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Charlotte Muchnick (left) leads a meeting of Shul Stitchers.

“I think that I have a deep
“This is living history, not
feeling for seniors who want to
just museums. In a way, bring-
stay as independent as they
ing her a meal and giving her
can and who may or may not
a little bit of sustenance, a little
have loved ones nearby,” he
bit of strength… it felt great.

added. “You never know
That was just a great way to
somebody’s situation until you
start it off,” he added.

get to know them.”
Slipakoff goes the extra
The Shul Stitchers pose with their holiday gift-giving bounty.

Slipakoff has also tried to get
mile for the seniors he assists.

to know the people he delivers to
He shovels their sidewalks,
each week ever since his first day
takes out their trash or simply
on the job two years ago.

talks to them on the phone whenever they need a friend.

Newly retired, he wanted to use his free time to go to the U.S.

“If I could interface with people,” Slipakoff said, “even just for
Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. on Yom
the few minutes it takes, help them stay independent, give them
HaShoah. However, he didn’t want to switch his new schedule with
a friendly face that they can count on every week… that would
RSVP, so he stuck to it.

be helpful to them and also feels good to do that. You could call
He ended up delivering to a Holocaust survivor and, he recalled,
it a mitzvah.” l
“instead of being in a museum, here I was with this extraordinary
woman who endured so much.”
Rachel Kurland is thisclose to getting past the “knit one, purl two” stage.

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