Purchase your tickets today for REEL HOPE Take 11, JFS's annual movie premiere fundraiser, on Wednesday, December 6! Tickets are $150 each. Purchase tickets now.

The REEL HOPE committee, led by event co-chairs Michael and Jill Gold and Richard and Annette Pluss, is planning an unforgettable evening including a special movie screening of a to-be-announced major Hollywood film, an awards presentation, and kosher box dinner.

Chet Schwartz will receive the Jack Shapiro Community Service Award, and businessman Will Gold will be honored with the Kal Zeff Business Leader of the Year Award. Whole Foods’ Tamarac and Cherry Creek stores will be presented with the JFS Community Partner Award.

Our need for donations for Family Safety Net is great throughout the year as we continue to see record numbers of clients each week due to higher energy costs and financial hardship. As we approach the winter holidays, we urge churches, synagogues, scout troops, community groups and individuals to help us organize food drives so we can offer our clients more food. We provide donation barrels and encourage each congregation or group to choose one item to collect such as soup, pasta sauce, cereal or canned fruit.

For more information, please contact Amy Wood, (303) 597-5000, ext. 344.




Community volunteers donate food to the Weinberg Food Pantry.

Whole Foods Tamarac is graciously collecting food for JFS's Weinberg Food Pantry through the end of December. When you are doing your grocery shopping this holiday season, please buy a little extra for those in need! JFS food barrels will be located near the cash registers for your convenience.

Wanted: Jewish volunteers in the Denver/Boulder metro areas who are looking for a fulfilling opportunity. Individuals are needed to lead holiday services for residents of long-term care facilities; visit people in hospices, their homes, hospitals, or correctional institutions; offer bereavement support; and more!

If you fit this description, please sign up for the 2007 JFS Para-chaplain training held January 7, 17, and 23!

“Being a para-chaplain gives me great pleasure,” says Paula Breese, a para-chaplain since the program’s inception in 1995. “I love the opportunity to brighten the lives of our seniors. They’ve taught me the meaning of courage, strength, and dignity. We sing, we pray, we laugh, we talk, and eat together; we have become family.”

For more information or to sign up for the training, please contact Nancy Benyamin at (303) 597-5000, ext. 369.

The November issue of Family Matters is available online. In this issue, you can read these articles and more:

• Reserve Your Seat for REEL HOPE Take 11
• Spotlight on Staff: Margie Freedman and Roberta Reinfeld
• Board Spotlight: Robyn Loup
• CHAI Provides Crucial Resources to Address Domestic Abuse
• JFS Seeks Mentors for Homeless Prevention Program

Roll Up Your Sleeve to Help Those in Need! This holiday season, give a gift that saves lives. Wells Fargo Bank and Jewish Family Service are teaming up again to host a community blood drive for Bonfils Blood Center on December 28 from 10 to 10:40 a.m. and 12 to 3:30 p.m. at Wells Fargo Monaco Branch. As a token of thanks for your generosity, participants will also receive a 2007 calendar from Bonfils.

For more information or to sign up, please contact Alaina Green at (303) 597-5000, ext. 367, or agreen@jewishfamilyservice.org.