Alyse Hersh and Susie Levin prepare a
meal at Ronald McDonald House.
A volunteer serves up a storm at St.
Leo's.
Jews came out because they had
the day off and wanted to do
something for the general com-
munity.
"I think we spend so much
time working in the Jewish com-
munity, it's just a great time to
go out of [it] and help other peo-
ple," says Gilda Jacobs, devel-
opment coordinator at the
Jewish Association for Residen-
tial Care for Persons with De-
velopmental Disabilities (JARC).
Mrs. Jacobs and her family
delivered food for the Salvation
Army on Christmas Day. "We
feel so blessed that we have
health and happiness and kids
that are good students, we feel
our life is very full — it's just a
great time to give back to oth-
ers."
Like Rabbi Syme, many event
leaders claim that Jews volun-
teer regularly year-round, not
just during the Thanksgiving-
Christmas season. It just seems
that "these efforts are more vis-
ible on Christmas Day," accord-
ing to Sharona Shapiro, Michigan
area director of the American
Jewish Committee.
"When one looks at significant
times [such as] holidays, and
how people transfer what the
holiday's meaning is, [volun-
teering is a] way to make the
holiday special," says Mrs.
Shapiro.
At JARC, volunteers come out
consistently year-round, but in
greater numbers near the Jew-
ish holidays, says Mrs. Jacobs.
Pesach, for one, attracts a
wealth of helpers, including Hil-
lel and B'nai B'rith youth, who
help change dishes in JARC
homes.
Yet it may seem like more
Jews come out at this time of
year because there are more op-
portunities to do so, says Ran-
di Sakwa, co-chairperson of the
Volunteer Extravaganza.
On that one day, volunteers
can bring their children, says
Mrs. Sakwa.
'During the year, people work,
their kids are in school, so it's an
opportunity to make it a family
thing."
While she has seen people vol-
unteer year-round, Mrs. Sakwa
has also noticed that some vol-
unteers "need that push." On
Christmas Day, "we provide that
push — we make all the arrange-
ments with agencies, and [the
volunteers] just show up."
Ms. Berger says Jews volun-
teer in large numbers on Christ-
mas Day because "it's a day that's
totally open to Jews. I think it's
great that so many people want
to help, and it's such a clear, open
day that it makes perfect sense
for Jews to go out and help. It
would be nice if it happened all
the time."
❑
A Foundation
Of Friendship
JULIE EDGAR SENIOR WRITER
D
etroit's Jewish communi-
ty has come to the rescue
of a burned-out church in
a peaceful hamlet along
the Mississippi River.
On Sunday, a check for
$15,000 was presented to the
130-year-old Fredonia Mission-
ary Baptist Church in West He-
lena, Ark., to rebuild the church,
which was burned down in Sep-
tember. The FBI is offering a
$20,000 reward for information
leading to the arrest of the per-
petrators.
Members of the Jewish Fed-
eration of Arkansas and the Na-
tional Conference of Christians
and Jews presented the check
to the church's minister, Rev.
James Frierson, at the neigh-
boring Second Baptist Church
in Lexa, Ark., where church
members have held their ser-
vices since the burning.
Fredonia is one of 70 black
churches across the country that
have been torched in the past
two years. Some of the burnings
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