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Over the past 106 years, Jewish National Fund has evolved from an organization
that was known for its blue boxes and tree planting into a worldwide
environmental leader that does so much more. The new JNF provides:

■ Water Projects: JNF continues building

reservoirs to provide viable solutions to Israel's
water shortage. Our 200 projects provide water
to 1.5 million Israelis every day.

■ Jewish Identity: JNF partners with

programs like the Alexander Muss High School
in Israel - a transformative experience that
promotes deep-rooted connections between
American teens and Israel.

■ Community Development: As part

JNF reservoirs provide much needed
water for Israel's farmers.

of its 10-year, $600 million Blueprint
Negev campaign, JNF is building 25 new
communities in the desert, revitalizing
existing communities, and making great
strides towards transforming the city of Be'er
Sheva with our River Park project.

■ Sderot Indoor Playground: JNF is

developing a 20,000 square foot indoor
playground, exercise and recreation facility
to provide Sderot's youth with a place to have
fun, connect with friends, and be children,
beyond the conflict.

■ Heritage Site Restoration: JNF is

JNF develops security roads to allow
Israelis to travel safely.

committed to protecting more than 250
irreplaceable historic buildings and heritage
sites associated with Israel's rebirth and
history.

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Michael Pitt affixes the mezu-
zah at JARC's Frederick H. Pitt

Home.

JARC Dedicates Home
JARC dedicated the new Frederick
H. Pitt Home in Bloomfield Hills
on July 17. JARC President Robert
Nusbaum of Franklin welcomed
the guests and Michael Pitt of
Huntington Woods spoke on behalf
of the Pitt family. Rabbi Harold Loss
of Temple Israel in West Bloomfield
officiated.
The current Pitt Home is a
replacement of the original tri-level
Pitt Home located in Southfield,
which opened in 1985. The move
to the current ranch home is part
of JARC's plan to ensure its homes
are accessible for its residents as
they age. A recent addition onto
the home has made the home even
more useful for its residents.
The original and current Pitt
Homes, recent addition, and the Pitt
Home Operating Fund were made
possible by gifts from the Albert
and Doris Pitt Foundation. The
home and fund are named in loving
memory of their son, Fred.
Janice Buchanan and Linda
Beltzman, both of Farmington Hills,
also represented the Pitt family.
Six women with developmental
disabilities live in the Pitt Home,
which is one of 20 homes oper-
ated by JARC in southern Oakland
County.
Based in Farmington Hills, JARC
is a nonprofit, non-sectarian orga-
nization that was founded in 1969
by a group of parents concerned
about the future of their children
with developmental disabilities.
Today, JARC is one of the nation's
largest providers of community-
based Jewish residential services,
serving 150 adults in its group
homes and various supported living
arrangements. JARCs Merle and
Shirley Harris Children and Family
Division provides support services
to 450 families who have a child
with any disability still at home.