For years, Project Isaiah has been a community-wide food drive collecting non-perishables. Each year, you’ve stepped up and met the needs of our community. Did you know that by supporting Project Isaiah with a financial donation, you can provide additional benefits to our community? With your help, Project Isaiah can have a bigger and better […]
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Hunger Action Month is here again! At JFS, we are working on food access issues, hunger, and food insecurity all year long. Hunger Action Month is a great time to talk about it. Missed the 2022 Hunger Action Month blog post? Read about Food Security 101. Today let’s find out: when it comes to JFS
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Thank you to everyone who attended the JFS World Elder Abuse Awareness Day event on June 15, 2023. And a special thank you to our community partners for making this event such a success!
WEAAD 2023 Photo Album Read More »
Together, we raised over $442,000 to support more than 3,000 people through JFS’ critical programs and services, including food assistance, mental health and counselling, and advocacy and care management. [Photography by Ana Kliri, Josh Bowie & Maryna Kozar. Full photo gallery below.] The JFS Innovators luncheon was a remarkable event. With an impressive attendance of 550
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Thank you to our amazing photographers, Ana Kliri, Josh Bowie and Maryna Kozar! Maryna Kozar Photography Maryna Kozar Photography Maryna Kozar Photography Maryna Kozar Photography Maryna Kozar Photography Maryna Kozar Photography Maryna Kozar Photography Maryna Kozar Photography Maryna Kozar Photography Maryna Kozar Photography Maryna Kozar Photography Maryna Kozar Photography Maryna Kozar Photography Maryna Kozar Photography Maryna Kozar Photography Maryna
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On the sunny afternoon of May 11th, 50 people from JFS’ community joined together at the Kitchen for B’tayavon: A Celebration of Israeli Food. Thank you to the Jewish Federation for providing funding for this event, and to both the Federation and Israel@75 for making this event such a great success! Thank you to our hosts, Victoria
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Meet Alexander and Katrina who arrived with their two young children, Artem and Sophie earlier this year. Thanks to the help of JFS their kids were able to enjoy summer camps at the JCC and are now both attending Vancouver Talmud Torah. The additional financial help from JFS, the grocery deliveries and donations of household
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The Food Security team proudly launched the Community Kitchen program from our very own Kitchen. Naomi Kestenbaum-Evans taught guests how to cook delicious and affordable meals that they took home in time to celebrate the High Holy Days. But, what made this gathering extra special was the feeling of togetherness and the forging of new
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Jacob and Sonia’s* parents both fled from Russia during World War II. They met as young people in Ukraine in the 1960s, and fell in love. They started a family and moved to Israel in the 1990s, and when their daughter and grandchildren moved to Vancouver they followed. As child survivors of the Holocaust these
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