B'nai B'rith in the Detroit-area in one
capacity or another dating back to his
formative years as a member of the
B'nai B'rith Youth Organization, and
then joining his campus Hillel (anoth-
er B'nai B'rith umbrella organization
at the time) upon attending college.
"These grassroots programs truly
let the local B'nai B'rith members
and supporters shine said Daniel S.
Mariaschin, B'nai B'rith International
executive vice president. "Having
members on the ground in so many
local communities provides a solid
and necessary backbone to our orga-
nization:"
Having been active as a teenager
and a young adult, Corlin sprang into
action with the Centennial Lodge,
serving as lodge president, district
chairman and a representative for
Hillel, among other positions.
Corlin painted a scene of a flour-
ishing Detroit Jewish community in
which B'nai B'rith members and sup-
porters could sign on with a number
of subject-specific units to lend their
expertise and engage in networking.
He said the accounting, real estate
and construction, health care and
community volunteer services were
some of the bigger and more popular
units found within the B'nai B'rith
network in the Detroit area.
But it was sports that really turned
the community out in droves, and
specifically, bowling.
"Detroit was always big on sports:'
Corlin said. "We always had good vol-
leyball, baseball and basketball teams,
but Detroit was an extremely active
bowling town. There were literally
thousands of people playing in the
B'nai B'rith leagues:'
That sporting legacy still rings true
today within the Great Lakes Region
— encompassing not only Michigan,
but Fort Wayne, Ind., and Toledo —
as it recently held its 32nd annual golf
classic, a tournament that benefits
the Great Lakes College Scholarship
Program. The tournament consistent-
ly draws a large turnout and closes
with an award ceremony to recognize
scholarship recipients.
Now, 170 years after that initial
meeting, and 157 years after the
founding of the Pisgah Lodge in
Detroit, the causes and the landscape
that B'nai B'rith operates in continu-
ally shifts, especially in today's soci-
ety. So what's next for the venerable
organization?
"I look at it this way: Since our
founding 170 years ago, our job is
to come up with programs to meet
needs not only today, but tomor-
row as well:' Perlman said. "Our goal
is to develop ideas from incubation to
execution:'

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