About 400 volunteers winterized 50 seniors' homes in Metro Detroit
Jewish Family Service's 30th Fall Fix Up sent about 400 volunteers, including a crew from Shaarey Zedek, to help older adults in Metro Detroit get their homes ready for winter.
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About 400 volunteers winterized 50 homes for older adults in Metro Detroit during Jewish Family Service's 30th Fall Fix Up, WXYZ reported. The crews included volunteers from Congregation Shaarey Zedek, and the work was centered on Southfield.
Four hundred is the turnout, and 50 is the number of homes. Thirty years is how long the agency has held the fix-up, not the age of the houses.
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About 400 volunteers in Metro Detroit spent a day getting 50 older adults' homes ready for winter. The project is called Fall Fix Up, and Jewish Family Service has run it for 30 years. Volunteers, including a group from Congregation Shaarey Zedek, did the work in and around Southfield. Winterizing a home can mean fixing small things so the house stays warmer and safer when it gets cold. Four hundred is how many people showed up, and 50 is how many homes they reached this year.
- What does it mean to get a house ready for winter?
- Why would a neighbor need help with those chores?
- How can 400 people finish more houses than one family could?
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