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Chanukah Helpers
Volunteers prepare holiday packages for seniors in non-Jewish facilities.
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early 300 adults and children gathered at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield
on Sunday, Dec. 2, to volunteer at the Jewish
Federation's Women's Department's Tikkun Olam Volunteers
Chanukah Packages Program, in partnership with Jewish
Senior Life's Chaplaincy Program.
At the event, 450 Chanukah gift bags were packed and
delivered to Jewish seniors living in predominantly non-Jew-
ish facilities around the community. Program co-chairs Sheri
Rotenberg and Jo-Anne Nosan were thrilled with the turnout.
"I was overwhelmed with the outpouring of volunteers,
from the Boy Scout group to the many children and adults"
Rotenberg said. "The room was packed!"
Nosan reflected on the meaning that this project brings to
the seniors who receive the bags. "It was incredibly gratifying
to see the faces of the seniors light up when we walked in the
room" she said. "It was clear that it meant a lot to them that
we were there"
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...a trusted resource
to help older adults
to continue to age
independently at home.
...support and financial
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crisis.
Amy Shefman of West Bloomfield,
vice president of Federation's
Women's Department with her
husband, Scott, and sons Dylan, 9,
and Jordan, 11
Seated, Eddie, 9, and Josh Eichenhorn, both of West Bloomfield, Wendy Stone
Bickmore of Farmington Hills, and Emily Eichenhorn of West Bloomfield; standing,
Miles Eichenhorn, 13, and Allie Clarkson, 14, both of Farmington Hills, Judy Hocher
of West Bloomfield, Rachel Stone, 14, and Zach Stone, 17, of Farmington Hills
...counseling services
for children and adults
coping with life's
challenges.
Last year
Jewish Family Service
assisted over 12,000
people of all ages,
races and religious
backgrounds with a
wide-range of social
services.
Grandmas Sandra Eidelman and Amy Cutler, both of West Bloomfield, spend Marion Stein of West Bloomfield takes a break
an afternoon volunteering with grandchildren Lexi, 6, and Emma Cutler,
with Tikkun Olam Volunteers committee
8, of Farmington Hills and Zoe, 8, Riley, 5, and Payton Langenderfer, 5, of
Canton.
members Rochelle Iczkovitz of Bloomfield
Hills and Lyudmila Sivak of Southfield
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Randi Berris of West Bloomfield packs
bags with her daughter, Rachel, 7.
The Millers of West Bloomfield: Jeffrey, Arin, 7, Jaymie, 4, and Emilia.