JFS Becomes a Permanent Reception & Placement Agency
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JFS Becomes a Permanent Reception & Placement Agency

JFS is pleased to announce they are returning to their roots and have become a permanent Reception & Placement (R&P) agency as a HIAS affiliate, making them the fourth resettlement agency in Colorado. HIAS is a nonprofit that provides vital services to refugees and asylum seekers while advocating for their fundamental rights so they can rebuild their lives.

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Planned giving and how it can benefit you and JFS
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Planned giving and how it can benefit you and JFS

Planned gifts can be funded through cash, equity, or property, and they allow you to give what is typically the most significant gift you’ll be able to make to an organization. Some planned gifts enable you to receive life-long income, while others use estate and tax planning avenues to provide for nonprofits in ways that minimize the taxes on your estate.

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Alzheimer’s awareness series 
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Alzheimer’s awareness series 

JFS Boulder, the Alzheimer’s Association, and the Boulder JCC are offering classes around the critical topic of Alzheimer’s disease. Join us and find the knowledge and support you need to navigate Alzheimer’s during our free, in-person or virtual Alzheimer’s Association Education Series.

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Friendly Visitor program: neighbors helping neighbors 
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Friendly Visitor program: neighbors helping neighbors 

The JFS Friendly Visitor program promotes connection, engagement, and fun between older adults and volunteers. Volunteers are individually matched with an older adult to provide an hour or so of companionship each week. Our volunteers find that they establish a rich connection with the individuals they meet. We ask our volunteers for a minimum commitment of six months, which gives them time to develop a relationship and form a bond.

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Volunteering through generations 
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Volunteering through generations 

At JFS, we couldn’t help our neighbors thrive without the help of our volunteers—both within the agency and throughout the community. It’s exciting to see how we’re experiencing different generations of volunteers working together, making a difference just like their families have done throughout the organization and beyond. Recently, JFS clients were the beneficiaries of Carter, Wyatt, and Brody’s mitzvah projects as part of their bar mitzvah preparations.

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Becoming the best version of yourself 
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Becoming the best version of yourself 

Neither Chelsea nor her wife came from healthy family environments. They weren’t surrounded by the type of support systems that help shape strong life skills and promote emotional well-being, and they were stuck in a vicious cycle of generational poverty. When the couple came to JFS, their lives changed in the most wonderful of ways.

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The Raphael Levy Memorial Foundation Endowment for Refugees and Mental Health Services
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The Raphael Levy Memorial Foundation Endowment for Refugees and Mental Health Services

Jewish Family Service (JFS) is pleased to announce a generous endowment gift totaling $500,000 from the Raphael Levy Memorial Foundation (RLMF) in honor of our 150th anniversary. The endowment will support refugee clients resettling in Colorado and provide mental health services to meet the immediate and long-term needs of the mental health crisis.

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Success works here: JFS Employment Services
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Success works here: JFS Employment Services

Ann signed up for JFS’s Career Launchpad Nail Your Next Interview workshop, which focuses on the interview process to showcase job candidate’s communication skills and match their strengths to the hiring manager’s needs. During Workforce Development Month, we’re sharing Ann’s story and how JFS’s Job Readiness Instructor was able to strengthen Ann’s interview skills and help her find a job she’s excited to begin.

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JFS Boulder Ambassadors enrich community living
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JFS Boulder Ambassadors enrich community living

Evie Verderber and Mary Ann Wilner, long-term volunteers at JFS Boulder, launched an exciting new program this spring at the Golden West community in Boulder. As part of the program, two volunteers are assigned as Ambassadors to a specific senior living residence and will plan monthly Jewish cultural programs together with the residents.

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Make a difference every month 
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Make a difference every month 

People donate to JFS for all sorts of reasons—perhaps it’s to honor a person who made a difference in their life, or they want to be a part of something meaningful. Whatever the motivation, our donors are part of a community that shapes JFS’s future and helps meet the challenges facing 21st century Coloradans.

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Backpack Bonanza lets kids know we’ve got their backs 
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Backpack Bonanza lets kids know we’ve got their backs 

As the cost-of-living increases and caregivers struggle to afford all the essentials for kids’ first day of school, including a backpack, 15-year-old Hannah Kutnick has worked to erase the need at-risk children face starting the school year without backpacks and school supplies with her Backpack Bonanza Drive. Over the years, Hannah’s compassion has helped fill 2,430 backpacks.

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Rapid re-housing creates stability 
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Rapid re-housing creates stability 

The JFS Rapid Re-housing program reduces homelessness in the Denver metro area by quickly moving individuals and families into permanent housing by providing housing identification, financial and supportive service, and ongoing personal support and success planning. Our housing navigators work with clients to help them choose homes to meet their lifestyle and ensure that they don’t become homeless again—clients like Juan.

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Join JFS For a Family-Friendly Concert Featuring a Special Solo Acoustic Performance by Nathaniel Rateliff
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Join JFS For a Family-Friendly Concert Featuring a Special Solo Acoustic Performance by Nathaniel Rateliff

You don’t want to miss out on the opportunity to support the life-changing work of JFS at their inaugural family-friendly event—JFS Family Concert: Rocking Colorado for 150 Years. This concert will celebrate JFS’s 150th anniversary and feature a special solo acoustic performance by Denver’s Nathaniel Rateliff.

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