Jewish Family Service News Items

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September 2007

Tickets on Sale Now for REEL HOPE Take 12!

Jewish Family Service of Colorado, in cooperation with Variety of Colorado, presents REEL HOPE Take 12, the popular annual movie premiere. Tentative date is Wednesday, December 12 at 6:30 p.m.at the United Artists Continental Theatre. This year’s honorees are Blanca and Howard Lerman, and Steve Kris. Event chairs are Will and Sheri Gold, Perry and Susie Moss, and Dan and Marion Seff.

Tickets are on sale now for $180 each. For tickets and information call Lisa May at (303) 597-5000, ext. 365 or visit www.jewishfamilyservice.org. Sponsorship packages are also available!

Holiday Gift Program Seeking Donors

The Bright Holidays program of Jewish Family Service needs gifts to help brighten the holidays of a child, an older person, or a family. Please contact Shelly Hines, (303) 597-5000, ext. 319, as soon as possible for details. 

Family Safety Net Department Has Urgent Need

Many vital needs of JFS clients cannot be met without King Soopers or Target gift certificates or cards. The Family Safety Net staff helps clients purchase special needed items, such as medicines and special diet foods for diabetics, with the flexibility allowed by these certificates.  At this time the supply is down to zero and more certificates are desperately needed.  Please contact Shelly Hines, (303) 597-5000, ext. 319, for details on how you can help.

Clean Out Your Closets to Help JFS

Please donate your usable clothing and household items to JFS’s Healing Minds program and turn your stuff into funds that help JFS heal the minds of children and adults dealing with emotional issues. Help the JFS Counseling Center serve the uninsured and underinsured, and receive a receipt for your tax-deductible contribution!

Clothing donation bins are now available in the JFS parking lot, 3201 South Tamarac Drive, for your convenience. Please bag your donated clothing in advance and simply drive up to drop off your donations! For more information, please call (303) 232-GIVE (303-232-4483).

JFS Needs Volunteers to Help Seniors

Volunteer as a driver for the RIDE Transportation Program and provide a valuable service by transporting, escorting and staying with JFS clients at their medical and dental appointments. Not only will you help out fellow community members, but it is also a wonderful opportunity to make new friends – perhaps developing a new, treasured friendship. Please contact Ann Reilly at (303) 597-5000, ext. 315, for more information.

Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Food Pantry at JFS Needs Your Help!

This year, the women of Allied Jewish Federation’s CHOICES event selected the JFS Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Food Pantry for their mitzvah project for the third consecutive year. Their donations are invaluable and we thank them for their incredible support.  Please follow their wonderful example and make a donation of toiletries such as tampons, toothpaste and toothbrushes, deodorant, shampoo, and other personal items to the Pantry. Donations may be dropped off on the second floor of the JFS Client Services Center at 3201 S. Tamarac Dr., Denver, CO 80231. Financial contributions may also be sent to the same address.

Good Food • Good Party • Good Works

The Centerpiece that Changes Lives

Celebrate your next special occasion while making a contribution to those less fortunate.  When you order a JFS “Party with a Purpose” centerpiece, bimah basket, or head table arrangement for your next event (B’nai Mitzvah, baby naming, wedding, anniversary, graduation, dinner, or luncheon), you will be helping to feed the hungry!

Centerpiece proceeds support the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Food Pantry and each basket is designed to recognize your generosity. Delivery and pickup are provided for your convenience.

New designs are now available - order your Party with a Purpose centerpiece today! Contact Kari Alpen at (303) 597-5000, ext. 340 or kalpen@jewishfamilyservice.org.

Do a Car Mitzvah!

Jump-start a life. Donate your car, truck, van, boat, or RV to Jewish Family Service. Your tax-deductible contribution will benefit JFS's wide-ranging programs serving people of all faiths in our community, regardless of economic status. Car donations for JFS are handled by our nonprofit partner, Cars for Charity. All net proceeds will go to JFS. To donate your car, please visit the Cars for Charity website, www.carsforcharity.net and follow the instructions, or call Cars for Charity directly at (303) 853-GIVE (4483).