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benefit from
the experience.
miracle occurred each evening
at the TV home of Theodore
"Beaver" Cleaver.
Dinner in hand, a tastefully dressed
Mrs. Cleaver waltzed from the kitchen.
Even if it was something creepy like
liver topped with spinach, the kids ate
without complaint. Conversation was
fun and meaningful. Everyone cleared
the dishes.
In real life, family dinner looks more
like this: strands of spaghetti on the
floor, the dog underfoot, someone at
the door (just please don't let it be a
kid selling magazine subscriptions to
help raise money for his school band
because you really don't want one, but
you know you won't say no), the blast-
ing of your neighbor's lawn service,
sauce bubbling and boiling over the pot
and at least one sibling telling another:
"You are so annoying!"
Whether your dinner table looks
like a Rembrandt or a Jackson Pollock,
family mealtime is a work of art, with
benefits including better student grades
and decreased stress.
To encourage more families to get
together at mealtime, Jewish Family
Service (JFS) of Metro Detroit is spon-
soring Family Day on Sunday, Sept. 25
— with benefits of its own. Whenever
a family brings a coupon and dines
at selected restaurants any time on
Sept. 25, a percentage of the bill will
be donated to JFS. (For a complete list
of participating restaurants and to
download a coupon, visit jfsdetroit.org/
family-day.)
"JFS is all about families, so it
makes sense to support a program for
families," said Julie Ohana, director of
school-based services at JFS.
In addition, JFS is sponsoring a photo
contest in conjunction with Family
Day, with prizes including gift cards to
Hiller's Markets and Sweet Lorraine's
Café and Bar. Participants simply post a
picture of their family mealtime, along
with a brief explanation of why get-
ting together at dinner is important to
them, to the Family Day page of the JFS
website. Families do not need to eat out
to submit photos to the contest, said
JFS Chief Community Outreach Officer
Ellen Yashinsky Chute. Photos from
mealtime at home also are welcome.
"So by all means bring your cell
phone to the dinner table — but just to
take pictures;' Yashinsky Chute said.
Eating together, she said, is "some-
thing so simple, yet it has significant
value toward raising a healthy, happy
family."
According to the National Survey
of American Attitudes on Substance
Abuse XIV: Teens and Parents, con-
ducted in 2009 by CASA, the National
Center of Addiction and Substance
Abuse, teens who do not participate in
family dinner are twice as likely to use
tobacco or marijuana and 1.5 times
more likely to use alcohol. They also are
much more likely to receive poor grades
in school and access prescription drugs.
Teens who do have regular dinner
with family, on the other hand, are more
confident, more independent, happier
and less stressed, Ohana added.
JFS Chief Development Officer Amy
Haimann said she anticipates that the
Family Day will become a regular event.
All money raised from the event will
be used to support families in crisis.
Meanwhile, rest assured JFS staff
practice what they preach.
Haimann, Ohana and Yashinsky
Chute say they grew up with family
dinners and enjoy them to this day. And
don't worry if your meal isn't gourmet.
Dinner can be just a healthy helping of
mac and cheese with green beans. It's
not about the food; it's about the expe-
rience.
If you have no computer access for
coupons, contact Yashinsky Chute at
(248) 592-2666. 1 1
Elizabeth Applebaum is a marketing
specialist for the Jewish Community Center
of Metropolitan Detroit.