The Charlotte Jewish News - October, 1995 - Page 4
Jewish Family Services
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Adrienne Rosenberg
JFS Director
Recently I read that the local
United Way office is changing the
way they are handling the alloca
tion of monies. Rather than stick
ing with the traditional funding of
agencies, they are looking instead
at the question: What IMPACT
does this agency have on people’s
lives? Does the fact that an agency
receives United Way dollars mean
they will help people?
This month the Jewish Family
Services Board will submit its 1996
Budget to Federation along with an
annual request for funding. In 1995
approximately 580 of the JFS Bud
get will come from Federation. The
remainder of the monies must come
from client fees, donations, grants,
and the annual Friends Campaign.
What would happen if the Al
locations Committee of Federation
asked JFS the same questions
United Way is asking? What if in
stead of allocating dollars merely
because an agency had always had
been allocated money, the only
question was, “What IMPACT did
your agency have on people’s
lives?”
This would be very easy for
JFS to answer. Ours is an agency
that individuals, families, and the
community call on when they are
having problems. No area of
people’s personal problems are out
of reach for the agency to respond.
People and the community call on
JFS because they are experiencing
stress, when they are unemployed,
when they are having marital prob
lems, when family members need
help, where there are flnancial con
cerns and needs, when they are de
pressed, when they can no longer
take care of themselves, when they
are thinking of making life changes,
and on and on. JFS serves all ages
and socio—economic status re
gardless of affiliations or member
ships.
We could easily assure the
Federation Allocations Committee
that money given to JFS does make
an IMPACT on people’s lives in a
meaningful way. JFS has a profes
sional staff of 2 and 3/4. In 1994
there were 908 office visits and 321
home visits for a monthly average
total case load of 98. In addition
there were 165 persons served in
group settings and V91 contacts
serving 451 persons for short-term
reasons where cases were not open.
This does not include speaking en
gagements, consultations by other
professionals, or meetings in either
the Jewish or non-Jewish commu
nity. This does not include tele
phone calls, contacts on behalf of
clients with other professionals,
social agencies or family mem
bers—all of which take consider
able time during the day for each
worker. In 1995 all of the social
workers caseloads are larger than
last year with more and more per
sons turning to JFS for help. This
is the first year in several when JFS
was not actively involved with Rus
sian resettlement.
Yes, JFS does make an IM
PACT on the lives of those we
serve! We can be called on to
HELP anyone Jewish who has a
problem. The agency services are
on a sliding fee scale with no one
turned away because of inability to
pay. We make a difference in the
lives of the Charlotte Jewish com
munity. The JFS Board and Staff
can definitely attest to that!
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The following individuals purchased donation cards in July through Jewish Family Services
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Lynn and Paul Edelstein
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Zimmer
David and Cynthia Abrams
Mickey Bayer
Lewis Holtzman
Jean Garber
Mr. & Mrs. Marke Bradshaw
Suzanne Cannon
Barry Hantman
Richard Weiner
Joel Frank
Melanie Russo
Marilyn Shapiro
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Avery Waldman
Jack Callaghan
Maurice Weinstein
Erin Schrader
Martin Jankowitz
Avery Waldman
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Birth of Grandsons
Birth of Daughter
Anniversary
Recovery from Surgery
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Birth of Granddaughter
Birth of Daughter
Becoming a Jew by Choice
60th Birthday
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Bar Mitzvah
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Happy Birthday
From:
Laurie Gordon Harris and
Daniel Harris
Sylvia Gordon
Dorothy K and Ira H. Schulman
Abby, Steve and Lil Malkin
Gerald and Fay Sinkoe
Marsha and Harry Smith
Micki Schiffman
Micki Schiffman
Gerald and Fay Sinkoe
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Gerald and Fay Sinkoe
Leo and Estelle Hoffman
Ira H. and Dorothy K. Schulman
Stanley Greenspon
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Gerald and Fay Sinkoe
Ruth and Alan Goldberg
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Laurie Gordon Harris and Daniel
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JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES NEEDS
MITZVAH MAKER VOLUNTEERS
Jewish Family Services needs your help. The demand for services in
the community is ever increasing. Please fill out this form and return
to Laurie Gordon Harris, MSW, Jewish Family Services, 5007
Providence Rd., Charlotte, NC 28226 or call 364-6594 for more
information.
YES, I can donate some of my time and become a JFS
Mitzvah Maker Volunteer.
I am available on the following day(s)
I can help
weekly
bi-weekly monthly
at the following time(s) a.m. p.m.
(circle your availability)
I would like more information on the ways I can help:
■ weekly phone reassurance
■ drive to a medical appointment
■ friendly visitation, respite
I grocery shop assistance
Name
Address.
Phone:-
AM.
PM.