Posted 3 months ago
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 [...] Posted 7 months ago
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[...] Posted 7 months ago
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[...] Posted 9 months ago
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[...] Posted 11 months ago
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[...] Posted 1 year ago
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 [...] Posted 11 months ago
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 [...] Posted 8 months ago
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,[...] Posted 2 years ago
APRIL VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT- Katie Cera Each year, individuals, families, and groups give their time, resources and talent to help us better serve the community. Our dedicated volunteers play a critical role in ensuring that JFCS is here for all, always. We offer short- and long-term volunteer[...]Posted 2 weeks ago
If you’re reading this column, there’s a good chance you are a JFCS volunteer, or thinking about ways you might like to volunteer with the organization. To all of you who currently volunteer, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all you do to help JFCS meet the needs of so many in our co[...] 