Metro
Federal
Funding
The Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit's Supportive
Communities program was award-
ed a second federal appropriation
for fiscal year 2005. Thanks to the
efforts of U.S. Reps. Joseph
Knollenberg, R-Bloomfield Hills,
and Sander Levin, D-Royal Oak,
and Democratic Michigan Sens.
Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin,
Supportive Communities will con-
tinue for another cycle.
The program, housed at West
Bloomfield-based Jewish Family
Service, has helped area older
adults age in place since 2003.
Through community partner-
ships with Lincoln Towers,
Highland Towers, Beztak
Management-Aldingbrooke
Apartments, the Area Agency on
Aging, JVS, Temple Emanu-El, the
Jewish Community Center, Wayne
State University's Eugene
Applebaum College of Pharmacy
and Health Sciences, the Arthritis
Foundation, the Visiting Nurse
Association, the University of
Michigan's Geriatric Center and
others, Supportive Communities
has helped hundreds of older
adults improve their quality of life
and remain in their homes longer.
The Web site www.norcs.org
focuses on Naturally Occurring
Retirement Communities
(NORCs).
YAD re
Royal Oak makes calls
We Answered The Phone
After Super Sunday, Federation's 2006 Annual Campaign
is off to a good start.
Ken Guten Cohen
Story Development Editor
Grieving
Support
The National Council of Jewish
Women Greater Detroit Section-
SPACE for Changing Families and
Oakland County-based
Congregation Shaarey Zedek will
offer an eight-week bereavement
support group for adults grieving
the death of a spouse or partner.
The group will meet once a week
on Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m., from Nov. 1
to Dec. 20 at Shaarey Zedek.
A trained facilitator will lead the
group. This is not a drop-in group;
attendance is required for all ses-
sions. There is no charge; however,
donations are appreciated.
To register: (248) 355-9936.
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ore than 200 volunteers
made calls during Super
Sunday, Oct 16, to raise
funds for the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit's 2006 Annual
Campaign. Calls were made from the
Max M. Fisher Federation Building
in Bloomfield Township and from
the Jewish Community Center in Oak
Park.
Preliminary numbers show the
effort exceeded the expectations of
raising $500,000 that day.
This year, every increase in pledge
or new gift to the 2006 Annual
Campaign will be matched dollar-
for-dollar through the generosity of
Bloomfield Hills philanthropist A.
Alfred Taubman, who established a
challenge fund to honor the memory
of his close friend, Max M. Fisher of
Franklin.
"The Challenge Fund helped, espe-
cially among young adults who knew
their $100 gift would be doubled': said
Jordan Glass, Young Adult Division
Super Sunday co-chair.
More than 30 YAD members tele-
phoned contributors.
"Competition for charitable dollars
is unprecedented in this community,"
said Larry Lax, who co-chairs the
2006 Annual Campaign with Nancy
Grosfeld.
"Given our challenge to sustain and
increase support against a shrinking
donor pool, we can be encouraged
that our campaign has had a very
strong start this year. But we have
miles to go:'
Federation's 2006 Annual Campaign
goal is $36,750,000 overall, with
$4,750,000 to come from the
Taubman Challenge Fund.
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Above: Scott Eisenberg
of Franklin talks to a
potential donor during
Federation's Super
Sunday while teaching
his son, Noah, the mean-
ing of doing a mitzvah.
Right: Campaign co-chair
Larry Lax and Bruce
Gorosh of West
Bloomfield accept a
check for the Annual
Campaign from Tietel
Apartments
Councilwomen Sofija
Fudym and Malka
Skljazskaja
October 27.2005
JIT