Hardship Persists—Help Us Care for Community Members in Need With compassion and generosity, our community came together over the last year to provide the highest quality care to more people than ever in Jewish Family and Children’s Services’ 171-year history. Today, conditions are still uncertain. Recovery will be long—especially for the most vulne...
JFCS’ College Scholarship Winners Will Pursue Their Childhood Dreams When Ashley Ashkinos was 12 years old, she longed to attend a Jewish entrepreneurial camp. Unfortunately, the tuition was not in her family’s budget, so Ashley decided to raise funds on her own. She sold lemonade, created a crowdfunding campaign, and quickly raised $2,500 within a few weeks. Reali...
Managing Back-to-School Anxiety in a Pandemic World A roadmap for parents by Dr. Madeline Levine, psychologist, bestselling author, and Expert Panelist at JFCS’ Center for Children and Youth. As they pose for their first day of school photos, children and parents have more concerns than ever about returning to classrooms this fall. Parents are worr...
Welcome JFCS’ New President: Douglas A. Winthrop, JFCS Board of Directors Doug Winthrop has served on JFCS’ Board of Directors since 2007 and was recently elected as President for 2021 – 2022. A magna cum laude graduate of both Harvard College and the University of Minnesota Law School, where he was an editor of its law review, Doug clerked for former United States Su...
