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Caregivers Day Off is fairly 
typical. 
“
At the end of 
the program we 
ran last year, I 
was surprised at 
how many people 
hugged me and 
thanked me 
for such a special day. They 
knew their loved ones were 
in a safe space and having a 
good time, so they had the 
rare opportunity to focus on 
themselves,” she says. 
“Caregivers are often at a 
constant level of high alert. 
It is not until they truly relax 
that they can relieve some of 
that stress.”
The Alzheimer’s Assoc-
iation says 190,000 Michigan-
ders age 65 and older are 
living with Alzheimer’s 
disease or other memory 
impairments, and 380,000 
family caregivers are looking 
after loved ones with the 
disease. The organization 
estimates 872 million hours 
of unpaid care are provided 
by these family caregivers. 
 Sadoff tries to be as 

upbeat as possible about her 
husband’s condition. “We try 
not to dwell on it because 
the more you dwell on things 
that are negative in your life 
the worse you feel,” she says. 
“The Brown Center is really 
amazing though; it has saved 
my husband.” 
Caregivers Day Off is 
sponsored by the Dee 
dee and Michael Perlman 
Caregivers Fund. For details 
on the Brown Program, go 
to brownadultday.org. To 
register for the program, 
which has limited spaces, call 
Sharilyn Rowe at (248) 592-
5032 by March 27. 

Debi 
Banooni

Caregivers Day Off 
activity 2023

Ed and 
Beth Harris

T

he Zekelman Holocaust 
Center will wel-
come Nick Winton 
Jr., the son of Sir Nicholas 
Winton MBE, who organized 
the Kindertransport from 
Czechoslovakia before World 
War II and saved 669 children. 
 He will speak with the 
audience at a special screening 
of the film One Life, Monday, 
March 18, at 6:30 p.m. at 
Emagine Novi (44425 W. 12 
Mile Road). Admission is $15 
for nonmembers; $10 with an 
HC membership.
Nick’s father is the focus 
of the movie One Life star-
ring Anthony Hopkins. 
Following the movie, 
Nick will take part in a 
discussion and talk-back 
about the film and his 
father. 
Awarded a knighthood 
for his services to human-
ity, his father was also 
involved in many other 
humanitarian activities. 
 The Kindertransport 
(German for “children’s 
transport”) was an organized 
rescue effort of children from 
Nazi-controlled territory that 
took place in 1938–1939 during 
the nine months prior to the 
outbreak of World War II. The 
29-year-old Nicholas Winton, 
who was supposed to be on a 
ski vacation but instead visit-
ed Prague at the request of a 
friend, ended up organizing a 
rescue operation that brought 
approximately 669 children 
from Czechoslovakia to safety 

in Great Britain just prior to the 
outbreak of the war. 
Between March and August 
of 1939, Winton helped orga-
nize eight transports of children 
from Prague to London. Once 
back in London, he coordinat-
ed rescue efforts with refugee 
workers in Prague. Winton also 
raised funds for transports and 
sought foster families to care for 
the children once they arrived 
in Great Britain. Nicholas 
Winton’s story was unknown 
until 1988, when his wife found 
a scrapbook with photos and a 
list of children he had helped 
rescue. 

 Nick Winton Jr. will discuss 
his father’s influence on his life 
and the impact of his selfless, 
humanitarian deed that saved 
hundreds of children from cer-
tain death.
Using his father’s story as a 
starting point, Winton teach-
es audiences about the great 
impact they can make in the 
world. 

To register, visit www.holocaustcenter.

org/onelife.

The HC to present One Life, 
the story of Sir Nicholas Winton’s 
WWII Kindertransport rescue, 
and welcome his son to speak.

Holocaust Hero 
Movie Screening

