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JARC client Jonathan Arens takes a shot.
fives and joking with each other. They
exhibit a warmth that is often difficult
to reach in a community service proj-
ect setting." The JARC men consider
this activity a highlight of their week,
she said.
Sarah Aasheim, community relations
coordinator for JARC, said the pro-
gram gives the residents an opportuni-
ty for recreation they wouldn't other-
wise, have, as well as an opportunity to
make meaningful connections in the
community. When the program broke
for the summer, the residents kept ask-
ing when it would start again.
Greenberg AZA received two awards
for the program, one from the
Michigan Region of BBYO and the
other from BBYO International,
where they were the only chapter so
honored.
The program helped Greenberg
AZA members learn what community
service is all about said Perry Teicher,
16, of West Bloomfield, last year's
chapter president. "Volunteering is
more than making phone calls to get
people to come to an event. We
learned that by helping others we
helped ourselves. We would see the
smiles on the JARC residents' faces,
and then we would look in the mirror
and see the smiles on our own faces."
Jay Bassin of Oak Park, who has
advised the Greenberg chapter for five
years, beams with pride when he talks
about the program.
"My boys have always been athletic,
and basketball is one of their fortes,"
he said. "It's a rich reward for them to
be able to do something they love and
help other folks at the same time. I
think they like the 'feel good' feeling
they get."
Some of the AZA members admit
they weren't very enthusiastic about
the program in the beginning. Danny
Samet, 18, of Farmington Hills gradu-
ated from high school – and from
AZA – last spring, but came to the
JCC recently to play basketball with
his AZA and JARC buddies. He says
the basketball league changed his life.
"I never was one who liked helping
out in the community, and I definitely
was not a person who wanted to go
help out people with mental or physi-
cal handicaps," said the Oakland
Community College freshman. "I real-
ly felt uncomfortable around people
who were 'different.'"
A Few Converts
Samet didn't participate in the first
few basketball sessions, but decided to
check it out after his friends told him
how much fun they were having. He
was gratified when he helped some of
the JARC residents make baskets.
"When they did, their faces bright-
ened like the sun. We felt good about
ourselves for making other peoples'
day," he said.
Samet started looking forward to the
basketball games and began to regard
the JARC residents as his friends. He
decided he liked helping others so
much he would make it his life's goal
— he's studying to become a social
worker.
Mikey Noveck, 16, of Birmingham
also admits he wasn't very happy when
the chapter decided to do its service
project with JARC. But the program
helped him realize how special the
feeling of companionship can be.
The realization came during spring
break last year, when he was at a bowl-
ing alley with friends. A JARC resi-
dent, who was there with his house-
mates, called him by name. His
friends were bewildered, but Mikey
says he "felt more special than embar-
rassed" when he saw how happy the --
JARC resident was to see him.
"It's impossible to understand how
special a friend is to them until you
become one," he said. "To the world;
you may be a single person. To a per-
son, however, your friendship may
mean the world."
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