Editor's
Letter

JOSEPH L. BALE POST #474
JEWISH WAR VETERANS U.S.A.

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7400 TELEGRAPH ROAD
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI 48301

APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP

Hospice from page A5

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Place of Birth
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Relationship
Address
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Serial #
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Life
At-large
In Service
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Patron
Sponsor if any:

For additional information, contact:
Commander Alan Nathan (248) 432-7260
Quartermaster Herbert Benson (248) 683-0780
Senior Past Commander William Stone (248) 626-8170
Junior Commander Bernard Conn (586)759-0333

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Presented by Dr. Kenneth Waltzer,
Director of the Jewish Studies
Program at Michigan State University

Monday, April 27, 2009

7:00 p.m.

Holocaust Memorial Center

28123 Orchard Lake Road

Farmington Hills, Michigan

The Rescue
of Children
and Youths
at Buchenwald

stream alternative to "Go home and
plan your funeral."
Her persever-
ance convinced
the Wayne State
University School
of Medicine in
Detroit to add a
new dimension
to what senior
--Al medical students
Renee Gruskin
learned about
the spiritual and
emotional sides of end-of-life care.
In the Hospice Heroes article, Dr.
Robert Frank, executive dean of the
Wayne State medical school, said
Renee "really did make a differ-
ence."
"It is hard to listen to her story
and not want to get things moving
in this direction:' he said. "She was
challenging us; we accepted that
challenge and began to set up new
programs. We were enlightened
by her experience. She had a huge
impact on all of us."
It's not easy being a hospice
volunteer, but no one is excluded
from giving the training a try. The
team approach to palliative care is
a boost for the physical, emotional
and spiritual soul.
As welcomed as hospice can
be amid the throes of dying, its
use has only begun to grow in the
Jewish community. It now touches
more than half of all Jews who die
in Metro Detroit.
Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy
Network is an independent organi-
zation of special people serving as
God's angels.
Take it from Renee Gruskin,
who learned late about its exis-
tence and is now one of its ardent
ambassadors: "I will always be
grateful for what it did for me and
my family." ❑

To support JHCN's Hospice Heroes
Fund, go to www.jewishhospice.org
or call (248) 592- 2687.

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Do you know the
extent of hospice's
service?

Has your family
ever availed itself of
hospice?