The Patriarch Jacob declared, Of all that
you grant me I shall tithe to thee, 0 Lord.
(Genesis Ch. 28V. 22)

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each volunteering hundreds of hours
each year.
Celia's and Sydney's donations of
time and energy are part of a growing
national effort.
Although not every volunteer gives
time as freely as they do, millions of
Americans donate millions of hours
toward community service projects and
other organizations. Last year, on the third
Sunday in October known as Make a
Difference Day, 1.5 million Americans
worked on community service
projects in 2,000 cities
Mary Ardus is
in all 50 states. In the
among many
tri-county
alone,
people
Volunteer Impact, a
blessed by
non-profit organization
Sydney
Weinstein's
that connects volunteers
dedicated
with projects, maintains
sense of
a database of 10,000
giving.
individuals who donate
25,000 hours annually.
Officials at the Jewish Federation of
) Metropolitan Detroit say it is
impossible to tally the exact number
( g
of volunteers who serve on boards,
committees, task forces; for those who
run events or organize them; for those
who give time at the various agencies.
It is even more difficult to assess the
number of hours given or the number
of activities in which each volunteer is
involved.
"I can't imagine what Federation -
and the Jewish community - would be
like without volunteers," says Penny
Blumenstein, Federation president.

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SYDNEY WEINSTEIN

Honorable Menschen profile

by Jill Davidson Sklar

ydney Weinstein and Celia
Lubetsky should probably meet
each other sometime soon. They
have a lot in common.
Both are intensely committed to

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bettering the Jewish and general
communities. Both can and do whip
out their checkbooks for good causes
but both believe it is more important
to lend a little muscle to their pet
projects. So they roll up their sleeves
and work tirelessly behind the scenes,

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