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As the signature event of the American Cancer Society, Relay For Life is a 24 hour
celebration of life for cancer survivors, a memorial for loved ones lost and a rally
for the community to fight cancer.

There is still time for you to get involved!

join us at West Bloomfield High School from 10:00 a.in. on Saturday, June 14 -
10:00 a.m. on Sunday, June 15, or one of nearly 30 other locations here in
Southeast Michigan. You can walk in the cancer survivor's victory lap, purchase a
luminaria in honor of someone who has battled cancer, make a donation, or
simply join us in walking some laps.

Top: Entertaining the Lew Price Garden
volunteers was the Gratitude Steel Band.

Above: Amy Neistein, director of the
Neighborhood Project, with garden
founder Harold Kulish and Marion
Freedman, Federation senior planning
and allocation associate and former
Neighborhood Project director.

to "get together a variety of people in
the community who weren't talking to
each other — black, Jewish, Chaldean,
Vietnamese."
Kalish, a real estate developer who
has founded similar parks in Detroit,
will remain a major contributor to the
project. Oak Park School District staff
and students also will continue their
support — this year, Lessenger students
raised funds for the flowers they plant-
ed through a pop-can recycling drive.
They'll be assisted by the city of
Oak Park, which last year began a five-
year plan to turn the garden onto an
outdoor classroom.
The Neighborhood Project, founded
to enhance and preserve the Jewish
communities in Oak Park and
Southfield, officially closes its doors
May 31. Its final project, the previous-
ly planned Jazz Nights, will take place
June 22-24 at Oak Park's Charlotte
Rothstein Park. E

For more information or about registering a team of your
own, call the American Cancer Society at 248.557.5353.

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