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Synagogue members create hands-on projects to help others.

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dults and children of all ages
came together on Jan. 17 at Adat
Shalom Synagogue in Farmington
Hills to work on hands-on projects that
give back to the community.
When the morning was over, they had
assembled 140 bags for hospitalized chil-
dren, put together five overflowing baskets
for new babies in the Adat Shalom com-
munity, made 11 blankets, eight scarves
and five pillows for the homeless, packed

60 lunches and 80 bags of toiletries, creat-
ed 15 hats for babies in neonatal intensive
care units, wrote 70 notes and Purim cards
to IDF and American Jewish service per-
sonnel, built and decorated 25 birdhouses
for JARC homes and Jewish Family Service
clients — and more.
The event was organized by the Adat
Shalom-Beth Achim Learning Community,
Men’s Club, Sisterhood, Social Action and
Tikkun Adat committees.

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Robin and Avi Stern with Lexie Sittsamer were among
many who made cards to send to Israeli and American
military personnel.

Kelley Reiter of Huntington Woods looks on
as Danielle, 5, creates one of 80 personalized
bookmarks for students at the Coleman A.
Young Elementary School in Detroit.

Avi Moskovitz of Bloomfield Hills aids this birdhouse
building crew: Lily, 4, and Emma Moskovitz, 10, and Jared
Perlman, 14, of West Bloomfield.

Cindy Babcock of Royal Oak teaches
Katelyn Cymerint, 12, of Livonia how to
knit a cap for a newborn preemie.

Three crafty young ladies: Lindsay Randel, 11, and Emma
Salle, 12, both of West Bloomfield, and Lauren Brown, 11,
of Franklin.

Tikkun Olam-a-Thon 2016 Shir Shalom volunteers help make life brighter for those in need.

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emple Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield held its
fifth annual Tikkun Olam-a-thon, bringing more
than 400 people together for a morning of social
action on the Sunday before Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
“It is a wonderful way to honor his legacy and continue to
promote activism in our community,” said Sarah Allyn, Shir
Shalom’s religious school associate director.
Volunteers helped feed those in need by creating snack
packs for Gleaners Community Food Bank, built kitten
forts for the Michigan Humane Society and spent time with
the elderly at the Jewish Community Chaplaincy of Jewish
Senior Living.
Preschoolers made birthday cake bags filled with cake
mix, frosting, sprinkles and candles for those at HAVEN
House. Older students work with Repair the World. Other
folks assembled winter care packages, including gloves, hand
warmers, flashlights and more to donate to a shelter.

Rabbi Michael Moskowitz welcomes families to the Tikkun
Olam-a-thon, talking about Dr. King’s message and why
we, as Jews, repair the world.

Ellis Merahn, Max Sherman, Neil Sherman, Caroline
Roberts-Merahn and Leah Merahn create bags for the
Hope Warming Shelter of Detroit.

Charlotte Milgrim and Julia Pedersen prepare meals for I
Am My Brother’s Keeper soup kitchen of Detroit.

Zoe Noorily, Lauren MacLean and Eleanor Smith cut fabric
for dolls that will go to local children’s hospitals.

Shir Shalom Temple Youth teens and the students of
Coleman A. Young Elementary School in Detroit

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22 February 11 • 2016