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breaks my heart;' she said. "I could not
believe the number of people, including
children, lined up waiting for lunch. It
was just unbelievable. It was heartbreak-
ing and amazing at the same time'
Shefman says she'd never been to
any of the participating shelters before
and getting involved has been an eye-
opening experience.
"The people were so grateful; they
thanked us," she said. "It gave me a
great sense of satisfaction to be able to
do something that was significant and
helpful."
On Nov. 9, Oak Park native Pam
Turkin, owner of Just Baked, packed up
and sent more than 100 cupcakes to
Grace Centers of Hope in Pontiac. The
cupcake shop and bakery in Livonia
recently received a kosher certifica-
tion from the Conservative Kosher
Michigan. Just Baked opened three
years ago; they have seven locations
and will open five more, including one
in West Bloomfield and one at Detroit
Metro Airport, in the coming months.
"I think it's the responsibility of all of
us in the food industry to make sure we
feed people,' Turkin said. "For me, the joy
in owning this business is being able to
feed people and to be involved in their
lives and celebrations. It just seems like
a no-brainer that we'd get involved in
addressing this critical issue:'
Steve Goldberg, owner of Stage Deli,
also jumped at the chance to partici-
pate. His parents first started the deli in
Oak Park in 1962. The family business
now has locations in West Bloomfield,
the Somerset Collection food court
in Troy and Goldbergs' Famous
Delicatessen in Seattle, Wash.
"[The problem of hunger] is a sad
reality of our economy today,' Goldberg
said. "The community has been good
to us; I always look for opportunities to
give back. This is a way to have a direct
impact, face-to-face, with people in
need." Li
For more information on Detroit Area
Chefs Feed the Need or to participate in
the program, call (248) 816-3210.
Hunger in Michigan
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December1 2011
According to the nation's leading domestic hunger-relief charity,
Feeding America, right now 4 million households in Michigan are at
risk of hunger. In Oakland, Wayne and Macomb counties, 500,000 peo-
ple, including nearly 200,000 children, live in poverty. The number of
emergency food recipients in Southeast Michigan has grown by more
than 78 percent in the last five years from 56,700 in 2006 to 101,200
this year.
In the Jewish community, 5,000 households (about 17 percent) were
counted as low-income (earning less than $25,000 per year) during
the Federation-initiated 2005 Detroit Jewish Population Study. Perry
Ohren, CEO of Jewish Family Service of Metropolitan Detroit, says
those numbers are certainly profoundly worse today.
"The new Jewish poor are you and me. They're college-educated
professionals; they're victims of a downturn in the economy," Ohren
told a crowd at Congregation Shaarey Zedek Southfield during a panel
discussion on poverty earlier this year. "The families who come to
Jewish Family Service are not just coming to us for dollars to help
make ends meet — they're struggling in many ways."
A report from the Michigan League for Human Services and
Michigan's Children found the poverty rate for children younger than
18 jumped from 14 percent in 2000 to 23 percent in 2009. The per-
centage of children who depend on food assistance programs or food
stamps nearly tripled, from 10 percent in 2000 to 28 percent in 2009.
Yad Ezra in Berkley, Michigan's only kosher food pantry, provides
food, health care items and household goods for an average of 1,600
impoverished families (about 3,300 people) every month.
"Having food is such a basic necessity that everyone should have.
No one should feel food insecure," said Richard Simtob, Yad Ezra
president. "What a way to give back to the community — making sure
there's enough food for everyone. We all have an obligation to support
others that have less than what we have."