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Strengthening Our Future
Still Digging Dip
Federation is closing in on its 2009
Campaign goal of $33 million.
"Although this represents a decrease of
$1 million in Campaign achievement as
compared to 2008," said President Nancy
Grosfeld,"Detroit contin-
ues to raise more dollars
than other communities
that have also been nega-
tively impacted by the
difficult economy."
Federation also raised
$6.3 million through the
Nancy
Judy and Stanley Frankel
Grosfeld
Challenge Fund.
"With unemploy-
ment in Detroit at 30 percent, representing
one out of every three people out of work,
higher than anywhere else in the country':
Grosfeld said,"it's clear that Detroiters con-
tinue to dig deep into their pockets to help
those less fortunate, something of which we
can all be very proud."
Through the 2008 Rebecca and Gary
Sakwa Challenge Fund and the 2009
Frankel Challenge Fund over the past two
years, Federation has approved almost $6
million in grants, beyond Annual Campaign
allocations, to assist at-risk families and
individuals here and in Israel with their
most basic needs, such as housing assis-
tance, access to health care, job assistance,
financial aid and scholarships for Jewish
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AISICE
DIGEST
Notes from the Sept. 24 annual meeting
of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit and its banking/real estate arm,
the United Jewish Foundation.
— Robert Sklar, editor
U
day schools, camps and day care.
Support for older adults remains a top
priority. Despite a decrease in the 2009
Campaign, allocations supporting older
adult programs and services have increased
by 10 percent.
Grosfeld also noted $3 million in new
endowments for Federation's Foundation
for the Jewish Elderly, bringing the total to
$12.6 million.
The Aronson Imprint
"As we face demographic change and
economic challenges, we must remember
our promise to care for every single Jew
— and to build a strong Jewish future."
So said Robert Aronson, Federation's out-
going CEO, before passing Federation's top
professional leadership
baton to Scott Kaufman.
"We must provide the
resources to be true to
our mission;' Aronson
said. "In partnership
with Scott and our great
staff, this will be my job."
Robert
Aronson will remain
Aronson
part of the Kaufman
transition team, heading
up major fundraising, especially for Jewish
education, older adult services and the
Annual Campaign. He came to Detroit 20
years ago from the Milwaukee Federation.
"I am proud to be Detroiter," Aronson
said, "and to continue to make Detroit my
home:'
Aronson also is president and CEO of
New York-based Taglit-Birthright Israel and
continues to do work for New York philan-
thropist Michael Steinhardt.
Assuring A Legacy
In the endowment arena, Federation
has raised $110 million over the past
three years and another $6 million for its
Legacy Fund.
In the real estate
arena, Federation
built the BBYO
Bittker Center in
Ortonville and the
JCC Prentis Wagner
Teen Center in West
Bloomfield. Frankel
4*
Jewish Academy was
Norman
relocated to the JCC
Pappas
Kahn Building in West
Bloomfield.
Substantial renovations were made
to Hillel Day School, Yeshivat Akiva,
Yeshiva Gedolah, Yeshiva Beth Yehudah,
University of Michigan Hillel, Michigian
State University Hillel and Fresh Air
Society.
"We're completing the renovations
to Yeshivas Darchei Torah and the
reconstruction for the Hechtman II
apartments (heavily damaged in an
April fire)," said Norman Pappas, United
Jewish Foundation outgoing president.
"And we look forward to the construc-
tion of the Berman Theatre at the West
Bloomfield JCC.
"So we have been busy."
Pappas urged pursuit of a wider
Annual Campaign donor base embrac-
ing the general Jewish community. He
also urged pursuit of legacy guarantees
from larger donors via family founda-
tions or endowments. 7
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