JFS exists to strengthen lives and build community. We would not be able to do this work without the generosity of passionate donors, foundations, companies, and volunteers.

Each gift to JFS gives parents and grandparents health and safety at home, vulnerable children tools they need to succeed in school and beyond, and young families and frail elders the food they need to get by.

$54 provides 2 1/2 hours of homecare for a frail elder

$100 buys an engineering kit for a fifth grader struggling to succeed

$250 provides 15 hours of citizenship services to a New American

$500 pays for counseling and support for a pregnant teen

$1,000 provides crisis management for a frail parent and her caregiver

$2,500 pays for a mentorship program for overwhelemed new mothers

$5,000 provides intergenerational programming at an assisted living facility for one year