Ilona Goldman of Oak Park
with Alex Sapick, 16, of

AROUND TOWN

Farmington Hills, Yue Li, 16,

of Farmington Hills and
liana Goldman, 16, of
Farmington Hills

Mitzvah Moments

Volunteers ease the transition to winter
for homebound seniors.

small army of volunteers wield-
ing rakes, buckets and bags left
Yeshivat Akiva in Southfield on a
mission. Some 200 people broke into
groups and set out to rake leaves, winter-
ize windows, change light bulbs and do
other household
chores for dozens of
homebound Seniors.
"You really get
hands-on and you
get to see the fruits
of your labor," said
Marilyn Madorsky
. of Bloomfield
Robin Schwartz Township, one of the
volunteers.
Columnist
The annual Fall
Fix Up is a project of Jewish Family
Service of Metropolitan Detroit. From
morning to early afternoon on Nov. 13,
participants visited the homes of about
40 JFS clients.
"Without the volunteers, they wouldn't
get this done during the year or they'd-
have a much more difficult time doing it,"
said event chair Jack Cherney of West
Bloomfield.
A group of students from North
Farmington High School went right to
work, clearing piles of leaves from Sylvia
Fox's lawn in Oak Park. Fox peeked out •
her window to watch them and her eyes

welled up with tears. "I'm gonna cry — I
am so overwhelmed by this:' Fox said.
"To me, it's a mitzvah. The Jewish com-
munity in this area is so generous. They're
always there,' she said.
.A few miles away, the Orley, Kelman,
. Aronovitz, and McClain/Madorsky
.
families teamed up to tackle another
yard. •
"We raked all the leaves and cleaned all
the windows," said Amanda Orley, 14, of
Bloomfield Hills. "It makes you feel good
that you've done a good thing."
Daniel Aronovitz of Huntington
Woods participated with his daughters,
Sarah,•14, and Anna, 10, to teach them the
importance of helping -others. "As crazy as
this world is, we're trying to -give them the
building blocks of being good people and
•I think this is where it starts," he said.
Committee members for the 9th annual
Fall Fix Up were: Dr. Steven Dunn and
Jennifer Silverman of Franklin, Judy
Stern of Pontiac, Micki Grossman and
Karen Safran of Farmington Hills, and
Nathan Shiovitz of West Bloomfield.
Sponsors included Yeshivat Akiva, Broner
Inc., Universal Bearing Co., Hansons
Windows and Beaumont and PrOvidence
hospitals. ❑

Below: Michael Gould, 8, of Farmington
Hills and Noah Adler, 7, of Southfield

Above: Chelsa Landau, 16,
of 'Farmington Hills

° Right: Andrew Entin, 17,
of Farmington Hills

Below Right: Volunteer Lynn Maher

of Berkley

Below: Homeowner Sylvia Fox
of Oak Park

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