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2ND ANNUAL PIZZA IN THE HUT, SEPTEMBER 24, 7pm
Join us at the home of Steven and Susan Low, 1385 Kings Crest Circle, Grand Blanc for another fun evening. You can sit in our Sukkah and shake the lulav and etrog. Make your own custom personal sized pizza (or two!). For dessert we will have ice cream sundae fixin's and you can make your own, as well. Steve will have guitars, ukelele and cajon out and available for those who like to sing and play. We will also have Federation pledge cards out and hope you will remember those who may not have the kind of food we do at this harvest festival or who live in conditions that make a sukkah even look like a resort. Last year we had a great turn out and lots of fun. Call Susan to let us know you're coming (810) 429-7467 or email at [email protected]. All ages welcome!
FREE JEWISH CHILDRENS'
BOOKS AND CDS! ENROLL IN THE PJ LIBRARY.
Reading to your kids is one of the best family activities in which you can participate. It brings families together and helps children develop an interest in reading that can last a lifetime. And now, thanks to the Flint Jewish Federation and the Ravitz Foundation families with children 6 months through 8 years of age can receive, free of charge, an age appropriate Jewish book (and sometimes a bonus CD) every month. If you or someone you know might be interested just go to our PJ library website and enroll. You will also learn about the PJ activities going on in our community. For more information call PJ Administrator Susan Low at the Federation office (810) 767-5922 or go directly to our website at www.pjlibrary.org/communities/mid-michigan.
REAL HEALTH FOR A WHOLE COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR/LECTURE
September 25th, 11--4 pm,
Jeanne Fowler, 6 pm
Mott Community College Campus
Five community non-profit organizations have joined forces to help advocate for interactive monitoring and improving health of students on the Mott campus and the greater Flint community. "Whole Health For A Whole Community" is sponsored by the Foundation for Mott Community College in collaboration with the Universal Kidney Foundation, the Arab American Heritage Council, Jewish Community Services and Community Foundation.
The event is designed to provide public access to updated health information and screenings, conveniently located on the Mott campus. An interactive health fair will help people identify ways to adopt healthier lifestyles.
"We believe this information will go a long way in helping to improve lifestyles and combat the obesity rates in our community," said Lennetta Coney, President of the Foundation for Mott Community College. "Awareness and education is so important for a community that is ranked fifth in the state with the highest obesity rates."
The interactive health fair will be featured from 10am to 4pm at the Student Plaza, the grounds East of Mott Memorial Building. All events are free and open to the public.
This year's fair welcomes Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's walking and healthy lifestyle advocate, Jodi Davis, who lost 162 pounds 11 years ago (and kept it off) simply through daily walking and eating healthier after a lifetime of being overweight. Ms. Davis is also an inaugural member of Joy Bauer's (TODAY Show) "Joy Fit Club" and is featured in the 2012 Joy Fit Club "Diet plan and inspiration Cookbook." Joining her also from the Blues' is Grace Derocha, Social Media Community Manager and Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator. Davis will lead two incentivized health walks during the fair, while Derocha will demonstrate healthy food preparation and recipes for seasonal fruits and vegetables at the Blues' exhibit space. BCBSM is additionally offering $5 Flint Farmers Market certificates to the first 100 people who complete either the 1- or 2-mile health walk, along with a raffle for several of the new Joy Fit Club cookbooks.
Other features this year include health and education kiosks of the Universal Kidney Foundation, immunizations provided by Walgreens, blood pressure readings, facials & manicures by Mott College cosmetology students, The Blues' Farmers Market Health Walk (sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan), preventive safety, healthy food preparation demonstrations and stress relief practices/yoga.
At 6 pm with the generous support of the Ravitz Foundation, the Flint Jewish Federation and Jewish Community services are sponsoring a lecture by Jeanne Fowler, children's advocate, author, and founder of Big Family of Michigan. Fowler is a 2011 Michiganian of the year for her work with foster children.
Sponsorship opportunities and vendor booths are still available.
For more information, please call 810.762.0425.
YOUR SUPPORT HELPED THEM COMPLETE THE JOURNEY!
