Marcia Lester
helps by holding a
tire in place.

On Sunday and Monday, vol- facility. Many of the materials,
unteers were divided into teams including food and hardware,
and shifts to complete several were donated locally.
different structures, including a
"It's amazing," said Melissa
Noah's Ark and a Mt. Sinai. Warnick, special projects and en-
Members of the maintenance dowment coordinator for the
crew returned later in the week- Jewish Community Center.
end and volunteered their time. "There are people here who are
Amid the sounds of power
tools and hammering nails was
Michael Cohen and his mother,
Sandy. Michael was working to-
ward completing his Mitzvah
Project, a pre-bar mitzvah re-
quirement for the Bloomfield
Hills resident.
"I decided to work on the play-
ground for my Mitzvah Project
— Michael Cohen
because here I am actually mak-
ing something," said Michael,
who helped by putting up tires,
measuring and sawing. "I can not necessarily skilled at build-
come back here when I'm older ing, but they are doing this and
and say I helped with this. It will making it work."
be nice to come back and see
Linda Lee, who co-chaired the
something I put my time into." project with Todd Sachse, was
The Harry and Jeanette equally enthusiastic about the
Weinberg Foundation in Balti- number of people and the cross-
more, which funds the con- section of the community who
struction of playgrounds at came out to help. She was also
Jewish centers around the coun- glad only three Band-Aids were
ty, gave $50,000 for the Detroit used on Sunday.

"I can come back
here when I'm older
and say I helped
with this."

Shelley
Littman and
Denise
Samuels help
by digging in.

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Gershon Lipenholtz lends
a hand sanding wood.

Leonid Burgman
sands a bench.

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