Metro
Jewish Apartments & Services is
pleased to announce the honorees for
TILE 2007 EIGHT OVER EIGHTY
TIKKUN OLAM AWARD
SENIOR ADULT HALL OF FAME
GENERATIONS
Children Of The World
Local nonprofit agency helps
with international adoptions.
Harold Berry
Marvin Danto
Shelli Liebman Dorfman
Phil Elkus
Senior Writer
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Ethel Goldenberg
Norman Katz
Ida Nathan
Eve Lieberman
Jack & Miriam Shenkman
Sunday, May 20
Inside Handleman Hall at the Jewish Community Center
6600 W. Maple Rd. on the Eugene and Marcia Applebaum
Jewish Community Campus in West Bloomfield
Open to the public.
11:00 am. • Brunch $65,
by Matt Prentice Restaurant Group, reserved seating.
12:30 • 14th Annual Induction Ceremony
No charge (donations accepted) no reserved seating.
Mistress of Ceremonies:
Sherry Margolis
from WJBK
Fox 2 News
Master of Ceremonies:
Alan Muskovitz,
from the Dick Purtan Show,
Oldies 104.3 WOMC.
All the funds raised at the Eight Over Eighty
event benefit the JAS Quality of Life Fund.
For Information/advertising opportunities contact JAS Marketing
Director Pete Wurdock: 248.592.1101 • Pwurdock@Jasmi.org
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to be adopted. Russia has many prob-
lems with accreditation. Guatemalan
adoptions often present legal dif-
ficulties and children from Eastern
European countries may have fetal
alcohol affects.
"Deciding what country to adopt
from involves looking at things like
finances, age and sex of the child
they are willing to accept and family
background:' she said. "So we examine
each family's goals and look at differ-
wenty years ago, spurred by a
decade-long career in social
work and her own personal
adoption experience, Cathy Eisenberg
of West Bloomfield co-founded Child
and Parent Services. To date, the
agency has facilitated the adoptions of
more than 2,000 children.
"We started as a domestic adoption
agency:' said Eisenberg, Staff photo by Angie Bean
executive director of the
Bingham Farms-based,
Michigan-licensed
nonprofit agency. "But
about 10 years ago, with
the number of teen
pregnancies declin-
ing and the number of
interested waiting fami-
lies growing, we began
to include adoptions of
children from around
the world!'
To share an overview Cathy Eisenberg of Child and Parent Services with
of the options avail-
Theresa, Kevin and their 5-day-old adopted daugh-
able to prospective
ter, Marissa.
adoptive parents con-
sidering international
adoption, Child and Parent Services
ent program options."
will sponsor a 7 p.m. Thursday,
Even with the obstacles, Eisenberg
May 3, "Building Families Through
said, "There are many wonderful
International Adoption" workshop at
programs available, and families have
the Birmingham Community House.
much more control in the internation-
"Presentations will be made on
al adoption process because the chil-
programs for adopting children from
dren referred to them are legally freed
11 different countries," Eisenberg said. for adoption. In domestic adoption,
Both parents and children who have
there is often times a 'roller coaster
participated in international adop-
ride'; until the birthparents terminate
tions will share their experiences.
their rights to the child, an adoption
Detroit News columnist Laura Berman petition cannot be filed. Adoptive par-
will speak about her personal journey ents have far less control in determin-
to adopt a child from China.
ing the outcome."
"They will all talk about the
emotions and challenges, joys and
frustrations of the experience said
"Building Families Through
Eisenberg, who adopted her two chil-
International Adoption," 7
dren, Julie, now 26, and Brian, 22, with
p.m., Thursday, May 3, at the
her husband, Bill.
Birmingham Community House,
She is aware of the professional ins
380 S. Bates in Birmingham.
and outs of adoption and the specific
For information, call Child and
requirements set by various countries
Parent Services at (248) 646-
— information that will be discussed
7790 or access the Web site at
at the workshop.
www.childandparentservices.
"Each one comes with its own set of
corn. Cost for the workshop is
challenges:' Eisenberg said. "Children
$10 per person.
from China may take up to 15 months