Clockwise, fom top left:

Sam and Diane Orley, part of a Bloomfield Hills
host family, check out the monkeys at Zoo Night.

Athletes and friends join the Kass family
for a picnic at the Zoo.

Rebecca Berent and coach. Marty Medina
of Rochester; NK, check out Detroiter Alana
Grunspan's collection of pins.

Beth Isenberg, Lori Shapiro and Emily Feldman
pose at the Detroit Zoo.

FEEDING AN ARMY

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Cy Servetter, who retired after 40
years as a teacher in the Detroit Public
Schools, checked passes at the lunch-
room door. "They're a nice group of
kids," said the Now resident, "and
they seem very excited about being
here."
In all some 22,000 meals were
served in what was a carefully
arranged joint venture between the
ICC and Sperber Kosher Catering.
Alan Linker, Sperber president and
son-in-law to the Sperbers, said the
meals comprised one of the "largest
ever kosher catering undertakings" in
metropolitan Detroit. In addition to
the salad fixings, Linker served 1,600
pounds of turkey roll, 1,000 loaves of
bread, 6,500 hot dog buns, and 125
cases of hot dogs.
Farmington Hills resident Jane
Shayne, a retired teacher, volunteered
with her daughter Debbie Syme, a
teacher, and friend Ray Fleisher, a

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retired engineering teacher from West
Bloomfield. 'It's wonderful," said
Shayne. As a senior citizen, its an
especially great feeling to see the youth
— their sparlding faces and smiles.
And they're all Jewish," she added
with a wink.
Also on salad patrol was Volun teer
Marta Lazar of West Bloomfield. In
addition to serving, Lazar made an air-
port run to pick up a group of Staten
Islanders earlier in the week and gave
information at local hotels. She signed
on to volunteer because, she said 'It's
a nice thing to do. People have to give
back what they get in the world."
Retirees Rae and Barney Zatkoff of
West Bloomfield volunteered for the
games for the second time, the first
back in 1990. "We enjoy working
and seeing the kids around here. It's a
very warm feeling," said Rae, while
Barney served the hot dogs. He said
dishing up several thousand kosher

dogs wasn't hard work. "Anything
you enjoy isn't hard,' he said, echo-
ing a sentiment expressed by many of
the volunteers.
For Sylvia Block of West
Bloomfield, a retired office worker,
making 200 peanut butter and jelly
sandwiches was fun until they "laid
her off" because the kids weren't eat-
ing them quickly enough.
"It's a wonderful feeling. I am so
proud to be Jewish right now," said
Block, who also hosted two New York
teens in her home.
Gerald Sukenic, Maccabi food
committee chairperson, was thrilled
with his team. "We advertised that we
didn't require athletic skills, tryouts, or
equipment, and we promised that
everyone would make the team. It's
great to be involved in this way. It's
enjoyable, you get to meet all the ath-
letes, and it's non-competitive," said
Sukenic.

For Sperber employee Leo
Steinmetz of Southfield, the games
held deep meaning. "I am a Holocaust
survivor," he said For me, anything
that involves Jews, our freedom and
liberty is Very special. I have tears in
my eyes seeing all these Jewish kids --
Am Yisrael Chin' (the people of Israel
live)."
Games Fundraising Director Dr.
Mort Plotnick cited essential dona-
tions by Kroger, Empire Kosher,
Osherwitz Products (the glatt kosher
subsidiary of Best Kosher), the Orland
Bread Company, Golden Valley Dairy,
Coca Cola and Darman. Products and
support from these companies totaled -/
$120,000:
,
.
Without their support we would
have been severely strained in our abil-
ity to put on the games," said Plotnick.
An additional $5,000 was spent on
food from the games budget. ❑

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