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Israel is celebrating 75 years. 
Magen David Adom has been 
there for all of them.

Magen David Adom has been saving lives since 1930, some 18 years before Israel became a state. 
We take immense pride in being Israel’s national emergency medical service and in supplying 
the blood and medical care for the soldiers who have ensured Israel’s existence. Join us in 
celebrating Israel’s 75th year of independence on Yom HaAtzma’ut. 

Support Magen David Adom by donating today at afmda.org/give. Or for further information 
about giving opportunities, contact 847-509-9802 or wstrip@afmda.org.

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Gesher Provides 
School-to-Work 
Transition Program 
Gesher Human Services 
announced that 3,000 high school 
students in Wayne and Macomb 
counties who have intellectual 
and physical disabilities have been 
served through its School-to-
Work Transition Program since 
2010. The program helps students 
explore careers that might be 
suitable for them with a variety of 
activities and experiences includ-
ing paid summer internships. It 
also prepares students to be suc-
cessful by teaching them what to 
expect at a place of employment, 
appropriate behaviors in the work-
place and how to request accom-
modations. 
Gesher is also announcing 
that it is seeking 30 summer job 
coaches to provide onsite sup-
port to School-to-Work summer 
interns in Macomb, Oakland and 
Wayne Counties. Pay is $16 per 
hour and there is a $200 bonus 
for those job coaches who work 
the six-week program with one or 
fewer call-offs. Prospective appli-
cants can apply at https://www.
geshermi.org. 
Seven high schools in Wayne 
County and 10 highs schools 
in Macomb County currently 
take part in the School-to-Work 
Transition Program and students 
are enrolled in the program from 
ninth through 12th grade. After 
the program, many students 
secure employment or decide 
on further education at commu-
nity colleges, technical colleges 
or elsewhere. Internships are an 
important part of the program, 
and 278 students with disabilities 
have secured employment within 
30 days of the conclusion of their 
internship. 

Student 
working at 
summer 
internship

