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Helping Hand,
Winning Hands

Yad Ezra supporters ante up to fight hunger.

BY ROBIN SCHWARTZ I PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANGIE BAAN

Michigan's only kosher food pantry
is celebrating 20 years of helping
members of the Jewish community in
need. This year, an estimated 800,000
pounds of food, toiletries and other
staples will be distributed to thou-
sands of local families. In these tough
economic times, hunger is a grow-
ing problem. "At the end of 2007,
we helped about 1,100 families each
month," said Yad Ezra's co-executive
director/development director Lea
Luger. "At the end of 2009, we helped
almost 1,400 families each month.
It's hard for many people to admit

they need help." About 135 people
gathered at the organization's Berkley
warehouse March 13 for the annual
fundraiser "Ante Up For Hunger."
The evening included Texas hold 'em,
bingo, a silent auction, door prizes,
desserts and drinks. "Money raised
at the event is being used to help
fund our Lunch Assistance Program,
which provides free lunches for
Jewish day-school students from low-
income families," said Luger. "We are
grateful to the many individuals, busi-
nesses and foundations that support
Yad Ezra."

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Top row: Bubba Urdan of West

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Left: Shelley Pelletier and Allen Wolff,

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