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32 | MAY 14 • 2020
here’s to
Debra Zivian of
West Bloomfield
has been elected
to the National
Kidney Founda-
tion of Michigan
volunteer Board
of Directors. She is a teacher con-
sultant for the hearing-impaired
and a longtime NKFM volunteer.
She has been involved with the
NKFM, specifically the Kidney Walk
at the Detroit Zoo, for over 10
years. Inspired by her son Danny,
who has chronic kidney disease,
she has been a steadfast support-
er of the NKFM.
Hygieia, a Livonia-based health
tech company for insulin man-
agement, is adding to its roster
as the population of people
with Type 2 diabetes who need
insulin grows. Hygieia’
s d-Nav
Insulin Management System uses
artificial intelligence and patented
technology to help people manage
blood sugar levels. Veteran local
health care executive Robert
Frank, M.D., has joined Hygieia
as chief medical officer where he
will help connect the d-Nav system
with physicians, health plans and
health systems, both locally and
nationally. Dr. Frank is a cardiac
surgeon. The d-Nav clinic sites are
in Livonia, Sterling Heights, Allen
Park or Sylvan Lake. A fifth site
in the Detroit Medical Center will
open this spring.
Hillel of Metro
Detroit an-
nounced that
Sarah Timlin
has been chosen
as the recipient
of the 2020
Direnfeld Family Scholarship. She
is in her junior year at Wayne State
University studying economics.
Sarah is an Applebaum Family
Engagement Intern at Hillel of
Metro Detroit. The Direnfeld Family
Scholarship is awarded annually
to an undergraduate or graduate
student currently enrolled in a
Metropolitan Detroit university on
the basis of academic strength,
need, service to the community,
and Hillel of Metro Detroit involve-
ment.
Benjamin
Francis has been
named a recipient
of the Serling
Institute for
Jewish Studies
and Modern
Israel Student Achievement
Award for 2020. He is working
on a dual major in political theory
and constitutional democracy at
James Madison College, as well
as finance at the Broad College of
Business as he minors in Jewish
studies. Although only a junior, he
has already completed the minor
with 28 credits of JS content
courses and plans to have 31 such
credits after next fall.
Alan
Reinstein’
s
paper “Self-
Regulatory Peer
Review as a
Mechanism for
Audit Quality: A
Synthesis of the Literature” earned
the Best Paper Award [out of more
than 50 submitted papers] at the
2020 annual meeting of the North
American Accounting Society, held
recently in Chicago.
Jessica Goldberg, 18, of Farm-
ington Hills is one of Michigan’
s
top youth volunteers for 2020. She
was recognized for outstanding
volunteer service
during the 25th
annual and
first-ever virtual
Prudential Spirit
of Community
Awards national
recognition celebration. She has
been given $2,500 to donate to-
ward the local COVID-19 response
efforts of a nonprofit organiza-
tion of her choice. These funds
come in addition to a $1,000
scholarship and engraved silver
medallion. Goldberg, a senior at
North Farmington High School, is
the founder of Sib4Sib, a support
network for the siblings of people
who struggle with mental health or
have developmental or cognitive
differences.
D
uring this critical time of crisis
for nonprofit organizations and
Metro Detroit, the Jewish Fund
recently approved $600,000 in new urgent
needs grants addressing the impact of
COVID-19 on the community. The Fund
is supporting the Jewish Federation’
s
Emergency COVID-19 campaign with
a grant of $500,000. Funds will support
physical and mental health, food access,
emergency financial support, in-home
support and necessary transportation.
The Fund will consider additional
financial support of urgent and recov-
ery needs in the coming months.
Additionally, the Jewish Fund
approved grants for food access
to Project Healthy Community,
Capuchin Soup Kitchen, Lighthouse
and Forgotten Harvest and grants for
personal protective equipment and
tele-health to Freedom House, Hope
Recuperative Care Center and Covenant
Community Care.
The Jewish Fund’
s Teen Board
approved an additional $100,000 to
support urgent and ongoing needs for
nonprofits throughout the community.
Multi-year grants to continue needed
human service programs continue to be
supported through approved grants of
more than $925,000.
The Jewish Fund Awards New Grants