metro >> here's to Need to Boost Your Memory? Jewish Senior Life is the recipient of three awards — locally, statewide and nationally. JSL, which serves older adults in Metro Detroit's Jewish com- munity and beyond, is being lauded for its Holocaust programming at the upcoming annual conference for AJAS, the Association of Jewish Aging Services, in Jacksonville, Fla. Leading Age Michigan recognized JSL employee Moshe Aksenchik with its Caring Spirit Award; and JSL employee Myriam Cohen, program coordinator at Meer Apartments, was honored by JVS and its Women to Work Program. The Program for Holocaust Survivors & Families serves aging Holocaust survi- vors and their families, under the direc- tion of Charles Slow and Renee Fein. Do you frequently... ■ Have trouble recalling people's names? ■ Get frustrated when you can't remember things? Forget where you left your keys? Wednesday, May 14 10 - 11:30 a.m. Learn proven memory-building tips and techniques at the JVS Memory Club. Join us for a free introductory session! RSVP to Ronnie Berman, Memory Club Coordinator, at (248) 233-4247. JVS Realizing Life's Potential JVS Memory Club 29699 Southfield Road Southfield, MI 48076 ► :/EMORY CLUB www.jvsdet.org In partnership with: E]..10113 THE CENTER (" Jewish Federation Generously funded by: aim OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT JEWISH SENIOR LIFE thiewishn luffilv 4 Gef ay 1915240 The Governor's Council on Physical Fitness, Health and Sports has selected Dr. Don R. Powell as the recipient of its 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award recognizing landmark contributions to people in Michigan and throughout the United States through research, teaching, professional practice and vol- unteerism related to health and well- ness. Powell is the founder, president and CEO of the American Institute for Preventive Medicine. Mick Gordinier of THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SUPPORTERS AND TO OUR HONOREE, GEOFF KRETCHMER! You have made such a positive difference in so many young lives. SK2T SEND A KID C) TO TAMARACK C\I Serta Platinum Sponsors Tamarack tamarackcamps.com • 248-647-1100 22 May 1 • 2014 'ACCREDITED CC 1111 association Supported by The Jewish Federation OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT West Bloomfield, a sixth-grader, was recently named by Jewish Senior Life as 2014 Youth Volunteer of the Year. Gordinier Mick serves tea at tea time and helps clean up after- ward. At Purim, he thought of the residents and brought Purim parcels, which he made. He has helped out at monthly birthday parties; he is also a Wii-bowling coach and Rummikub partner for one of the residents. Michael Chopp, Ph.D., scien- tific director of the Henry Ford Neuroscience Institute at Henry Ford Hospital, 10A won the 2014 Chopp Abraham White Distinguished Science Award for his discovery of the role of a protein in the treatment of brain injuries and neurodegenerative diseases. Dr. Chopp is being honored for develop- ing a new pharmacological agent that is also naturally produced in the body called Thymosin beta-4. Dr. Chopp will receive the award in October in Rome, Italy, where he also will pres- ent a keynote address.