Some 450 new immigrants from Ethiopia boarded two Jewish Agency-chartered flights bound for Israel on Wednesday, August 27. Since 2010, thousands of Ethiopians have immigrated to Israel as part of Operation Dove's Wings. Tomorrow's flights will bring this historic effort to a dramatic close. Upon the flights' arrival at Ben Gurion Airport, there will be a welcome ceremony webcast live at 5:00 a.m. EDT on The Jewish Agency's website (www.jewishagency.org). A recording of the webcast will remain on The Jewish Agency's website for later viewing and sharing.
The new immigrants' relatives will be on hand to greet them as will The Jewish Agency partners in Completing the Journey of Operation Dove's Wings, The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), and others.
Operation Dove's Wings began in November 2010 with the Government of Israel (GOI)'s decision to bring 8,000 Falash Mura in Gondar to Israel. The GOI tapped The Jewish Agency to prepare those eligible for entry to Israel and to facilitate their Aliyah in concert with immigration eligibility standards regulated by Israel's Ministry of the Interior and in preparation for their resettlement in Israel by the Ministry of Absorption. Since Dove's Wings' inception, The Jewish Agency brought 7,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel, the majority of whom are members of the Falash Mura community, and several hundred of whom were eligible for Aliyah through Israel's Law of Return.
To prepare these olim (immigrants) for a successful life in Israel, The Jewish Agency for Israel has run a community center in Gondar, Ethiopia for the past three years and with the support of IFCJ and JFNA. This center has provided a wide range of educational and social services. Upon their repatriation in Israel, The Jewish Agency housed these new immigrants in 17 absorption centers throughout the country that are run by The Agency and Israel's Absorption Ministry.
SAVE THE DATE! OCTOBER 10, 6:30 PM
JOINT JCS and FLINT FEDERATION ANNUAL MEETING
TEMPLE BETH EL,
$18 per person
Jewish Community Services and the Flint Jewish Federation will once again hold their annual meetings jointly. There will be a brief business meeting at which Board members and officers for the coming year will be nominated and elected and during which the achievements of the past year and goals for the coming year are recounted.
As usual, there will be delicious refreshments. Last year featured a performance by Duo Dmitri on flute and piano. Details about this year's entertainment will follow.
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mail your donation to
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Flint Michigan, 48502 |
ANNUAL CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF!
With the approach of the High Holy Days comes the kick-off the Flint Jewish Federation Annual Campaign. Our goal is to raise $290,000 by December 31st.
The funds raised are allocated to Israel, 70 countries and for local programs and services. In the former Soviet Union we help provide medicines, toiletries and meals to over 170,000 beneficiaries each year. Your support enables us to rebuild Jewish life through the establishment of centers, programs and camps for youth and the elderly.
When disaster strikes around the world and here in the US we respond. We were among the first responders with support for Oklahoma City, Joplin Missouri and New York and New Jersey victims of hurricanes and tornados this past year.
Locally, our annual campaign supports
the Ivriah, Jewish Community services with its many resettlement, transportation, nutrition and other senior services. The Federation sponsors numerous programs during the year including the Holocaust Remembrance Event, the Donald Riegle Community Service Awards Event and the Jewish Film Festival among others. We also provide scholarships and grants for our youth to attend Jewish camps, youth group conventions and missions to Israel.
It is traditional at this time of year to give to charity to ensure our inscription in the Book of Life. If you have not yet made your campaign pledge please consider doing so now. If you can pay all or portion at this time it will be greatly appreciated. The Federation accepts checks, cash, credit cards and appreciated shares of stock.
Call Ashley Musser at (810) 767-5922 for more information or to make your donation.
THE RIEGLE COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD EVENT--OCTOBER 24, 5:30 pm
Flint Institute of Arts
The 2013 winners of the Donald Riegle Community Service Awards have been announced: they are Louis Hawkins, Kay Kelly and Mitchell Weiss. Join us at our partner, Flint Institute of Arts, at Kearsley for an evening of food, entertainment and fun as we celebrate the winners contributions to our community. Cost is $125 per person and there are still opportunities for donors and sponsors.
