SEPTEMBER 9 • 2021 | 13

A delivery of homemade soup is welcomed for any occasion.

delivered the following 
morning, it was still sent to 
her husband’s doorstep — a 
source of bright light in a 
time of grief. 
“Her husband was coming 
home from the hospital 
and was really very broken 
from having lost his wife of 
many years,” Fink recalls. 
“He came home and found 
the package there. It was so 
meaningful to him to have 
come home in such a place 
and to feel loved and cared 
for at a time when he really 
needed the support of a 
community.”
Yet Sweet & Savory isn’t 
just for times when people 
need support. “Even when 
you’re going through a 
joyous occasion, your 

community becomes so 
important to you,” Fink 
continues. “You can feel like 
people are thinking of you 
and along for this journey 
with you.”
A small taste of 
homemade food, she says, 
is a beautiful gesture that’s 
universal to all occasions. 
With positive feedback since 
Sweet & Savory’s launch, 
Partners Detroit hopes to 
expand the program in the 
near future to offer even 
more options to the local 
Jewish community.
“We’ve had people of all 
ages volunteer,” Fink says. 
“People have offered to come 
with their mothers and their 
daughters. It’s really been a 
special program.” 

Pam Turkin, Debra 
Walter, and Judy Jacobs 
with a batch of babka 
they made for the Sweet 
& Savory packages. 

Robert E. Paletz

Announces the Publication

of

A New Book

Available at:

Streaming Life: A Poetic Journey, written by
Robert E. Paletz, is a collection of poems that delve 
into the passion, pain and joy of life. Mr. Paletz was 
motivated to write poetry to make his own life, and 
the lives of others, happier and more fulfi
 lling with 
words and thoughts that could touch hearts and
stir feelings of well-being. The author sincerely hopes 
this will be your experience as you read
these heart-felt poems.

