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A

s her daughter, Gila, was about
to become part of a Jewish
Association for Residential Care
UARQ home 15 years ago,
Harriet Gelfond began a small fund-raiser
for persons with developmental disabilities.
But she never imagined that her little flea
market sale would become something of a
charitable phenomenon.
Gelfond, of Farmington Hills, decided to
make a difference in the lives of those with
developmental disabilities living in JARC
homes, as well as other developmentally
disabled persons in the community.
Because she taught •art at the Oak Park
Jewish Community Center for 33 years, when Gelfond
began asking JCC members and staff for new and used
items to sell, the goods started rolling in. With the con-
tinuous inflow of items, she began holding fund-raisers
every four to six weeks. Her customers were ecstatic.
The 60-and-over customers include many immi-
grants from the former Soviet Union; they visit the sale
before and after their English classes in the JCC, and
even during breaks. Many have become regulars, pur-
chasing everything from dinner glasses to razors and
jewelry.
Gelfond and her volunteers only charge a dollar for
each item. "At our last sale, we made $215," Gelfond
said.
Though Farmington Hills-based JARC only recently
began to tally the money Gelfond has contributed, she
estimates that a few thousand dollars have been donated
since her first sale 15 years ago.
Margaret Perinjian of Birmingham, one of Gelfond's
volunteers, described the experience of working at the
fund-raiser as "simply something of love." Since the sale
moved last year from the back of the Oak Park JCC to
the front, sales have increased.
Not only do the students taking classes visit the sale,
but also persons living in surrounding apartments and
visitors to the building.
Gelfond is proud of her little sale that has grown into
an institution. "You know your work is just a drop in
the bucket, but you hope that your work will help those
developmentally disabled and let them know how much
you care about them."

Top:
Harriet Gelfond checks
the price on a ceramic
teapot for sale.

Above:
Margaret Perinjian of
Birmingham, and
Myrna Grand of West
Bloomfield volunteer at
the used goods sale at the
Oak Park JCC.

