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May 2013
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JFCS Outcomes
The Future is Now
Seniors At Home
Announcing the Futures Program: Make the Most Important Choices When You're Healthy

  

Coming home after surgery, Eleanor didn't have to worry about arranging for the home care she now needed for the first time in her life. Seniors At Home had already done it. "It was a relief that I didn't have to scramble for services in my condition," says Eleanor, 84. "Since everyone at Seniors At Home knew what I wanted, I could focus on regaining my strength." Eleanor is part of the newly available Futures Program, which is for healthy seniors anticipating that their needs will change as they age. Read More >

 
Parents Place
How Do You Quiet the Buzz of Cyberbullying?

  

"He is such a faxxx like i can't belief his dum stupid shirt. what a xxxx fairy."  Has your child ever received a text like this? If so, he has experienced cyberbullying. "When one child targets another through an electronic device like an iPhone to threaten, humiliate, or torment, he or she has engaged in cyberbullying," says bullying expert Holly Pedersen. Read More >

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Holocaust Center
William J. Lowenberg Speakers Bureau Advances Holocaust Education

  

Philanthropist Bill Lowenberg, who survived Auschwitz, spent much of his life educating children, grandchildren, and countless others about the lessons of the Holocaust. Now, two years after his death, his legacy lives on at the newly named William J. Lowenberg Speakers Bureau of the JFCS Holocaust Center. Read More >

Bill Lowenberg and students
Bill Lowenberg with students. Photo courtesy of tellingstories.org
Giving Back
Mother's Day Is Coming!

  

Here's a great way to celebrate Mother's Day. Make a gift to JFCS in her honor. A lovely gift card announcing your tribute will be sent to her immediately. Your gift makes it possible for all moms to get much needed help at our Parents Place family resource centers, even if they cannot afford to pay. And, you will honor your mother! Support Moms Now >
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recent YouthFirst participants
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Congrats to Middle School Students Making a Difference
6th, 7th, and 8th graders are graduating from our 2012-2013 Team Tzedek program! With YouthFirst, middle and high schoolers make valuable contributions to the community.  Learn more >
A Benefit for JFCS: Please Come!
Jewish Community High School of the Bay is presenting Dancing at Lughnasa, an extraordinary play widely regarded as Brian Friel's masterpiece. Proceeds for the May 19 performance will benefit JFCS.
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