Jewish Family Services Richmond
Care. Counseling. Adoption.
This article was written by JFS CEO, Wendy Kreuter, and Director of Philanthropy, Becki Mann, and was first published in United Ways’ Community Partner Spotlight. JFS Personal Care Aide School is help funded by a generous grant from United Way. Tell us about Jewish Family Services’ Personal Care Aide Training School. The Greater Richmond Age Wave predicts […]
2018 Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary Short, Edith+Eddie, started as a documentary of true love, the love story to end all love stories. Edith and Eddie, ages 95 and 96, are Virginia’s oldest newlywed couple. Since their wedding day, they have found a new reason to live each day to the fullest. Each morning, Eddie […]
Every day, the telephone rings at the home of Richard, a Richmond widower (who asked that his real name not be used). Since his wife’s death several years ago, he’s had trouble coping, he said, and the daily call makes his day. “Every morning I get to talk to people who actually care about how […]
When an aging parent’s medical condition becomes more complicated, the family needs all types of support. That is what happened to Martha F. when her 90+ year old seemingly healthy father had a fall. “I didn’t know anything about JFS until I had something horrible happen. We didn’t realize how forgetful he had become and […]
Richmond’s Jewish Care Line, Responding with Care to those in Need. In 2017, all Richmond’s Jewish organizations, Rabbis, and Synagogues, and committed individuals came together to understand and respond to the number of Jewish individuals and families in crisis. What they learned is that across the U.S., many Jewish families or individuals live in or […]
Physical presentation is more than how an outside person perceives another person; it can shape how we see ourselves. Mrs. B was brought under the care of JFS Public Guardianship program a year ago – she had previously been under the care of a different public guardian. When she arrived to JFS, she was reserved […]
September 17th marks the beginning of the fourth year of the Enrich for Life program. If you are a semi-retired or retired adult, join Jewish Family Services and the Weinstein JCC in a sweet New Year with challah, apples, honey, a hot kosher lunch and a special program by Dr. Richard Woodward, the curator of […]
The High Holidays are a reflective time to look back into the previous year and assess next year’s goals. It is the time to look within ourselves to evaluate our strengths and opportunities for growth. It is also a time of year where we can ask how we can use our time and talents to […]
Jewish Family Services provides Richmond’s highest quality Care, Counseling and Adoption services. One way we ensure all JFS services do not simply meet, but exceed, industry standards is through our accreditation by the Counsel on Accreditation (COA). COA is an independent organization, separate from the government, that ensures all of our programs and services […]
Today Joaquin Torres of Mr. Christopher Kresge’s class at Echo Lake Elementary presented JFS with a set of festive handmade greeting cards for the annual Evens Fund Thanksgiving gift card project. This project is done in conjunction with donations from the Evens Food Fund via the Richmond Jewish Federation. The funds are used to buy […]
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Phone 804.282.5644 • Main Fax 804.285.0006 • Counseling Fax 804.673.2061 • information@jfsrichmond.org
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