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Thank you for the informative article
on Final Sale/ClothespORT closing in
Berkley ("Final Sale," July 21, page 21).
It seems that many people who read
the news about the closing of the store
thought that the National Council of
Jewish Women/Greater Detroit Sec-
tion's two thrift shops might also be
closing. I want to assure everyone that
our Berkley and Royal Oak stores are
alive and well, and doing business as
usual.
As noted in the article, the income
from these stores is vital to our ability
to run our organization. We hope to
be in business for a long time to come,
and welcome donations and customers
from the community, including the
ORT supporters who have been so
generous to the ClothespORT.
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As chair of the Federation's
Functional Review Committee for the
Jewish Community Council this past
year, I would like to provide some
additional information regarding the
committee's findings. I feel this is
needed to give context to some of the
statements that were made in Robert
Sklar's Editor's Notebook article "In
Search Of Clarity" (July 28, page 5)
concerning the findings of the
Functional Review Committee.
The Review Committee found that
Council does valuable work in and on
behalf of the Jewish community and
commended its staff and board for
their work and dedication. There is a
good working relationship between
Federation and Council.
The process by which Council's
public policy positions are formulated
was discussed as part of the Functional
Review and has been part of the ongo-
ing dialogue between Federation and
Council. Indeed, communications
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between Council and Federation always
have been good and are continuinc, to
get even better.
The Committee found the responses
to the question as to whether Council
should be an independent organization
or a department of Federation to be
mixed and that surveys of similar cities
indicated that there was precedent for
both. The Committee concluded that a
number of cost economies betw e en the
agencies have been put into place over
the last two years and that further sav-
ings, if any, would not be substantial if
the Council were made a department of
the Federation.
Paula Glazier
Bloomfield Township
More About Meals
In Robert Sklar's Editor's Notebook
"The Way We Invest" (July 28, page 5),
you stated that the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit-supported
Commission on Jewish Eldercare
Services provides outreach to the kosher
Meals on Wheels.
Meals On Wheels is not fully funded
by the Federation through the COJES
allocation. Jewish Family Service pro-
vides a caseworker for clients and Jewish
Apartments & Services provides the
availability of the Prentis Apartments'
kitchen. COJES funding assists in this
portion of the program.
However, the National Council of
Jewish Women Greater Detroit Section,
which is not funded by the Federation,
provides the volunteers who pack, deliv-
er and organize the program. We fund
all of the meals and packing supplies for
food transportation. NCJW also funds
the bookkeeping, reporting and grant
writing needed to operate the program.
Client donations do not come close to
covering the costs of the food and food
preparation, thus the NCJW provides
the deficit.
Meals On Wheels is a very important,
yet costly program. Additional funding
is needed to continue it.
Sheila Guyer
president, NCJW/GDS
Southfield
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