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One of Steve's favorite punning jokes:

"Turn around," he would often say to people. Then, when they had complied, he would add, "It's nice to see your back!"

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Contact Us
For more information about establishing a Named Continuity Fund or creating a Legacy of Loving Kindness web page, please contact the JFCS Permanent Endowment Fund Director, at (415) 449-1222 or ClaireA@jfcs.org.

  Purpose of the Fund

Joan Barnes and Steve Strauss married in 1996 and started this Fund in honor of their union and the happiness it brought them.

The Extend Our Happiness Fund assists people with food, weight and body image issues and/or eating disorders.
Biography

Joan Barnes, a long-time friend of JFCS and a former member of our Board of Directors, had herself recovered from a life-limiting and threatening eating disorder. She and Steve Strauss celebrated the joy of their marriage by establishing a Named Continuity Fund to help others struggling with these same issues.

Within a year of their wedding, however, Steve began to experience strokes which gradually became more and more serious within the space of a few years. Eventually his capacity was so limited that he was moved into a care facility in 2001. However, his love of community, music, language and art continue to bring him pleasure and delight, and Joan and Steve's love for one another remains constant. Joan creates this Legacy of Loving Kindness page in honor of her husband.

Creator of the Fund
  • Joan Barnes


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