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T
he lambs and chickens in
Andy Jacob's back yard didn't
seem to bother Jacob's neigh-
bors. In fact, many of them
not only joined in the fun but offered
their help at the Friendship Circle event
he was hosting.
The late afternoon get-together was
the third annual barbecue for the West
Bloomfield organization, a privately
fimded Lubavitch Foundation group
that provides services for special-needs
children.
In addition to the arrival of the eight-
animal traveling petting zoo, the occa-
sion was highlighted by boat rides on
the lake behind Jacob's West Bloomfield
home, provided by him and his neigh-
boring boat owners.
Rabbi Levi Shemtov, director of the
Friendship Circle, said 30 families
accepted the invitation to attend with
their special-needs children.
Staffing the event were 25 girls, ages
13 and 14, from Camp Gan Israel, a
Lubavitch Foundation program in
Kalkaska. The volunteers filled in while
most of the Friendship Circle's regular
band of teen helpers were out of town
for the summer. Rabbi Shemtov said the
girls participated "as part of a communi-
ty activism course, teaching communal
responsibilities."
Also present were potential volun-
teers, who spent their time observing
and learning about the Friendship
Circle. Experiencing the program for the
first time was Rebecca Kowalslcy of West
Bloomfield. Rebecca said she and her
friend Danielle Borovoy of Farmington
Hills, both 12, met a young boy whom
they "took around to make a tzedaka
box and decorate cupcakes." Proud and
feeling "good that I helped him and was
there with him," Rebecca, who now
plans to be a regular Friendship Circle
volunteer, reports that her new friend
"smiled a lot.
Rabbi Shemtov said that among the
families who spent the late afternoon and
early evening immersed in the fun of
boating, arts and crafts, challa baking
and a giant air slide, was one special-
needs child attending her first Friendship
Circle event. Her mother left the party
with words that proclaimed what friends
helping friends is all about, gratefully
telling the rabbi, "This is a day my
daughter is never going to forget."
Below: Amy Seidman shares a hammock with
Bracha Greenes.
Right:Rabbi Levi Shemtov introduces Lilya
Bromberg, 9, to the festivities.
Below right: Host Andy Jacob helps push a boat
full of guests into the water.
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