After her first (and only) marathon run in 2008, Stacy Doctoroff turned in her running shoes for other equally focused pursuits: returning to school; earning her Master’s degree and credentials as a licensed therapist; starting a private practice; and stepping up to more and more challenging roles in the Jewish community. “My commitments grow out of my passions,” she says.
They met at a local PR firm tying ribbons on invitations. Three years later they tied the knot. Married now for 15 years, they are Founder and Principals of their own company, PublicCity PR. If ever you wonder how married couples in business stay together, ask Hope and Jason Brown. Describing their marriage as “not perfect, but close,” they could write the book on building a family business all about community relations in Jewish Detroit.
Say hello to Emily Lulkin, Maya Goldman and Will Shulak, three amazing teen mentors with PeerCorps Detroit, putting their energies and talents into community-based work in Detroit, representing the next NEXTGen to watch attain leadership roles in the years ahead.
What started as a Mitzvah Project is now a little “concert circuit,” for a young violist playing for the residents of the Prentis Jewish Apartments in Oak Park and at Trowbridge in Southfield.
Thinking beyond the mitzvah project, PeerCorps Detroit is redefining teen volunteerism.
Students at Temple Emanu-El are now learning to reap the benefits of recycling.
Consider a trip to Whitwell, home of the Children’s Holocaust Museum.
They stuff envelopes and dial for dollars at fundraising telethons. They are mentors and tutors – our volunteers.
Yaakov Gregg was out of town with his family when The Great Flood of 2014 hit Detroit on August 11th.
