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May 19, 2005 - Image 28

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The Detroit Jewish News, 2005-05-19

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is family knows.Dr. Gary
Burnstein would not appreci-
ate his name on the building
or his name on the upcoming golf
event.
Yes, he loved his bling β€” the fast
cars, the fancy watches and pens β€”
but the rebel with a cause, who
stopped wearing ties in the 1970s, was
all about quietly giving back to the
community.
Some eight years ago,
he answered a mailing
from the Pontiac
Rescue Mission asking
for help.
Out of 200,000 let-
ters sent, Dr. Burnstein
was the only person to
physically show up to
help, said the Rev. Kent
Clark, executive director
of the shelter now
known as the Grace
Centers of Hope and
the man Dr. Burnstein
jokingly referred to as
"Man Super."
Dr. Burnstein, who
served as medical direc-
tor of the intensive care
unit at St. John-
Dana Burstein and her son Ian at the clinic
Oakland Hospital in
Madison Heights until
his retirement in 1997,
said Ian.
offered to work from a small room in
Dr. Burnstein's daughter, Lori Taylor
the shelter, treating anything from a
of
Farmington Hills, said family and
cold to AIDS.
friends
would meet at night to paint
By 2003, he and the Rev. Clark were
rooms.
planning to open a free clinic, then the
"When my dad passed away, people
physician was diagnosed with lung
made about $15,000 in donations in
cancer.
his name," she said.
Dr. Burnstein died in September
A golf outing last year raised another
2003, but his dream of a free clinic did
$50,000,
and another golf outing next
not.
Wednesday, May 25, at Bay Pointe
Golf Club in West Bloomfield is
expected to raise about $85,000.
Dream Lives On
Smoke damage from a basement fire
Dr. Michael Yerkey, the doctor who
in
March has temporarily closed the
stepped in to take over the clinic after
clinic,
but Dr. Burnstein's wife, Dana
Dr. Burnstein became sick, enlisted the
Burnstein
of West Bloomfield, said it
help of his church, the 7,000-member
will
re-open
by year's end.
Kensington Community Church,
For now, the clinic is open Thursday
based in Troy and Rochester.
evenings at its temporary site in the
"The Kensington Church people
computer center at Grace Center of

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