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Safety Nets!
Temple Kol Ami helps raise money for
bed nets to fight the spread of malaria.
BY ROBIN SCHWARTZ I PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRETT MOUNTAIN
From the comfort and safety of West
Bloomfield, about 70 people gath-
ered at Temple Kol Ami on Aug. 3
for a night of fun to help save lives
across the world. The synagogue's
social committee hosted its second
annual games night — with an indoor
basketball net, board games, card
games, maj and dinner — to raise
money for Nothing But Nets. The
grassroots campaign, backed by the
Union for Reform Judaism, distrib-
utes insecticide-treated bed nets in
Africa to reduce the transmission of
malaria. The mosquito borne illness
sickens up to 500 million people each
year and claims more than a million
lives, mostly children under age 5.
"We started this event to fulfill the
concept of pikuach nefesh (saving a
life)," said organizer David Henig of
Sylvan Lake. "By providing these nets
for families, the incidence of malaria
has gone down significantly. It really
is making a difference."
Adam Gordon 10, of Farmington Hills and
Jacob Strome, 8, of West Bloomfield
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For more information or to
donate, go to
www.nothingbutnets.net .
Sara Henig of West Bloomfield and
Bonnie Henig of Sylvan Lake
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Sydney Gordon, 8, and her grandmother
Donna Sklar, both of Farmington Hills
Standing: Diane Siegel-
Divita of Northville,
Karee Strome of West
Bloomfield, Cynthia Katz
of Bloomfield Township,
David Higer of Farmington
Hills.
Seated: Terry and Marty
Hollander of West
Bloomfield, Eileen Higer of
Farmington Hills.
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