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Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 28-
March 1, at Cobo Center. Details:
(248) 540-5206.

Socialize while learning to cook
kosher Asian cuisine, an event
for people in their 20s and 30s
that also includes dining, 8-11 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 28, at Friendship
House, 6892 W. Maple, West
Bloomfield. Cost: $20, or $30
couple. RSVP: (248) 788-4000,
levi@theshul.net.

Don't miss the final days of
"Deadly Medicine: Creating the
Master Race," a traveling exhibit
about Nazi experimentation with
humans, through Sunday, March 1,
at 5020 John R, Detroit. Free with
museum admission: $16.95 adult,
$13.95 children and seniors. www.
detroitsciencecenter.org , (313)
577-8400.

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Give the gift of life at a blood drive
8 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, March 1, at
Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901
Middlebelt, Farmington Hills.
Donors must be at least age 17
and weighing at least 110 pounds.
Advance appointments: www.
givelife.org . Drop-ins also welcome.
(248) 851-5100.

Fend off an attacker with instruc-
tion from a free introductory self-
defense session 7 p.m. Tuesday,
March 3, at Congregation Beth
Shalom, 14601 W. Lincoln, Oak
Park. The Men's Club welcomes
males and females, teenage and
older. If enough interest, class will
continue. (248) 547-7970.

Make a donation to Kicks for the
Cure and try kick boxing 8-11 a.m.
Sunday, March 1, at Powerhouse
Gym, 6750 Orchard Lake Road,
West Bloomfield. A one-hour
spinning class is also available.
Proceeds will go to Karmanos
Cancer Institute. Details: (248)
539-3370.

Events That Help

Join Kulanu Hadassah for its
annual euchre tournament 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 7, at Davidson
Hadassah House, 5030 Orchard
Lake Road, West Bloomfield. Come
at 6 for check-in, light dinner and
refresher on the game. Admission:
$25, $20 in advance. (248) 683-
5030.

Play co-ed bingo for prizes with
Hadassah's Eleanor Roosevelt
Group 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb.
28, at Davidson Hadassah House,
5030 Orchard Lake Road, West
Bloomfield. Hors d'oeuvres, dessert
and raffle included. (248) 683-

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Stories — and also for student
matinees. Reduced ticket prices for
this production are $20 adult, $9 student. Schedule: (248)
788-2900, www.jettheatre.org .

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Make a pledge by March 2 to the
Jewish Federation Women's 2009
Campaign to join "Stretch your
Body," a choice of fitness classes
for all ages and abilities offered
Sunday, March 15, at 12 venues.
wwww.jewishdetroit.org ; (248)
642-4260, ext. 202.

Men's Club presents speaker Dr.
Steven Schechter at its Health
Awareness Breakfast. Free for
paid-up members, $5 for others.
RSVP required: (248) 851-5100.

Council of Jewish Women, 26400
Lahser, Suite 306, Southfield.
Materials provided. Participate for
mitzvah or high school project.
Bobbie Patt: (248) 355-3300.

Learn to live with attention-defi-
cit disorder at separate meetings

Help Gilda's Club of Metro Detroit,
a nonprofit cancer support com-
munity, by attending "Jazz on
the Vine" 7 p.m. Friday, March
6, at the Fillmore Detroit, 2115
Woodward. Entertaining will be a
17-piece CSO big band featuring
recording artist Kimmie Horne.
Ticket prices vary; some levels
include wine tasting and gourmet
hors d'oeuvres. RSVP: (248) 577-
0800, www.gildasclubdetroit.org .

of CHADD 7:30-9 p.m. (sign-in
at 7) Monday, March 2, at Way
Elementary School, 765 W. Long
Lake Road, Bloomfield Hills.
Kara Brooklier, Ph.D, will speak
on "Understanding and Building
Social Competence in Children with
AD/HD and Asperger Syndrome."
Support group for adults will hear
Paul Gutterman M.D., on "Mood
Disorders in Adults with AD/HD."
$5 for non-member families. (248)
988-6716, www.chadd.net/527.

Share informal outings with Jewish
parents of young adopted chil-
dren through Midwest Adoptive
Families. Details: (248) 545-8665,
justdoit0696@yahoo.com .

Advance ticket sales begin
in March for JARC's annual
SpringElation Safari 6-9 p.m.
Thursday, June 4, at the Detroit
Zoo, 8450 W.10 Mile, Royal Oak.
Attendees get access to animal
exhibits, docent-led tours, natural-
ist talks, train rides, scavenger
hunt for kids with prizes, face
painting and family-friendly picnic
dinner and dessert catered by
Matt Prentice. Fundraiser for chil-
dren with autism, developmental
delays, physical and emotional
disabilities, and their families.
Tickets: $20. Sponsorships/RSVP:
carolkaczander@jarc.org , (248)
538-6610, www.jarc.org .

Health/Support

Become better informed about

Alzheimer's disease and demen-
tia 9:30 a.m. Sunday, March 1, at

Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901
Middlebelt, Farmington Hills. The

Get screened for peripheral artery
disease 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Saturday,
March 7, at DMC Huron Valley-

Sinai Hospital's Sinai Center for
Women, 1 William Carls Drive,
Commerce Twp. Eight different
screenings are available with
individual prices. Pre-registration
required: (800) 541-8110.

Helping Out

Sort donated books for upcom-
ing Bookstock sale 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Wednesdays, and on selected
Sundays, at Bloomfield Plaza,
Maple and Telegraph, Bloomfield
Township. Sale dates: April 26-May
3, at Laurel Park Place, Livonia.
(248) 645-7840, ext. 365.

Create cuddly fleece blankets
— no sewing needed — for Oakland
County children transitioning from
lives of abuse and neglect 10:30
a.m.-2 p.m. Mondays at National

Contact Dr. Charles Silow if there's
a Holocaust survivor who might
benefit from Yad b'Yad (Hand In
Hand), the friendly visitor program
of Jewish Family Service: (248)
661-2999.

Deliver meals to homebound cli-
ents in Oakland County through
National Council of Jewish
Women's Kosher Meals on Wheels
program. Both regular drivers and
subs are needed. (248) 967-0967.

Interact with senior residents
while working in stores operated
by Jewish Apartments & Services
at its buildings in Oak Park and
West Bloomfield. Volunteer during
morning hours only. Michal Ram:
(248) 592-1104, mram@jasmi.org .

Become a mentor to an at-risk
youth in Oakland County through
Mentor Connection, a non-sec-
tarian program of Jewish Family
Service. Details: (248) 592-2300,
www.mentorconnect.org .

Lead an hour-long Shabbat ser-
vice Friday afternoons at Lahser

Hills Care Centre, 25300 Lahser,
Southfield. Chaplain Evelyn: (248)
354-3222, ext. 130.

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