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November, 2011

 

Get Bliss! 

 Get Bliss

Join us for get bliss!, a modern, multi-media presentation that has audiences rolling in laughter while developing key skills and simple techniques that can elevate any relationship.

 

Monday December 5, 2011
7:30 pm at Mayerson J
Presented by JFS and Sarah's Place

Learn more

 

Give a Gift to light up a family's holiday

gifts
The gift giving holidays can be especially difficult for families in need. JFS has a holiday gift program that lets parents who are struggling financially recommend specific gifts they know are needed and wanted. It may be a new pair of pj's, books, or boots to play in the snow. 
If you want to purchase one of these gifts to donate, contact Jayme Hughes 513.766.3303,

All gifts are distributed by JFS staff to maintain confidentiality.
 

Beth took the Food Stamp Challenge. Working Together to End Hunger 

"A colleague likened this Challenge to being on a diet. The difference is that you can always break a diet if you choose to. With poverty there is no choice." JFS Executive Director Beth Schwartz and her 14 year old daughter tried eating for a week on $31.50. Read her blog. Learn more

 

2011 festi-bowl logo  

The sounds of clinking bowling pins, laughter, and "hoorays" filled the lanes at Colerain Bowl when Jewish Family Service held its first annual Festi-Bowl fundraising party Sunday, November 6. 

 

"This was a win-win-win event," said Beth Schwartz, executive director of

Wacky Bowl added to the fun
Wacky Bowl added to the fun

Jewish Family Service. "Everyone from toddlers to grandparents had a fantastic time, it was a family-themed event which fit right in with Jewish Family Service, and the agency exceeded its fundraising goal."
 

Jugggling Stilt Walkers, Balloon Animals, Prizes, Face Painting, and Glow Bowl added to the family bowling fun.

Learn more and See Pictures

 Thank you to our
Festi-Bowl sponsors
 
  

TITLE SPONSOR

The Jewish Hospital

 

PRESENTING SPONSORS

Andi, Alex, and Aaron Levenson

 

The Toots Foundation

  

SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Nina and Eddie Paul

 
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, LLCS

 
LANE SPONSORS

 

Save the Date
Meichenbaum photo 
 

Donald Meichenbaum, PhD
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
 


Save the date for Ways to Bolster Resilience in Adults and Children with Donald Meichenbaum, a founder of Cognitive Behavioral Modification.
The all-day program will focus on ways to help adults and children successfully adjust after they experience a traumatic event. 6CEUs.


Claims deadlines for
Holocaust survivors
 

Two December claims deadlines are near for Holocaust Survivors.

 

Changes in the German Ghetto Pension and Ghetto Fund payments now allow survivors to receive both types of payments.  Deadline Dec. 31, 2011. 

Project HEART
 helps with restitution for property that was confiscated, looted, or forcibly sold during the Holocaust era. Deadline Dec. 1, 2011.

 

Contact Gail Zeigler, LISW or Sophia Schnare, ARSP Volunteer 513.469.1188. Learn more.

Adoption Orientations

 

Adoption Connection Cincinnati
 

November is
Adoption Awareness Month.

 

Join the Adoption program of Jewish Family Service for free adoption orientations.  We will answer your questions and help you start along your domestic or international adopton journey. Learn more.

 

6:30 pm Wed Nov. 16 and Dec. 21
FREE
Register 513.489.1616 
 

 

Miejer promotion
at 2 locations for JFS

  meijer food pantry card
Purchase a Food Pantry donation card at the Meijer stores at Marburg and Fields Ertel now through January 7, 2012 and Meijer will give the gift cards to Jewish Family Service Food Pantry. (These 2 locations only support JFS). Meijer is also matching donations to food pantrys nationwide up to  $100,000.  
Aging Parent?
Caregiver support 

Are you concerned about an aging parent, spouse or any older adult? (Aging Concerns Checklist) We can help and give you peace of mind with our Elderly Care Solutions.

Call Jewish Family Service...Your Experts in Aging. 
Learn more.

For information, call 513.469.1188  

 
Celebrate with a Mitzvah!!
Centerpiece for Tzedakah  

Help families in need as you decorate your next celebration with these beautiful custom-decorated baskets. Rental fees ensure that food and personal care items will be available to those in need through Jewish Family Service Food Pantry.

Call Sandee at 513.766.3352 or
Learn more

You can help JFS strengthen lives in times of need 

  
Donate to Strengthen Lives

 

Do you have a special occasion that you need a gift for? Trying to buy something for the person who has everything?

 

Make a tribute donation to Jewish Family Service!  Learn more about all online donation opportunities 

 

 
 Donate a Car for JFS

  

Kroger for JFS

  

Shop as usual at Kroger with a JFS Gift Card and 4% of all money paid will come back to Jewish Family Service. Learn more.

 

 

 

 

 

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create a legacy photo

 

Fulfill the promise so future generations will say of us, "The world is a better place because, for a brief time, they lived in it."

Create a Legacy or contact Beth Schwartz at 513.469.1188 or bschwartz@jfscinti.org.

 

  

VOLUNTEER

  
    

 

Jewish Federation of Cincinnati    United Way of Greater Cincinnati    Council on Aging    Claims Conference  AJFCA logo

 

Older Adult Services receives funds administered by Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio.

 

Social services for Nazi victims have been supported by a grant from the

Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany