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Rub-a-Dub fun: Yoav Raban
of Israel, Joanne and Dan
Aronovitz of Huntington
Woods and Sherri Ketai
of Franklin; (back) Todd
Sachse of Huntington
Woods and Nancy Luckoff
and Lori Gray, both of
Bloomfield Hills.
Two fundraising events draw crowds to help ORT's educational causes.
M
ore than 500 guests attended
ORT's biggest annual fund-
raiser, Rub-a-Dub, on Aug.
13 at Franklin Hills Country Club. This
year's theme was "Club 18807
At the event, ORT supporters bid on
hundreds of silent auction items, dined
and danced under the tent to live music
from the Foster Brooks Band and bid
during the live auction, all to support
ORT's global network of schools, col-
leges, training centers and programs.
Event co-chairs were Brad Oleshansky
of Birmingham, Bruce Marwil of West
Bloomfield and Matt Ran of Bloomfield
Hills. President Bubba Urdan of West
Bloomfield introduced special guest
speaker Kobi Weiss of Israel, cousin
of Alan Zekelman of Bloomfield Hills.
Weiss is starting the ORT Zekelman
Tutoring Project in Israel, a program to
provide additional educational services
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Alan Zekelman of Bloomfield Hills, guest speaker Kobi Weiss of Israel and
Doreen Hermelin of Bingham Farms
to disadvantaged students after the nor-
mal school day.
Brian Hermelin of Bingham Farms
wowed the crowd with his fast-talking
Girls enjoy a dance run by Studio A Center for Performing Arts.
auctioneering skills and helped to secure
more than $65,000 during the live auc-
tion. Overall fundraising grossed more
than $460,000, making it the most suc-
cessful Rub-a-Dub yet.
Presenting sponsors were the
Suburban Collection and Infiniti of Novi
& Troy, which also sponsored Camp
Hermelin on Sept. 7, when Doreen
Hermelin's home in Bingham Farms
was transformed into camp grounds for
ORT's sixth annual "Camp Hermelin"
event, ORT's final annual fundraiser of
the year and its only event for families.
Nearly 1,000 people attended. Kids
got to relive their camp experiences on a
fun afternoon and reconnect with camp
friends, staff and directors.
Event co-chairs Eden Elbinger of
Farmington Hills, Sabrina Kaufman
of West Bloomfield and Jackie
Rosenzweig and Caryn Weitzman, both
of Bloomfield Hills, and their volun-
teers planned an afternoon of fun-filled
activities. A barbeque lunch was served
camp-style, including s'mores.
Thirteen camps raffled off discounted
and free camp tuition for the summer
of 2015, and the Camper's Choice Raffle
raffled off a $2,500 credit to be used
toward any day or overnight camp and/
or organized trip taking place in the
summer of 2015.
Proceeds from both events benefit
ORT students locally and in nearly 60
countries around the world, including
the David B. Hermelin ORT Resource
Center housed in the Jewish Community
Center of West Bloomfield.
For more information about ORT
Michigan, call (248) 723-8860, go to
www.ortmichigan.org , or email Nicole
Miller at nmiller@ORTamerica.org . ❑
Attendees participate in a traditional tug-of-war.
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