18 | OCTOBER 12 • 2023 J
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OUR COMMUNITY
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his year’s annual
NCJW Women of
Vision event, which
will be held at Adat Shalom
on Thursday, Oct. 19, will
honor four outstanding Metro
Detroit women for their com-
munity efforts.
Receiving awards from the
National Council of Jewish
Women are Barbara Wallace,
Mindy Salzberg-Siegel and
Denise Kalt of Kneaded with
Love, a group of local women
who bake and donate bread
to community food pantries,
and Gardner White President
Rachel Stewart, who is the
fourth generation of her fami-
ly to run the company.
NCJW, a nonprofit organi-
zation with a Michigan chap-
ter, advocates social change
through a faith-based Jewish
lens. The annual benefit lun-
cheon will support programs
and services of the Michigan
chapter and has different lev-
els of tickets for purchase.
Funds raised will support
various efforts and com-
munity service projects,
including but not limited to
Back 2 School Store, Literacy
Outreach, Wrapped in Love,
(which provides fleece blan-
kets for hospitalized children)
and Kosher Meals on Wheels.
The women behind
Kneaded with Love will
receive the Josephine S.
Weiner Community Service
Award, while Stewart will
receive the Woman of Vision
award.
This year’s keynote speech
will feature acclaimed journal-
ist John Quiñones, creator and
host of What Would You Do?
and ABC News veteran. The
show is returning this fall for
its 17th season following a few
years of hiatus.
Here’s everything there is
to know about this year’s four
honorees.
KNEADED WITH LOVE
Kneaded with Love was start-
ed by three friends during the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Barbara Wallace, Mindy
Salzberg-Siegel and Denise
Kalt, who are all Shaarey
Kneaded with Love and Rachel Stewart of Gardner
White to be honored at Women of Vision event.
Four Metro Detroit Women
Receive NCJW Awards
ASHLEY ZLATOPOLSKY CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Rachel
Stewart
Denise Kalt, Barbara Wallace
and Mindy Salzberg-Siegel,
founders of Kneaded with Love.
LAURIE TENNENT