Federation's Stacey Crane and Super Sunday co-chair Howard Rosen.

Verne Royal of West Bloomfield

Best _friends selling bracelets to help Israel: Tasha Aronson, Carly Schiff Katie Blender; Amanda Zwiren and Becca Kowalsky.

teers at the Federation building. Carly
Schiff of Birmingham, Tasha Aronson
and Katie Blender of Franklin,
Amanda Zwiren of Bloomfield Hills
and Becca Kowalsky of West Bloom-
field are 17-year-old students at
Birmingham Groves High School and
best friends. They found their own
way to raise money for the Israel
Emergency Fund.
Zwiren and Aronson came up with
the idea of selling LIVE JEWISH
bracelets, similar to champion cyclist
and cancer survivor Lance
Armstrong's LIVE STRONG rubber
bracelet, which he used to raise
money for cancer research. The teens
are selling their 7,000 bracelets for a
donation of $2 or more and already
raised $200.
"People tend to forget that teens can
get passionate for something, and we
have a strong Jewish connection and
get excited about Israel," says Aronson.
"It's a big part of being Jewish."
Teens are inspired by Federation's
Teen Mission to Israel and Partnership
2000 projects in Israel's Central
Galilee, says Amy Neistein,
Federation's Israel and overseas services
associate director. She credits the
relationships developed in Israel and
here that inspires teens to get involved
in the campaign.

Endowments: Another Path

Making a donation to Federation's
Annual Campaign isn't the only way
of giving. Less is known about another
important source of Federation's

CREATIVE CARING on page 18

Super Sunday chairs are Doris
Blechman of Bloomfield Hills;
Susie Citrin of Birmingham;
Roselyn Blanck, Howard Rosen
and Melinda Soble, all of West
Bloomfield, with Karen Alpiner,
as adviser.
Upcoming Mitzvah Day, Dec.
24, chairs are Regina Colton of
Birmingham and John Marx of
West Bloomfield.
For more information about the
LIVE JEWISH bracelet, call
Cherron Jackson: (248) 203-1494.

Volunteers Ann Bogrow of Southfield and Ilene Dunn of Oak Park

2004

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