By Dana Shapiro • Community and Volunteer Engagement Coordinator & Intake Counselor
Thanks to all those who attended our first ever virtual volunteer happy hour on April 23 in celebration of National[...]
Learn how hundreds of volunteers contributed their time and talents to help make the holiday season brighter for the 706 individuals from 342 families in our community. That's 173 more people than last year!
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JFCS senior outreach visitor volunteer Ester cherishes memories from her time with Elisabeth
After a 43-year career teaching high school, Ester decided she wanted to do “something useful” in retirem[...]
By Amy Weiss • JFCS Community Services Director
“I planted flowers for the environment, made a blanket for animals at the Animal Humane Society, made a tzedakah box, packed a bag of supplies for a h[...]
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 br[...]
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. Wheth[...]
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 grea[...]
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 wo[...]
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[...]
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 th[...]