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said Ms-. Goldman, 39, who makes
$45,000 a year.
"Most of the work I've done is
administrative — we're stream-
lining some of the paperwork,
we're looking at client hours, how
much food we're giving out ...
"We're really looking at every
aspect of our operation and eval-
uating it. Some things we want to
keep exactly the same, but other
things we're working on to make
sure we can be as cost-effective as
possible and ensure that our
clients are the benefactors."
In the coming weeks, Ms.
Goldman also will meet with
members of Yad Ezra's executive
committee to devise a more ag-
gressive fund-raising strategy.
Eventually, she said, she hopes
to improve the percentage of mon-
ey that goes to program services
from its current level of 69 per-
cent to roughly 90 percent.
In the meantime, she makes
no apology for the charity's fi-
nancial performance. She points
out, for instance, that the Oak-
land County and Gleaners food
banks are larger, more estab-
lished, multimillion-dollar oper-
ations, giving them superior
buying power.
She also noted that Yad Ezra's
small staff performs myriad ser-
vices for clients — many of them

elderly Russian immigrants — in
addition to filling grocery bags.
In the past, many of these tasks
were marked in financial reports
as administrative expenses, when
they should have been considered
part of the charity's core services,
she said.
Mr. Macy, of the Food Bank of
Oakland County, agreed.
"Just to look at some numbers
would be very unfair," he said.
"Yad Ezra provides a special kind
of service that can be very expen-
sive. What they've accomplished
in five years is incredible."
And Ms. Goldman vowed that
Yad Ezra will never sacrifice its
hands-on approach for the sake
of "efficiency."
"Every month, we talk to every
client," she said proudly.
By most accounts, Yad Ezra
has a promising future.
It has a diverse and devoted list
of contributors across the Jewish
community. It has an active and
prominent board of directors. And
it has hundreds of volunteers.
But Ms. Goldman said she
must remain ever vigilant.
"We have a tricky future," she
said, alluding to political efforts
in Washington to cut programs.
"I anticipate that more clients
will be earning even less money,"
she said. "At this point, it's im-
possible to determine the im-
pact." II