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Staff photos by Angie Bean

Gina Saperstein of
Huntington Woods,

Julie Zussman of
Huntington Woods
and Sherry Kanter

of Huntington
Woods

Shanbom of
,Bloomfield Hills andMar
Mois of Birmingham

Lorraine Ler ner of WM
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Benefit helps Kadima bloom in
fight against mental illness.

prucing up for spring,
from flowers to furni-
ture, was the topic of
conversation at the Michigan
Design Center in Troy during
a "Home and Garden Talk and
Tour" to benefit the
Southfield-based
mental health agency
Kadima. .
The event included
an inside look at the
design center's show-
rooms, which are
usually off limits to
the general public.
"It's very exciting to
see what's new:' said
Janie Roth of Bloomfield Hills.
"I like walking around and
seeing different styles used
together," added Barbara
Prusak of Detroit. "I think
eclectic is the best!'
The women enjoyed a catered
brunch and sat around tables
with bright yellow tulip cen-
terpieces. Experts on garden-
ing and home decor spoke to
a crowd of about 150 women
at the April 25 event. Featured
speakers included landscape.
designer Deborah Silver with
Detroit Garden Works in Sylvan

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Lake, rose expert Tom Schrift
with the Birmingham-based
Detroit Rose Society and design-
er Jeffrey King of Jeffrey King
Interiors in Birmingham.
"Put your house on a diet:'
King said, urging the
crowd to do some redec-
orating in the form of
spring cleaning. "Get rid
of anything you haven't
used in two years."
While the focus of the
talk was on brightening
homes and gardens, the
women also discussed
how Kadima ("moving
forward" in Hebrew) is
like a ray of hope for the com-
munity. The agency provides a
variety of residential, employ-
ment, counseling and support
services for mentally ill clients
and their families.
"Our clients — we see them
as a flower:' said Janette
Shallal of Southfield, Kadima's
executive director. "We take care
of them; we nurture them so we
can get results!'
"We're very proud to say we're
in our third decade of service to
the community:' added Paula
Schonberg of.Birmingham,

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who organized the event.
"Without Kadima, many men-
tally ill people would be home-
less, hospitalized or in jail!"
"I think it's a wonderful orga-
nization," said Roth. "They're
doing great things for human-
ity."
Spotted in the crowd were:
Kadima's community relations
coordinator Leah Foltyn,

Mara Moss, Jen Lewis,
Sherry Singer, Melissa
Shulman, Nicole Wagner
and M a rla Kaftan, all of
Birmingham; Shirley Cetner
of Troy; Trudy Weiss and
Fay Rosen of Farmington
Hills; Ronna Ross, Sandi
Tamaroff and Phyllis
Schwartz of Bloomfield Hills;
and Judy Wachlarz, Beth
Gursky, Marilyn Berman,
Gail Stewart and Vera Schey,

Lori Anderson of Bloomfield Hills and Daryle Roth of

West Bloomfield

all of West Bloomfield.
Brunch, the centerpieces and
seed packets for participants
to plant at home were donated
by Savoir Fare Catering in
Southfield, Westborn Market in
Berkley and English Gardens in
Royal Oak. ❑

Marla Kaftan of Birmingham and Heidi Wineman of Birmingham