Mitzvah Makeover

Jews, Muslims join to fix up Nolan school in Detroit.

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olunteers from the Jewish
and Muslim communities
joined together for an inter-
faith Mitzvah Makeover School Fix-Up
Day at Nolan Elementary and Middle
School in Detroit.
Sponsored by the Jewish
Community Relations Council (JCRC)
and the Michigan Muslim Community
Council (MMCC), the project
was a follow-up to Mitzvah Day.
Nolan is part of the Education
Achievement Authority (EAA),
with 365 students in grades preK-
8.
More than 100 volunteers from
the Jewish and Muslim commu-
nities, along with students and
parents from Nolan, pitched in to
clean and complete an initial reor-
ganization of the library, paint the
bathroom stalls and install new
toilet seats, paint the walls and

hang student artwork in the cafeteria,
clean debris from the school grounds
and complete a student-designed hall-
way mural.
Advance Plumbing and Heating
donated the new toilet seats for the
school; Sav-on Drugs gave cleaning
products and school supplies for the
effort; and the Detroit Institute of
Bagels provided snacks for all of the
volunteers.

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JCRC Executive Director David
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Dr. Muzammil Ahmed greet
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JCRC board member Micki Grossman
of Farmington Hills sorts books with
Barbara Heller of Birmingham.

Elaine Yaker, a volunteer from
Bingham Farms, helps organize
books in the school libarary.

Nolan student Hayden Rogers shows
off his artwork for the cafeteria.

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Nolan Principal Ricky Fountain and art
teacher Carrie Hahn work with students
and volunteers on the hallway mural.

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