Health & Fitness

SPORTS/WELLNESS

On The Move

Runner hoofs it to aid organization
battling sexual assaults on women.

Steve Stein

Special to the Jewish News

ordan Zlotoff is known for
going the extra mile.
So perhaps it's not surpris-
ing that the former Bloomfield Hills
resident ran three marathons in just
five weeks in a
fundraising effort
he called, "Racing
to End Rape."
Zlotoff, 25,
raised $2,747 for
Men Can Stop
Rape, an interna-
tional organiza-
tion based in
Jordan Zlotoff
Washington, D.C.,
that focuses on men's roles in prevent-
ing sexual assaults of women. His goal
was $2,500. He said he was floored
by several small donations made by
people who didn't know him, but heard
about his cause.
"Was running three marathons in
five weeks a crazy thing to do? Maybe,'
Zlotoff said. "But it made sense to me
because I was able to combine two of my
passions, which kept me motivated."
Motivation has never been a prob-
lem for Zlotoff, who now lives in
Arlington, Va. He was a two-time state
champion doubles tennis player and
a cross-country runner at Bloomfield
Hills Andover High School.
He earned bachelor's degrees in
earth systems engineering and sociol-
ogy at the University of Michigan, and
he was a member of U-M's club row-
ing team for two years. "Rowing. Now
that's where I learned pain manage-
ment," he said.
After graduating from U-M, Zlotoff
went on a solo three-month, 13,000-
mile cross-country motorcycle ride.
Why?
"I was 21 years old and had lived in
Michigan all my life,' he said. "It was
time for me to explore the country.
Because I studied sociology at U-M, I
was particularly interested in learning
how environment affects peoples' val-
ues and beliefs."

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Zlotoff ran in the Marine Corps
Marathon in Washington, D.C., in 2007.
He decided last June to run in another
marathon in 2009, but one quickly
grew to three.
"I figured if I was going to put in the
time and effort to run in one marathon,
I might as well run in a couple," he said.
At the time, Zlotoff was serving an
internship at Men Can Stop Rape. That's
how "Racing To End Rape was born.
Zlotoff completed the Detroit Free
Press-Flagstar Bank Marathon on Oct.
18 in three hours and 29 minutes. One
week later, still aching and tired from
the Free Press run, he was clocked in
three hours and 39 minutes in the
Marine Corps Marathon.
"I was OK at the start of the Marine
Corps Marathon, but I got pretty
fatigued by the time I got to the 13th
or 14th mile, just past the halfway
point," he said.
The Philadelphia Marathon on Nov.
22 completed Zlotoff's triple play. He
finished that race in three hours and
37 minutes.
Linda Zlotoff of Bloomfield Hills,
Jordan's mother, said she was initially
concerned about her son's marathon
undertaking.
"But now I'm floored that he did it,
and that his times weren't that differ-
ent in the three marathons:' she said.
"Jordan has always been physically
and mentally strong and compas-
sionate about social issues so I'm not
surprised he did this."
Zlotoff isn't planning on embarking
on a similar fundraising quest, but he
isn't ruling it out, either.
He's busy working full-time in
Washington, D.C., with the Close Up
Foundation, which offers civic educa-
tion programs to students and teachers.
"I don't want to say I'd never do some-
thing like 'Racing To End Rape' again
because six months from now, I might
feel differently,' he said. "After I ran the
marathon in 2007,1 said there's no way
I'd ever run a marathon again: Fl

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For more on "Racing To End Rape": www.racingtoendrape.com
(donations are still being accepted).

For more on Men Can Stop Rape: to www.mencanstoprape.org .

On The Links

JCC hosts sunshine golf in Florida.

T

he Jewish Community
Center of Metropolitan
Detroit will host the
fourth annual JCC Michigan-
Florida Golf Classic on Tuesday,
March 9, at the Westchester
Country Club in Boynton Beach,
Fla.
The event, honoring the mem-
ory of Adele Galper, will help
raise funds for scholarships to
the Center Day Camps, the Sarah
& Irving Pitt Child Development
Center and children with special
needs. It will honor Detroiters
Libby and Leo Sklar and Sandra
and Marvin Rubin.
Registration for the golf clas-
sic will begin at 11 a.m. Lunch
is at noon with a shotgun start
at 1 p.m. and dinner at 6 p.m.
The day will feature door prizes.
There is a charge.
For information, contact
Leonard Baron at (561) 487-
3002 or Mort Plotnick at (248)
210-8489. D

Leo and Libby Sklar

Sandra and Marvin Rubin

Nursing Excellence

Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital earns honor.

T

he American Nurses
Credentialing Center (ANCC)
has granted DMC Huron Valley-
Sinai Hospital in Commerce "Magnet"
recognition for excellence in nursing, the
most prestigious award in nursing.
The designation was awarded after an
evaluation process that began in 2004
and included submission of a 15-volume
application document, multiple stages of
review and a three-day, on-site appraisal
conducted by the Magnet Recognition
Program.
Less than 6 percent of hospitals in the
United States have qualified for Magnet
status. In Michigan, 10 health-care organi-
zations have been honored by the Magnet
Recognition Program — four are located
in Southeastern Michigan.
"Magnet status is considered the gold
standard of nursing care',' said Bette Fitz,
vice president of patient care services at
Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital. "This very
high honor takes all of us working togeth-
er to deliver the best possible patient

experience and we should all share pride
in this achievement. It also confirms what
we already knew to be true, that nurses
at Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital are among
the best in the country'
More than 20 years of research indi-
cates there are clear benefits to the com-
munities served by Magnet recognized
organizations: improved patient safety;
shorter hospital stays; fewer medical
complications; lower mortality rates;
higher patient satisfaction.
Independent research also shows
that Magnet hospitals consistently out-
perform their peers in recruiting and
retaining nurses, resulting in increased
stability in patient care throughout those
hospitals. As a result, Magnet hospitals
benefit from reduced costs due to low
turnover.
Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital joins
Children's Hospital of Michigan and
Detroit Receiving Hospital as the third
Detroit Medical Center facility to achieve
this status.

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