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Scinta-lating
entertainment caps Kadima's annual gala fundraiser.
K
adima's 28th Annual Gala Sept.
13 at the Max M. Fisher Music
Center in Detroit was highlighted
by great entertainment, two philanthropic
honorees committed to giving back to their
community and more than 800 attendees
who enjoyed an electric evening while sup-
porting this mental health agency.
Linda and Jack Schechter, longtime
Kadima supporters, were honored for their
commitment to Kadima and the men-
tal health community. For almost three
decades, they have generously supported
Kadima, helping individuals struggling
with mental illness live quality and mean-
ingful lives.
The audience spent much of the evening
standing and applauding Dean Martin,
Mick Jagger, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra
and more. Direct from their Las Vegas
revue, the Scintas brought these entertain-
ers to the stage through their impressions,
music and comedy. A Kadima-hosted
afterglow followed the entertainment.
All proceeds from this event support
Kadima client care. Kadima assists men,
women and children as young as age 4
struggling with psychiatric disabilities and
emotional and behavioral disorders. One
in four families is touched by mental ill-
ness. For more about Kadima, call (248)
559-8235. ❑
Leonard and Eleanor Aronovits, honorees Jack and Linda
Schechter, Lois and Milt Zussman
Marcia and Eugene
The Scintas provided entertainment featuring impressions and music of famous
singers.
Kadima President Dan Serlin
Honorees Jack and Linda Schechter
flank Janette Shallal, head of Kadima
Applebaum
No Texting
Hebrew Memorial event
emphasizes the dangers
of texting and driving.
H
ebrew Memorial Chapel's sec-
ond annual Don't Text And
Drive program was held Oct.
14 at the Paradise Park go-cart course
in Novi. Attended by youths and adults
from all over the community, the innova-
tive program was created and funded
by Hebrew Memorial Chapel to save the
lives of community members by high-
lighting the dangers of distracted driving.
Volunteers and staff, directed by Otto
B. Dube, Hebrew Memorial managing
funeral director, helped assist the drivers
who first drove around the go-cart course
undistracted and then drove the course
again while texting friends and family.
While texting, many drivers spun out
their go-carts, bumped into each other
and also doubled the previous time it
took them to complete the course. The
Novi Police and Fire Department, with
their emergency lights flashing, were also
on hand to further demonstrate the pos-
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Otto Dube, managing funeral director, and Rabbi Boruch Levin, executive Dube and Levin take a test spin around the go-
cart course.
director, both of Hebrew Memorial Chapel, feel the event is lifesaving.
sible results of texting while driving.
The chapel had participants sign pledg-
es not to text and drive and gave away car
magnets, key chains, cups and pens with
the slogan: "Don't Text And Drive...We'd
Rather Wait...Hebrew Memorial Chapel"
to further emphasize this important mes-
sage.
"We have been an integral part of the
Detroit Jewish community for almost
100 years, and it is an honor to be the
sponsor for this lifesaving event:' said
Rabbi Boruch Levin, executive director of
Hebrew Memorial Chapel. El
Mara Chaben texts while driving; the
Amber Hydell, 14, of Northville pays no
hearse in the background is a reminder
of the danger.
attention to the road while texting.