MAY 4 • 2023 | 39

faces&places

On April 2, high school students from 
Frankel Jewish Academy’s Finance Club 
partnered with JARC, a nonprofit organi-
zation serving adults with developmental 
disabilities in Metro Detroit, to host a 
“Fun with Finance” event. 
The event took place at the Max M. 
Fisher Federation building and was 
attended by 15 people JARC serves and 
12 students. The participants engaged 
with one another by splitting into smaller 
groups to play finance-related games and 

discuss how the concepts in the games 
relate to money management in real life. 
The event was a big hit with everyone 
involved, and requests to make this a 
regular JARC activity came from a couple 
of people JARC serves, who are eager to 
repeat the experience.
The idea for the event was presented to 
JARC by Harry Shaevsky who serves as 
an Alumni Teen Adviser of JARC’s Tony 
Richman Teen Action Project and presi-
dent of Frankel Jewish Academy’s Finance 

Club. 
“Serving three years with the Teen 
Action Project, I have been able to engage 
with many of the same people JARC 
serves, and it always brings a smile to my 
face when they remember me from pre-
vious events. We always have nice discus-
sions and a good time.”
Harry was inspired to coordinate this 
initiative to teach the people JARC serves 
financial literacy in a fun way. 

PHOTOS COURTESY OF JARC

FJA Students Host ‘Fun with 
Finance’ Event for JARC

FJA students play 
Fun with Finance.

People served by 
JARC and students 
at the event

Students explain the 
game to persons 
served by JARC.

FJA students alongside a 
person served by JARC 
enjoy a finance game.