Louis Hawkins
Louis A. Hawkins: 2013 Riegle Award Winner, A Brief Biographical Sketch
When Louis looks back over is professional career, he is most proud of his accomplishments in the area of equal opportunity, his employment with HealthPlus of Michigan, and his participation in community organizations.
Hawkins was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama and has many unforgettable memories of incidents that happened during the civil rights era in his community. For example, he recalls his friend's home being bombed because her father was an active Civil Rights attorney. He also recalls another of his friend's little sister being killed by a bomb along with three other little girls while they were in Sunday school. Birmingham was known as "Bombing-ham", and Hawkins grew up keenly aware of discrimination and of "Separate AND Un-equal". Such experiences resulted in his passion for equality.
He earned a B.A. in Mathematics from Tuskegee University in Alabama and a M.A. in Economics from U/M-Ann Arbor. Shortly after moving to Flint, he was hired as the City of Flint's first Affirmative Action Officer (AAO), and was eventually appointed Flint City Clerk. Later, he became AAO/Director for Genesee County, and is currently the Community Relations Administrator for HealthPlus.
He is also proud of his employment with HealthPlus because it is a locally based organization that is nationally recognized for its health plans. Some of its most popular plans have been accredited as "Excellent" by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), the national organization that objectively rates health care plans. Hawkins is especially proud of HealthPlus' continued growth and the fact that many well-known local employers - large and small, as well as families and individuals - have switched to HealthPlus health plans, and he notes that HealthPlus consistently rates higher than better known plans in Michigan and the U.S.
He is also proud of HealthPlus because of its involvement in the community. HealthPlus and its employees volunteer to support more than a hundred community events each year, ranging from health fairs, to bike trail cleanups, to bowl-a-thons, to events of the cultural center, to the HealthPlus Crim Festival of Races and so much more.
He generously invests his time and resources in numerous community organization by serving on their Boards (Bds) and committees. A few examples include: Flint Institute of Arts Bd; McCree Theatre Bd; Downtown Development Authority (DDA) Bd; Flint Jewish Community Services Bd; Greater Flint Arts Council Bd; Priority Children Bd; FM Financial Credit Union Board; Genesee County Hate Crimes Task Force; Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity; and Life Member of the NAACP.
His past professional and community service is extensive, include serving as Gov. Milliken's appointee to the Midwest Intergovernmental Equal Employment Opportunity Committee (MIEEOC) representing Michigan. He was later elected President of MIEEOC, representing the entire Midwest region of the U.S.
He said that whatever positive impact he may have had on the community was not done by him alone, but with the favor of God, and the influence of people like Olive Beasley, Edgar Holt, Melvin McCree, Gary Altar, Kay Huber, and others who are deceased, as well as too many to name who are still alive.
He gives all glory to God and is a member of Grace Emmanuel Baptist Church, where Reverend Marvin A. Jennings, Sr. is Pastor.
HUMANITY IN HARMONY
Sunday, October 6
University of Flint Michigan Theater
2 pm, Admission $10/person
Flint Jewish Federation has embarked on a project here in the Flint area they hope will expand in the future, called, "Humanity in Harmony."
Daniel Pearl was a reporter for the Wall Street journal who lost his life in Pakistan while reporting on the troubles there.
Pearl was also an accomplished musician; a violinist! He played many styles and appreciated them all. In his memory the Daniel Pearl Foundation began a series of concerts around the world, using Pearl's love of music as a focal point to initiate the creation of bridges to communication, understanding and collaboration using music as a starting point.
The Heartland Klezmer Band is scheduled to perform. Michigan's Troubadour, Neil Woodward will perform as well, bringing the traditional sound of the fiddle in the American tradition as well as the Celtic and Irish styles. Also expect a performance of classical
strings, an Arabic style orchestra, Mexican flavored music and even some Jewish Rock.
The goal is to begin a dialog in music, musicians playing together to create a harmony reflecting everyone's humanity. Next year the hope is to expand the Humanity in Harmony project with a couple of days of concerts, presentations, workshops and education.
Tickets are $10 and will be available at the door and in advance at the Flint Jewish Federation office, 619 Wallenberg St., Flint, MI. For more information call the Flint Jewish Federation at (810) 767-5922 or email [email protected]
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