Chain Of Kindness

Angels and Dreamers helps
7-year-old perform a mitzvah.

Jackie Headapohl I Managing Editor

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econd-grader Sarah
When Sarah saw a family with
Ostheimer came in second
children, she approached and told
place in the hula hoop contest them that she would be paying for
at the Temple Beth El picnic, but
their lunch as an act of kindness,
she's first when it comes to wanting
and then she asked if they would
to make the world a better
keep the kindness chain
place.
going. She handed them a
Sarah, 7, recently wrote
list of ideas, such as "Help
to Rabbi Daniel Syme of
wash someone's dog," "Rake
Angels and Dreamers to see
leaves for someone who
if he could help her start
can't do it alone," "Talk to at
a kindness chain. Aaron
least two new people in your
Lowen of Cutting Edge
school each week," "Read a
Cuisine stepped in as the
book to your younger broth-
Sarah
angel that made her dream
er or sister," or "Bring cook-
Ostheim er
come true by arranging
ies to a retirement home."
for free lunches at Mex
Patti Chetcuti of Bingham
Restaurant in Bloomfield Township.
Farms and her son, Luke Anderson,
Angels and Dreamers is a founda-
12, were the first recipients of
tion with the goal of helping Jewish
Sarah's act of kindness. "I'll definite-
children ages 7-11 do the mitzvahs
ly carry it forward," Luke said.
they wish they could do if only they
Next up were Jim Benitez and
had the resources.
his daughter Erin, 12, of Rochester
Earlier this fall, Sarah went to
Hills. "I'll do something to help
Mex with Rabbi Syme, her parents,
someone," Erin said.
Camilo and Jennifer, and brother,
"This is a great surprise, a great
Noah, who originally came up with
thing for kids to learn — and adults,
the idea for Angels and Dreamers.
too," Jim said.
John Hertzberg and his son,
Jamie, 9, along with Galena Katz,
were the third recipients of Sarah's
kindness at Mex.
Jamie had just returned from
Sunday school at Temple Shir
Shalom, where he said they were
learning about acts of kindness.
Jamie wanted to give the money for
lunch back to Sarah "to go to some-
one who really needs it," but when
told no, said he would go home and
find some books he could donate to
the temple school.
Sarah, who lives in Clarkston,
said she "hopes the kindness chain
keeps going." *

Jim and Erin Benitez and Sarah. Erin

vowed to keep the kindness chain

moving.

details
Keep it going. Perform a random
act of kindness and tell us about
it! Send an email to jheadapohl@
renmedia.us along with your
photo, and we will share in future
issues of the Jewish News.

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