Community
Build!
Hebrew Free Loan
holds family-fun event
at the Robot Garage.
ebrew Free Loan held
its Community Build!
event last month, draw-
ing about 50 young families to the
Robot Garage in Birmingham. The
staff engaged them in building with
LEGOs and robotics demonstrations
appropriate for various age levels. The
afternoon also included drawings for
raffle prizes from the Robot Garage
retail shop.
Event co-chairs Scott Rosenblum
and Jonathan Sterling planned the
event with committee members
Howard Brown, Nita Cohen, Steve
Ingber, Jeffery Meyers, Ben Reifman,
Matt Schenk and Julie Yaker.
"We held this event for the first
time last spring, and it was such a
success we wanted to do it again,"
Rosenblum said. "Hebrew Free Loan
does so much to support our Jewish
community, Jewish neighborhoods
and Jewish businesses through loans
to local companies and families. This
community family event is a natural
extension of that. It also helped some
friends and family of our board mem-
bers learn more about what we do,
and how anyone can help by contrib-
uting or becoming involved:' ❑
Jason Hittleman and son Seth with his raffle prize
Ryan Rosenberg shows off his LEGO
creation.
I Robots,
LEGO;
More!
Event co-chairs Jonathan Sterling and Scott
Rosenblum
Julia Leibovitz claims her raffle prize
Trade Secrets
JVS' annual event draws
largest crowd to support
women's program.
T
rade Secrets:' the fifth annual
fundraising event for the JVS
"Women to Work" Program, drew
a record crowd of 350 to the Townsend
Hotel in March, to listen to Mary Kramer,
Crain's Detroit Business publisher, and to
support the program that helps women
who have been forced to enter the work-
force because of life-changing events,
including divorce, spousal death or finan-
cial issues.
The event, which raised more than
$131,000, was co-chaired by Gwen Weiner,
Mindi Fynke and Diane Farber.
Jeannie Steuer, who received the 2013
Award-winner Jeannie Steuer, center, with her parents, Arthur
and Elaine Steuer
"Women to Work" Award, overcame the
odds with the help of JVS when she lost
her job as a flight attendant as the airline
went into bankruptcy, and lost her hus-
band to divorce in one painful week in
2008.
JVS leaders: COO Leah Rosenbaum, Board Chair Lee Hurwitz
and CEO Barbara Nurenberg.
Steuer is now months away from
graduating with honors from Wayne
State University with a master's degree
in social work. "I feel grateful to JVS and
this program for helping me survive one
of the most turbulent times in my life and
helping me find the direction I needed:'
For more information about the JVS
Women to Work Program, visit www.
jvsdet.org/women .
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