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Andi Wolfe to be honored with Jewish
Hospice's first Dove Award.
Barbara Lewis I Contributing Writer
At the Village
Imagine waking up and
having a full day of fun
activities waiting for you.
At Independence Village of White Lake, there is
seldom a dull moment for our residents. Indulge in
everything from our gourmet meals to our exciting
social activities or just relax in our comfortable sur-
roundings. We offer the best in class apartments,
amenities and services. It's your life...so come
Dana Burnstein, left, chairs JHCN's Grand Circle of Women and leads a
discussion on educating caregivers.
tion of a film, Transforming Loss, and a
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talk by its producer, Judith Burdick. More
Members at the Founders level
than 100 women attended. Now the group
donate $1,000 — a grand — each year.
has more than 250 members.
Memberships are also available at $750,
Freedman said Wolfe was integral
$500, $250 and $180.
The group started in October 2012 with in securing important grants for JHCN
about 15 women meeting at Wolfe's home. through her involvement with the Jewish
Women's Foundation.
Staff from Angela Hospice in Livonia and
In addition to the annual fundraising
Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network
event, the Grand Circle of Women hosts
(JHCN) spoke about the hospice concept,
educational meetings in members' homes.
which provides comfort care for people
They invite Jewish women who work in
with terminal illnesses and support ser-
the hospice field — there are now more
vices for them and their families.
than 60 in the Detroit area — to speak.
The women at the meeting told their
"This is a group of women who are try-
friends about the new group, and they
ing to start conversations about the end of
told their friends, Wolfe said. Last spring,
life said Sharona Shapiro, JHCN develop-
the Grand Circle of Women had its first
ment director. "We want people to feel
big educational event, with the presenta-
live it here!
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Tickets are still available for the event, which takes place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
May 15, at the Jewish Community Center's Berman Center for the Performing
Arts in West Bloomfield. The program will feature the Michigan premiere of a
film, The Embrace of Aging: The Female Perspective of Growing Old.
Michigan filmmaker Keith Famie will speak after showing the film, part of
a three-part series he is making on the end of life. Last year, Famie made The
Embrace of Aging: The Male Perspective of Growing Old, and next year he plans to
end the series with The Embrace of Dying.
Famie spent 16 months filming women around the world for The Embrace of
Aging. The Female Perspective of Growing Old. Dr. Eva Feldman, director of the
A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute and of the Program for Neurology
Research and Discovery at the University of Michigan, is one of the women inter-
viewed.
The minimum donation to attend the May 15 program honoring Wolfe is $36,
which includes Famie's film and a dessert afterglow. Members of the Grand Circle
of Women also are invited to a pre-program strolling dinner.
Co-chairs for the event are Patti Aaron, Sandy Muskovitz Danto, Paula Glazier,
Sue Ellen Kaufman, Linda Kovan, Eva Posen, Terri Farber Roth and Forest Wolfe.
For more information or tickets for the program, call Jewish Hospice and
Chaplaincy Network at (248) 592-2687.