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5 AV 5753/JUL Y 23, 1993

Enrichment Programs
Receive Funding Hikes

RUTH LITTMAIM STAFF WRITER

ome wishes came true.
The 1993 Allied Jewish
Campaign pulled in almost a mil-
lion more dollars than last year,
and agencies offering enrichment
programs for youth and young
adults are to receive beefed-up al-
locations from the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit.
Federation leaders warned agen-
cies n,ot to jump the gun, however.
Allocations, determined by leaders
of Federation's four funding divi-
sions, will not be written in stone
until its board ratifies the amounts
during a meeting schedule for Aug.
24.
But in years past, the board has
not drastically modified allocations
proposed by division chairmen.
Agency officials, therefore, are fair-
ly confident that their piece of the
Campaign pie will not diminish be-
tween now and the end of next
month.
Steve Schanes, the new chairman
of the B'nai B'rith Youth Organi-
zation, is encouraged by the pro-
posed $10,000 increase to BBYO's

crease were larger, but in hard eco-
nomic times, anything helps.
"I don't think there is any school
that is satisfied with any increase.
We always want more to do more,"
he said. "There are repairs to the
school that would get done.
Plumbing and electrical repairs have
to be on hold until (repairs) are ab-
solutely necessary."
Mr. Eisenberg said there will be
no teacher layoffs.
All in all, agency officials are con-
tent that Federation lived up to its
promise to focus special attention on
"priority funding areas." This year,

$25,000 budget.
"I think the youth group benefit-
ed this year. We received exactly
what we requested ($35,000). Most
of the additional dollars likely will
go toward two
new part-time
workers," Mr.
Schanes said.
The workers,
he said, will help
supervise youth-
group activities,
encourage partic-
ipation among
members and re-
cruit unaffiliated
teen-agers from
throughout the Federation Increases target youth groups and day schools.
metropolitan
area. Right now,
BBYO lacks the staff necessary to these areas include educational and
enrichment programs primarily for
accomplish such growth, he said.
Akiva Hebrew Day School re- children, teen-agers and young
ceived a sliver of an increase, $3,000 adults.
added to its 1992/93 fiscal year
Michael Brooks, executive direc-
$197,000 budget. Executive Director tor of the B'nai B'rith Hillel at the
Barry Eisenberg isn't complaining,
however. He said he wishes the in- ENRICHMENT pagel9

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