The Charlotte Jewish News - November 2010 - Page 16
^ Jewish Family Services ^
Help Struggling Families for Hanukkah
The Hebrew letters of Nes
Hanukkah, the miracle of
Hanukkah, allude to tzedakah,
charity. This holiday is a wonder
ful opportunity for your family to
teach the importance of tzedakah,
social responsibility and compas
sion for those less fortunate. Many
families in our Jewish community
are still struggling financially. You
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can help by donating gifts to JFS
which would provide some essen
tials as well as luxuries that many
families can no longer afford. JFS
will distribute your gifts to needy
A special time and place
just for mother and child
to spend quality time
together in a warm. Jewish
environment
Ages
0-24 MTH
Fridays
November 5, 12, 19
Decemer 3, lo, 17
9:15 - 10:15 AM
Creative Movemeat & Art
Jewish Songs & Themes
Creative & Interactive Activities
Social Development
Parenting Tips & Discussions
Cost:
$7 per class
$35 a session
(6 classes)
Located at the
Jewish Preschool
ON Sardis
6619 Sardis Rd.
To register or for more information please
call the preschool office 704,364,8395
or visit our website www,JP Son Sard is.org
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The bird bites.
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families and seniors in our com
munity.
The following are some great
gift ideas:
Gift cards to movies, restau
rants, grocery or retail stores, drug
stores, book stores, or toy stores.
Gift certificates to beauty salons
or barber shops. Tickets to a recre
ational activity. Hanukkah candles
and holiday items.
These are all things that would
be greatly appreciated by a family
who is undergoing a tough time
financially. Gifts can be dropped
off to the JFS office at Shalom
Park, Monday-Friday, 9 AM-5
PM.
Thank you for helping JFS
build a stronger community!
Seniors Need Transportation
Mecklenburg County has dis
continued subsidized transporta
tion for senior citizens. Due to
this, Jewish Family Services is
receiving many calls from individ
uals who are sfranded and have no
transportation. We are in great
need of drivers to take our clients
to their appointments.
We also need drivers for our
monthly Simchas for Seniors pro
gram.
Please contact JFS if you are
able to become a volunteer driver.
If you have a few hours every
so often this can make a huge dif
ference in the life of an older adult
who can no longer drive. Please
contact Natalie Tunney at 704-
364-6594 or Natalie.tunney
@jfscharlotte.org. ^
The Bea Gibbs Senior
Outreach Fund
Over the course of eleven
years, Bea Gibbs grew the JFS
Senior Jewish Outreach
Program to be one of the most
valued of all JFS programs.
Taking care of the Jewish
Seniors in the Charlotte com
munity was not just a job to
Bea, it was her passion. Bea
lived and breathed her work
until her untimely death on
February 21, 2010. Bea is
mourned by so many - her fam
ily and friends, her co-workers,
the many seniors that she pro
vided for, and the entire com
munity that benefitted from her
hard work and caring nature.
In honor of Bea’s legacy of
caring, JFS has started the Bea
Gibbs Senior Oufreach Fund.
This fund will ensure the con
tinuation of the Senior
Outreach Program for many
years to come and will perpetu
ate Bea’s goals and dreams.
We are asking you to honor
Bea by supporting the Bea
Gibbs Senior Oufreach Fund in
honor of Bea Gibbs, who devel
oped a vital connection for
many isolated seniors in our
community. Our goal is to raise
$25,000 to ensure that JFS can
continue to support our current
program and funding over the
next few years, and also enable
JFS to expand services to sen
iors as the population grows.
Please help us continue
Bea’s vision of maintaining a
vital connection for our older
Jewish adults. You can make a
donation to this fund by calling
JFS at 704-364-6594 or you
can mail a check to JFS, 5007
Providence Rd., Ste. 105,
Charlotte, NC 28226.
*Please make out checks to
JFS with a notation for the Bea
Gibbs Senior Outreach Fund.
Please contact Linda Bass,
Development and Communi
cations Director at JFS, for fur
ther information . ^
September and
October Cooks
Suzy Catenazzo,
Ruth Goldberg,
Lottie Goldman,
Katherine Goldstein,
Marilyn Lippman,
Linda Levy, Jenny
Rosenthal, Francie
Serbin, Marcia Stem,
Lori Wojnowich
JFS Mitzvah
Baskets were
purchased for
The B’nei
Mitzvah of
Jacob Usadi,
Jacob Swimmer,
Aaron Lipsitz
and the
Bat Mitzvah of
Emily Lerner