ERKLEY School District is the Oakland County school district where personal excellence is achieved through a powerful community, a true culture of caring, and extraordinary resources. Meals With A Mission H flier's Markets has two new dishes that will appear in the prepared foods cases at all seven Hiller's grocery stores, offering shoppers good food for good causes. One dish — corn and smoked whitefish fritters — was created for Lisa Diggs of the Buy Michigan Now campaign, with all Michigan ingredi- ents. The second dish — tuna pasta salad — is the favorite personal recipe of local fitness and philanthropy leader Danialle Karmanos. These dishes will be available at Hiller's through Nov. 15. Good Deeds in the Making was cre- ated by Hiller's Markets as a way to inspire consumers to purchase high- quality ready-to-eat meals while feel- ing good about contributing to worthy local causes. All profits from sales of these dishes go to local charities chosen by the dish honorees; 100 percent of profits from fritter sales will go to Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan in Detroit and 100 percent of profits from tuna pasta sales will go to support DKWIO, Danialle Karmanos Work It Out, an effort to teach kids the importance of lifelong fitness and nutrition. "It gives me great pleasure to work with inspiring individuals and worthy organizations',' says Jim Hiller, CEO of Hiller's Markets. "The true measure of success is finding ways to give to others and using one's business as a platform to convey meaning and raise awareness. I hope shoppers will make a special effort to support these great people and great causes:' In the next few months, additional dishes will be introduced with accom- panying causes. After the following schedule ends, dishes from the first half of the program will be reintroduced. • Nov. 16-30: Janice Cherkasky's dia- betic apricot salad and Jeff Loeb's pasta. Causes: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and Hiller ALS Center at Wayne State University, Detroit. • Dec. 1-14: Deena Lisak's corned beef and cabbage and macaroni and cheese. Cause: the Achievement Center at the Multiple Sclerosis Society • Dec. 15- Jan. 1, 2010: Robbie Timmons' turkey meatloaf. Cause: CANTER and Children's ToothFairy Foundation. • Jan. 2-15, 2010: Joy Cantor's pasta with Thai peanut sauce and tofu. Cause: SASHA Farm. Dishes to be reintroduced in 2010: • Jill Syme's stuffed cabbage and Lila Lazarus' quinoa with roasted vegetables — Cause: Kids Kicking Cancer. • Rabbi Paul Yedwab's petite quiche with spinach, mushroom and Jarlsburg and dietitian Gail Posner's no-fat black bean salad — Causes: Forgotten Harvest and Ministrelli Women's Heart Center. • Tony Fayne's Buffalo chili and Samira Cholagh's eggplant salad — Causes: the Agree Foundation at Temple Israel, West Bloomfield, and the Chaldean Federation's Adopt A Refugee Family Program. II The Berkley School District values individuality in our students and we strive to provide an educational experience tailored to each child. Our students achieve personal excellence in all areas of study – both in and outside of the classroom. Our relationship with our local community helps us foster unique and creative programs for our students. Our Holocaust to Righteousness class at Berkley High Our relationship School partners with the Holocaust Memorial Center with our local to educate the students on the importance of community helps us tolerance. Natalie Taylor, who teaches this unique foster unique and course, wants the students to learn that, They are creative programs very much connected to events that happened for our students. decades ago, centuries ago, on the other side of the world." The class is broken up into four main units: culture, hate. resistance. and altruism. In the last six weeks of the class, students volunteer in their local community, where they are putting someone else's needs before their own,' says Mrs. Natalie Taylor. Berkley High School pioneered this course with the Holocaust Memorial Center, We focus on nurturing the creative spirit of each child. Students have had the opportunity to cook with some of the best chefs in Michigan through the Spoons Across America program which came to Anderson Middle School last year thanks to parent Michelle Kobernick. Students spent weeks learning everything from nutrition to napkin folding on their way to planning an elaborate dinner party for their families, friends, and community members, #1 think this is something these kids are going to take with them For more through all their years,' said Kate Lawson of the information or to Detroit News. inquire about enrollment for your child, please visit us on our new websit Creativity thrives throughout the Berkley School District as was recently shown by 10-year-old Sydney Knisley from Angell Elementary, Her artwork was published on the cover of the new 01 04;11; Curtis Granderson book All You Can Be: Dream It, Draw It, Become It!" which came out in August 2009. to speak with Sydney's art teacher was happy to surprise her with someone. the news that her drawing would appear on the cover. The A Cappella choir also recently learned that PBS would like to tape them for a musical special titled -Celebrate America'. Finally, several students from Anderson Middle School showed off their artistic talents when they participated in the On Location: Spotlight on Your Community' program. The students produced a video highlighting the Detroit Dance Collective called, *The Power of Dance'. Visit vAvw.livestream.comfwbsd to view video of various Berkley School District events. 1529880 W omen of all ages are invit- ed to "get down to basics" with a bra trunk show and bra fittings by the professional staff of Bra World/LuLu's Lingerie on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at the Jewish Community Center's Janice Charach Gallery in West Bloomfield. The event will help fund breast screenings for women who are unin- sured or underinsured. Guests will be able to view the gallery's special exhib- its, buy bras and enjoy hors d'oeuvres and wine from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Bra World/LuLu's Lingerie of Troy will provide the trunk show and fit- tings. The Charach Gallery currently features an exhibit titled the "Bra Show," which features bras that have been transformed into artwork by such designers as Joe Faris of Project Runway, fashion critic Steven "Cojo" Cojocaru and actress Justine Bateman. Tickets begin at $25. The ticket price will also be applied to the WomenForce's annual membership dues and members' teenage daughters are invited to participate at no charge. WomenForce is a membership- based organization supporting women's health initiatives at Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital, Commerce. WomenForce co-chairs include Sheryll Kollin, Elena Brand, Gail Offen and Leslie Pardo. Additional information and res- ervations are available by contact- ing Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital's Development Office at (248) 937-3627 or sshapiro@dmc.org . Quick Clean A 31519 W. 13 Mile Rd.,Farmington Hills 13 Mile + Orchard Lake in Westbrooke Shopping Center 13 M; c R Orc ha rd La ke Rd. 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