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"We are working to educate the public
about all the types of mentoring that
are out there." She's also trying to
develop a Web site that is a "one-stop
shop for mentoring."
While Marshall also would like to
quantify her program's impact, she says
the qualitative data is most impressive.
"So much that happens is emotional
growth and maturity," she says. "You
can't measure that with a paper and
pencil tool. Sometimes, you need to
overcome self-esteem problems before
you can deal with other things. Often,
the child begins to bloom in front of
your eyes."
JFS is working with other Jewish
organizations and institutions to sup-
port the program. The Jewish
Community Center of Metropolitan
Detroit provides a limited membership
at no cost to both mentoring pairs and
Temple Israel's Caring Community and
the Temple Beth El Sisterhood have
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Elf y car knows how to get
there," Jim Koenig says of
his regular trips from
Harrison Township to Raphie Kuper's
house in Oak Park. They were
matched through the Jewish Family
Service's Mentor Connection pro-
gram five years ago, and the friend-
ship has grown strong.
"My three children were grown and
I was looking at how I might be able
to help the community," says Koenig,
dean of technical and computer
information systems at Baker College
of Clinton Township. Like many oth-
ers who have become involved, he
heard about the program from a
friend and pursued it.
When Koenig first became a men-
tor, Raphie was just 11.
"At first, he was a little shy about
talking," Koenig says. "It took about
Raphie Kuper of Oak Park and Jim
Koenig of Harrison Township enjoy
a Tigers game together.
a month for us to get comfortable,
but he's such a nice person and a very
knowledgeable kid; it was pretty easy
to get along. Now he's developed into
a young man I really enjoy spending
time with."
Raphie, who will be a junior at
Berkley High School in the fall, sees
it the same way.
"At first, it was kind of awkward,
but it's like that whenever you meet
someone for the first time," he says.
"When we talked, we knew that
much more about each other; and we
felt more comfortable."
Koenig not only is an advocate for
Raphie, but for mentoring. And JFS
is an advocate for Koening, who was
honored as its "Mentor of the Year"
at its June 6 annual meeting.