Among its many roles in our community, JFS is an educational hub that emphasizes skill-building and empowerment for our community members. JFS also supports the education and learning of professionals in care fields. Each year, our counselling program hosts 12 intern counselling students as they finish up their masters programs with an 8-month practicum. This […]
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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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In partnership with Jewish Family Services, Kerrisdale Oakridge Marpole Better at Home, the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver, Seniors First BC and the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver, the World Elder Abuse Awaerness Day event brought the community together to raise awareness on the pressing issue of elder abuse. We were privileged to witness
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MindsEye Photography by Tybie; Nucleus Photography by Efrat Gal-Or On a sunny Sunday afternoon, the community came together to mark the grand opening of the long-awaited Vancouver Jewish Community Garden (VJCG). The event was filled with excitement and a strong sense of unity as community members, volunteers, and founding organizations gathered to witness the transformation of
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City Beet Farm is a small-scale, multi-site urban farm based in Riley Park – Little Mountain Neighbourhood in Vancouver.
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It’s Hunger Action Month! This is the perfect time to learn more about food insecurity, its impact on communities, and steps that each of us can take to address this problem. “Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth…these are one and the same fight.” — Ban Ki-moon, Eighth Secretary-General of the
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Thanks to donors, a client on the autism spectrum discovers community through a local drumming circle. David was not a musician, but he always wanted to be. A swimmer, Jewish Family Services client, and lifelong Vancouverite, at fifty-nine, David lives with autism. “Autism is a complicated condition,” explains Kevin Campbell, David’s clinical counsellor at JFS.
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Adoptive Families Association of BC (AFABC) has been dedicated to finding families for children since 1977. This organization is focused on providing a continuum of ground-breaking programs that support the adoption and permanency community. AFABC prides itself in offering resources that include consultation with support workers, information sessions, online videos, support groups and more. A
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