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5/21
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LYNNE MASTER, M.Ed

()Wrier, Director

70 Detroit Jewish News

working poor,
"The economy
seniors choosing
is still on the
between food and
upside. But what
rent, or food and
about when the
A recent survey of recipients of
the Edison bill."
bottom falls out?"
food assistance:
Organized and
Gleaners is
• 620/6 are female.
highly publicized
already preparing.
• 49% are children and seniors.
food drives, such
One way is by
• 32% of client households receiv-
as the one con-
opening the satel-
ing food have one or more adults
ducted on May 8
lite hub sites, such
working.
by the U.S. Postal
as a 5,000-square-
79% of client households receiv-
•
Service, have
foot distribution
ing food have less than $10,000 in
annually brought
center in Taylor.
annual. income.
in as much as
Gleaners is also
37% of clients are high school
•
300,000 pounds
working closely
graduates.
of food to the
with the Love
• 28% chose between getting
Gleaners. That is
Light Foundation
medical care/medicine and food.
only 3-5 percent
and Starfish
9% of children had missed
•
of the food dis-
Family Services to
meals.
tributed by the
create a hub
• Three months prior to the sur-
organization. But
site/training center
vey, 57% did not think they
the public aware-
in Inkster.
would need emergency food.
ness and support
"We've seen an
generated by such
increase in fresh
drives are impor-
produce and fresh
tant, said Loewenstein.
goods becoming available that we're
No wonder his peers respect him.
able to move through the system.
Said
Dr. Marjorie Fisher, a member
That makes a big difference, because
of
the
Gleaners board, "Rick is an
the needy have not always had access
intelligent,
enthusiastic, committed,
to those foods," said Loewenstein.
energetic individual whose dedica-
Although Gleaners only services
tion to Gleaners and feeding the
agencies in Wayne, Macomb,
hungry is an incredible asset to the
Washtenaw, Monroe and Livingston
community."
counties, it also stores food for the
Her sentiments were echoed by fel-
Food Bank of Oakland County, sup-
low
board member Ned Greenberg of
plying 20 percent of the volume.
DataNet
Quality Systems. "Gleaners
Last year, Gleaners used a core of
has
committed
to an aggressive cam-
6,200 volunteers to help pack food
paign
to
improve
food delivery to its
show
up
each
boxes. At.least 100
member agencies, and at the same
Saturday. The photographs of com-
time help those agencies expand their
munity-wide groups on the walls
capacity to deliver food to those in
include one depicting bar mitzvah
need. It is Rick's job to ensure that
candidate Adam Milgrom performing
these twin goals are accomplished.
his mitzvah at the warehouse. He
- Gleaners is truly lucky to have
brought along a busload of 50 friends
found
Rick. He combines youthful
in 1997.
enthusiasm
with the professionalism
Gleaners accomplishes its mission
and
organization
needed to run a
an
annual
budget
of
$4
million,
on
complex organization like Gleaners,"
most of it raised by the agency. By
said Greenberg, who attended
any standard, that is not a lot of
Cranbrook with Loewenstein.
money to distribute 15 million
A third board member, commu-
pounds of food. More than 60 per-
nity
activist Dulcie Rosenfeld,
cent of the food is donated; adminis-
praised
Loewenstein as a "very per-
trative costs are just 5 percent.
sonable, capable leader. He's an ideal
Health and beauty items, including
follower in Gene Gonya's footsteps.
soap and diapers, are part of the equa-
He's a terrific person and knows the
tion. "We expect to receive $1 million
business."
worth of baby formula in the next
Loewenstein said he wishes "more
year,'' said Loewenstein. We receive
qualified
and business people would H
that product as a result of a national
get
into
the
non-profit world because
price-fixing settlement with Ross
it
is
exciting.
People have been doing
Laboratories and Mead Johnson."
But it is very exciting to
it
before
me.
Loewenstein said learning who the
be
able
to
end
your day every day and
are
has
been
an
eye-opener.
hungry
know that you've helped people. It's a
"You might think it is a bum or a
good feeling." Li
homeless person. In reality, it is the

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