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Reflections From our UBC Dietetics Interns
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 …
Food Bank or Food Hub: What’s in a name?
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 …
The Grand Opening of the VJCG!
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 …
Nourishing Bodies, Minds, and Spirits
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 …
Uniting Communities through Food
The Bvulgari Chapter of the Canadian Hadassah-WIZO (CHW-Vancouver) visited The Kitchen to bake 200 Hamantaschen for JFS clients with Chef Zoe. The Hamantaschen turned out beautifully and were enjoyed by many. Thank you CHW-Vancouver for volunteering your time to help others and support the community! The JFS Kitchen also welcomed a group of Ukrainian newcomers …
Social Justice Through Counselling
JFS counsellors are trained to use a social justice lens to reduce barriers affecting marginalized people in our community. Often, our therapists find that therapy is not enough to treat their client’s concerns. Many times the client and counsellor together look at factors that may be worsening the symptoms. For example, a client whose health …
Volunteer Spotlight: Malcolm
As a UBC undergrad student originally from Kamloops, Malcolm wanted to give back to his new community and make connections outside of school. So he responded to an online volunteer ad for The Kitchen, not realizing how expansive JFS’ network is. “I was surprised by how big the network of volunteers is. There are grocery …
Community Kitchen: Dumplings from Around the World
The Community Kitchen series bring individuals together to learn new skills, and to connect with the community through the common language of food.
Learning from Each Other: Intergenerational Dialogues
JFS’ Thriving Seniors held its first Intergenerational Dialogue program last month which brought together twelve seniors and a group of high school students.