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in January (with most being 
prior participants before the 
pandemic), they are fully 
immunized against COVID-
19, they come from a fully 
immunized household, and 
they are physically able to 
wear a mask. As community 
infection levels drop, more 
people will be accepted, and 
restrictions may be removed. 
Banooni shared that at least 
one former participant was 
unable to return because her 
family knew wearing a mask 
would be difficult for her 
although they appreciated the 
safety measures.
In Phase 1, meals are not 

being served to participants so 
attendees either come in the 
morning or afternoon, with 
disinfection protocols in place 
between sessions. “We are 
looking to continue our phased 
opening and offer additional 
programming and lunch once 
we see how things proceed,” 
Banooni says. 

Families who are interested in 

registering their loved ones in the 

Brown Program should email Dorothy 

Moon, the program’s social worker, 

at info@brownadultday.org. For more 

information, go to the JVS Human 

Services website. Donations to the 

Brown Program can be made through 

www.jslmi.org/seedsofhope. 

“BEING ALL TOGETHER AGAIN, 

FINALLY, WAS SO WONDERFUL.”

— BROWN PROGRAM DIRECTOR DEBI BANOONI

PHOTOS COURTESY BROWN PROGRAM

Jackie McKnight (in blue) 
plants flowers with staff 
member Shirley Crockett at 
the reopened Brown Program.

Supported through the generosity of The Jewish Fund and the D. Dan and Betty Kahn Family Foundation.

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