Community
JCC Opens
Camp Signup
Bibi On
Cable TV
Forum Focus:
Book Repair
JARC Talks
Therapies
The JCC Summer Camps, a day camp
program operated by the Jewish
Community Center of Metropolitan
Detroit, is taking registration. The
camps are open to children 2V2-14 at
both JCC locations.
Among the activities, depending on
age, will be swimming, arts, crafts, ath-
letics, Israeli culture, day trips, theater
camp, outdoor adventure, Maccabi Pro-
Sports camps and the Imagitivity arts
and sciences camps.
New this year will be the Te'Atron
(theater) camp, the J/Tam joint camp
experience UGC day camp and
Tamarack Camps overnight camp), JCC
Family Camp at Grand resort, Rhythm
Man Camp (art and music), Summer
Science with Mobile Ed, Make-a-Splash,
puppetry camp and Science on the Go
with Cranbrook Institute of Science.
Happy Days mini camps bridge the
gap between summer and the school
year. Children who attend the mini
camps will be grouped by age. The pro-
gram will be held at the JCC in West
Bloomfield.
Extended care is an extension of the
camp day and is offered from 7:30-9:30
a.m. and 3:30-6 p.m. It is available to
children in preschool and those who will
be in kindergarten through fifth grade in
the fall.
The JCC summer camps offer indi-
vidual inclusion assistance to campers
with special needs. For information
about the inclusion program, call Nancie
Furgang, (248) 432-5585.
Campers who attend three weeks or
more of camp are eligible for free bus
transportation within the bus route bor-
ders. Arrangements can be made for a
central pick-up point for campers who
live outside the bus routes.
Scholarship applications will be
accepted by mail only. Applications will
be accepted Feb. 4-April 26. For scholar-
ship information, call the membership
department, (248) . 432-5586.
For information, visit the Jewish
Community Center Web site,
www.jccdet.org, and click on the sum-
mer camp button or call the JCC
Summer Camps office, (248) 432-5578.
In his Dec. 4 address to the Detroit
community, former Israeli Prime
Minister Binyamin "Bibi"
Netanyahu drew one of the largest
crowds on, record for a fund-raiser
for the Jewish Federation of
The Association of Jewish Libraries-
Michigan Chapter will present a
book repair workshop 1-4 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 3, at Yeshivat Akiva in
Southfield.
Joe Trombetta of the Kapco
Company will demonstrate tech-
niques and cost-effective solutions
to book repair and processing prob-
lems. All participants will receive a
free sample package. There is no
charge.
Reservations are required. Call
Phyllis Rochen, (248) 386-1625.
JARC's Harris Children and Family
Division will present 'Alternative
Therapies for Children with Special
Needs" with Sandy Glovak from
Sensory Systems Clinic 7-8:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 30, at JARC's Katzman
Administration Building, 30301
Northwestern Highway, Farmington
Hills.
Topics will include cranial sacral ther-
apy, sensory integration and interactive
metronome.
Sensory Systems Clinic in St. Clair
Shores has been under the direction of
Glovak for 19 years. The clinic special-
izes in treatment of infants, children
and adults with learning and behavior
problems and provides occupational
therapy.
For reservations, or to arrange special
accommodations to attend the free
event, call Randee Klein, (248) 538-
6610.
Metropolitan Detroit.
"B'nai B'rith Presents" will cable-
cast the event in its entirety in a
two-part series beginning the week
of Jan. 28.
Comcast of Walled Lake will
carry the programs on Channel 14,
3:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Jan. 29 (part 1)
and Feb. 4 (part 2).
Comcast Channel 18
(Hamtramck, Hazel Park, Keego
Harbor, Lathrup Village, Madison
Heights, Oak Park, Southfield,
Sylvan Lake and West Bloomfield),
Wednesdays, Jan. 30 and Feb. 6.
Info TV Channel 12, Time
Warner, (Farmington, Farmington
Hills and Novi), 9 p.m. Thursday,
Jan. 31, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3
(part 1), and 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb.
7, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10 (part
2).
In Auburn Hills, Berkley,
Clawson, Ferndale, Huntington
Woods, Oakland Township,
Pleasant Ridge, Rochester,
Rochester Hills, Royal Oak and
Troy, Comcast Channel 52 or
WOW 18 on Thursdays at 6:30
p.m., with repeat showings on
Fridays at 6:30 a.m.
Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti, Channel 17,
9 p.m.Thursdays, Jan. 31 and Feb.
7.
Bloomfield Hills, Bloomfield
Township, Beverly Hills, Bingham
Farms, Birmingham and Franklin
can call Bloomfield Community
Television, (248) 453-7790, to see
if the series will be shown.
Videocassette copies of the speech
are available for sale through B'nai
B'rith. For information, contact
Fran White, (248) 646-3100 or
BBMRC6620@aol.com
Literacy Group
Hosts Volunteers
Three area educators will be the
speakers at the Detroit Jewish
Coalition for Literacy (DJCL) volun-
teer training workshop 4-6 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 5, at the Max M.
Fisher Federation Building in
Bloomfield Township.
New and veteran volunteers are
invited to participate. Joan Firestone,
director of Early Childhood
Education, Oakland Schools, will
discuss emergent literacy. Helping
children with the reading/writing
connection will be the focus of a
presentation by Laurel Kiviloski, a
lead teacher at Pleasant Lake
Elementary School in Walled Lake.
Diana Kirkland, principal of
Kennedy School in Southfield, will
instruct volunteers on successful
strategies for developing a lifelong
love of reading.
Chaired by SallyJo Levine and
Jewish Community Council of
Metropolitan Detroit board member
Ellie Slovis, the DJCL is an affiliate
of the National Jewish Coalition for
Literacy.
To register for the workshop or for
information, contact DJCL Project
Coordinator Phyllis Jarvis, (248)
642-5393.
Program Seeks
Kids And Mentors
Jewish Family Service is seeking boys
and girls of single-parent homes who
might benefit from a special friendship
with a caring adult.
The JFS Adult Mentors program
matches adult (21 yrs.+) mentors with
children ages 6-16. Adult mentors must
be willing to commit a few hours a
week, for at least one year to the pro-
gram. Both parties are provided with
ongoing support from JFS staff
Volunteer mentors are carefully
screened, trained and monitored.
JFS also provides a full line of support
services for older adults, and immigra-
tion/citizenship services for new
American families. Most types of insur-
ance are accepted. All clinical services
are non-sectarian.
For information about the JFS Adult
Mentors program, call Michelle
Greenstein, (248) 559-1500.
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