Gesher Human Services held its annual awards night on Sept. 28 at the Birmingham Community House, honoring staff, community members and participants in its programming.
George Stern, a past chair of the board, was awarded the first Gesher Bridge Builder Award for his unparalleled commitment to the organization. Current board chair Kristen Gross described Stern as “a mensch in every sense of the word.”
The 15th annual Trade Secrets event, a fundraiser for Gesher Human Services’ many workforce initiatives for women, including Women to Work, financial education, computer training, resume writing, homebuyers’ assistance and more, takes place at the Detroit Marriott Troy (200 W. Big Beaver Rd, Troy, MI 48084) on Thursday Nov. 16 at 6 p.m.
Women to Work, one of the important free programs offered, helps women re-enter the workforce after significant life-changing events such as a financial need due to family job loss, divorce, death or disability of a spouse or partner.
Skinnytees is a clothing company based out of Birmingham, Michigan. Their motto is to empower women of all shapes, sizes, and ages.
“We can have little rolls and be imperfectly, perfect, and it’s ok,” said Skinnytees founder Linda Schlesinger-Wagner.
Schlesinger-Wagner started the business 14 years ago.
“It was an ‘aahaa’ moment in the middle of the night. I started with camisoles and it blew from there,” said Schlesinger-Wagner.
“The Open Door”: A Three-Act Theatrical Experience of Poetry and Writing, featuring works by Gregory Kiewiet, 8 p.m. Oct. 14 and 3 p.m. Oct. 15 at Matrix Theater Company, 2730 Bagley Street, Detroit, www.matrixtheatre.org/theopendoor. Tickets are $18. Seating is first come first serve, presented by Gesher Human Services and Matrix Theatre Company.
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The Dorothy and Peter Brown Jewish Community Adult Day Program will reopen its Southfield location (29699 Southfield Road) on Oct. 9, six months after merging with its location in West Bloomfield (6720 W. Maple Road) due to staffing challenges.
The Brown Program provides innovative, engaging activities and care for those living with dementia, along with support for their families. It is a joint initiative of Gesher Human Services and Jewish Senior Life.
Gesher Human Services is offering a free webinar to Michiganders struggling with student loan repayments now that the three-year payment moratorium has ended.
The nonprofit organization, which offers financial education to Metro Detroiters, has been receiving calls from worried families unsure of how they will cope with finding hundreds of dollars more each month out of their already-stretched incomes.
Student loan borrowers all over Michigan are about to feel the squeeze as loan repayments have new resumed.
Laltsha Cunningham is with the Financial Education Manager at Gesher Human Services in Southfield. She says people are experiencing anxiety, but wants them to know they have options.
Gesher Human Services and Detroit’s Matrix Theatre Company are proud to have collaborated on a new three-act theatrical experience called The Open Door, which will be held at the Matrix Theater (2730 Bagley Street, Detroit) on Saturday, Oct. 14, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 15, at 3 p.m., with tickets costing $18.
The readings and poetry are written by Gregory Kiewiet, a talented author, who has experienced barriers to opportunities because of having an illness. He attends Gesher’s Lois and Milton Y. Zussman Activity Center (known as Clubhouse) in Southfield. Clubhouse provides enrichment, educational and employment opportunities for people living with mental illnesses. Part of that enrichment program is Creative Expressions, which gives participants opportunities in the arts, everything from photography, painting and sculpture to music, singing classes and, in this case, theater writing.
The long-anticipated restart of federal student loan payments officially kicks off in October. But oddly enough, there are plenty of quirks along the way where some borrowers aren’t stuck paying right now. Some actually are seeing due dates in November, December and even January.
Nothing, it would seem, is cookie-cutter about student loans these days.
You might talk with a friend or family member who isn’t paying just yet. Even so, you’d need to make sure you know exactly when your bill must be paid and not assume that a later due date applies to you.
Gesher Human Services Webinar for Michiganders Struggling with Student Loan Repayments
Gesher Human Services, one of the largest human service agencies in metro Detroit, is offering a free webinar to Michiganders struggling with student loan repayments now that the three-year payment moratorium has ended. The nonprofit organization, which offers financial education to metro Detroiters, has been receiving calls from worried families unsure of how they will cope with finding hundreds of dollars more each month out of their already-stretched incomes. A report by Education Data in 2022 showed that Michigan residents had a student loan debt of $51 million, with 52 percent of them under the age of 35.
The average student loan debt was $36,116, with 14 percent of Michiganders being burdened by student loans. The free webinar will be available via Zoom on Fri. Oct. 6 from 1 – 2 p.m. with registration available at bit.ly/gesherstudentloans.