Monday, July 22
5:45 – 7:15 p.m.
We will meet in the lobby at Jones-Harrison Senior Living - 3700 Cedar Lake Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Join Volunteers in Action in bringing joy and pet therapy to older adults at Jones-Harrison Senior Living. Grab your dog and meet us there, where we will “pa[...]
Tuesday, August 20
1:30-4:30 pm
We will meet in the parking lot behind JFCS and PRISM - 1220 Zane Ave N, Golden Valley, MN 55422
Join JFCS Volunteers in Action to help provide fresh produce to our community at one of PRISM’s upcoming produce distribution events. We are looking for 20 volunteers[...]
What: Join Volunteers in Action and give hope to hospital patients in our community by donating blood during our upcoming donor days as we partner with Memorial Blood Center. If you don't already have a blue JFCS in Action t-shirt and would like one, you can email Dana at dshapiro@jfcsmpls.org what [...]
Thursday, October 26
9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
JFCS - 5905 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley, MN 55442
Join JFCS' Volunteers in Action on Thursday, Oct. 26, as we partner with Dress For Success Twin Cities, a client-focused organization offering high touch, high impact career and workplace skill[...]
Sunday, November 12
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
We will meet at Knollwood Place Apartments - 3630 Phillips Pkwy, St Louis Park, MN 55426
Join Volunteers in Action and our PJ Library families in bringing joy and pet therapy to older adults at the Ackerberg Family Sholom West Campus in St. Louis Park[...]
Volunteers in Action: Donate Blood to Save Lives
What: Join Volunteers in Action and give hope to hospital patients in our community by donating blood during our upcoming donor days as we partner with Memorial Blood Center.
Who: Memorial Blood Center has been saving lives for 70 years as an i[...]
Tuesday, July 18
9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
PRISM - 1220 Zane Ave N, Golden Valley, MN 55422 (same building as JFCS, different entrance)
>Click here to sign up to volunteer on July 18.
Join Volunteers in Action as we partner with our neighbors PRISM, a nonprofit organization that provides s[...]
By Dana Shapiro • JFCS Community & Volunteer Engagement Manager
Volunteers in Action, a JFCS volunteer corps that supports organizations in the Jewish and broader communities, kicked off earlier this month with a Puppy Parade event at Knollwood Place Apartments on Nov. 6.
JFCS [...]
JFCS Advocacy Committee focuses on obtaining or preserving funding for agency programs
By Lee Friedman • JFCS Chief Operating Officer; and Amy Weiss • JFCS Community Services Director
The Minnesota Legislature recently completed the 2023 session. JFCS staff and volunteers were active [...]
JFCS NextGen is partnering with JFCS' community volunteer corps, Volunteers in Action, to do a shift in the Open Arms of Minnesota kitchen, where we will be creating and packaging food to be delivered to Open Arms' clients. Open Arms delivers meals to critically ill individuals and their families,[...]