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Sandwiches are prepared for bag lunches.
Amy Good, CEO of
Alternatives for Girls
Knitters create items to donate.
It takes a group effort on the assembly line.
Celeste Rabaut tells attendees about homelessness
and the work NOAH does.
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M
embers of all ages and
their friends participated
at the Congregation for
Humanistic Judaism (CHJ) of Metro
Detroit’s second annual Social Justice
Day of Service and Celebration on
April 14 in Farmington Hills. Social
justice is at the core of CHJ’s
philosophy and agenda.
The afternoon event gave
volunteers a choice of ways to
provide service to those in need.
Always popular with congregants
was working on the assembly
line — preparing sandwiches for
the NOAH Homeless Project.
The 600 completed bag lunches
were delivered and distributed the
following day to clients at Central
United Methodist Church in
Downtown Detroit.
Other volunteers signed up to
provide a grounds cleanup for the
start of gardening season, while
others participated with members
of CHJ’s Knit/Crochet/Craft for a
Cause group. Some of the group’s
completed handmade items were
displayed. Students in the Family
Education Program met separately
to eat, hear a talk and decorate the
lunch bags.
The activities got under way after
everyone enjoyed a free lunch and
gained information and inspiration
from keynote speaker Celeste Rabaut
of NOAH and other speakers from
local nonprofit organizations.
In addition to NOAH, those
maintaining tables at the event were
Alternatives for Girls in Detroit,
food pantry CARES of Farmington
Hills, Committee to Increase Voter
Participation in Farmington Hills,
Freedom House Detroit, foster care
service Oakland County Foster
Closet in Farmington Hills and
Hearing Loss Association, sponsor
of the annual Walk4Hearing on May
18 at Kensington Metro Park.
For information about CHJ’s upcoming social
justice projects, contact office@chj-Detroit or
visit the CHJ website or Facebook.
Social Justice Day
at Congregation for
Humanistic Judaism
of Metro Detroit
PHOTOS COURTESY CHJ