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This project raises funds for the Jewish Family Service Food Pantry. Volunteers assemble decorative baskets filled with kosher food and personal care item packages to be used as centerpieces at bar/bat mitzvahs, showers, anniversary parties or other festive occasions. Volunteers are also needed to process and track orders. Learn more about Centerpiece for Tzedakah.

Jewish Family Service Food Pantry provides supplemental kosher food in the Jewish community. Volunteers help with food purchasing, collecting, shelving, bagging, delivering and distributing. Learn more about Jewish Family Service Food Pantry.

Literally translated, Bikur Cholim means visiting the sick, but this wouldn’t accurately describe the Jewish Family Service Visiting Initiative. Not only do we visit the sick, but we also stop by to say hello to the lonely, provide friendship to the chronically disabled, and bring Jewish traditions to the isolated. We’ll even cook a meal or two for post-surgery patients who are recovering from hospitalization.

Visits might include reading books or magazines, conversing, taking a stroll, playing games or cards, writing letters, organizing photos, alphabetizing phone numbers and addresses, leading prayer, celebrating a Jewish holiday or Shabbat, or recording a personal history.

Isolated community members of all ages thrive on personal visits; caring and meaningful relationships reduce the risk of depression and enhance the quality of life.

There is more than one way to help someone feel a Jewish connection. Volunteer...Today.

Friendly Visitor

Give your time to someone who can really benefit from a cheerful voice and a friendly chat. The person you visit might live in his/her home or in a retirement village. On a nice day, go for a walk. On a rainy day, read together, play cards or games; enjoy music. A single hour of compassionate caring can enrich your life as much as you enrich the lives of others. Contact Pat Rosenberg at Jewish Family Service 513-766-3362 or prosenberg@jfscinti.org

Hospital Shabbat

Bikur Cholim literally means visiting the sick. In 2004, Jewish Family Service started a visiting program at Jewish Hospital. It is going strong. Ask a friend to sign up with you, and make your visits together! Contact Pat Rosenberg at Jewish Family Service 513-766-3362 or prosenberg@jfscinti.org

Holiday Sensations

Bring holiday rituals and memories to residential communities in the Cincinnati area. Help Jewish residents celebrate their identity where there may not be much of a Jewish population. Present holiday activities for Rosh Hashanah, Hanukkah, Passover, and a summer activity of your choice. This is an especially nice way for congregations to involve their entire membership, by sharing the talents of young and old.

Contact Pat Rosenberg at Jewish Family Service 513-766-3362 or prosenberg@jfscinti.org

Volunteers visit Holocaust survivors at home on a regular basis. Volunteers may also attend activities such as Friendship Club meetings or cultural/social events with individuals.

Volunteers provide needed clerical support to our programs and departments. Commitments vary and duties can include answering the phone, stuffing envelopes for a mailing, typing, filing, copying, entering data, delivering and picking up  donated items, electrical work, photography, calligraphy, sewing, and distributing marketing materials into the community, etc.

Naturalization Welcoming - A collaboration between Jewish Family Service and The Red Cross International Services
Jewish Family Service and the Red Cross have joined together in a program to welcome newly naturalized citizens following the naturalization ceremonies at the local federal courthouse and other designated locations.  Training provided.