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Youth groupers
give JARC
residents a
night of fun
and games.
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Tamar Nussbaum calls Bingo.
een-agers from three different youth groups teamed
up with nearly 50 developmentally disabled adults
from JARC (Jewish Association for Residential
Care) to participate in a kid-planned carnival of
food, music and fun.
Held Sunday, March 24, at the Agency for Jew-
ish Education, the event drew young people from
the Reform, Conservative and Orthodox move-
ments.
There were about 60 teens from Kadima (the
junior branch of United Synagogue Youth), from
NFTY (National Federation of Temple Youth), and
from NCSY (National Conference of Synagogue
Youth).
The forum, co-sponsored by a grant from the Max
M. Fisher Foundation, allowed for mingling among
teens who might not otherwise meet because they
attend different places of worship and different
schools.
In addition to treating the JARC adults to an
exciting night of socializing, the event promoted
sensitivity, knowledge and understanding between
the young people, who cooperated on every plan,
including the serving of kosher food — essential to
some, but not to others.
"By the end of the program, they were exchang-
ing phone numbers. They had made new friends,"
says Lori Brockman, NFTY adviser.
Ms. Brockman worked with Sharon Levine,
Michigan field worker for USY, and Shayne Zuck-
er, the NCSY adviser. The grown-ups say the young
people were responsible for the night's success.
`The kids were very dedicated," Ms. Brockman
says. 'They came to meetings religiously."
PHOTOS BY GLENN TRIEST
RUTH LITTMANN STAFF WRITER
The end product: ice-cream booths, pop and pic-
ture taking, jewelry making, bingo playing, cards
and checkers. A Dixieland band, the Ben Moore
and the Blues Express, donated its time and
talent. El
Harris Wolfe and 13-year-old Scott Parel play cards.
Above:
Yudie Youngworth receives a bowl of
ice cream from Aliyana Traison, Aliza
Blumenfeld, Dovy Singal.