In celebration of JDAIM, JFCS presents:Rising Above Challenges, Shining the Light on Abilities
Sabes JCC
4330 Cedar Lake Rd
In celebration of Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month (JDAIM), join us for one performance only of The Amazing Jeffo: America's only blind magician!
Don't miss this opportunity to experience the magic, music and humor that is sure to delight, entertain and motivate.
Contact Stacey Spencer, Inclusion Coordinator, at
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Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month presentation
January, 31, 2016
2pm-4pm
Sabes JCC
We are looking for volunteers who have had experience working with people with disabilities to help with this event. For more information, please contact Deb Savitt at 952-542-4859 or
[email protected].
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Big Brother/Big Sister Passover Seder
Sunday, April 3, 2016
1:30-3:00 pm
Got guitar? Love a good Seder? We are looking for an energetic and vibrant volunteer to facilitate the Big Brother Big Sister Seder.
Share your story telling talent through leading songs (guitar is a plus) and creatively engaging children through the story of Passover.
To volunteer contact Stacey Spencer, Inclusion Coordinator, at 952-542-4845 or [email protected]
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Passover Hag Sameach
Delivery Date
Sunday, April 10, 2016
Believe it or not, spring (and Passover) is just around the corner! Mark your calendars for our Passover delivery date. Volunteers will be needed this winter and early spring to decorate and assemble bags, and deliver bags on delivery day.
For more information about Passover Hag Sameach or to volunteer contact Mindy Teele, Hag Sameach Coordinator, at 952-542-4870 or [email protected]
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Join NCJW Minneapolis for their Mid-Year Stuff for School Warehouse Day
Friday, January 29 Two-two hour shifts available: 10:30 AM, and 1:00 PM
Minneapolis Public Schools Plant, Maintenance & Operations Building, 1225 N 7th Street, Minneapolis
Please join NCJW Minneapolis for this unique, mid-year, one-day-only, Stuff for School volunteer opportunity. Minneapolis Public Schools received a generous donation of supplies from Bic, and they need volunteers to get them sorted, packed and delivered for distribution to 50 Minneapolis Public Schools. In return, Bic will donate erasers to NCJW's annual Stuff for School program. It's a win-win!
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Lately, I've heard many people relate stories of loved ones whose health is impaired or compromised. This experience has many people wondering "why". Years ago Rabbi Harold Kushner wrote a now-famous book called When Bad Things Happen To Good People, a spiritually insightful view of how, try as we might, we cannot avoid all the unfortunate things in life including sickness, or understand why it happens. Grappling with illness, our own, or others, is a key part of the mission at Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis. "Easing suffering" is found in our mission statement.
Learning to live each day with hope, inspiration, appreciation for the moment we're in, and understanding for the journeys we are on is also found at JFCS. Thanks to the generosity of the Women's Endowment Fund, a designated fund of the Minneapolis Jewish Federation's Jewish Community Foundation,
JFCS in partnership with Pathways, will again offer a 9-week program beginning in April called Renewing Life™. This therapeutic program is designed for people, or those supporting or caregiving people experiencing chronic disease or life-threatening illnesses. Skilled and trained facilitators sensitively lead participating group members through a process to help each person face life, health and illness with renewed energy and hope. JFCS and Pathways offered this program for the first time last April. The feedback was so positive that we eagerly looked for a way to bring it back.
To learn more, please contact Lead Facilitator Betsy Michel, R.N. at 612-251-3561 or [email protected].
This month, we officially welcome Lee Friedman as COO of JFCS. Lee's background, experience and passion for the JFCS mission strengthens the organization's ability to be increasingly strategic, accountable, and outcomes-focused. We are proud to add Lee to our leadership team, and look forward to the work he will do to advance the organization toward accomplishment of our strategic goals with focus and compassion.
With best wishes for a good and healthy year to all,
Judy Halper
Chief Executive Officer
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IT'S OFFICIAL: JFCS has been certified as a #ServiceEnterprise!
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A short year ago, JFCS Community Involvement Manager, Deb Savitt was at the beginning of a journey, trying to conceive of how to keep the JFCS Volunteer Resources "iceberg" afloat and feeling a bit overwhelmed by the process. Today we are proud and honored to announce that JFCS has been recognized by Points of Light as a Service Enterprise, one of the few organizations in our state to carry this title.
A Service Enterprise is an organization that fundamentally leverages volunteers a
nd their
skills across all level
s of the
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What does it mean to be normal?
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What does it mean to be normal? For Jenny it was going to work, driving, paying bills, hanging out with friends. Six years ago Jenny had independence, security, and confidence. But in a blink of an eye that was all taken away from her when she woke up in the hospital after a car accident and was told she had a serious brain injury. At the time, the doctors did not know how it would affect her, but knew it would take time for her to heal.
Read Jenny's story here...
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Think back over the past 5 months. Ha
 s there been an event or opportunity that you wished you participated in, and what was it?
Maybe you can relate to one of these two examples: You are watching
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
and suddenly wished you had a lavish lifestyle just like the reality stars. Now, you begin to feel terrible about the job you are in and the money that you do not have.
Read more from Danielle here...
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WITH GRATITUDE: Thank you for GIVING in 2015!
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Thank you to almost 1,150 donors who made a g
ift to the JFCS Give2015 Annual Campaign. You donated $55
6,0
00 to support over 40 programs and services at JFCS and allowed us to reach and serve 16,000 individuals and families of all age
s
and backgrounds. What a blessing it is to know that we are all helping to address issues such as; ensuring our friends and neighbors are not hungry, providing our children the opportunity to attend summer camp, giving support to those l
ooking for a job and making sure our elderly community are not a
lone and isolated.
On behalf of all of us and those we serve, thank you for giving and changing lives!
Debbie and Gary Kohler
Give2015 Campaign Chairs
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At JFCS, we are grateful for the ongoing support we receive from all of our sponsors.
Inclusion
Founding Sponsor: Lynne and Andy Redleaf
Sponsor:Toodie & Frank Trestman Special Needs and Collaborative Education Endowment Fund, a designated fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of the Minneapolis Jewish Federation.
Hag Sameach
Lead Sponsor: Clara Ruth Kaner Children's Fund, a designated fund of the Minneapolis Jewish
Federation's Jewish Community Foundation
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