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Back to School – Getting Ready
Whether the summer was jampacked with camp, play dates, outings, and other fun activities, or filled with complaints about being bored with nothing to do, kids often have a tough time making the back-to-school transition. It can be especially challenging when balancing work and a busy family life.
Helping To Break the Stigma Surrounding Mental Health
Over the past eighteen months, through the work of the Mental Health Initiative, our community has been exposed to a diversity of facts, programs and marketing messages regarding the impact Mental Health has on our day-today lives. In recognition of May as Mental Health Awareness Month, it would seem wise to highlight some of the more significant issues affecting our emotional well-being.
Jewish Family Services to Host Live Laugh Give Comedy Night Again This Year
What do you get when you combine a funny Jewish comedian and a great show with a VIP experience, live auction, and raffle prizes? Jewish Family Services’ Live Laugh Give Comedy Night. When asked what inspired JFS to start this event, Howard Olshansky, JFS Executive Director responded, “There are three things that bring people together for a good cause: laughter, prizes, and good food.
JFS Marks a Year of Enhancing Programing for Holocaust Survivors
As an Executive Director, on any given day you can be in receipt of notification about a grant opportunity. The majority you rule out for some reason. But according to Howard Olshansky, Executive Director of Jewish Family Services, “This one completely grabbed my interest.”
Nutrition, Mental Health, and Mindfulness
“What’s for dinner?” Did you know the nutritional quality of the food you consume can impact your mental health? In fact, there is a known correlation between a person’s diet and the part of the brain responsible for emotion, memory and motivation.
Healthy vs. Unhealthy Teen Relationships
Know the Difference and How To Protect Your Teen
As parents, from the time our children are infants, we strive to do everything we can to protect them from being hurt, both physically and emotionally. We do our best to make sure they go to the finest schools, know how to select the right friends, and teach them to stay away from negative influences.
JFS Annual Senior Adult Chanukah Party
The Senior Adult Chanukah party was an afternoon filled with laughter, music, entertainment, good food, and fun. Entertained by Viva Klezmer!, over 150 seniors enjoyed a traditional holiday meal including latkes and handmade menorah and dreidel holiday cookies, a performance by CJP, Chanukah cards created and distributed by the CJDS students, not to mention a very special candle lighting ceremony and song celebration by Cantor Shira.
A Holiday Season of Giving and Receiving for JFS Clients and Families
The holiday season is a busy time for JFS. It is a time of year when we do our best to ensure that individuals and families who would typically be unable to put a holiday meal on their table or participate in the traditional gift-giving of Chanukah are able to do so.
Simple Ways to Break The Post-Holiday Blues
It’s January. The holidays and New Year’s celebrations have come to a screeching halt. The days and weeks of socializing, over-eating and over-indulging are a thing of the past. New Year’s resolutions are made and some unrealistic goals may have even been broken or changed already.