News & EventsFourth Annual Oy Vey 5K Run/Walk Was A Success!
Thank you to all who participated and supported Sholom Community Alliance's 4th Annual Oy Vey 5K Run/Race! Check out the official results below - and please join us in thanking the many businesses and individuals who helped make the event possible:
Platinum - Kraus-Anderson Construction Company Gold- Dougherty & Company LLC Diamond- Bremer Bank Silver- Collins: Unlimited Electrical + Technology Solutions, Doody Mechanical, Inc., Freeman Enterprises, Heilicher Foundation, Lurie Besikof Lapidus & Co. LLP, Merwin Long Term Care Pharmacy & Jim & Van Sanders Bronze- Susan & Jim Dockman, Harriett Friedman, Rainbow, Inc. & Stellar Concrete & Masonry, Inc., Rockler Jackson Foundation Quartz- Jensen Law Firm LTD, Bruce R. Kahn, Jim and Helaine Pesis Continental Diamond, Professional Portable Radiologic Services & Terhaar, Archibald, Pfefferle & Griebel, LLP
And our spirit runners: Ruth Aaron,Kusha Elyevich Akselrod, Mikhail Braginsky, Clarice Cutts, Bella Flider, Allen Freeman, Steve Fritzke, Shirley Haskovitz, Lisa Heilicher, Georgia Kalman, Raleigh Kaminsky, Michael Karch, Judy Karon, Sandie Kaster, Neil Naftalin,Kee Paisansinsup, Ada Rubenstein, John "Jack" Schletty, Judi Schuman, Helen Wolk & Raleigh & Bill Wolpert
Mark your calendars now for next year's Oy Vey 5K Run/Walk on April 19, 2009.
Official results:
Oy Vey 5K Overall 5K Race Results
Oy Vey 5K By Gender 5K Race Results
Oy Vey 5K By Age Race Results
Sholom Home West Volunteer Bernice Cowl Gordon Honored
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Long time community volunteer Bernice Cowl Gordon was honored on Friday, December 21st at a special luncheon in her honor at Sholom Community Alliance. Bernice has been a regular volunteer at Sholom Home West – where she’s well known for her beautiful voice and storytelling – since it opened in 1991. Last month Bernice was one of 10 Minnesotans to receive the 2007 Virginia McKnight Binger Humanitarian Award. She was nominated for this prestigious honor by Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Minneapolis – where she is also an active volunteer. Sholom Community Alliance contacted St. Louis Park Mayor Jeff Jacobs about Bernice’s recent award and he immediately proclaimed December 21st, 2008 as Bernice Cowl Gordon Day in St. Louis Park. Bernice is also part of the Knollwood Place writing group and will soon be teaching at The Academy – the Center for Lifelong Learning now holding regular classes at Knollwood Place and the Roitenberg Residence.
Bernice (seated) with Sholom Community Alliance CEO Bruce Kahn and Sholom Community Alliance President-Elect Wendy Baldinger.
The Academy at Sholom Community Alliance
A Center for Lifelong Learning is now open on the Ackerberg Campus thanks to the determination of Evelyn Shore, Knollwood Place tenant, who set out to share her never-ending thirst for learning. The Academy at Sholom Community Alliance – brings educational opportunities to tenants at Knollwood Place and in other Alliance buildings on the St. Louis Park campus. See the full list of classes offered in December.
A former secondary school teacher, Evie still teaches a class via the internet as an adjunct professor at Concordia College. Evie believes learning doesn't - and shouldn't - end with retirement. She cites research that can actually slow the aging process - and in some cases even help ward off memory loss. Evie founded the building’s successful writing group which now publishes four quarterly issues of the Voice – a literary magazine she edits.
The Academy offers regular lectures and guest speakers on a variety of subjects and topics. The Academy offers on-screen lectures by renowned professors from across the country on topics like world religions, Yiddish and the Supreme Court. Local experts in their respective fields facilitate the discussion following each lecture. Area artisans and professionals are also being tapped to share their talents and to teach classes at The Academy. Expertise isn’t the only criteria for teachers. All presenters must also be over the age of 62! For more information about The Academy, call 952.939.1627.
Interested in ensuring The Academy's future? Consider a Sholom Foundation endowment earmarked for The Academy. For more information, contact Barbara Brooks at (952)939-1594 or write bbrooks@sholom.com.
Sholom Ball 2008
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