Brothers Artemio Gonzales, 5, and Gavin Gonzales, 7, of Detroit
with J-Serve volunteers Daniel Honet, 15, of West Bloomfield

and Jacob Silberg, 15, of Northville

Three Days In Motown

J-Serve teens team with BBYO and Repair the World to experience Detroit.

Ben Falik I Special to the Jewish News

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Wednesday

4 p.m. Teens arrive at the Collaboratory, an

historic home in southwest Detroit that is
now the world headquarters of Summer in
the City. Volunteers take their unnecessarily
large volume of luggage to the recently reno-
vated third floor, where they will be sleeping
less than they should. Then they get to work
assembling materials for the Winter Games,
a free two-day camp for kids in the neigh-
borhood organized by Repair the World.

community who keep kosher or halal — or
don't — but love the all-you-can-eat-for-$8
dinner and self-serve soft serve.

7 p.m. Everyone walks across Wayne State's
campus to the main branch of the Detroit
Public Library to explore (and Instagram)
the endless rows of books, historic collec-
tions and artwork

Thursday

9 a.m. J-Serve teens partner up with stu-

dents volunteering from Detroit's Western
International High School. The Western vol-
unteers are part of buildOn, an organization
that runs service-learning and empower-
ment programs in Detroit and cities around
the country. Pairs from J-Serve and buildOn
prepare themselves for a mighty challenge —
captaining teams of campers for the Winter
Games.

State's new kosher restaurant. The group
enjoys delicious vegetarian fare alongside
WSU students and members of the general

9 p.m. Two local community activists, Blair
Nosan and Nora Feldhusen, lead a session as
part of their new initiative Gesher ("Bridge"),
which aims to connect Jewish young adults
to Detroit through social and environmental
stewardship. The program helps participants
explore connections between Jewish Detroit's
past, present and future.

Tiushka Shaday Marquez Olivo, 9, with

Prina Ortiz, 8, Detroit; Hannah Goodman, 16, West

buildOn volunteer Lydia Maciel, 14, both

Bloomfield; Abby Cohen, 16, Farmington Hills; Luzmaria
Cervantes, 8, Detroit

6 p.m. We dine at Gold 'n' Greens, Wayne

of Detroit

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10 a.m. Game on! Campers begin flooding

into the Latino Mission Society, a commu-
nity center (just blocks from the Summer in
the City House and Western) that has offered
to host the Winter Games.
Teams of campers and volunteers create

their own countries, replete with name,
flag, geography and anthem.
Maldonia, led by Lauren Yellen and
Lily Grier, has a tropical climate with
small islands named after the campers.
Maldonians enjoy surfing, speaking gib-
berish and reading. Lifeguards, doctors
and shark watchers are the primary jobs;
dolphins adorn the flag.

Noon After the group eats 18 pizzas (and

almost as many carrots), they compete in
fast-paced relay races for points and then
sing their anthems to determine faux nation-
al supremacy.

2 p.m. The campers head home and the vol-

unteers pair off for reflection and dialogue.

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J-Serve volunteer Abby Cohen, 16, of Farmington Hills works
with a group on their "country."