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September 21 2006
t its Aug. 15 board meeting, dren exercising while educating them
the Jewish Fund approved
about the importance of exercise and
$1,375,028 in grant pay-
•nutrition.
ments for 19 primarily health-related
A .three-year, $82,000 grant will
programs.
promote the inclusion of adults
A $250,000 grant to the Jewish
with disabilities in the creation and
Federation's Israel Emergency
performance of community-based
Campaign helped relocate Israeli
theater at Matrix Theatre Company
children to safe areas and support
in southwest Detroit.
the elderly and disabled that are
The remaining grants will address
unable to move from war-torn areas.
the needs of Holocaust survivors,
According to Jewish Fund Board
children with special needs, frail
Chair Robert Naftaly,"While as a
older adults and people lacking*
legacy of-Sinai Hospitarthe Jewish
health insurance ranging from work-
Fund's mission is to support pro-
ing poor Jewish families to homeless
grams locally, the board unanimously people in Pontiac.
and passionately supported this
The Jewish Fund was created in
contribution. We have not seen Israel
1996 from proceeds of the sale of
in such crisis since the Fund was
Sinai Hospital to the Detroit Medical
created and could not refuse the cry
Center and has since awarded 532.7
for assistance to Israeli children and
million in grants to expand health
elderly who have suffered from the
and human services to residents of
conflict."
Metropolitan Detroit.
' Three grants will help create
Other grants are:
new services in the Detroit Jewish
• Fresh Air Society: $17,000 for
community. A three-year, $185,000
one year to purchase a mini-van for
grant will enable Jewish Hospice &
medical purposes at Camp Tamarack.
Chaplaincy Network to develop a
• Friendship Circle: $35,000 for-the
palliative care program to help non-
second year of a two-year grant for
hospice, terminally ill patients.
an adult volunteer coordinator for
Another three-year grant, in
the new Life Village.
the amount of $127,500 jointly to
• Gary Burnstein Community
Yeshivas Darchei Torah, Yeshiva Beth
Health Clinic: S45,000 for the second
Yehudah and Yeshivat Akiva, will
year of a three-year grant to provide
help improve the quality of physical
start-up costs for this new free medi-
education programs in the Orthodox
cal clinic in Pontiac.
Jewish day schools.
• Hillel Day School: $15,000 for
A third three-year grant will pro-
the final year of a three-year grant to
vide $75,000 to Kadima to work
contract with Jewish Family Service
with Jewish Family.Service to pilot a
for social work services in the middle
support program for families of chil-
school.
dren who struggle with emotional
■ Humanitarian Aid Foundation:
disorders.
$25,000 for one Tear to support in-
Grants also will support health-
home services for Holocaust survi-
related programs in the broader
vors in Metro Detroit. The grant will
community. A two-year, $100,000
be matched by the Humanitarian Aid
grant will support two sites (Rose
Foundation and passed through to
Hill Center/Wayne State University/
Jewish Family Service.
Detroit Medical Center and Henry
• Jewish Apartments & Services:
Ford Health System) of a $4 million
$150,000 for the fifth year of a 10-
state-wide initiative designed to
year grant to subsidize rent for 30
improve the quality of mental health
low-income seniors at the Norma
treatment by implementing stan-
Jean and. Edward Meer Apartments.
dards for evidence-based medication
• Jewish Apartments & Services:
practices.
$35,000 for the second year of a two-
A $75,000 grant will enable the
year grant to staff the expansion of
Detroit Science Center to build an
the Coville Apartments to provide
interactive exhibit that will get chil-
supportive living to 36 older adults in