P

ick a card, 
any card. 
Part of a 
magic trick? Nope, 
but it is part of the 
magic being gener-
ated by a wonderful 
new program by 
FRIENDS of Jewish 
Senior Life (JSL) to 
support both local 
restaurants and the 
senior residents 
who reside on the 
JSL
’s Oak Park and 
West Bloomfield campuses. The 
program coincides with April 
National Volunteer Month.

“Project Take-
Out” is the brain-
child of FRIENDS 
of Jewish Senior Life 
Director Leslie Katz, 
who was inspired by 
a story she saw on 
NBC’s Today Show. 
“The program 
focuses on com-
munity supporting 
community,” Katz 
says. “We’re asking 
the community at 
large to rally togeth-
er and purchase gift cards 
or gift certificates from local 
restaurants, at an amount of 

their choosing, to donate to 
our JSL community.” 
JSL residents simply need to 
register within their community 
to have their names go into a 
bin to be eligible to win one of 
the gift cards during a weekly 
raffle. The lucky entrant for that 
week gets to pick the restau-
rant of their choice among the 
remaining gift cards.
This is truly a win-win situ-
ation. Project Take-Out gener-
ates much needed business for 
restaurants who have struggled 
mightily during the pandemic 
while enriching the lives of the 
most vulnerable older adults 
of the JSL
’s communities, the 
majority of whom have expe-
rienced tremendous isolation 
both physically and emotionally 
because of COVID restrictions. 
But wait, there’s more!
While in-restaurant dining 
is opening more, many of JSL
’s 
independent residents are still 
favoring carryout. To that end, 

Katz says that winning gift card 
holders need not worry about 
how their winning meal will get 
to them. “If a resident doesn’t 
drive or a restaurant doesn’t 
deliver,
” says Katz, “we’re bless-
ed to be able to call upon our 
army of dedicated FRIENDS of 
JSL volunteers to ensure a safe 
door-to-door drop-off.
”
Katz also reminds the com-
munity that “JSL is home to 
residents of all faiths and beliefs. 
So we definitely welcome and 
encourage gifts cards from 
restaurants that offer kosher 
and non-kosher foods.
”
Purchased gift cards or cer-
tificates can be mailed to JSL, 
6710 W
. Maple Road, West 
Bloomfield, MI 48322, attn: 
Leslie Katz; or dropped off 
at the front desk at the same 
address. For more information 
or to be a volunteer delivery 
person for “Project Take-Out,
” 
email Leslie Katz at lkatz@jslmi.
org or call (248) 321-1437. 

22 | APRIL 15 • 2021 

OUR COMMUNITY

FRIENDS

FRIENDS of JSL creates raffle of 
restaurant gift cards for residents.

‘Project Take-Out’

ALAN MUSKOVITZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER

JSL Senior Life 
Director Leslie Katz 
holding donated 
restaurant gift cards 
for Project Take-Out. 

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