Jewish Family Service of Central NJ Halpern Building, Elizabeth, today and Thursday, Oct. 25, noon-2 p.m. Discussion with educational consultant Shari Faleck and Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) coordinator Amy Levine. A kosher lunch will be served. Contact ALevine@jfscentralnj.org or 908-352-8375.
CALLING ALL SUPERHEROES: Join JFCS and TJC’s Mini Mitzvah Corps for a Mini Mitzvah Playdate Build breakfast bags for seniors then stay and play at Princeton Playspace. Recommended for kids 0-6 & their families. Open to the Community!! Playspace Admission (pay at the door): $15 per child OR $5 per child with a food donation. Please […]
Track Five Coffee, Cranford, 11 a.m.-noon. Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) of Union County information program hosted by Jewish Family Service of Central NJ. Contact Amy Levine at ALevine@jfscentralnj.org or 908-352-8375.
Sponsored by Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) of Union County and hosted by Jewish Family Service of Central NJ, Elizabeth, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Activities include assembling food packages for homebound seniors and low-income families, preparing a community vegetable garden, and meeting with elected officials; a light kosher lunch will be served. Those who bring […]
Volunteers are needed to sort and assemble Passover food packages at Congregation Beth Ohr, Old Bridge, on Sunday, April 7, at 10 a.m. Drivers are also needed to deliver the packages from the synagogue on Sunday, April 14, at 9 a.m. Call Jewish Family Services of Middlesex at 732-777-1940.
J-Serve 2019: International Day of Jewish Teen Service, for sixth-12th graders, will take place Sunday, April 7, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Middlesex County Fire Academy, Sayreville. Contact Inbar Singal at inbars@jewishheartnj.org or 732-588-1800. Teens 15 years and older can help pack meals and load delivery cars for Jewish Family Services of Middlesex County on […]
Bnai Keshet, Montclair, 7:45 a.m. Participants (16 and up) will recite psalms for Passover and carpool to site in Paterson to help build home. Bring a bagged lunch. Email Marian Golan for registration link at marian.golan@gmail.com.
The Jewish Center will be hosting a congregational Mitzvah Day! To register for any of the projects, please click on the Mitzvah Day link from the TJC website www.thejewishcenter.org (under “featured event”) Projects we will be working on: Gardening Shop and stock JFCS food pantry Feeding the hungry Create bags for women and children entering […]
Senior Resource Center at The Lavy House, Westfield, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Presentation by Susan Reeve, Jewish Family Service of Central NJ (JFSCNJ) career specialist, and Amy Levine, JFS Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Union County NJ project coordinator. The center is a joint venture between JFSCNJ and Temple Emanu-El of Westfield. A light kosher […]
Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Greater Mercer County has begun its Healthy@Home Senior Nutrition Program, a non-sectarian initiative which provides low-income, homebound seniors with healthy food and nutrition information delivered directly to their door. Clients work with a geriatric care manager and registered dietician to select foods that are healthy, easy to prepare, and […]
Jewish Family Service of Somerset, Hunterdon, and Warren Counties is seeking volunteers for the Family Mentor Program, Senior Shopper Program, and Good Deeds-Cooking Companions Project to provide friendly home visits for seniors. Bilingual Spanish speaking volunteers are also being recruited. Training sessions will be held on Tuesdays, Sept. 10, 17, and 24, 4-7 p.m. at […]
Jewish Family Service Halpern Building, Elizabeth, noon-2 p.m. Retired & Senior Volunteer Program seeks volunteer tutors 55-plus; a kosher lunch will be served. Contact ALevine@jfscentralnj.org or 908-352-8375 to register.
Bnai Keshet, Montclair, 1-3 p.m. Part of National Refugee Shabbat weekend, the two-hour training will be conducted by First Friends of NJ/NY, a non-profit that serves immigrants and asylum seekers held in local detention centers. To register, go to bnaikeshet.org/nationalrefugeeshabbat and click on the Eventbrite link. Call 973-746-4889.
J-SERVE, the International Day of Jewish Teen Service for teens in 6th-12th grade, will be held 1-5 p.m. at Shalom Torah Academy, Morganville. Teens may earn community service hours from experiences that include meeting with Holocaust survivors, crafting matzah covers and painting hamsas for home-bound seniors, learning to advocate on social justice issues and combat […]
A project of the Rabbinical College of America in Morristown, a food packing day will be held in the parking lot of Congregation Ohr Torah, West Orange, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Participants may also volunteer to deliver packages. To register and receive safety procedures, go to tinyurl.com/y9jxfpj9