borhood. "I remember [classmates] star-
ing at handicapped kids. I didn't want
my kids to do that."
The Horwitzes also feel it is vital that
their children visit ALYN. Arthur first
toured the hospital as part of the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's
Hadracha trip in 1991. He returned
with Gina when they served as bus cap-
tains on Michigan Miracle Mission I in
1993. Arthur went on a third visit in
1994, accompanied by son Daniel, now
16. This summer, 12-year-old Adam will
travel with his parents; while nine-year-
old Stephanie already is asking when her
turn will come.
Gina sees time spent with ALYN's
children as uplifting. She describes them
as "special, smiling kids. They are beau-
tiful — you see through the disability,"
she says. "Those who visit are not
depressed when they leave.
They feel blessed there is a place like
this to take care of the children."
She says she wishes she could spend
more time at ALYN. "If I were closer, I
would want to be able to see the kids
and have a special relationship with all
of them — and so would my kids."
Gina expresses gratitude for the
ALYN staff. "They are there for the
whole child. And they have so many dif-.
ferent problems. Still, the children carry
the Torah in their wheelchairs, bake
challas on Shabbat and masquerade on
Purim."
With Israeli health insurance covering
only 70 percent of the care of each hos-
pitalized child, funds are raised in the
United States and around the world.
Detroit Friends of ALYN members
gather tribute card donations all year,
and hold one annual fund-raising event
— this year's dinner is the 10th annual.
Titled an "Enchanted Evening," the din-
ner is chaired by Miriam Goldberg and
Doris Blechman.
Pleased to be part of such a good
cause, Gina calls ALYN "a little jewel of
a hospital that sits overlooking Jerusalem
— a place that performs miracles."
You can begin to repair the world by
helping these children, she says. El

Tax-deductible donations can be
made to ALYN Hospital, P.O.
Box 250573, West Bloomfield,
MI 48325. The "Enchanted
Evening" strolling dinner will be
held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May
25, at Congregation Shaarey
Zedek. Admission is $150 per
person. Reservations: by May 22,

(248) 559 -ALYN.

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Student Initiatives Committee.
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in.cluded the Allied Jewish
Campaign Cabinet, the United
Jewish Appeal National Young
Leadership Cabinet and co-chair
of the Detroit Men's Cabinet.
Arthur has held board positions
with Sinai Hospital, Michigan
Jewish Sports Foundation,
JARC, Jewish Community
Center of Metropolitan Detroit
and Aish HaTorah. He has
received recognition awards
from Yad Ezra, Jewish Ensemble
Theatre, Michigan Jewish AIDS
Coalition and the Jewish
Community Council. The
Horwitz family is active at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek-
B'nai Israel.
They have established the
Klara and Leo (Arie) Scheck
Wheelchair Replacement/Repair
Fund in memory of Gina's
mother's siblings at ALYN.

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