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A great-granddaughter lives up to
her bobbies reputation.

Bessie Kutnick with granddaughter Danniell Nadiv, 11.

SHELLI DORFMAN
Editorial Assistant

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standing-room-only

crowd filled the commu-
nity room of the Lillian
and Samuel Hechtman
Jewish Apartments in West
Bloomfield, to honor eight individu-
als for involvement in the Jewish
community. In the middle of a front
section of seats was an 11-year-old
girl who paid tribute to one of the
honorees in her own way — by fol-
lowing in her footsteps.
Danniell Nadiv joined the Sunday;
May 16, Jewish Apartments and
Services' Eight Over Eighty celebra-
tion to honor her bubbie, Bessie
Kutn ick.
Kutnick's granddaughter Shelley
Nadiv, who is Danniell's mother, says
Danniell has watched as "Bubbie
gives of herself," finding people jobs,
furniture and clothing.
Sandy Brenner, Kutnick's daugh-
ter says, "Giving is in the genes,"

and Danniell's current project is an
example.
Last month, Danniell's cousin
Amy Yamron, a Detroit inner-city
teacher of 8 and 9-year-olds, told
how her students did not have proper
clothing and were unable to complete
a coloring project because they had
no crayons. Danniell responded,
"How can they not have crayons —
they're kids!"
She discussed with her mother
about holding a drive to collect items
needed by the kids.
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An 11-year-old Hillel
student collects donations
for inner-city students,
following in her great-
grandmother's footsteps.

Hillel Day School of Metropolitan
Detroit in Farmington Hills, also
spoke with her class advisors.
They endorsed her plan and
encouraged her.
Danniell and classmate Jay Kohler
created and hung banners in the
school hallways and distributed flyers
to the kindergarten through fifth-
grade students. Shelley Nadiv saw
one of the banners asking for cloth-
ing, toys, school supplies and board
games and brought a box of items to
donate to the school.
At the end of the school day,
Nadiv came back to pick up her
daughter and son Yoni, and Danniell
asked for help carrying some boxes to
the car. Nadiv found herself carrying
her own donations back to her home
for storage.
Within five days, Danniell had
accumulated enough donations from
classmates, teachers and even from
her bubbie to fill her mother's and
grandmother's cars.
Shelley Nadiv says her bubbie

always took care of those in need
through rummage sales, making
phone calls until she located neces-
sary items, including toys, furniture
and bicycles.
Danniell has been a volunteer
since she was an infant. Her mother
created the Bubbies, Babies and
Zaydes visiting program at Borman
Hall, Jewish Home for Aged.
The family used the Eight Over
Eighty event as a meeting point for
the transfer of donations from
Brenner's and Nadiv's cars to
Yam ron's.
Sandy Brenner enjoyed watching
her granddaughter follow in her bub-
bie's footsteps. She says her mother
influenced Danniell in her project.
Brenner says her mother "used to
rummage" for so many organizations
that her "father could never put the
car in the garage — it was always full
of clothing."
Kutnick is proud of her 11 great-
grandchildren, saying, "They will be
much better than Bubbie."

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