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25-40% OFF* THROUGH OCTOBER 31
Humble Beginnings from page 58
"Rabbi Schnipper would come in with cash and we would spend
it the next day. We used to go to grocery stores at midnight,
when the food was being unloaded, and buy straight from the
pallets!'
Family-owned and operated for 60 years,
Ceresnie & Offen offers the ultimate in both
quality and service. Visit us today for the fur
of your dreams at the price of your dreams.
ENTER TO WIN!
Yad Ezra Today
In recent years, perishable items have been added to the reg-
ularly distributed foods. "Fresh vegetables, meat and chicken
were only a dream in the early '90s,"
Eizelman said.
In 1999, Yad Ezra also began to provide
health and hygiene items — toothpaste,
shampoo, deodorant, toilet paper and soap
— which cannot be purchased with food
stamps.
That year, a lunch assistance program
began. It has provided an average of 80 day
school students per year with in-school
Mickey
lunches.
Eizelman
Today, Yad Ezra assists 1,100 families —
more than 2,500 individuals — every month. Some 850,000
pounds of food will be distributed this year the agency's budget
is $800,000. A staff of five, an executive committee, board of
trustees and a core of 125 regular volunteers make it happen.
Yad Ezra's current home in Berkley was made possible three
years ago through community donations. Of the $1.25 million
budgeted for the purchase and renovation, the Meer family con-
tributed $500,000. A grant from the Kresge Foundation provid-
ed $185,000, with the rest donated by individuals and founda-
tions, allowing the agency to own the building without a mort-
gage.
Yad Ezra uses 10,000 square feet of the 16,000 square-foot
building and rents out the rest.
"It is a wonderful thing to be able to go from the bare mini-
mum of our beginnings in the basement of an office building to
where we are now," Eizelman said. ❑
Stop by before October 31st and enter to win:
1st prize •
2nd prize •
3rd prize •
$4,000.00 shopping spree
Flat-screen tv
Dinner for two
No purchase necessary. See store for complete details.
(248) 642-1690
www.ceresnieandoffenfurs.com
181 S. Old Woodward, Downtown Birmingham
(Next to the Birmingham Theatre-Free Adjacent Parking)
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