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million, and the Lewises are reprising
their challenge: raise $4 million and
we'll donate another $1 million.
"Ten million dollars will give us
enough to secure the future of the
Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy
Network:' Freedman said. He hopes
to complete the challenge within five
years.
The organization's 2015 budget is
approximately $1.25 million.
JHCN works with more than a
dozen area hospices, which provide
clinical care from physicians, nurses,
aides and therapists. Jewish Hospice
provides spiritual care and support
services for Jewish patients and their
families. JHCN also helps the frail
elderly and people with chronic illness
who are not terminally ill and thus not
eligible for hospice care.
There is no charge to patients or
families for the network's services.
All of our funding comes from
philanthropy, though many of our
donors are people who choose to sup-
port us because of the great care they
have receiver said Freedman, who
has been the face of Jewish hospice
care in Detroit since 1993, when he
started a program for Jewish patients
at Hospice of Michigan. He left
Hospice of Michigan in 1999 to start
the independent Jewish Hospice and
Chaplaincy Network.
"I'm 63, and I'm still going strong,
but I won't be around forever:'
Freedman said. An endowment of
$10 million will make it much easier

for the person who follows me, who
won't have to worry so much about
fundraising but can build on what
we've creater
Freedman said JCHN won't use
any of the income generated by the
endowment until the fund reaches at
least $10 million.
He has hired Dottie Deremo, who
was CEO of Hospice of Michigan for
15 years before she retired at the end
of 2013, as a consultant to work on
long-term organizational sustainabil-
ity and succession planning.
"Bunny is an iconic leader:' Deremo
said. "He's done an amazing job in
the Jewish community, building this
organization from scratch. He's smart
enough to ask for help in developing
sustainability for the long haul. That's
good leadership."
Succession planning is being done
not just for Freedman but for all key
positions, she said.
Deremo said she and the Jewish
Hospice and Chaplaincy Network
leadership are creating an infrastruc-
ture that will enable the organization
to maintain and enhance quality. That
includes cross-training of staff; creat-
ing job descriptions to ensure staff
have consistent knowledge, skills and
abilities; and measuring the organiza-
tion's services against best practices in
the field.
"Donors want to be sure the organi-
zation they're giving to will be around
for a while she said. ❑