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August 2012

JFS Annual Meeting:
Success by DOing
 Board Pres. Michael Schwartz, Exec. Dir. Beth Schwartz

Jewish Family Service strengthens lives and our community by being the "DOing" organization.  How we DO it was the top of the 68th Annual Meeting, held July 19.

  

The Board was installed, awards were presented, and everyone was inspired once again.


Learn more and see pictures.

 


 

COFFEED 

Your Coffee Feeds the Hungry 

 cofFEED at pleasant perk


Perk up your Sundays while you support Jewish Family Service Food Pantry and The Caring Place.

The Pleasant Perk coffee shop (on Montgomery near Ridge, Pleasant Ridge)  will donate the price of each cup of coffee purchased from Noon-1 pm on Sundays to these food pantries. 

 

Bigs & Littles gives
Award for Kindness
Ashley award

Ashley Andrews, a Little with the Jewish Family Service Bigs & Littles program, has been using her own life experiences and past challenges to do whatever she can to support others.

 

Her caring and kindness was recognized when Jewish Family Service Bigs & Littles presented her with the Betty R. Goldberg Community Service Award.

Learn more

 

Help Fill the Cart
for Pantry Clients
 grocery cart 
Along with food, Jewish Family Service Food provides personal care items to our clients in need. You can help them look their best, whether looking for a job or looking in a mirror.
 
This month we need donations of Deodorant, Shaving Cream, Razors, Combs and Brushes.
Contact Sandee at 513.766.3352 or sgolden@jfscinti.org

 

Free
Adoption Orientations

 Adoption Connection Cincinnati    

Considering growing your family through adoption? The Adoption Connection program of Jewish Family Service offers free monthly adoption orientations to help you start along your domestic or international adoption journey.

FREE 

6:30 pm 
 Wed. Sept. 19*  or Oct. 17
Register: 489-1616 

 

 *European Adoption Consultants, Inc. will join us on September 19 to compare adoptions from Russia, China, India, Columbia, Latin America, Bulgaria, Ukraine, and Honduras.

 

Be a BIG
Enroll a Little Bigs and Littles

 

Be a part of the Jewish Family Service BIGS & Littles program.

A few hours a month can make a difference for a lifetime!

 

Caring adults are needed to be BIGs...adult friends to help Littles (age 7-17) develop into well-rounded, successful individuals. Learn more

 

JFS Certified to Answer Medicare Questions
 

Jewish Family Service has been approved by the State of Ohio as one of only a handful of sites in the Tri-State to provide Medicare counseling and information. And the only Jewish communal site in Southwestern Ohio.

 

Yes, our geriatric care managers are truly Your Experts in Aging. Let us help you todayLearn more

Relax...Let JFS help
your Aging Parent
senior paying bills
 

Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, insurance claims, and paying bills can be confusing and overwhelming.  

 

Jewish Family Service experienced care managers are Your Experts in Aging and can help manage the maze of elder care. 
 
Call Jewish Family Service today so you can relax tomorrow. 513-469-1188.  Learn more

Free books for 
 
Kids 6 mos - 5 yrs.
 
 PJ-Library new72   

Do you have a child or grandchild between 6 months and 5 years old?

 

Sign him or her up for PJ Library, an international program which supports families in their Jewish journey by sending Jewish-content books and music on a monthly basis at no cost.  Learn more 

 

Sign your child up online now

 

To receive monthly parenting
PJ Library emails contact Linda at lkean@jfscinti.org or 513-766-3318.

 

YOU can help Jewish Family Service Strengthen Lives in times of need

 

Donate Now 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


 

  

 VOLUNTEER 

 

 Donate as you Shop 

Kroger for JFS

  

Shop as usual at Kroger using your Kroger Plus card and Kroger will donate to Jewish Family Service. Easy, effortless donations to Jewish Family Service. Learn more

 

 

 

 

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Rent Centerpieces to Help Feed Families
Centerpiece for Tzedakah  

Planning a Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Rehearsal Dinner, or any party?

 

Help families in need by decorating your celebration with these beautiful custom-decorated baskets. Your tax-deductible rental fees support Jewish Family Service Food Pantry so you can celebrate with a mitzvah.
 

Learn more or call 513-766-3352

 

   Jewish Foundation United Way of Greater Cincinnati      Council on Aging     Claims Conference   

 

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

 

   
8487 Ridge Rd Cincinnati OH 45236    513-469-1188   www.jfscinti.org    info@jfscinti.org