Fair Winds Blow Over Shalom Apartments NECHAMA Volunteers
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See 17-20 for Home & Garden Fair winds Leaders blow over to address Shalom change Apartments at annual 'Green' grant of$ 1.4 meeting million includes wind turbine B Y MAnY Ko,rn Special to The Voice & Herald WARWICK - 'Shalom Apart ments, affordable housing fo r seniors and disabled individuals administered by Jewish Seniors Agency QSA) of Rhode Island, / Wendy Joering is the recipient of a $1.4 million NECHAMA volunteers take a break grant through federal stimulus /E lizabeth Roberts dollars, the only applicant in the LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR state to receive one thus far. from their hack-breaking labor ELIZABETH ROBERTS Shalom is also the first in the nation to receive approval for a FROM LEFT, FRONT, Mark Sweeberg, a volunteer through Temple Am David; Elie Lowenfeld, Outstanding wind turbine through the pro founder of Jewish Disaster Response Corps; Lori Jargo, a volunteer through Temple Beth-El; Dan gram, which will generate 80 Hoeft, NECHAMA's operations manager; Sarah Sellers and Heather Stern, NECHAMA volunteers volunteers will be percent of the property's common from Pennsylvania; Chad Ostlund, rear, left; and Dave Castle, rear, right, NECHAMA volunteers recognized area electricity. It should be up from Minnesota. They were at the site of a flood-damaged home in Greenville on Wednesday, April 21 . and running by the end of Sep B Y NANCY Kmsc u tember of this year. [email protected] The grant was awarded through Volunteering is an honor the G reen Retrofi t Program for PROVIDENCE The multi-family housing, created Jewish Federation of Rhode through the A meri can Recov and a labor of love Island 's QFRI) annual meeting, ery and Reinves tment Act of smell of mold. On that day - as worked side-by-side doing the on Monday, M ay 3 at 7 p.m., in 2009,which is administered by NECHAM.A, ]FRI on other days since the fl oods - heavy lifting and providing emo the Jewish Community Center the U.S. D epartment of H ousing volunteers came together to help tional support to the family whose of Rhode Island QCCRI) social and Urban D evelopment (HUD). and others join forces fl ood-damaged victi ms take stock finished basement contained 44 hall, will enlighten and educate "Shalom is leading the way," of and begin to reclaim their years worth of personal effects B Y N ANC Y Krnsc,, all who attend. - file cabinets full of financial said HUD Sec retary Shaun D on [email protected] upside-down lives. A terrific trio of prominent ovan, who visited the apartment Volunteers from NEC HAMA, records, diplomas, photo albums, community leaders - Lt. G over holiday ornaments, extra kitchen complex on M onday to announce WARWICK - Friday, April 16 the Jewish response to disaster nor Elizabeth Roberts, Anthony supplies, a sewing machine ... all the award. was a raw and chilly day; even the (a nd agency staff, as well), the Maione, the president and chief The program is providing constant drizzle of rain couldn't Jewish Federation of Rhode Island executive officer at the United See VOLUNTEERS, Page 13 $250 million nationally to reduce wash away the unmistakably acrid QFRI) and Providence C ollege Way of Rhode Island; and Saul Kaplan, founder of Business See SHALOM, Page 20 How does Innovation Factory, and the What's Inside: former executive director of the Rhode Island Economic D evel opment Corporation (RIEDC) Business ......................... 26-27 your garden - will participate in an interac Calendar .. ... .. ...... ..... ........ 10-11 tive panel discussion that Stephen Community ... 2-3, 7-9, 13-16, 22 grow? Silberfarb, JFRI's executive vice Home & Garden ............ 17-20 president/chief executive offi cer, Nation .......... ...... .. ........ ........ 12 will moderate. Panelists will field ques tions from the audience - so Obituaries ..... ........ .. .. .. .. 29-30 ANA JACOBSON OF Providence will become a bat mitzvah on come prepared with ques tions Opinion .................. .. ..... .... 4-6 Saturday, May 1 at Temple about the issues that bemuse, Seniors. ............... 25, 28 Beth-El in Providence. For her befuddle or bewitch you. Simchas/Wc Are Read ...... 31 mitzvah project, she worked at The future of Jewish Rhode Island is inextricably linked to the Torah........ ... .. .. .. ... ...... 28 a community garden where she grew and harvested vegeta- future of greater Rhode Island. 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