OCTOBER 27 • 2022 | 23

J

ewish Family 
Service is holding 
its 26th Annual 
Fall Fix Up on Sunday, 
Nov. 6. 
Volunteers 
will help rake 
leaves and win-
terize homes of 
older adults served 
by Jewish Family 
Service.
While the event is large-
ly similar each year, Alyah 
Al-Azem, JFS volunteer ser-
vices coordinator, believes this 
year is a little different as there 
hasn’t been a full-fledged event 
since 2019. 
Volunteers will be gather-
ing at Congregation Shaarey 
Zedek in Southfield, doing 
a “big community hoorah” 
together and having breakfast. 
From there, the volunteers will 
meet their team for the day 
and break up into the different 
neighborhoods with their sup-
plies.
JFS is expecting around 300-
400 volunteers.
“We basically are just serv-
ing JFS clients and helping 
them prepare for the winter,
” 
Al-Azem said. “These are 
elders in our community who 
otherwise might not have the 

resources. That’s really our 
goal in that one day of service 
by having all these volunteers 
go around Oakland County to 
help our clients.
”
A separate young adult- 
focused group will be meeting 
in the Oak Park area on the 
same day and time to serve 
clients’ homes as well. Detroit 
Moishe House, Hillel of Metro 
Detroit, NEXTGen Detroit 
Volunteers, Repair the World 
Detroit, Shaarey Zedek and 
The Well will partner to rake 
leaves, clean out garden beds, 
winterize windows and more.
Overall, Al-Azem sees the 
annual event as “a really big 
hug” from community mem-
bers to those in need. 
“Just to have someone show 
up to your house and offer to 
do something without anything 
in return — it’s a way of show-
ing that we see you, we know 
you’re a part of this community, 
we want to help you and that’s 
what we’re here for.
” 

Register at jfsdetroit.org/volunteer/

seasonal-opportunities/fallfixup.

The 26th Annual JFS Detroit Fall Fix-Up 
is slated for Nov. 6.
Get Ready to Rake!

DANNY SCHWARTZ STAFF WRITER

Alyah 
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