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Detroiters
living in LA:
Allison Brown,

25, Brandon

A Common Cause

Goodman, 25,
Emily Feld, 24,

Young Detroiters living in LA gather
to raise funds to help back home.

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Lisa Gluck, 25,

Gabe Scharg, 23

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ore than 140 people, mostly

young Jews from Detroit,
gathered Feb. 24 at a bar in

West Hollywood for Young
Detroit Hollywood's second event that
raised more than $4,200 for the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's

Emergency Assistance Relief Fund.
Max Aronson, Aaron Kaczander and

Eli Sussman wanted to put on event
that would help the community in

Detroit while also serving as an evening
for Detroiters to network and reconnect.
"I was extremely pleased with event,"

said Aronson, 24, from Franklin. "If the
money we raised can help even one
person in Detroit, we hit our goal."

Addressing the economic situation

was important as attendees were asked
to make donations for the cause.
"YDH is about community — and
when more than 100 of your peers

come out to support a cause that's
rooted 3,000 miles away, you know

community is what you've got," said

Kaczander, 25, from West Bloomfield.
Event attendees came from all areas
of Los Angeles and even beyond. Elliot

Darvick, 25, originally from Birmingham,
said, "People were surprised I drove 50
miles from Newport Beach to attend,

but relative to a Detroit-bound flight
from LA, it's a short distance to travel to
feel at home among old friends."

Beth Schwartz, 28, from West
Bloomfield, said, "I ran into so many

people I didn't even know lived in LA —
friends from camp, high school, college.
It is a great networking event because

go back to Detroit and help people in
serious need. For many YDH attendees,
it also provided a wonderful opportu-

who wouldn't want to help out other fel-
low Detroiters? We love each other."
Said Allison Brown, 24, from West

nity for development of more creative
ways to help Detroit.

Bloomfield, "Whether it's been six
months or 10 years, Jewish Detroiters

said Emily Lerman, 24, from Franklin. "I
found out about some great work that

are always looking to come together.
YDH provides us with the opportunity to

friends are doing for both the Detroit
and LA communities."
Eli Sussman, 24, from Huntington

"I got a lot out of this YDH event,"

feel like part of a Jewish community in
Los Angeles. I definitely look forward to
connecting with old friends from the past

Woods, said, "Young Detroit Hollywood
wants to help foster a mindset of giving
back to the Detroit community so that,

and meeting new people at their events."
The overwhelming feeling of the night

even from LA, we play a part in helping
it remain a thriving and vibrant Jewish
community."

was optimism for Detroit and pride in
knowing that the money raised would

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