JFS Kansas City

It's a beautiful day to feed our community! Whether you're elderly, live alone or have little ones to feed, stop by one of our distributions if you need help supplementing your groceries this week. More drive thrus: bit.ly/3YlA1I8 All programs: bit.ly/3M4olmR

Please share this important new resource with your friends and family. 🧡 #HereForYou ow.ly/t5Yq50SCOiU

We're excited to see everyone at Pride in the Park on Sunday, October 8th! Please stop by our table at Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park from 10 am to 1 pm!

Thank you to Congregation Beth Torah for supporting the JFS food pantries! We need 6-8 volunteers to help weigh, move, load and unload donations on Wednesday, October 11th, from 9:30 am to 11:30 am. Please get in touch with our volunteer team at volunteer@jfskc.org!

Join us next week! Every 2nd Tuesday of the month, the peer-led support group for Jewish Parents/Caregivers of Trans and Nonbinary Children meets in The Jewish Community Center from 7-8:30pm!

Join us on Thursday, October 5th, for our KesherMobile event at the Heritage Center! A big thank you to our partners for joining us!

✨INTRODUCING✨ our JFS volunteer for September: Chris Wiley! It’s been nearly a decade since Chris began volunteering for Jewish Family Services, helping older adult clients with their technology needs– and JFS is so happy he did! jfskc.org/september-volu…

@UnitedWayGKC @KSfidelitybank @KidsTLC @KidTLC Thank you for touring! We were so happy to have you!

Thank you to @KSFidelityBank for a wonderful Impact Bus Tour! They had the chance to visit Impact 100 orgs @KidsTLC & @JFSKC. Thank you to Taly Friedman of @JFSKC, Elizabeth Hall of @KidTLC & Pam Regehr of @KSFidelityBank for organizing this opportunity!

Wishing you a healthy and joyous Sukkot from your friends at Jewish Family Services

📢 WEEKLY PANTRY NEEDS📢 Our pantry is low on full-size hygiene products. Please drop off your items in the barrel at the Jewish Community Center and our Brookside location.

There's still time to donate to our High Holiday Food Drive! You can drop off food at the following locations: -Local synagogue -JFS barrel in the Jewish Community Campus or outside the JFS Brookside delivery door -OR purchase off our Amazon Wish List: ow.ly/Zbsr50PQKhH

Last week, JFS spent quality time together at our staff picnic! We celebrated with our new Executive Director and CEO, Kelly Davydov and gave her our best wishes! 🧡

Join our Peer Led Support Group-GRASP: Grief Recovery After Substance Passing on 9/26 from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm at the Jewish Community Campus. This program is the only local chapter of GRASP, providing a unique space for individuals who have lost a loved one to substance use.

JFS is excited to announce our next Executive Director and CEO, Kelly Davydov! Be sure to read more about Kelly in today's Kansas City Jewish Chronicle🎉 kcjc.com/current-news/t…

Our Help@Home program was recently featured in a @kansascitypbs special! ❤️video.kansascitypbs.org/video/how-shou… Learn more about our innovative home maintenance program at jfskc.org/help-at-home/

Thank you to the amazing members of Ga’avah KC who loaded all of our volunteers’ vehicles for Rosh Hashanah deliveries last week! With your support, we were able to get traditional holiday meals out to 240 of our local friends and neighbors.

✨Join us today for our KesherKC Mobile event at the KC Public Library! We're so excited to be there with our partners! @HarvestersORG @libertyfruit @KcScholars @ggs_kc @KCCAREHealth

We are only halfway towards our goal of sponsoring 290 local Jewish families with fresh, traditional foods for Rosh Hashanah. Learn more about how you can help at jfskc.org. #RoshHashanah #JFSKC #JewishNewYear #HighHolidays #volunteer

We are only halfway towards our goal of sponsoring 290 local Jewish families with fresh, traditional foods for Rosh Hashanah. Learn more about how you can help at jfskc.org. #RoshHashanah #JFSKC #JewishNewYear #HighHolidays #volunteer

We are only halfway towards our goal of sponsoring 290 local Jewish families with fresh, traditional foods for Rosh Hashanah. Learn more about how you can help at jfskc.org. #RoshHashanah #JFSKC #JewishNewYear #HighHolidays #volunteer