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Twist and Shout!

Kadima supporters celebrate 25 years with an upbeat Beatles revue.

David Victor of Bloomfield Hills, Ron Klein of Bloomfield Hills and David and Sandy
Kirsch of Huntington Woods

Ilene Blaz of West Bloomfield, Albert Ludwig of Orchard Lake and Alisa Daien of
West Bloomfield

eatlemania gripped more than 1,000 people at the Max M. Fisher Music Center
in Detroit. The crowd cheered and people danced in their seats to Imagine,
Let it Be and other Fab Four favorites during "Twist and Shout: The Ultimate
Beatles Revue." The Sept. 22 performance by a Beatles look-alike and sound-alike cast
also marked the 25th anniversary of the Southfield-based mental health agency Kadima.
The event raised about $250,000.
"They looked and sounded like the real guys:' said Paula Schonberg of Birmingham.
"This was the same group that performed in the Broadway production of Beatlemania."
While the music of the Fab Four provided the evening's entertainment, you could say
the "Fab Five" founded Kadima. Back in 1984, five individuals
got together and started the organization to provide services for
adults who suffer from chronic mental illness. Twenty-five years
later, Kadima is a full service agency with 26 residential homes,
more than 85 staff members and more than 200 clients.
"Kadima breaks down the stigma of mental illness," said Ann
Katz of Bloomfield Hills.
She and her husband, Norman, were the evening's honorees.
The couple donated one of the group's residential homes. They've
made significant contributions to numerous organizations. "I
had a brother who was diagnosed with schizophrenia when he
was in college Katz continued. "There was no organization like
Kadima then. I have wondered if there was, would my brother be

a functioning member of the community?"
Kadima is focused on children as it looks to the future. The agency is launching a new
children's program and is also working to fulfill a $10 million endowment to guarantee
funding.
"We have a large population of children and young adults with mental, emotional,
behavioral or substance abuse disorders that are misunderstood, misdiagnosed and
mistreated:' board member Jo Elyn Nyman of Birmingham told the crowd. "The way it
is right now, these children are falling through the cracks. Kadima wants to stop this. In
order for these projects to move from vision to reality, it takes dollars — dollars we do
not have. We need your help."
Spotted in the crowd were: Bluma and Robert Schechter, Linda and Tom Klein
and Mildred Jacobson, all of Bloomfield Hills; Caryn and Steven Gross, Charyl
Apple, Dr. Steven Tepper, Laura and Mark Adler, Ronna and Harvey Heller, all
of West Bloomfield; Dr. Wendy Sadoff of Southfield; Ellen Bean of Birmingham;
Naomi and Lionel Margolick of Franklin; and Rissa and Sheldon Winkelman of
Bingham Farms.

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Dr. Joel Miller and Dr. Judi Miller of
Bloomfield Hills

24 October 8 • 2009

Jack Shallal and Michael Shallal of West
Bloomfield

For more information about Kadima's programs and services, go to www.
kadimacenter.org or call (248) 559-8235. Kadima is hosting its 2009
educational conference Oct. 23 at Oakland County Community College. For
more information, contact Leah Foltyn: (248) 559-8235, ext. 123

Paul and Kathy Finkel of West
Bloomfield

Kathy and Al Bloom of Ann Arbor