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Tamarack Fundraiser

Great cause and a good time help
give kids a camp opportunity.

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amarack Camps kicked off its annual Send a
Kid to Tamarack fundraising campaign with an
“Evening of Comedy” on April 14 at the Garden
Theater in Midtown Detroit. Modi, an Israeli stand-up
comedian, actor and cantor, filled the room with smiles and
laughter.
A highlight of the evening was when Holocaust survivor
Fred Findling told how he received a scholarship to spend
his first summer in America at the Fresh Air Camp, now
Tamarack Camps.
“At camp, I was no longer a war-torn, orphaned
Holocaust survivor,” he said. “I was just another kid play-
ing baseball, swimming in the lake and singing joyous
Jewish songs. My summer camp experience exposed me
to Judaism and instilled a lifelong commitment to living a
vibrant and engaged Jewish life.”
Darrin Findling, Fred’s son and Tamarack Camps presi-
dent, said, “My father’s experience at Fresh Air allowed him
to raise his children to love being Jewish. He ultimately sent
my siblings and me to camp. Today, my children and their
cousins attend Tamarack, making us a three-generation
Tamarack Camps family.”
To contribute to Send a Kid to Tamarack, go to www.
tamarackcamps.com/sk2t.

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Co-chairs Jodi Neff and Abbe Sherbin

Guest speaker Fred Findling and his son Darrin, Tamarack
Camps president

Marty and Lindsey Maddin, Sarah and Jim Rush, Allison
and Marc Nakisher

Comedian Modi performing at the fundraiser

Vanishing Hunger Yad Ezra’s annual “friendraiser” draws big crowd to aid the kosher food pantry.

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n April 7, 400 supporters
of Yad Ezra gathered at the
Max M. and Marjorie S.
Fisher Music Center in Detroit to be
entertained by Joshua Seth, an inter-
nationally known mentalist. Co-chairs
Nancy Kleinfeldt, Michelle Rubin
and Ari Dolgin welcomed attendees,
thanking them and the event commit-
tee for support. Gratitude also went to
the Judge Michael L. Stacey Trust for
underwriting the event.
Last year, Yad Ezra distributed
more than 1.1 million pounds of free

Yehudit Jubas
of Southfield,
Malke Torgow
of Oak Park and
Barbara, Zoe and
Isabel Zaltz, all
of Huntington
Woods

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groceries among 1,300 low-income
families using a small staff and a
dedicated corps of 150 regular vol-
unteers. Non-kosher food donated to
Yad Ezra is given to other non-Jewish
organizations, including Operation
Refuge in Inkster and Angel’s Place in
Southfield.
Yad Ezra’s Vanish Hunger spring
event has become an annual “friend-
raiser” for the food pantry. For details
about Yad Ezra and volunteer oppor-
tunities, go to www.yadezra.org or
send an email to info@yadezra.org.

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Julie Rosenbaum of Royal Oak

Ari and Talia Dolgin and Josh and Shayna Levine, all of
Huntington Woods

Mentalist
Joshua Seth
entertains
at Yad Ezra’s
Vanishing
Hunger event.