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This summer has seen a $40
million construction boom
for Jewish community facilities.

the Jewish Vocational Service in
Southfield, will provide day care services
for clients with dementia disorders.
Kosher lunches and activities will pro-
vide respite for the families of 70 to 90
clients a week, a high priority with an
aging population.
The Brown Center in West
Bloomfield was "funneled" into the
normal funding process of sources,
including the Federation's Annual
Campaign, other restricted funds
and the Foundation's general fund.

Ground-breaking ceremony at the Norma Jean and Edward Meer Jewish Apartments.
(See related story, page 41)
"The real estate committee was
ravages of Alzheimer's up close, came
a (( safe and positive environment.
involved in working with the
forward with the donation for the build-
Slatkin said education projects had
Commission On Jewish Eldercare
ing that will bear their name. "Families
generally gotten a high priority, but
Services in the residential design of
need the respite," Dorothy Brown said.
the Federation also tried to be "even-
the building. The allocation of the
"This is the first time that our Jewish
handed" by building a new school for
land on the Maple-Drake campus, and community has been able to take care of Akiva and renovating both Jewish
the budget for the building, led to the
our Jewish persons with Alzheimer's."
Community Centers at the same time.
fund-raising," Davidoff said.
Moving to the other end of the
"Most of the planning, most of
Federation's designations committee
spectrum, Blumenstein said the $1.5
what needs to be done, evolves out of
set the price tag to name the $1.4 mil-
million reconstruction of the former
the Federation," said Slatkin. "They
lion building, and Dorothy and Peter
Beth Achim synagogue in Southfield
often challenge the Foundation to help
Brown, long-time supporters of the
as a new home for Yeshivat Akiva will
provide the funds, to form the group
Jewish community who have seen the
serve a growing, young population in
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THE DOROTHY AND PETER
BROWN ADULT DAY CARE CENTER
in the Rose and Sidney Diem
Building of the Jewish Vocational
Service in Southfield is a fully oper-
ational day care facility for people
with dementia disorders. Recently
renovated for $300,000, the center
can handle 20 clients at a time, or
35-40 people per week. Including a
laundry, and a bathing facility, the
center offers activities, exercise and
a kosher lunch every day.

THE DOROTHY AND PETER BROWN
ADULT DAY CARE CEN I ER at the

Jewish Community Campus in West
Bloomfield, a full-service day care
facility for people with dementia dis
orders, will be completed in January
2000 and in use by mid-February
The $1.4 million, 7,000-square-foot
structure will care for about 35 clients
each day, which represents 70 to 90 a
week. It will offer a full range of
activities and'a kosher lunch.

YESHIVAT AKIVA has moved from a
70-year-old structure in Lathrup Village
to the former Beth Achim Synagogue in
Southfield. At 49,400 square feet, the
$1.5 million newly renovated building
has 21 brightly lit classrooms with com-
puter and video capabilities, and a secu-
lar and Judaic library for 250 students.

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