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"The whole idea is teaching healthy eating and nutrition," she said. "People get free food, but they don't necessarily know how to cook it:' Along with nutrition education and food delivery to homebound seniors, the plan is to add interactive cooking lessons, an urban garden and grocery shopping lessons for neighborhood students. Added to the mobile pantry, the Blessings in a Backpack program and the pantry downstairs, PHC will hold future health education lectures and disease management programs, senior programs, a financial support program, a free summer camp for 50 K-5 students and afterschool pro- gramming for K-8 students. "When we were kids, when the bell rang at school and you got out, that was the most exciting time of the day," Rubenfire said. "You ran home; you knew you were going to have a good dinner with the folks; you're gonna play baseball that afternoon. These kids get frightened. There's not necessarily going to be anybody home when they get home; they might get hurt on the way home; and there's no mentoring after school. We're creating afterschool programs and partnering with the Wayne State University Honors College' But that's all part of the future. Looking Forward "We have a limited number of resources and a limited number of volunteers, and we don't want to make promises we can't get to!' Rubenfire said. "The concept was to take professionals that were work- ing or retired and help them work together to help set up this process and keep it going. "This is a concept that we think can work anywhere where there's a stable community with the resources like this," he said. The NWAC is the hub of social activity in northwest Detroit, said Lockett. "We have a theater, health club, a computer clubhouse, which is an internationally renowned after- school program. "We are the executive offices of the City of Detroit Recreation and the General Services Department. We have a mini-police station," he said. "We've always been a beacon of hope to the people of northwest Detroit!" And Lockett appreciates Temple Israel's commitment. "They said they are willing to help. They didn't say they wanted to control or that their way is the right way," he said, addressing past attempts from the Jewish community to help out. "We've had open lines of communication. We've asked for ideas, approaches, and that's what's been so important. Rabbi Josh has been so open, and a lot of that is because he's done a lot of projects in the city of Detroit and he hasn't come as an outsider. He has a whole differ- ent mentality when it comes to that!' And Temple Israel is working in full partnership with the Hartford Memorial Baptist Church in Detroit. Dr. Charles G. Adams, the church's pastor, noted a • 25-year relationship with Temple Israel. "We're both inter- ested in the same type of things — development of the Dr. Charles G. community, educa- Adams tion in the com- munity, good health in the community, taking blight and turning it into something beneficial," he said. "That's what we're about, and we're very excited. "We have a tree planted on the campus of Temple Israel, and we have a tree at our church that was planted by Rabbi Robert Syme in years past!' he continued. "This will benefit children, raise property val- ues, clean up blight and make living here beautiful again, and we were very grateful and pledge our full support. We certainly want to be the first volunteers when there's some- thing cooking:' Emails have been going out to Temple Israel members asking for seven volunteers a month to man the mobile pantry until December. But Rubenfire wants to make one thing clear. "This is not a suburban communi- ty coming in to help the urban com- munity!' he said. "It's a partnership to make our community in southeast Michigan strong:' ❑