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Young adults kick off JARC's SpringElation at Star Lanes.
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JACKIE HEADAPOHL I MANAGING EDITOR
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ore than 200 young adults
came out for a fun night
of bowling at JARC's
3rd annual Young Adult
Bowling Night April 4 at the Royal Oak
Emagine Theatre and Star Lanes.
The event — a "friend-raiser, not
a fundraiser," according to Lindsey
Fox-Wagner, development/community
relations coordinator at JARC — was
the official kickoff for fundraising efforts
for JARC's SpringElation 2013. Festivities
included a strolling dinner provided
by Quality Kosher Catering and lots of
bowling fun.
"The enthusiastic show of support from
the young leaders in our community has a
huge impact on the people we serve and
the entire organization," said JARC CEO
Rick Lowenstein.
At the event, people learned about
JARC's Merle and Shirley Harris Children
and Family Division, which provides
services to about 400 local children
with disabilities and their families, such
as advocacy, respite care for moms and
dads, school inclusion programs and the
Club Scene, 13 social clubs for teens and
young adults.
The event was chaired by Emily
Korotkin, Julie Marx and Lowell
Weiss, all of Bloomfield Hills, Amanda
Fisher of Birmingham, Jaimee Wine of
Orchard Lake, along with Jason Miller
of Farmington Hills, JARC's Young Adult
Committee Chair.
During the evening, SpringElation co-
chair Dani Gillman spoke to the crowd, as
did Lowenstein and JARC President Ron
Applebaum, who 15 years ago launched
JARC's Young Adult Committee.
The goal was threefold, Fox-Wagner
said: to create an event that welcomed
young adults of all abilities in the
community, to educate young adults
about JARC and develop the next young
leaders for the organization.
"So many people are familiar with
JARC and the wonderful work they do for
people with developmental disabilities
in their group homes, but people are far
less familiar with the work of the Merle
and Shirley Harris Children and Family
Division," Gillman said.
"JARC provides much-needed services
to families, like mine, raising children
with developmental disabilities. We
want to introduce young adults to the
work JARC does and the importance
of being involved as both ambassadors
and supporters. Young adults are not
the 'future' or 'next' leaders of the
community; we are the 'now' leaders.
It's important that we show our
commitment to all members of the
community."
This year's SpringElation fundraising
event will be held on May 22 at the
Detroit Zoo. Tickets for the all-inclusive
evening are $25 and include a walk
around the zoo, crafts, food from Quality
Kosher Catering, StarTrax Entertainment,
PAWS from the Detroit Tigers and more.
Individual sponsorships are $150, and
corporate sponsorships are $1,500. More
than 2,000 people are expected to attend
SpringElation, the major source of private
funding for JARC's services for children
with disabilities. This year, it is being
chaired by Julie Hertzberg, along with
Gillman.
New this year is the SpringElation Art
Contest for children in preschool through
sixth grade.
Entries are due by May 3; an entry form
can be found online at www.jarc.org/
jarc-events. ❑
For SpringElation info or sponsor
information, contact Lindsey Fox-Wagner
at (248) 488-7524 or email
lindseyfoxwagner@jarc.org.
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16,
Young adults enjoyed a fun night of bowling to
Lindsey Steele of Ann Arbor, Mark Berkman of
Rachel Adler and Shoshana Ungar, both of Oak
benefit JARC
Commerce, Michael Chosie of West Bloomfield and
Park
Justin M. Kaplan of Commerce enjoy the evening.
Tony Gorkiewicz from Keego Harbor of Tone-E Films tapes
Photographer Jorge Lemus takes a photo of Jaimee
Rachel Stewart of West Bloomfield
Marla and Adam Jahnke of Birmingham.
Wine of Orchard Lake and Emily Korotkin of Bloomfield
and Jason Weiner of Royal Oak hit the
Hills to post on Facebook.
buffet.
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