Posted 6 years ago
By Erica Solomon • Development & Community Engagement Coordinator
If you follow JFCS via Facebook, our e-newsletter, or even snail mail, you can probably tell by now that we are very excited about our brand new home in Golden Valley. JFCS and PRISM look forward to their official “housewa[...] Posted 7 years ago
By Erica Solomon • Development & Community Engagement Coordinator
Ask anyone from a college freshman to their empty-nester parents and they’ll tell you the same thing: moving is a pain. Whether they pay a moving company, or entice a group of friends with pizza, everyone embarki[...] Posted 7 years ago
In addition to the Jewish-content books and music JFCS’ PJ Library program sends to children each month, the events it hosts – from story times to concerts, art activities and more – have been a great way for families to meet each other, socialize and have fun. But when PJ Library surv[...] Posted 7 years ago
By Deb Savitt • Community Involvement Manager
Sometimes doing my job as the volunteer manager at JFCS feels like having a fourth child: I plan. I arrange. I execute and troubleshoot. I worry (and worry) about the details, the goal of what we are trying to accomplish, and the permutati[...] Posted 7 years ago
Thank you JFCS Volunteers…this week and every week! National Volunteer Week, brought to you each year by Points of Light, is an opportunity to recognize and thank YOU, our volunteers, who lend your time, talent, voice and support to our community, and create change. The theme for[...]Posted 7 years ago
By Deb Savitt • Community Involvement Manager
Good Deeds Day is an annual tradition of good deeds. All over the world, hundreds of thousands choose to volunteer and help others, putting into practice the simple idea that every single person can do something good, be it large or small, to [...] Posted 8 years ago
Mike Badower is a longtime supporter and volunteer of JFCS for several reasons, but one of the prominent reasons is that it simply runs in his family. When he was growing up, his mother was president of the Jewish Family and Children’s Service in Des Moines – the same agency that resettled Mike[...] Posted 8 years ago
BOND (Branching Out in New Directions) has awarded $13,500 in scholarship funding to JFCS applicants. BOND is a group of nearly 300 women and a few men who wish to make an impact in the Twin Cities through community service. Since its inception, BOND has been deeply involved at JFCS for many years a[...] 
