Celebrate Pride with us
Each year, June is dedicated to celebrating LGBTQ Pride Month. The month-long celebration is an opportunity to unite, honor diversity, spark awareness of the community’s current issues, and bring change to our everyday lives. Pride Month began in 1969 after the Stonewall riots, a series of gay liberation protests, and it has since spread worldwide.
A seat at the table: enjoying inclusion at our Passover seder
In partnership with Repair the World and Ohr HaOlam, JFS Jewish Disabilities Advocates (JDA) was thrilled to bring to the community the first Disability Justice Passover Seder on April 26 at Temple Emanuel.
Build an active, healthy lifestyle through adaptive cycling!
We are excited to pilot an adaptive bike program, and Douglas, Arapahoe, and Elbert County residents in the intellectual/developmental disability (IDD) community over the age of 18 are encouraged to participate!
Community Resource for Stability Department Spotlight
This month, we’re excited to spotlight our Community Resources for Stability (CRS) department. We sat down with JFS Director of Community Resources of Stability Elizabeth Lawrence to learn about this remarkable team and their work throughout JFS and our communities.
The JFS Executive Luncheon: It Was a Good Thing
Nearly 1,100 members of the Denver philanthropic community gathered to learn more about JFS, enjoy lunch, celebrate the Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Community Leadership Award presentation to our incredible partners at Temple Emanuel, and listen to a moderated conversation between Corby Kummer and Martha Stewart.
Household Items Needed
New and gently used small household items are needed to help to help furnish resettled refugee’s homes. These items can be donated directly to JFS at 3201 S. Tamarac Drive, Denver, CO 80231.
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month
JFS provides mental health services to help individuals improve their quality of life and achieve greater emotional wellness and stability. Licensed therapists counsel children, adolescents, adults, and older adults to help people grow and change.
Program spotlight: JFS Volunteer Services
This month, we’re excited to spotlight our Volunteer Services department. We sat down with JFS Volunteer Services Manager Marissa Greene to learn about this remarkable team and their work throughout JFS and our communities.
Meet our Denver Volunteer of the Year
Since 2011, Fran Cohen has shared more than 1,350 hours of her time volunteering for JFS with her dedication to the ACC Friendly Visitor program, the Weinberg Food Pantry, Bright Holidays, and more. We are honored to announce Fran as this year’s JFS Denver Volunteer of the Year Award recipient. Read about how Fran truly personifies the spirit of JFS.
Repair the World Service Corps and JFS Boulder make an impact
Repair the World strives to pursue a just world through meaningful service and learning. Together with JFS Boulder, community members are making a significant impact in the best possible ways. From bringing Passover joy to older adults to gathering youth volunteer opportunities, good work is being done throughout the community.
Find support with our grief and caregiver counseling groups
The JFS Mental Health department has partnered with clients, families, and the community to create opportunities to achieve emotional wellness and stability, including several support groups. For those dealing with grief and individuals who are caregivers, we offer support groups that guide clients on their wellness journey as they find the support they need.
Building strong social connections
We have two volunteer opportunities to help build connections with older adults and help prevent social isolation—both of which are essential to promoting a healthy lifestyle. Get involved, foster friendships, have fun, and do good throughout our Boulder community!
Ready to hire or ready to work?
Meet hiring managers and recruiters with exciting opportunities from top employers like Walmart, Hyatt, and Denver Public Schools! Explore job openings and apprenticeships in construction, education hospitality, healthcare industries and more.
Program spotlight: JFS Employment Services
Whether an individual is unemployed or looking for a career change, our Employment Services department can help! We offer a variety of workshops, trainings, and support groups to help job seekers re-enter the workforce or find new opportunities.
Arts and Community Exploration (ACE) Program Open House
Whether you're looking to make new friends, explore the community, volunteer, or just have some fun, ACE has something for everyone. Join us at one, or all, of our open houses!
When an Idea Became a Reality, Good Continues to Happen
The JFS Weinberg Food Pantry did not begin because the need for food and other essentials suddenly emerged. Our food pantry started because the need grew beyond what several compassionate Denverites began in 1991 and could manage on their own.
Fostering intergenerational friendships and reducing loneliness
If you are looking for a way to make a real impact on the life of a local person, consider joining our Friendly Visitor program. Friendly visitors are matched with an older adult or an adult with a disability for weekly visits or phone calls.
Letter from the CEO
It’s impossible to watch the news and not hear stories about how school districts in metro Denver (and across the country, for that matter) are seeing an unprecedented surge in the enrollment of migrant students. In the United States, all children are entitled to a public elementary and secondary education regardless of their citizenship or immigration status. And no matter your opinion about the migrant crisis, I hope we all can agree that children who are struggling—innocent children who are here because of the difficult decision their caregivers made to escape political unrest or economic uncertainty—desperately need mental health support to help them cope and heal from the traumas they have experienced.
Advancing Our Community Mental Health Services
For more than 40 years, the JFS Mental Health department has partnered with clients, families, and the community to create opportunities to achieve emotional wellness and stability. With a team of skilled mental health professionals, we are dedicated to helping, improving, and making a difference in the lives of those struggling with mental health issues in the metro Denver area.
We Must Act Against Hunger
Demand for JFS’s onsite and mobile food pantries is at an all-time high, and the number of families in need of food support in Denver continues to grow. Each week more and more families come to JFS for food. We now see an average of 16 new households each pantry day.