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PEACE-OF-MIND

130 volunteers offered to help out
at the <osher•Focd Fair. And yes,
they did get free food — but so did
everyone. AM you needed was a
donation to Yad Ezra, the kosher
food bank in Oak Park.
"It's going very well," said Marian
Guttman, who was handing out
cards that allowed visitors a taste of
everything from pizza to bagels.
"Some are giving a lot; some are
Giving alittle..

"People hove Peen, very cener-
ous," added her volunteer co-work-
er Howard Guttman. "They are giv-
ing both money and food."
And who wouldn't, with the likes
of Les Kannon around. Kannon
cheerfully enjoined passersby to
"Make a donation to Yad Ezra!
Rabbi,. come over here and make a
donation.•You over there, have you
made a don-ti.---.-•?"
"Thar's why we're not giving him
a loudspeaker," Guttman said, smil-
ing.
Throughout the Center, rooms
filled with food samples and a
cooking demonstration of chicken
breasts in wine mingled aromas.
Soril Sharon of Jerusalem Pi77a fig-
ured she had given away more
than 400 pieces of cheese pi77a
by early afternoon. Luckily, more
vas on the way.
But it wasn't pizza that captured
the attention •of tv'∎ egan Justice of
Berkley. In a room filled with purple-
and-white balloons, Megan was
coloring in two pot holders, one of
which had a green star with purple
triangles inside. Megan said art is
one of her favorite subjects at
school.
Cindy Posen of West Bloomfield
stood in the halls v.,ith three pre:
girls.
"They're nor all mine, she
explained.
the volunteer driver
and I'm a mother [she pointed to
one girl], aunt [she pointed to a
second] and friend [to the third].
My daughter Eve also is here; she's
a volunteer with the Walk."

n younger daugh ter,
Cindy Pose's
Hannah, 9-1 /2, was looking for-
ward to hearing the Israeli Scouts
perform. (Their concert was held
outside, underneath a large banner
showing flags of Israel and the Unit-
ed States.) Hannah's friend, 9-1 /2-
year-old Marni Roisman of Franklin,
felt the same. "I've seen them
before and they're really good."
The third girl in the trio, Renee Liber-
man of 'Nest Bloomfield, had a can
of Sprite hanging like a water bottle
at her side. She proclaimed the 3-D
movie of Israel "really fun."
Inside the Center's gym was the
nerve center of the food fest, which
Cindy Posen called a highlight of •
the day. A Zeman's cake large
enough to satis - y Godzilla himself
(made of 12 cakes, then iced at
the event) read: "100 Year Cele-
bration" in bright-purple icing. There.
were cookies and pasta salads,
more pizza and even pickles. Tzip-
porah Davis, "6 almost 7," of
Southfield said the pickles were
sour, but delicious.
Hannah Rogers, 6, of Southfield,
had the opportunity to sample plen-
ty
food before heading — aulp
— to the moonwalk. "I had some-
thing really good, said Hannah, her
soft-brown curls dancing in a pleas-
ant breeze. "Coke!"
The afternoon concluded with the
Walk for Israel, then a gathering
back at Rothstein Park. Finally, the
air had cooled a bit.
The band outside Federation
Apartments made music well into
the afternoon, attracting more and
more appreciative listeners. Playing
a sentimental old song, "Winches-
ter Cathedral,"the accordionist was
smiling.
Barbara Berman of Oak Park
danced with 4-month-old Samantha
in her arms. Dark-haired Samantha
is one of the three Berman children,
all of whom were having a great
time. "They really enjoyed making
the - pot holders," said their mother.
"And we ate and ate and ate." LJ

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