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This month, we’re excited to spotlight our Jay and Rose Phillips Aging Care & Connection (ACC) department. We sat down with JFS Director of Aging Care & Connections Rachel Rotach to learn about this remarkable team and their work throughout JFS and our communities.

Not a day goes by without our JFS volunteers making a difference throughout the Boulder area. Their impact is especially significant during times such as the High Holidays when our older adult neighbors may need a reminder that being a part of a community means that people come together to show they care. 

We’re excited to share our partnership with Centro de Los Trajabadores, whereby Spanish-speaking participants can take our Foundations of Digital Literacy course and gain valuable skills, confidence, and workforce readiness as they learn the foundation skills necessary to be competitive job candidates. 

Choose a donation opportunity that speaks to you and help JFS make the greatest impact for the greater good before the end of 2024. Whether you decide to donate a Thanksgiving meal, attend our Faces of JFS event, or give to our year-end appeal, you will make a difference throughout our community. 

After the JFS Employment Services department team noticed several clients often chose not to take a job or to increase their hours at work due to fear of losing benefits, they applied for and received a grant to begin offering disability benefits counseling services to help navigate government-funded programs. 

Jerry Sloat has been sounding the shofar for JFS Boulder High Holiday celebrations at older adult facilities since 1971. In fact, Jerry has volunteered to sound the shofar at so many places over the years that he has lost count. After sounding the shofar for more than 50 years, Jerry is happy to let someone take over the mitzvah. 

Volunteer of the Month, Bob G.

This month, we're excited to spotlight our Baskin Jewish Community Chaplaincy program. We sat down with Rabbi Rick Brody, Jewish Community Chaplain, and Lisa Soicher, Jewish Community Liaison, to learn about this remarkable team and their work throughout JFS and our communities.

At JFS Altius Farms, we grow more than 35,000 pounds of fresh produce yearly in our 7,300 sq. ft. rooftop greenhouse, which houses 345 Tower Gardens™. Now, you can volunteer and help us provide healthy, locally and sustainably grown chemical pesticide-free produce for restaurants, local grocers, the community, and the JFS Weinberg Food Pantry for our clients. 

JFS’s Abby’s Impact: Realizing Resilience program is a virtual learner-centered mental health education program that provides a framework for dealing with daily stress and life’s struggles. It offers participants resources and tools to facilitate resilience so they can build their own mental health toolboxes. Learning coping and problem-solving skills is life-changing and critical for well-being.