42 | NOVEMBER 17 • 2022 

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EXTGen Detroit is 
gearing up for its 
Nothin’ but NEXT 
Fall Fundraiser, which is 
both a party and fundraiser 
at Detroit’s Little Caesars 
Arena (LCA) on Nov. 26. 
Over Thanksgiving weekend, 
NEXTGen Detroiters will 
have the opportunity for an 
exclusive on-court experience 
with a full bar, stadium-style, 
late-night bites and more. 
“We also have a couple 
of surprises in terms of 
entertainment, and people 
will be able to receive a 
free ticket to the Pistons 
game against the Memphis 
Grizzlies at LCA for Jewish 

Heritage Night on Dec. 4,” 
explained Sierra Stone, one 
of the Nothin’ but NEXT Fall 
Fundraiser event chairs. 
While Stone doesn’t 
currently live in Michigan, 
the Michigan native 
continues to stay active 
with NEXTGen Detroit 
after almost 10 years of 
involvement with the 
organization. 
“It really is up to our 
generation to continue the 
investment in the Jewish 
community,” she said. “I 
think our parents and our 
grandparents’ generation set 
this incredible foundation of 
what it means to give back 
to the Jewish community 
because I think they knew a 
life without a strong Jewish 
community.”
Stone believes it’s 
up to the NEXTGen 
Detroiters, whether they 
live in Michigan or are just 
returning for the holidays, 
to stay connected with the 
Jewish community in hopes 
of passing it down to future 
generations.
“A large part of who I am 
today is due to the strong 
and vibrant and supportive 
community in which I was 
raised. Even though I haven’t 
lived there for a number of 
years, everything I do and 
my involvement in the Jewish 
communities that I’ve lived 
in is really a testament to 
the Jewish community in 
Detroit,” Stone added.

NEXTGen Detroit created 
a fundraiser opportunity to 
bring NEXTGen Detroiters 
together to connect or 
reconnect with old and new 
friends over the holiday 
weekend. 
“It’s a really accessible price 
point with your ticket and 
you get to attend a really cool 
event while giving back to 
the community,” she said.
Tickets for the fundraiser 
are $27 per person plus a 
minimum donation of $18 
to the Jewish Federation of 
Metropolitan Detroit 2023 
Annual Campaign. For 
every ticket sold, the Detroit 
Pistons will donate $5 to 
the Jewish Federation. And 

for the first 100 tickets sold, 
they’ll donate an additional 
$500.
“We’ve been so fortunate 
to know and grow up in 
the Metro Detroit Jewish 
community, and it’s 
something we can’t take 
for granted,” Stone said. “I 
think NEXTGen Detroit is 
the perfect way for young 
professionals to start, or 
continue, their involvement 
in the philanthropic side 
of giving back to the 
community.” 

For more information and to register 

for NEXTGen Detroit’s the Nothin’ 

but NEXT Fall Fundraiser, visit https://

jlive.app/events/2997.

Mark your calendar for NEXTGen Detroit’s 
fall fundraiser at Little Caesars Arena.
Nothin’ but NEXT

RACHEL SWEET ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Sierra 
Stone

NEXT DOR
VOICE OF A NEW GENERATION

