Community County Canvas 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 L 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 T 3/22 2002• 36 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.