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Helping Others
Jewish Fund awards Summer in the City and approves more than $1.2 million in grants.
A
t its annual meeting Nov. 2, Jewish
Detroit's Jewish Fund presented its annual
Robert Sosnick Award of Excellence to
ther Berkley-based Summer in the City. The honor
recognized the program for providing Detroit neigh-
borhood-based community enrichment experiences
for more than 1,400 teen volunteers during the
summer. The award includes a $25,000 prize.
"The Jewish Fund is pleased to continue its
support of both new and innovative programs
as well as the expansion of ongoing services that
benefit vulnerable populations in our Metropolitan
Detroit community," said Michael Maddin, fund
chair. "We are proud to partner with this diverse
array of organizations."
Four new board members also were elected: Jim
Bellinson of Bloomfield Hills, Dr. Jeffrey Forman
of Bloomfield Hills, Elyse Foltyn of Birmingham,
and Susan Schechter of Bloomfield Hills. The board
also re-elected Michael Maddin as chair, Penny
Blumenstein as vice chair and Dorothy Benyas as
secretary/treasurer.
At its board meeting earlier that day, the Jewish
Fund approved the following grants totaling
$1,277,190:
Adult Well-Being Services (Detroit):
$60,000 for the third of a three-year,
$240,000 grant to provide preven-
tive activities to pre-diabetic African
American adults.
Children with Hair Loss (Rockwood):
$9,600 for the first of a two-year $19,200
challenge grant to provide free human
hair replacement wigs for children with
medically related hair loss.
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy
(Detroit): $50,000 for one year to support
health and wellness activities presented
by the Conservancy in and around the
Detroit Riverwalk.
Fair Food Network (Ann Arbor):
$12,500 for the first of a two-year $25,000
matching grant to demonstrate the
effectiveness of incentives in encouraging
healthier food choices for SNAP
recipients.
Forgotten Harvest (Oak Park): $20,000
for the third of a three-year $115,000
grant to support a mobile food pantry.
Friendship Circle (West Bloomfield):
$40,000 for the third of a three-year
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Robert Sosnick Award of Excellence and check from Susan Sosnick Schoenberg and Michael Maddin.
$150,000 grant to create residential and
coaching programs for Jewish adults
recovering from substance abuse.
Henry Ford Health System (Detroit):
$50,000 for the first of a three-year
$150,000 grant to support a school-based
vision care program in Detroit Public
Schools.
Jewish Family Service (West
Bloomfield): $33,000 for the third of a
three-year $156,000 grant to provide a
case manager at Hebrew Free Loan to
assist clients most effectively.
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit (Bloomfield Hills): $75,000 for
the first of a two-year $150,000 grant to
support the hiring of a grant writer to
help its social service constituent agencies
in securing public and private funding
support.
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit (Bloomfield Hills): Up to
$1,066,424 for a 16-month continuation
grant to support services provided by
Jewish Senior Life, Kadima and Jewish
Family Service to benefit vulnerable older
adults.
Jewish Funds for Justice (New York):
$75,000 for the first of a two-year
$153,000 grant to train 25 young Jewish
adults in leadership and management
skills, developing a network of social
change agents whose work will benefit
social services in Detroit.
Jewish Senior Life (West Bloomfield):
$150,000 for the 10th of a 10-year $1.5 mil-
lion grant to provide rental subsidies for low-
income older adults living in the apartments.
Jewish Senior Life (West Bloomfield/
Oak Park): $121,666 for the third of a
five-year $521,000 grant to facilitate the
merger of the two primary residential
facilities for older adults.
Kadima (Southfield): $65,000 for the
second of a three-year $195,000 challenge
grant to provide services to children and
adolescents diagnosed with emotional
and behavioral disorders.
Optometric Institute and Clinic of
Detroit (Detroit): $50,000 for the first of
a two-year $75,000 grant to support the
expanded need for services for medical
eye care to low-income uninsured and
underinsured adults.
Orchards Children's Services
(Southfield): $5,000 for the second of a
two- year $15,000 challenge grant to pro-
vide dental services not covered through
conventional public assistance to under-
served youth.
Samaritan Center (Detroit): $25,000
for the first of a two-year $50,000 grant
to provide startup support for the new
10-chair dental clinic.
The MINDS Program (Southfield):
$75,000 for one year to educate fifth-
grade students about mental health and
help-seeking behavior.
The Jewish Fund was established in
1997 from the sale proceeds of Sinai
Hospital of Detroit to the Detroit Medical
Center. Sinai Hospital was a Jewish com-
munity funded facility that grew into one
of Metro Detroit's top health care institu-
tions.
As a legacy of Sinai Hospital, the Jewish
Fund continues the tradition of assur-
ing excellent and compassionate care for
those in need in Metron Detroit by award-
ing grants to help vulnerable individuals
improve their health and human condi-
tion. E