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T

he Child and Abuse Neglect
Council of Oakland County
held its sixth Circle of Friends
event Jan. 17, at Glen Oaks
Country Club in Farmington Hills.
More than 250 patrons attended the
event featuring keynote speaker Dave
Pelzer, author of many bestsellers,
including The Lost Boy and A Man

Named Dave.
Pelzer mesmerized the crowd with his
childhood stories of survival. "When
you almost die six times before the age
of 12, you really appreciate life," said
Pelzer, who had an alcoholic mother.
His teachers and counselors rescued
him, and he was put in a foster home.
He talked about focusing on the positive
and turning adversity into triumph. His
book Help Yourself is a call to "finding
.
hope, courage and happiness."
Carole Larson Wendzel was the event
chairman and Rich Fisher was the mas-
ter of ceremonies. Some of the Circle of
Friends patrons included Maddee
Adelson, Harriet Alpem, Doris August,
Shelly Cooper, Elyse Essick Foltyn,
Hilary Isakow, Fern Kepes, Trudy
Foster, Jackie Layne, Julie Nelson-Klein,
Lois Shaevsky, Pat Rosen, Linda Sircus
and Phyllis. Strome.

sonal Judaica collection of Doreen and
the late Ambassador David Hermelin.

CCFA News

The Michigan Chapter of the Crohn's
and Colitis Foundation of America. was
recently awarded the Outstanding
Special Event Bronze Achievement
Award from its national organization.
"We have an unbelievably committed
volunteer base, which is solely responsi-
ble for our ability to raise these kinds of
dollars year after year, " said Michigan
Chapter Executive Director Bernard
Riker. Some of the volunteer committee
members include Richard and Ruth
Tishler, Kathy Berman-Dreifus,
Howard and Jean Dubin, Sheldon and
Harriet Fuller, Mitch and Nanci
Kantor, Skip and Carol Roberts,
Woody and Carol Simon.

Notes
etroit Central High School June
T Detroit
Class of 1952 will be holding a class

reunion on Saturday, Sept. 28. For more
information, call Dennis Brown, (800)
548-666 or (810) 446-9636.
Hersh's on the Boardwalk in West
Bloomfield hosts a Maragret O'Leary
trunk show Jan. 31-Feb. 2.
Sally's Designs in the Orchard Mall in
West Bloomfield hosts a Garfield &
Marks trunk show and a Plenair trunk
show Jan. 31-Feb. 2. Eli

.

Alice Muskovitz and son Steve
Muskovitz are patrons of CCFA.

Historical Notes

The Jewish Historical Society of
Michigan hosted an afternoon at the
Detroit Historical Museum. Rabbi
Joseph Gutmann presented a slide-illus-
trated lecture on the "Ceremonial Arts
of Chanukah."
Members also enjoyed a reception and
special display of menorot from the per-

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Jill Grannan, Judy Levin Cantor, Adele Stager, Howard and Lili Camden, Sharon
Alterman, Charlotte Dubin, -Douglas Harris and Robert Kaplow all attended the
Jewish Historical Society lecture.

Howard and Jean Dubin and Nanci Kantor are support-
ers of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America,
Michigan Chapter.

Julie Nelson-Klein, Lois Shaevsky and Phyllis Strome are Circle of
Friends patrons.