Beverly Baker and her son Josh

Baker get ready to unveil the sign on

the ambulance they donated.

Keri Guten Cohen

Story Development Editor

T

he number 58 has significance
to Beverly Baker of Bloomfield
Hills. In 1958, she and her late
husband, Morris, were married. And,
late last year, she accomplished a long-
time goal of purchasing an ambulance
for Magen David Adorn in Israel —
that ambulance is coded number 58.
On Dec. 20, Baker and her son Josh
of Birmingham and New Orleans trav-
eled to Tel Aviv for the dedication of
the ambulance purchased through the
Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation
of Windsor, where their family busi-
ness was based. Baker is president of
the foundation, and Josh is a director.
The ambulance is in memory of Morris
Baker.
"The company was founded by my
husband, an architect and developer:'
Beverly Baker said. "We are seeing his
vision carried on. An ambulance is
truly something we always wanted to
do, and it finally came about."
The foundation gives 80 percent of
its funds to Jewish causes in North
America and Israel, and 20 percent to
secular causes in Windsor, Baker said.

The mobile intensive care unit costs
$125,000.
Detroit is known for its generos-
ity in donating ambulances to Israel.
In fact, Manny and Natalie Charach
of West Bloomfield have donated 35
ambulances, making them among the
American Friends of Magen David
Adom's (AFMDA) top donors. Their last
ambulance was shipped to Israel last fall.
Israel has a fleet of about 800 ambulanc-
es, most donated through AFMDA.
Detroit's Dr. John J. Mames Chapter-
Michigan Region of AFMDA had been
headed by longtime volunteer Eva
Mames, who died Dec. 10. The chapter
was named after her late husband. To
make donations or for more informa-
tion, call 1-866-632-2763.

"My husband had said that if all phi-
lanthropists would do this, we'd be in
better shape she said. "Unfortunately,
most don't do it."
In Israel, the Magen David Adorn
crew treated the Bakers royally. At the
dedication, Baker and her son pulled a
white cloth from the side of the driver's
door to unveil words attributing the
ambulance to the Morris and Beverly
Baker Foundation of Windsor and
Bloomfield Hills. Then everyone in the
station signed the cloth
that was given to the
Bakers as a memento.
They also hopped
into the back of the
ambulance for a tour
of its lifesaving capa-
bilities. The ambulance
will be stationed in Bat
Yam.
Because the Bakers'
foundation is in
Canada, the ambulance
also bears the name of
the Canadian Magen
David Adom for Israel.
Cost of the ambu-
The Bakers check out the inside. As of mid-December,
lance, a standard
the ambulance already had made 210 calls to assist
model, is $100,000.
Israelis in Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv.

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