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SAMMI
SHAPIRO
Sammi
Shapiro is
the assis-
tant direc-
tor of edu-
cation and
youth
engagement at Adat Shalom
Synagogue. She loves work-
ing and getting to know all
the families and kids at the
synagogue and within the
community. At Adat Shalom,
Sammi teaches, plans educa-
tional programs, mentors
kids and teens, and much
more. Her background is in
education; being able to con-
tinue working in this field
and affecting so many fami-
lies is very important to her.
Sammi is also the assistant
director of Sib4Sib, a local
nonprofit that helps youths
who have a sibling strug-
gling with mental health.
She helps connect families
into the right support group
and continues to advise the
nonprofit. Sammi is one of
the lead partners in Youth
United, a local interfaith vol-
unteer organization for teens
from synagogues, churches,
mosques or non-religious
organizations. The goal of
the group is to connect the
teens in our community
through shared beliefs and
support of the local organi-
zation CARES of Farmington
Hills.
She said she really loves
the spirit of Detroit. “Just
being out and about in the
city, meeting new people
and trying new restaurants
makes me feel connected to
this great city we live in,” she
said. She also loves to knit
and bake.
ZACHARY
SANDLER
WISH
Zachary
Sandler
Wish is
owner
of Wish
Inc. and Mason Equities
LLC, parent company to
many businesses, but most
notably Midwest Linen &
Uniform Service and Wish
Premium. He joined the fam-
ily business, started by his
great-grandfather more than
130 years ago, in 2001.
The business, the third
oldest active company in
Detroit, is now one of the
largest independently owned
laundries in the country. In
2016, Zachary acquired the
business and used his social
media/internet expertise
to keep it competitive in a
market dominated by large
national corporate entities.
In early 2019, Zachary
founded Wish Premium, a
rapidly growing cannabis
brand. His goal is to make
the benefits of medical mar-
ijuana understood and more
accessible to and work to
remove the “stigma” of can-
nabis. He has already assisted
several Jewish community
members who are or were in
hospice and seeking help. He
plans to open dispensaries
across Michigan starting in
February.
Zach established the
Wish Children’
s Foundation
endowment in 2019. He
pledges to donate $50,000
annually for grants to deserv-
ing high school students
for college or trade schools.
Wish Premium will also host
an annual toy and a quar-
terly food drive for Pontiac
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