22 August 8 • 2019 jn L ori and Samuel Gray of Bloomfield Hills, and Stacy and Jeffrey Brodsky of West Bloomfield are excited to announce the upcoming marriage of their children Natalie Gray and Brian Brodsky. Natalie graduated from Michigan State University with a B.A. in advertising and public relations and works as a marketing manager at the Forbes Company. Brian graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.B.A. in accounting and then went on to receive his J.D./ M.B.A. from the University of Michigan. He works as the chief financial officer for Bell Mountain Management. A September wedding is planned in Detroit. The couple reside in Bloomfield Hills. Brodsky-Gray J anice and Barry Kelman were married Aug. 19, 1969, at Avas Achim in Detroit. They celebrated their 50th anniversary with their children, David and Dana Kelman, and Amy and Kevin Weiss; and grandchildren, Emily and Olive Kelman, and Eliana, Sammy and Gwen Weiss, on a Caribbean cruise. To continue the celebration, they will open the Ark at Temple Israel on Aug. 16, 2019, and then take a trip to Toronto where they honeymooned. Kelman 50th M aya Belen of Birmingham will become a bat mitzvah in April next year, but her preparations started back in March when she decided she wanted to send a sick child to Disney World as her mitzvah project. Initially, Maya wanted to visit the pediatric cancer patients at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak but was told she was too young. So, she decided to take it one step further and raise the money to send one of these children on the trip to Disney World. The idea came to the Derby Middle School student upon talking to the founder and CEO of Born Yoga in Birmingham, Ashley Goldberg. When she was a teenager, Goldberg was diagnosed with cancer and was selected to participate in the Make-A-Wish Foundation’ s programs. Goldberg told Maya about the organization, and Maya was inspired to make this her new project. At first, Maya’ s friend participated in the project as well, but Maya since has taken over the fundraising efforts. In the five months since its conception, Maya’ s project has raised nearly $5,000 of the $8,000 necessary to fund a trip to Disney World for a sick child through Make-A-Wish. She has raised the money through a variety of baking and snack sales at her middle school and will be having another fundraiser during the Woodward Dream Cruise in August. Maya is hoping to reach her $8,000 goal by her bat mitzvah and is looking forward to seeing the result of her hard work. “I just want to meet the kid and get to see the enjoyment of them getting to go to Disney World,” she said. Maya’ s mom, Andrea, has been supporting Maya throughout the process and feels it will be very rewarding for Maya to see a child get to have a great experience because of her efforts. If you would like to help Maya reach her goal, donate at https:// tinyurl.com/y3g7cph9. ■ JESSIE COHEN JN INTERN Special Project Maya Belen Calling All Bubbies & Zaydies! The JN wants photos of your grandchildren! If you’ re a proud bubbie or zaydie, send us a photo of your darling grandchild for a photo spread we’ re doing in honor of Grandparents Day in the Sept. 5 issue. Send the photo (high-resolution, please. Smartphone photos are fine sent at original size), along with your name and city, the name, age and city of your grandchild, and a sentence or two on something cute the child has done or said. Send to jheadapohl@renmedia. us by Aug. 29 to be included. ies! dren! d for t r moments HOW TO SUBMIT ANNOUNCEMENTS Mazel Tov! announcements are welcomed for members of the Jewish community. Anniversaries, engagements and weddings with a photo (preferably color) can appear at a cost of $18 each. Births are $10. There is no charge for bar/bat mitzvahs or for special birthdays starting at the 90th. For information, contact Editorial Assistant Sy Manello at smanello@ renmedia.us or (248) 351-5147 for information or for a mailed or emailed copy of guidelines.