PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE As I celebrated the High Holiday season with my family, we reflected upon the past year and our hopes and dreams for the coming year. We also thought about the many Jews that Jewish Family Service has been able to help this past year with our wide range of programs. The experienced and qualified professionals at Jewish Family Service provide the highest quality therapeutic and counseling services to our clients that is available. We are accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Services for Families and Children and have a broad range of services and expertise to bring into client situations as appropriate. Both at the Greenfield office and at the West Bloomfield branch we provide services to individuals and families. No one is refused service because of an inability to pay. We are particularly proud of the services we pro- vide to seniors and their families through our many programs in addition to coun- seling. These include the S.O.S. program providing care for the elderly or the disabled whose relatives are away or unable themselves to provide these services, the Group Apartments for the Elderly, our Respite Care program, and assistance in making decisions regarding long-term care. We have had an enormous Janice Shatzman J.F.S. President amount of success with our highly intensive program aimed at the prevention of all types of domestic violence and abuse. Over the next three years we will build an endowment to ensure that the funding for those vital programs will be in place in the future. Through our programs many of our clients now have hopes and dreams for the new year. But there is still much work to be done. We have been asked by the community to develop a chaplaincy program. We also have dreams about many other programs which are sorely needed in the community. Our Board of Directors has adopted a Friends of the Family membership campaign. The funds raised support our existing programs when available resources are insufficient. Please consider joining us as a Friend of our Jewish Family Service family. If we can help you or your family with any of our programs, please call. That is what we are here for. L'Shana Tova! Janice B. Shatzman, President Jewish Family Service RESETTLEMENT SERVICE NEEDS YOUR HELP! NEW APPOINTMENT Resettlement Service is in dire need of donations of furniture and household goods due to the record number of arrivals of Jewish refugees relocating to the Detroit area throughout the fall and winter months. These new Americans are only allowed to enter the United States with two suitcases leaving their personal belongings, mementos and furniture behind. Most will start life in our community in a small apartment with appliances provided, but limited space for furniture and other items. Although Resettlement Service appreciates all of the generous donations, we can only accept gently used or new items which can be used in a small apartment. All items we cannot use need to be carted away at signifi- cant expense to the agency. Please help by reading the following guidelines carefully: Margaret Weiner, M.S.W., Associate Executive Director of Jewish Family Service has been appointed to a Professorship at Detroit Psychiatric Institute. Mrs. Weiner has served as Adjunct Professor at Detroit Psychiatric Institute since 1982, developing seminars in group therapy and family therapy for psychiatric residents in training. She is a former President of the Michigan Society of Clinical Social Workers. ITEMS NEEDED: FURNITURE: Apartment-sized furniture, mattresses and frames, chairs, tables, desks, lamps, bookcases, dressers, end tables, kitchen sets. Furniture donations should have no tears, worn areas, bad stains and no broken or missing parts. Sofas should be 7 feet long or less and weigh under 160 lbs. KITCHEN: Cooking and eating utensils, small appli- ances, glasses, dishes, serving pieces. APPLIANCES: Televisions, radios, telephones, clocks, vacuum cleaners. FOR THE KIDS: Bicycles, toys, games, sporting equipment, art supplies. children's furniture, clothing r and school supplies. Children's and infant clothing for all ages should be in good, clean condition. We do not accept underwear, shoes, socks, hats, gloves and scarves. BEDDING: Pillows, linens, towels, blankets MISC.: Tools, sewing machines, books Please note that in order for us to accept these items, they must be ready for immediate use; complete (no missing parts); in good working condition and require no cleaning or repair. Clothing for adults, patio furniture, ceiling fixtures, water beds, aquariums, washing machines, humidifiers, bunk beds, refrigerators and stoves. Also, no liquids, medical supplies and cosmetics. By Esther R. Krystal,M.S.W. Coordinator, J.F.S. Adoption Program FREE PICK UP SERVICE: Call Susan Ulanoff at Resettlement Service at 559-4566. DONATION DROP OFF: The Resettlement Service Warehouse is available for donation drop off on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:00 Noon to 2:00 p.m. located at the Northland Mall two doors down from Kirby's Koney Island, near valet parking. We greatly appreciate your donations of needed items. HELP US TO HELP OUR NEW AMERICANS HELP THEMSELVES. JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE AND RESETTLEMENT SERVICE TRIBUTE CARDS If you wish to mail a tribute card in memory of a special person or in honor of a special occasion, please fill in the form below. ALL TRIBUTES WILL BE MAILED - IMMEDIATELY The minimum donation is $5.00 per tribute card. In memory of In honor of Please notify Address City State Zip Name of Donor Address City State Zip Enclosed is a contribution for S Please check tribute fund for Jewish Family Service Resettlement Service Please check if you DO NOT want the tribute to appear on the Donor Page of THE INSIDER PLEASE MAIL YOUR TRIBUTE ORDER AND CONTRIBUTION TO: JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE, 24123 GREENFIELD ROAD, SOUTHFIELD, MI 48075 L OPENNESS IN ADOPTION WE DO NOT NEED: All Gifts Are Greatly Appreciated! Your gift will be acknowledged without mentioning the amount in the next issue of THE INSIDER. 1 Jewish Family Service is responding to birth parents' need to have some control over what happens to the child who they place for adoption. Increasingly, they want to have some choices in the selection of adoptive parents and wish to meet them as part of this process. They want to know that their child is going to be raised in a good home. Most birth parents do not want their child to spend time in an unknown foster home awaiting placement with the adoptive family. They generally prefer the adoptive parents to take the baby directly to their home from the hospital. Adoptive parents from Jewish Family Service are now being licensed a:', foster parents to enable them to do this and in order to \\ conform with Michigan Adoption Laws. Openness in adoption begins with a meeting between the birth parents and the adoptive parents. An arran, e- ment is worked out between them to plan for the birth and for continued communication after this time. The J.F.S. adoption worker acts as the facilitator and care- fully supervises all contact. Openness is provided on a continuum which depends on the mutual needs and mutual desires of the parties. Adoptive parents are being asked by birth mother to participate in the birth process itself and to share th moment of the baby's arrival. Adoptive parents from. J.F.S. can be seen in hospital gowns wheeling their r. ew- borns out of the delivery rooms and feeding their inf netss in hospital nurseries. The bonding process in these c begins early to the adoption. Many biological parents are requesting continued communication with their children. They send letters and photos and receive them as well. Openness in adoption is not for everyone. However, it is an issue that birth parents and adoptive parents need to address. For additional information about the Jewish Family Service Adoption Program, please call Esther Krystal. M.S.W. at 559-1500.