Children and Family Services - Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Minneapolis

‘The value of mentoring cannot be overstated’: A conversation with new Big Brother/Big Sister Program Coordinator Becky Lyle Sulkin

Posted 5 years ago

Becky Lyle Sulkin became JFCS’ new Jewish Big Brother/Big Sister Program (BB/BS) Coordinator this summer. After a few months in the position, she recently spoke about her own experiences in youth programming, what makes for a successful match between a Big and a Little, and her goals for the progr[...]

National Bullying Prevention Month: Issue affects children and adults

Posted 6 years ago

By Natalie Oleson, MSW, LICSW, JFCS Counselor, and Leah Persky, Ph.D, JFCS Family Life Education Program Manager October is National Bullying Prevention Month, which is timely, since kids are typically just getting settled into school. Bullying can be categorized in a number of ways, i[...]

JFCS’ resident matchmaker Bobbie Goldfarb retires after 28 years

Posted 6 years ago

Bobbie matched “bigs” and “littles” for the Jewish Big Brother/Big Sister Program Making matches is simply in Bobbie Goldfarb’s DNA. For almost 30 years, she matched “bigs” and “littles” in mentorship relationships as the Program Coordinator for JFCS’ Jewish Big Brothe[...]