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

