Fortunate are those who act with justice
and dispense charity at all times.
(Psalms 106:3)

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CELIA LUBETSKY

"They're the glue that holds our
enterprise together."
Why do they do it? Some donate
their time because they are affected by
a disease and want to find a cure or help
with support services. Some seek the
positive recognition that inevitably

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comes from volunteering. Some use
volunteering to escape the confines of
their home, avoiding loneliness by
choosing instead to seek companionship
with people in need or fellow volunteers.
Some, like Sydney, 58, give their time
as a way to fill a void once occupied

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by a profession. Sydney was a partner
in the accounting firm of Morof,
Sheplow and Weinstein before retiring
nine years ago. "I decided when I
retired I would go crazy if I didn't keep
busy," he says. It takes my time up and
makes me feel good. Doing something
different every day is like having a job
without it being a job. I receive
something better than a paycheck."
So, everyday he wakes up, dresses
neatly, hops into his 1994 Chevrolet
Corvette and heads
Celia Lubetsky
off to help.
wants her
On Monday, he
children to know
the importance
delivers his route for
of volunteering.
the National Council
of Jewish Women's
kosher Meals on Wheels, bringing one
hot and one cold meal to 11 residents too
feeble to cook for themselves.
On Tuesday, Sydney packs food for
Yad Ezra, doling out sustenance and
smiles to families seeking assistance
from the kosher food pantry.
On Wednesday, he is off to see what
he can do for five struggling math
students at a Detroit elementary school
where he donates about two hours as a
math mentor.
On Thursday, he spends a good
chunk of the day feeding and socializing
with seniors at the St. Patrick Senior
Center in the Cass Corridor. That
morning he will swing by a nursing
home in Detroit to pick up the 90-year-
old woman for whom he is an unpaid
guardian and take her and others to the

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