NEVER...EVER BEFORE...ENTIRE STOCK REDUCED!
DEAR FRIENDS & CUSTOMERS:
NEVER...EVER BEFORE...in our 34 year history...
have we offered our "ENTIRE STOCK" on sale!
The Claymore Shop is relocating and must sell
off our "ENTIRE STOCK" before the move.
We are now closedJoreparing for this
"GIGANTIC" relocation sale.
Our sale starts Thursday,
May 27th at 9 a.m. sharp!
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help in the last year. "It allows parents
to spend time by themselves, or with
their other children," she said.
One of those families, headed by
Tali and Julian Wendrow of West
Bloomfield, find the service has made
a crucial difference in their lives, even
though it comes for only three hours
a day on Thursdays and Fridays, when
a respite worker picks up 6-year-old
Aislinn from the bus stop after school,
or every other Saturday when it
means the couple can get a night out
without children.
"Life was generally more stressful
before JARC," Tali Wendrow said,
explaining that her mother, Betty
Flans, picks up Aislinn after school
only Monday through Wednesday,
because she works Thursday and
Friday. So Julian, a self-employed
painter and contractor with a more
flexible schedule than Tali, had to
meet the bus on those days, effectively
ending his workday early.
"There is the obvious stress of hav-
ing a child, but there is an additional
burden with a special-needs child,"
Tali said. "I don't have to stress
because I know I can call Laurel
(Berger). She has people in place who
are responsible and reliable. "
What the parents pay ranges from
20 cents to $1.0 an hour, depending
on the family's ability to pay. 'There's
no point in having (respite care) if
people can't use it," Berger said.
The respite program allowed Tali
and her mother to travel to Israel
together last July for a family wedding.
The Wendrows also plan on getting
Aislinn involved in the newest
Children and Family Division pro-
gram. Variety - The Children's Charity,
awarded a grant to JARC to provide
people who can supervise special-needs
children in recreational activities.
Tali hopes to get Aislinn into a
dance class to "give her the opportu-
nity to get into more community-
wide programming."
While the respite program is the
most-used service, the Harris grant
and other donations also are used for
what JARC terms "person-centered
planning." The special-needs child,
his or her parents, teachers, and other
relatives or parties interested in the
child's well-being are brought together
to blueprint a program for the child's
care and development.
Twenty special-needs children and
their families are part of that initia-
tive, which is . run by social worker
Miriam Hojda. Among her clients are
the Selmars and Helen and Izzy
Youngworth of Oak Park, whose 19-
year-old daughter Blimie works with
an aide at Sally Allan Alexander Beth
Jacob School for Girls in Oak Park.
"Miriam helped design the program
for her," said Helen Youngworth.
"She's acted as an advocate for me, let-
ting me know of the services available,
and helping plan for the future."
Hojda also helped set Blimie up to
work in the library at school, processing
the books that get checked in and out.
The Youngworths foresee Blimie
becoming part of JARC's independent
living program, as do Anita and Marc
Zelmon for their 11-year-old daugh-
ter, Erika.
The Zelmons, living in Madison
Heights, are thankful for Hojda's
assistance in planning Erika's future.
"Miriam calls us frequently to tell
us about new programs and confirm
appointments," Anita Zelmon said.
"We haven't just heard from her once."
The Zelmons said that Erika, who
suffers from bipolar disorder and is
moderately mentally impaired, was
very proud of going through personL-
centered planning.
"She was like the guest of honor,"
Anita said. "Everyone was there talk-
ing about her good points."
Yakov, like Erika, knows when he is
the guest of honor: uncharacteristical-
ly showing off for a visitor last week
by riding his sister's bike through the
ground-floor rooms of the Selmars'
two-story Oak Park home.
Although another of the Selmars'
six children — vvho range in age from
4 to 17 — suffers from hyperactivity,
only Yakov has a mental disability.
"A lot was on us, even though we
were supported emotionally from
others," said Seema Selmar. "I used
to say it was too hard and didn't
want to bother."
Now, she says, the JARC program
has given her time to work with her
other children without fretting over
caring for Yakov.
"Miriam makes phone calls and
arranges everything," Seema said. Its
nice to know there is someone to turn
to who cares.
JARC will hold a fund-raising
parry, SpringElation, Sunday,
May 23, at Gameworks, a Steven
Spielberg-inspired game factory,
in the Great Lakes Crossing Mall
in Auburn Hills. Hours are noon
to 4 p.m. For information, call
(248) 352-5272.