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Scholarship Deadline Approaching
President of Michigan Jewish Sports
Foundation Stuart Raider and Katrina D.
Studvent, MSW, chief development direc-
tor of Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer
Cancer Institute
On March 20, The Michigan Jewish Sports
Foundation presented a check to the
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
from the proceeds made annually from
the Hank Greenberg Memorial Golf
Invitational.
This year’s event will be held June
11, and there are still spots available by
calling (248) 592-9323. The Michigan
Jewish Sports Foundation also supports
other organizations such as Kids Kicking
Cancer and the Bear Hug Foundation.
In past years, it has awarded high
school seniors with scholarship money to
pursue their college education. Deadlines
are approaching for the Dr. Steve
and Evelyn Rosen Stars of Tomorrow
Scholarship program.
Check for the application and deadline
at michiganjewishsports.org. •
One Earth Writing
Offers Summer Camps
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developed ingenious ways to overcome global energy
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JUDITH SHENKMAN
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One Earth Writing, a nonprofit dedi-
cated to helping teens connect across
racial, religious and socioeconomic
lines through writing workshops,
announces its first Summer Writing
Camps this July.
In partnership with Wayne State
University’s C² Pipeline Program,
OEW Summer Camps will engage
teens in conversation and writing
about sports and food, while meet-
ing peers from different backgrounds
and perspectives. Space is limited
to 40 total, with 20 coming from the
C² Pipeline and up to 20 registering
directly at http://oneearthwriting.org/
events/writing-camps.
The camps will take place July
9-12 and July 16-19; the first week is a
sports writing camp while the second
week is devoted to food writing.
Camp is in session 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on
the WSU campus, with guest speak-
ers (including local journalists and
entrepreneurs), hands-on activities,
writing workshops and a culminating
performance of their work. Lunch is
included in camp costs; campers reg-
ister for $385 per person.
Camp Director Joseph Stranyak
is a graduate of Eastern Michigan
University; camp counselors are for-
mer One Earth Writing Ambassadors
who have graduated high school
and continue to write with Lynne
Golodner and other OEW instructors
as Senior Ambassadors.
For information: (Call 248) 376-0406
or email lynne@oneearthwriting.
org. •
Attention High
School Seniors:
Essay Contest
awarded college scholarships totaling
$5,000: first-place: $2,500, second-
place: $1,500, and third-place: $1,000.
Eligible students must be residents
of the tri-county Metro Detroit area;
be graduating seniors in 2018; provide
confirmation of expected graduation;
and identify as Jewish or part of a
Jewish family.
Deadline for entry is 5 p.m. April 20,
2018. Visit 100mensches.org to down-
load the application. Email your sub-
mission and the application (as PDFs)
to lklein@jfsdetroit.org. Please make
sure your name isn’t on your submis-
sion as judging will be anonymous.
Winners will be notified by April 30
and recognized at JFS’ May 8 annual
meeting.
Questions? Contact Danny Kaplan
at dkaplan@jfsdetroit.org. •
100 Mensches, a program of Jewish
Family Service, invites graduating
Jewish high school seniors to submit
an 800-1,000-word original essay
describing how Jewish values can help
create a future free of domestic abuse.
Here are a few of the Jewish values
that may help guide your thinking on
this topic: chessed, compassion and
caring for others; rodef shalom, the
pursuit of understanding, empathy
and mutual respect; and shalom bayit,
harmony in the home.
The top three submissions will be