22 | APRIL 28 • 2022

OUR COMMUNITY

A

n upcoming commu-
nity event presented
by Hebrew Free Loan
and JCC’s Jfamily, in collabo-
ration with 20+ youth-serving
organizations, looks to help
high school students with their
next big step.
The program, Knowledge
Before College, is designed to
help Jewish families in Michigan
get their high school students’
college applications ready. Three
experts from the community
will share helpful advice about
navigating the application pro-
cess, writing an effective college
essay and locating funding
sources to help pay for higher
education. Knowledge Before
College will happen virtually on
Tuesday, May 10, from 7-8 p.m.
Presenters include Robyn
Weiss, M.Ed., MA, LPC, dis-
cussing how to best prepare
and keep calm through the
college application process;
Kim Lifton, president of Wow
Writing Workshop, providing
tips for generating meaningful
and outstanding college essays;
and Cheryl Berlin, loan program
director at Hebrew Free Loan,
who will discuss funding sourc-
es and process steps to pay for
college expenses.
Katie Vieder, JCC’s director of
tween, teen and family engage-
ment for Jfamily, says they’ve
heard across the board as a
community about parents and
teens feeling unprepared for the
college process.
“It’s such a big shift in living
at home and going to the same
school for so many years and all

of a sudden you’re being thrown
into a new environment and
moving away for the first time,
”
Vieder said.
David Kramer, Hebrew Free
Loan’s board president, hopes
the event gets the word out there
about HFL
’s William Davidson
Jewish College Loan Program
and all that it offers.
“We want to make sure we’re
not a secret, and Jewish parents
and students know we’re there
as a resource for them,
” Kramer
said. “We thought having a
program that was factual and
topical for students and parents
would serve two purposes, pro-
vide people with knowledge and
information they’re looking for
and get the word out there about
our loans and our processes.
”
The father of a college fresh-
man and high school junior,
Kramer has been going through
the process himself.
“I know there’s a lot of anx-
iety that comes along with it
and a lot of things to learn, so
we thought putting together a
program to help parents and
students understand some of
the things they need to know
as they go into the season for
preparing applications would be
beneficial.
”

If interested, register at https://www.beta.

jlife.app/events/1957.

Get advice about navigating the
college application process.

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Before College

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