Metro
Tzedakah Experience
Families learn the allocation process firsthand.
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ongregation Shaarey Zedek in
Southfield became the central
address of Jewish communal
Detroit for one day as 175 sixth-graders
and their parents experienced firsthand
how Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit and its partner agencies serve the
community.
During Tzedakah Experience on Feb. 8,
students from 15 local day and afternoon
schools dropped off pennies collected
from Penny Harvest as a donation to
Federation's annual fundraising campaign.
At the "Mitzvah Mall," representatives
from agencies including Jewish Family
Service, JVS and Yad Ezra informed stu-
dents about volunteer opportunities.
During "Choose Your Own Adventure,"
the students' mission was to find the cor-
rect tzedakah agencies to help an imagi-
nary family in need.
The Penny Harvest raised more than
$1,800, which was allocated to tzedakah
agencies based on a vote of the participat-
ing families.
Federation's Alliance for Jewish
Education in conjunction with the
Metropolitan Detroit Board of Jewish
Educators sponsored the event. ❑
Natalie Jacobson, 11, of Bloomfield Hills and Rachel Kahan, 11, of Bloomfield Hills
Left: Blake Farber, 11, of Walled Lake,
Noah Menlo, 12, of Farmington Hills,
and Neal Dlugokinski, 12, of Farmington
Below: Sixth-graders and their parents
learn to allocate their hard-earned
pennies.
Above: Vivienne Apsey, 11, of
Farmington Hills focuses on an
activity.
Right: Brian Unatin and his
daughter, Kara, 11, of
Huntington Woods
February 19 2009
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