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Literacy Forum Launches Year Of Learning
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248-624-0400
on Maple Rd. W. of Haggerty
OPEN SATURDAY
A volunteer training workshop
will initiate the Detroit Jewish
Coalition for Literacy's first full
academic year of learning oppor-
tunities for volunteers and stu-
dents.
The program, which will take
place from 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 1, at the Max
M. Fisher Buildinab in • Bloomfield
Township, will showcase volun-
teer opportunities available
through the member organiza-
tions of DJCL. Participants will
select two of three literacy work-
shops: "How to Skills for
Tutoring," led by Ferndale Public
Schools Literacy Project coordina-
tors Judy Sampson and Sharna
Epstein; "The Developmental
Approach to How Children Learn
to Read," facilitated by Joan
Firestone, Oakland Schools Early
Childhood Education consultant;
and "Challenges to Children's
Reading Success."
DJCL plans to conduct a series
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can register for the shofar-
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Kahn Building of the Jewish
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of literacy workshops throughout
the year.
This effort will be bolstered at
services Friday and Saturday, Aug.
27-28, designated as Literacy
Shabbat. Rabbis have been asked
to distribute materials on how
congregants can become involved
in the Jewish community's fight
against illiteracy.
DJCL is an umbrella for 20
organizational partners working
to increase the Jewish communi-
ty's fight against illiteracy by
mobilizing volunteer readers,
tutors and book drive organizers.
Chaired by Jewish Community
Council Vice President Ann
Zousmer, DJCL is an affiliate of
the National Jewish Coalition for
Literacy.
For information about the lit-
eracy volunteer workshop or
DJCL volunteer opportunities,
call project manager Lauren
Marcus at the Jewish Community
Council, (248) 642-5393.
Holiday Tickets
For Newcomers
Shalom Detroit, a program of the
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit, is offering newcomers High
Holiday tickets to most local congre-
gations.
A service of the Federation
Women's Campaign and Education
Department, Shalom Detroit serves
as a welcoming committee to individ-
uals, couples and families that are
new to the Detroit Jewish communi-
tY.
Personal greeters provide new resi-
dents with advice on area schools,
synagogues, shopping and childcare.
Programs and events are held
throughout the year to introduce
newcomers to the area and to other
people in the Jewish community.
Shalom Detroit volunteers deliver
a welcome packet full of useful infor-
mation and discount coupons direct
to the new resident's doorstep.
Included in the packet is a guide to
Jewish. Detroit, a complimentary
four-week subscription to the Jewish
News, a coupon for a trial member-
ship at the Jewish Community
Center and much more.
For information, call. (248) 642-
4260, ext. 183.