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Lois Shulman aims for Oakland commission seat.
ois Shulman has announced
of the life of my family and, in
her candidacy for the 16th
return, I can and will make a signifi-
District Oakland County
cant contribution by serving as an
commissioners seat
Oakland County com-
now held by Shelley
missioner."
Goodman Taub, who is
Shulman was a mem-
running for state repre-
ber of the task force for
sentative. The newly
the new West Bloomfield
reapportioned county
library. She has been
commission district
active in PTO for four
includes precincts in
years as treasurer of Lone
West Bloomfield,
Pine Elementary School
Bloomfield Hills and
and has served on the
the entire village of
school's PTO Steering
Orchard Lake.
Committee.
Shulman, wife of
Shulman said she is
Lois Shulman
39th District State
committed to preserving
Representative Marc Shulman, is a
safety in homes and on the streets,
graduate of Kalamazoo College and
providing the best school systems
Cooley Law School in Lansing. She
possible for the state's children, and
is the mother of four daughters,
establishing a responsive mental
Julie, Rachel, Amy and Sarah. The
health system for all who are in
Shulmans have lived in West
need. She said she would work with
Bloomfield for 20 years. The cou-
Oakland County leaders to maintain
pie's children, ranging in age from 7
the county's quality of life and
to 19, are, or have been, students in
strengthen its infrastructure.
the Bloomfield Hills School District.
"When elected to the Oakland
"I am not out looking for a job,"
County Commission," she said, "I
she said. "Rather, I am looking to
will have my door open to each and
do a job. For years, I have been
every citizen who wishes to express
interested in political activities in
his or her needs and concerns to
Oakland County. The county has
me." Ill
contributed so much to the quality
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Standing from left: Jim Narens, Margot Narens, Bill Narens, Lea Narens, Barbara
Narens, Nanci Levy and Rocky Levy. Seated, left to right: Judie Narens and Ed Narens
Richer Opportunities
Endowment aids JCC's special needs program.
he generosity of a Franklin
couple will allow Jewish chil-
dren with special needs to par-
ticipate in programs and activities
offered to all children at the Jewish
Community Center of Metropolitan
Detroit.
Edward and Judith Narens have
established the Edward and Judith
Narens Fund for Children with
Special Needs as part of the
Millennium Campaign for Detroit's
Jewish Future. The Millennium
Campaign was created by the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
and its finance arm, the United Jewish
Foundation, to redevelop and trans-
form the JCC as the focus for Jewish
culture and informal Jewish education
for the entire community and to pro-
mote Jewish continuity through a
series of specially designated and
named donor funds.
.
The Narens Fund will underwrite the
Kids All Together Program, the special
needs program at the West Bloomfield
Jewish Community Center.
Initially, the Kids All Together
Program will provide funding for
inclusive programming within the
JCC Summer Day Camp Inclusion
Program, vacation break camps, year-
round enrichment classes and in the
Sarah and Irving Pitt Child
Development Center. The program
will enable the JCC to pair inclusion
counselors and assistants with special
needs children as they participate in
recreational programs and classes. The
chief goal is to ensure that any child
with special needs will be welcomed
and encouraged to participate in all
JCC classes and programs.
"The Narens family has made it possi-
ble to truly embrace this segment of the
Jewish community," said Federation
President Lawrence Jackier. "The Narens
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are wonderful people, and the Fund for
Children with Special Needs truly
reflects their vision."
"The Narens Fund (Kids All
Together) exemplifies all that the
Millennium Campaign hopes to
accomplish," said Federation CEO
Robert Aronson. "In addition to trans-
forming the JCC into a true center for
culture and education, the Narens
Fund is working to ensure a better
future for children in Detroit Jewish
community."
Nancie Furgang, a registered occu-
pational therapist and the special
needs director of the JCC, said: "The
JCC is grateful to the Narens family
for reaching out to children with spe-
cial needs and providing a fund that
will ensure quality experiences within
a Jewish recreational and educational
environment."
"We're proud to be a part of helping
special needs kids in our community
enjoy everything childhood has to offer,"
said Margot Narens, president of the
Narens Fund.
Ed and Judie Narens have been long-
time supporters of Federation's Annual
Campaign and philanthropies through-
out the community. Ed Narens is a past
president of Franklin Hills Country
Club and a member of Federation's
Partnership 2000 Steering Committee.
He was a board member for Big Brother,
Big Sister of Southeast Michigan and
will be on the board of the Ronald
McDonald House of Detroit.
Judie is a member of Federation's
Jewish Women's Foundation and is
active in the Federation Women's
Campaign. She served on the boards
of Kadima, National Council of
Jewish Women and Hadassah.
For information on the Kids All
Together Program, call Federation's
Andrew Echt, (248) 203-1455. ❑
Soldiers of the 8th Army gather for a seder in 1952.
Do You Know These Soldiers?
In April 1952, a group of Detroit soldiers gathered in Seoul, Korea, to celebrate
Pesach. The Jewish Welfare Board sponsored seders for those in the 8th Army
who could get to Seoul.
N. Brewster Broder of Southfield (middle row, second from left) and Dr.
Albert Blaize of Orchard Lake (front row, left) were in attendance.
If anyone can identify any of the other men and would like to get a reproduc-
tion of the photo, call Broder, (248) 350-3400.