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ERIN
GREENBERGER
City: Birmingham
Kudos: Aiding
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Erin Greenberger, I2-year-old daughter
of Drs. Marc Greenberger and Julie
Buch, celebrated her bat mitzvah
March 12 at Temple Beth El in
Bloomfield Township. As part of her
mitzvah project, she decided to do a
project that really hit home. She collect- -
ed items for "grow bags" to be given to
children awaiting adoption in Russia
and Ukraine.
Erin's sister Lexi, almost 3, was
adopted from Moscow in May 2003
when she was 1 year old. Erin's grand-
parents, Eileen and Bob Greenberger of
West Bloomfield and Marcia and Alvin
Buch of Farmington Hills, say they
were especially touched by the gesture.
When she's not playing with her sib-
lings, including Jonathan, 9, and
Mitchell, 1, Erin spends a lot of time at
the ice rink. Her synchronized skating
team came in seventh in the country
this year. She is a seventh grade student
at Birmingham Covington Middle
School.

How did you come up with the idea
of a "grow bag?"
"My mom told me about them.
They took one when they went to
Moscow to get Lexi. My parents went

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together first, then my mom went
and brought Lexi back."

What's in a grow bag?"
"The grow bags will be given to the
children in orphanages who have not
yet been adopted. The idea of the
grow bags is to help the waiting chil-
dren grow up healthy. Good things
for the grow bags are Children's
Tylenol and Motrin or Advil (aceta-
minophen and ibuprofen), Benadryl,
Infants' Tylenol and Motrin, chil-
dren's multivitamins, diaper-rash
cream, antibiotic ointment, new
infants' and children's clothing and
new stuffed animals."

How did you collect the items?
"I put a letter in with my invita-
tion, made a flyer and talked to peo-
ple on my block. I also asked people
to bring the stuff to my party."

How much did you collect?
"We had six really big garbage bags
full of the stuff. We delivered it to a
lady from FRUA (Families for

Russian and Ukrainian Adoption),
and she put together the bags that
will be taken over by parents adopt-
ing children. It made me feel really
good because it could have been my
sister getting this stuff."

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FRUA is still accepting items for
grow bags. If you have any questions
about what items to gather and where
to drop them off, visit the FRUA
Web site atwww.frua-michigan.org
and go to "Contact Us" for a name to
contact about grow bags.

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