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Grand Rapids, Breton Village Mall • (616) 957-2145
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INTRODUCE THE BRIDE-TO-BE TO HESLOP'S BRIDAL REGISTRY

THE BRIDAL REGISTRY OF CHOICE

Do you know a secret to personal well being?
Tell us about it — in prose or poetry.

Creative Writing
Contest
"My Keys to Well-Being"

onsored by The Detroit Jewish News and
e Commission on Jewish Eldercare Services

eml
filled by the city and from the com-
she jumped from teaching to commu-
munity.
nity development in the late 1960s
"There were no strings attached to
when she was lured into working for
the Chrysler money," Saperstein
the City of Detroit's Recreation
explains. "It's an excellent partnership
Department. There she's best known
between Chrysler, the city and the
for assembling more than 30 grants
community." So far, that original $5
from governmental agencies to pay for
million has generated more than $56
various aspects of the Linked River-
million in new investments.
front Parks Project, which served as a
The Chrysler money and subse-
catalyst for more than $500 million of'
quent grants have given HP Devco
private development on Detroit's east
freedom that private and governmen-
riverfront.
tal groups just don't have, Saperstein
When recruited to head HP Devco,
says. "With a nonprofit taking the
Saperstein cruised the Highland Park's
lead, we can talk quietly and negotiate
streets. She was disheartened by the
with a developer and work out details,
urban blight but also saw possibilities for
and we can work with the city, too.
improving the community. The chal-
We can be the middle man," Saper-
lenges appealed to her personal commit-
stein says. "We can act more quickly."
ment to make the world a better place. 41.4
The most dramatic example of this
This spirit of tikun olam, repairing
freedom took place June 10, 1993, a
the world, stems from her parents,
day etched in Saper-
stein's memory. On the
eve of construction of
Highland Park Place,
developer Bill Watch
needed to move a
$150,000 pile of dirt, on
land he didn't own, with
grants pending. The pro-
ject was in jeopardy.
"I closed my eyes and
said, 'Go ahead,"' Saper-
stein recalls. "I had HP
Devco money and I was
willing to take the risk.
We broke ground and I
HP Devco's Brenda Daniels and Harriet Saperstein.
wrote letters to mid-level
Dave and Jean Brown, who came to 0.4
government people — we got our
grant money.
Brooklyn from Lithuania and the
Ukraine during the 1920s. Both
"Risking is not gambling. It's
worked and were involved in philan-
weighing the possibilities and saying
thropic endeavors, such as Hadassah
it's worth the try. The best results seem
to come from turmoil."
and, later, Israel Bonds.
By example, they taught Saperstein
Saperstein's professional life is about
the importance of working for change
switching gears all the time, about
and improvement.
putting back together deals that have
"From Judaism, a religion of acts
fallen apart, about juggling facts and
and deeds, I've learned to concentrate
figures in her head and making sense
on what we must do in this world,"
of them at a moment's notice. Her
Saperstein says. It's shaped my com-
high-energy, enthusiastic manner suits
mitment to make my world better."
the challenges of the job and helps
She also was influenced by reading
make things happen.
about the Holocaust in her youth.
"Harriet Saperstein has a commit-
"I have a strong feeling that many
ment to the city that is both remark-
people died for a set of beliefs I'm com-
able and dynamic," says Highland
fortable with. I'm an activist because I
Park Mayor Linsey Porter. "She brings
believe if the world had been more
an energy and a positiveness that really
active, millions would not have died."
helps us to create new possibilities and
To that end, Saperstein also lends
to turn obstacles into opportunities.
her talents to the Sojourner Founda-
She's an urban pioneer and we're for-
tion, a nonprofit agency concerned
tunate to have her here."
with issues that affect women and
Economic development was not her
girls. She's also co-chair of the Friends
career goal. She's never taken courses
of the Detroit River and works with
in finance, architecture or planning.
the Michigan Housing Trust Fund to
Her background is in sociology and

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Winners to be announced at the
COJES Community Education Day,
"Vim,Vigor and Vitality: The Keys toWell-Being"

Sunday, September 1 1 - 4 p.m.
D. Dan and Betty Kahn Jewish Community Center

West Bloomfield

Deadline for entries: August 14, 1998

7/10
1998

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For entry form or information, call
Pat Mayer, (248) 642-4260, ext. 224.