarden
Harold Weingart
Irving Weingarten
Mrs. Weinstein
Barbara Weiss
Chuck Wolf
Jeannie Wolfinger
Larry Yanitz
Mr. Zavadsky
Gerald Ziskind
We would also like to acknowledge the
many generous contributions made to
the RESETTLEMENT SERVICE
WAREHOUSE. Although we try our
best, we realize mistakes do happen. If
your name has been inadvertently
omitted or misspelled, please let us
know. Thank you for your
understanding.
President's Message
Executive Director's Report
continued from front page
established to support the development
of a Jewish Hospice Program (as describ-
ed in another article in this newsletter).
A new tribute program was initiated in
February and has been very successful.
The new program features a Tribute
Order Book for donors to mail in their
tributes. This program recently in-
troduced a new 24-Hour Tribute Hotline
(559-4045) for donors who want to call
in their tributes after business hours.
The first Name Fund established is
also described in this newsletter.
Despite the many difficult challenges
which we have had to meet during the
past year, we have continued to seek
new and better ways to serve our com-
munity. I would like to make special
mention of the staff whose dedication
and commitment to service the com-
munity is unparalleled. It is only
through their hard work and expertise
that we can continue to provide top
quality services to the community ■
As I thought about this column, I
have looked at a number of articles
written by my colleagues over the past
few years. They have all tried to
highlight that aspect or phase of the
agency's life which is most important
at that time. These range from the ar-
rival of a new Executive to the
celebration of a special program's
twentieth year and everything else in
between. I have the added respon-
sibility of trying to capture the essence
of where we are for two agencies, both
Jewish Family Service and Resettle-
ment Service. Each is unique and each
has its own special story.
There is one theme which pulls all
of these disparate thoughts together
for me and that is what I believe
makes both agencies great. I am refer-
ring to the phenomenal amount of
positive energy that flows out to the
community from both these agencies.
The energy flows from the staff as they
apply their skills to the difficult task of
addrssing the needs of the many
clients who we serve. It flows from the
Board members, committee members
and volunteers who want to do
whatever they can to make our agen-
cies the best that they can be. The
energy flows back to us from those
who have been touched in some way
by the many excellent services that we
offer. It comes from those staff and
volunteers in the community, The
Jewish Federation of Metro Detroit,
The United Way, private foundations
and individuals, who do their best to
help us to succeed.
Unfortunately, the story does not
end there. We are not able to help as
many people in our community as we
would like. Especially now, during this
recession, our resources are severely
limited and positive thoughts alone
President's Message,
Resettlement Service
continued from front page
I want to take this opportunity to
thank the doctors and dentists who
have donated their valuable time. It
would be wonderful to find more peo-
ple like this to donate their time and
services so we don't take advantage of
the wonderful doctors we have now
Resettlement Service is the initial
contact that new Americans have
when they arrive and we hope that
these newcomers will become active
participants in our Jewish community.
I hope that you become part of this
very exciting page of history and I look
forward to working with you! ■
cannot buy a bottle of milk or a loaf of
bread for a hungry child. We are forc-
ed to make difficult decisions about
who will be helped and who will not.
Those who we have helped think that
we have made the right choice by
helping them, but those who we could
not help at this time feel angry and
disillusioned even though we have
helped them in the past.
I truly believe that we are striving to
make the right choices. In this task, we
are guided by professional standards of
practice and by the precepts of our
Jewish heritage. It is at difficult times
like these that we really need to feel
the power of the positive energy in this
community. We need your support,
both monetarily and spiritually.
Remember that we are here for you
and with you. We urge you to take an
active role in making both the Jewish
Family Service and the Resettlement
Service what you would like us to be
in your community.
Shana Tova!
Group Apartment for the
Elderly 'Program .. .
On The Move
In mid-June, members of the Senior
Services Committee and staff, traveled
to Chicago to visit the Council of
Jewish Elderly's shared living housing
facilities. The group was comprised of
committee members Dr. John Marx,
Chairman, Brent Triest, Vice Chair
and Barbara Grant, joined by staff
members, Alan Goodman, Executive
Director, Phyllis Schwartz, Director of
Senior Services, Jan Bayer and Zena
Baum, Co-Program Managers of the
Group Apartment for the Eldery Pro-
gram (GAEP).
"We went for the purpose of
educating ourselves as to how other
shared living programs under Jewish
auspices are meeting the housing and
psychosocial needs of the frail elderly.
This will be useful as we plan for our
community's needs in the future" said
Marx. "While we have a very unique
residential program, there have been
major changes in the population which
most typically uses our service", he
added.
In keeping with a plan approved by
the committee early in the year, the
Jewish Family Service's Group Apart-
ment for the Elderly Program (GAEP)
Pictured above are G.A.E.P. residents participating in a singalong at the Prentis Picnic
tiiis summer
-
has been very busy moving residents
from the Carlysle Towers, home for the
last twelve years, to North Park Place,
in order to better suit the program's
needs. Four apartments have already
been moved during the last three
months and the last three will be mov-
ing in the near future. Staff has
reported that the residents have made
great adjustments and are very pleased
with the new surroundings.
The program has been particularly
successful with elderly individuals who
enjoy the intimacy of shared living and
need the wide range of supportive ser-
vices and socialization offered by the
trained geriatric caregivers. Where
kashruth is an issue, the apartments
have made special arrangments to ac-
commodate residents. Male residents
find the provision of housekeeping ser-
vices and meal preparation particulrly
helpful.
On July 9, the GAEP's residents and
staff were invited to the country farm
of Harriet and Richard Prentis. After
the lunch banquet, Max Sosin led the
guests in a singalong. This is the
seventh summer that the Prentis' have
invited the GAEP residents to a lun-
cheon at their country home. The sun-
ny day, fresh air, music, delicious food,
and warm atmosphere made it a very
special day, which the residents look
forward to all year.
For additional information about
the Group Apartment for the Elderly
Program, please contact Zena Baum
or Jan Bayer at 559-1500. ■