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Local donors to the Friendship
Circle Ferber-Kaufman Life
Town Center include Edward
Meer, Shari and Alon Kaufman,
Ronda and Ron Ferber, Morrie
and Sybil Fenkell, Andy Jacob,
Howard Babcock, Jack and
Charlene Wolfe, Robert and
Lori Silverstein, Elliott and
Denise Baum, Linden and
Michelle Nelson, the Nussbaum
Family, Irwin and Vivian
Lieberman, Dan and Sheryl
Werner, Sam and Arlene
Blumenstein, Robert Sher and
the Alfred Berkowitz
Foundation, with David M.
Levine as trustee.

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therapists who specialize in teaching
With families and volunteers vital to
and interacting with children having
this care, separate parlor areas will be
special needs.
built to accommodate each. The lounge
With plans drawn by Architectural
for parents will offer a library, cafeteria
Consortium of Troy, the facility will
and cushioned sofas. The lounge for
be completely accessible to
the Friendship Circle
Clockwise from top:
those with special needs. It
Volunteer Club's young
Edward Meer, Shari
will be large enough to
adults will contain a read-
and Alon Kaufman,
accommodate simultane-
ing/sitting area, Ping-Pong
Robert Silv erstein,
ous programs for children,
and pool tables, board
Howard Babcock, Jack games, electronic arcade
their families and volun-
Wolfe and Andy Jacob games and computers.
teers Sundays through
Fridays, with hours likely
The two-level building
to extend from 8 a.m. to 8 or 9 p.m.
and compensation for staff comes in at
The facility will include eight stan-
an estimated cost of $4 million. "We
dard therapy rooms, an area for home-
know this is an ambitious goal, but
work help, gross motor rooms with
we've raised $2.65 million," Rabbi
equipment and sensory rooms, includ-
Shemtov says. "And now we have the
ing sand, water and bean tables.
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