Baratt Shanaman of Farmington Hills, David
Nicole Hyman and Brian Aaron,
Shanaman of Detroit, Avery Murav and Robin
Tobin-Murav of Farmington Hills
both of Huntington Woods
Miry and Dan Serlin of Farmington Hills with
Milt and Lois Zussman of
Kadima director Janette Shallal
Bloomfield Hills
Lisa Lis of Farmington Hills, Elon Gold of Los Angeles, Ari Gold of New York,
Florine Mark and Don Benyas, both of Farmington Hills
Kadima Strikes `Gold'
Entertaining Gold brothers perform at annual gala
where Florine Mark is honored.
p
atrons of Kadima's 27th Annual
Gala Sept. 13 at the Max M. Fisher
Music Hall in Detroit were treated
to a "gold rush": Ari Gold, award-winning
recording artist, opened with rock, rap and
Yiddish songs. His brother, Elon, a come-
dian who has appeared on the Jay Leno
Show and numerous television sitcoms,
ended with stories about growing up in
the Bronx as an observant Jew and raising
his four young children.
Florine Mark, CEO of the Weight
Watchers Group, was honored for her phil-
Tea For Two?
Actually, a full house
showed up for Temple
Israel's tea party.
anthropic work with Kadima. She spoke
eloquently about growing up in a modest
Detroit home with extended family that
included an uncle who struggled with
mental illness and lived in their basement,
not even joining the family for meals.
Florine stressed that today, with the
help of Kadima, her uncle would have had
a much fuller life with many more oppor-
tunities for socialization and employment.
Dan Serlin, Kadima's president, wel-
comed more than 1,000 guests who
viewed a video that included clients dis-
cussing what it means to be diagnosed
with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.
Client testimonials included how Kadima
has enriched their lives, given them a
place to be accepted and helped them
integrate into the community.
Funds raised from this event are
dedicated to Kadima's programs and
services, which now include 25 group
homes where more than 100 clients live
in nurturing, stimulating environments.
Kadima's Child and Adolescent Program,
opened in January 2010, is working
with children ages 3-18 who exhibit
early symptoms of serious emotional
or behavioral disorders. More than 200
adult clients receive a variety of com-
prehensive services each year from staff
therapists, house managers and direct-
care staff who work with a 2:1 ratio of
clients to staff.
One in every five families is touched
by mental illness. If you, or someone you
know, would like information on Kadima
programs and services, call (248) 559-
8235. I I
M
ore than 200 women — grand-
mothers, mothers, daughters,
granddaughters, aunts, nieces
and special friends — gathered at Temple
Israel in West Bloomfield recently for a
Girl's Lunch & Tea Party.
The afternoon began as each girl deco-
rated her own straw hat with ribbons,
pearls, flowers, lace and feathers.
With gorgeous hats on their heads,
all made their way to the tea party and
enjoyed a variety of tea sandwiches and
pink lemonade. The delightful afternoon
concluded with cupcake decorating.
First step: decorating their hats for the tea party.
Randi and Ava Manson of West
Bloomfield
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Tori Zimmerman of Commerce and Judy
Carol Cooper of Bloomfield Hills and
Zimmerman of Bloomfield Hills
Natalie Cooper of West Bloomfield
Sophie Frank of West Bloomfield and
Jill Goldman of Walled Lake