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Sunday Driving
Federation is gearing up
for its biggest general fundraiser of the year.
JULIE EDGAR
Senior Writer
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educational and cultural programs
funded by the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit. While Super
Sunday's total accounts for a small per-
centage of Federation's operating bud-
get, it draws the highest number of
donor pledges and volunteers, and is
perhaps the most democratic of all the
fundraisers.
Volunteers range from senior citizens_
to New Americans to young adults to
congregants from synagogues of every
denomination.
"It's the rank and file calling the
rank and file," Milstone said. "The
'2,,
people there are able to relate. It's a
very diverse group."
The average donation on Super
very year, Leonard Milstone
makes a stop in Oak Park on
his way to Federation's Super
Sunday fundraiser.
He's there to pick up Helga
Plonskier so that she can join hundreds
of other volunteers at the Max M.
Fisher Building for the day-long
telethon.
"I've been going for many, many
years — more than 10 years — because
I understand the meaning of the need.
I was in the same boat once upon a
time, so that's why I feel that people
need the money," Plonskier said.
She explained
briefly that she is
a Holocaust sur-
vivor whose fami-
ly was wiped out
in Europe. The
Joint Distribution
Committee
helped her to
come to the
United States and
"gave us anything
that we needed.
"I promised
Max Fisher him-
Volunteers at a Federation Super Sunday fundraiser.
self that I would
one day reciprocate, and I'm trying,"
Sunday is $50.
said the Polish-born Plonskier.
Last year's Super Sunday raised
For 25 years, she has contributed
$818,000 from 3,400 Jewish house-
what she can to the Allied Jewish
holds, an increase of about 8 percent
Campaign, but she has plenty of time
from 1995, said Milstone. The previous
to give. Her concern: needy Jews over-
two years also saw increases in giving.
seas.
Said Campaign Director Michael
"I feel very good when I go and
Gilbert, "It varies from year to year
when I collect. They say I'm successful.
depending on the number of people at
I don't know why," Plonskier laughed,
home, enthusiasm of volunteers, weath-
conceding,. "I try to work it from the
er. It's hard to say there's any one factor:;
bottom of my heart."
If all elements of the day click, we have
Milstone, a Campaign associate, is
very good numbers.
glad to have her aboard. Plonskier, he
"Our Campaign went up last year
said, represents the best of the spirit of
for the fourth consecutive year. We're
communal giving.
bucking the trend here in Detroit."
"Her reasons are strictly altruistic.
Last year, Eugene and Marcia
She's our best volunteer," he said.
Applebaum matched all new gifts and
Between 9:30 a.m. and 9 p.m.
increased contributions dollar for dol-
Sunday, Nov. 2, Plonskier will be one
lar. This year, Harold and Penny
of about 300 volunteers that will make
Blumenstein and David and Doreen
roughly 12,000 calls to ask for contri-
Hermelin are stepping up with the
butions to support the myriad service,
same challenge.