AROUND TOWN

Beating The Heat

Sta ff p hoto by Ang ie Baan

Hundreds keep cool at 'Community Family Fun Day' at the Oak Park JCC.

Yocheved Aisenstark, 7, and her sister, Nechama, 6, of

Yechiel Levine, 8, of Oak Park

Yakov Shapero, 13, and his brother, Mordechai, 9, of

Oak Park

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Southfield

n one of the steamiest, muggiest days of summer Yonason Mackay of
Oak Park, his wife and their four children, found the perfect retreat. They
were among 300 people chilling out at the Jewish Community Center in
Oak Park Aug. 9. The facility was set up with an indoor rock
climbing wall, bounce houses, a slide, arts and crafts and
more during the third annual Community Family Fun Day.
"It's the perfect day for it because it's so hot and humid
outside:' said Mackay. "It feels great to be inside in the air
conditioning."
Children ran, jumped, climbed, laughed and played while
their parents browsed at a "garage-less" garage sale. About 15
vendors set up shop inside the JCC during the event.
"We have about 33 tables," said Joseph Abrin of Oak Park,
one of the organizers. "People are selling everything from
clothes to video games to boutique stuffy'

Yoseff, 4, and Yacov Benyair, 5, of Oak

Park

Joey Abrin of Oak Park

Sam Wolf of West Bloomfield was selling books. Nancy Goldstein of Huntington
Woods spent time watching her son Max, 8, reach new heights.
"My son has never climbed the wall before:' she said. "He's really enjoying it."
There was food for sale from Sara's Glatt Kosher Deli. Participants got into the
event free of charge by bringing a donation to Yad Ezra, Michigan's only kosher food
pantry in Berkley.
"It's a really nice way to bring the community together," said JCC member Lior
Halevi of Oak Park.
He attended with his wife and children. "The kids need to have some fun in the
summertime."
Spotted in the family fun day crowd were: Stephanie Jaffee Pandolfi and
Sammy Pandolfi of Ferndale; Ilana and Eric Rosebloom of Farmington Hills;
Tova Schreiber and Zahava Wolf, both of Oak Park; Lauren Brotsky, Brad
Millman, Todd Krieger and Jen Goodman, all of West Bloomfield; and Seth Harte
of Clawson.

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Elana Gottfried and her daughter,

Zevi Zigdon, 4, and his brother,

Ariella, 2, and Chata Selesny holding

Binyomin, 3, of Southfield

Sarah Gottfried, all of Southfield

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August 13 - 2009