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JEWISH SENIOR LIFE
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April 14 • 2011
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WE'RE PART OF THE TEAM
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egendary comedienne and
award-winning talk show host
Joan Rivers will be the featured
speaker at the 17th Annual Planned
Parenthood Mid and South Michigan
Tribute Luncheon at noon, Tuesday,
April 26, at the Troy Marriott, 200 W.
Big Beaver Road, Troy.
Besides being
an internationally
renowned come-
dienne, Rivers is a
best-selling author,
Tony-nominated
actress and savvy
businesswoman.
Joan Rivers
She also is the sub-
ject of the critically
acclaimed documentary Joan Rivers: A
Piece of Work.
"I've been a longtime advocate of
Planned Parenthood and I'm thrilled
to be coming to Michigan to be a part
of this wonderful organization," Rivers
said.
"We are delighted to have Joan
Rivers as our featured speaker',' said
Lori Lamerand, president and CEO of
Planned Parenthood Mid and South
Michigan (PPMSM). "She embodies
class, confidence and chutzpah in all
the right proportions; and her energy
and enthusiasm are contagious."
According to Lamerand, the lun-
cheon provides a critical opportunity
to connect with supporters and raise
funds needed to keep essential health
care services and education programs
available for Michigan families.
"In this economy, so many people
have lost health insurance said
Lamerand, "Many more are an
unplanned pregnancy away from
financial disaster. We want to continue
to be here for everyone, regardless of
their ability to pay."
Last year, the luncheon raised
$84,000 to support the full range of
health care and information services
that PPMSM provides, including
breast and cervical cancer screenings,
Pap tests, birth control, prenatal care
and comprehensive sexual health edu-
cation.
Tickets for this year's event start at
$85 per person, with patron sponsor-
ships ranging from $150 to $5,000.
Register online at
www.plannedparenthood.org/
midsouthmi.
Yom HaShoah Event
At Laurel Park Place
On Sunday, May 1, from noon to
6 p.m., B'nai B'rith Great Lakes
Region will bring the worldwide
Holocaust memorial project "Unto
Every Person There Is A Name"
to the Laurel Park Place shop-
ping center. During the ceremony,
held throughout the world on Yom
HaShoah, participants read the
names of victims of the Holocaust
and where and when they were born
and died.
The program was initiated in
1989 by the Yad Vashem Memorial
Center in Jerusalem to perpetuate
the memory of the Six Million Jews
who were murdered by the Nazis.
In addition to B'nai B'rith vol-
unteers at the Laurel Park Place
commemoration, there will be
groups representing local Jewish
organizations, religious schools
and sisterhoods. Among others, the
Archdiocese of Detroit will be rep-
resented.
For more information or to
arrange a time to participate, call
B'nai B'rith Great Lakes Region,
(248) 646-3100.
Ann Arbor Patient
Program Is Honored
Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw
County (JFS) has received the 2011
Association of Jewish Families and
Children Agencies (AJFCA) Goodman
Award for its Patient Partners program.
AJFCA is an organization of more
than 130 Jewish family and children's
agencies in the U.S. and Canada.
Its Goodman Award is given to an
agency program or service that dem-
onstrates a "creative, sustainable and
replicable program" that responds to
a community problem through out-
reach and community building.
JFS Patient Partners enlists vol-
unteers to accompany older adult
clients to and during medical
appointments. Volunteers meet with
the clients before the appointment
to help prepare questions, drive with
them to the appointment and assist
the older adults through discussions
with the doctors, helping them take
notes for future reference. So far,
JFS has accompanied older adults to
more than 180 doctor appointments.
The Patient Partners program was
recognized for incorporating a Jewish
component, an outreach component
and a community-building component.