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News and Notes
ARCHIVES OF JCS E-NEWS
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ARE YOU HUNGRY?
HUNDREDS OF YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS ARE.
The Jewish Community Food Fund of Jewish Community Services (JCS) urgently needs financial contributions from the community, in order to help the growing number of families hit hard by the current economic crisis. The Jewish Community Food Fund is struggling to keep pace with the need; we want to ensure that no one in our community goes hungry.
The Jewish Community Food Fund is supported entirely by financial contributions from individuals, congregations, organizations and others in the community. JCS uses these funds to purchase food certificates to local grocery stores, which it then distributes to individuals and families needing assistance. For more information and to make a monetary donation, please call 410-466-9200 or click here.
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JCS OFFERS SUPPORT GROUP FOR ADULTS WITH LOW VISION
Jewish Community Services (JCS) offers an ongoing Support Group for Adults with Low Vision. The group next meets on Wednesday, September 22, from 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. at the Edward A. Myerberg Senior Center, 3101 Fallstaff Road in Baltimore. From October – May the group meets on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month, and once a month in the summer.
Participants hear informative speakers, learn about helpful resources, and gain support from people facing similar challenges. There is no fee, and new members are welcome. This group is supported by the Sylvan and Isabelle Ribakow Low Vision Support Group Endowment Fund of JCS.
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FROM SURVIVOR TO THRIVER
Jewish Community Services (JCS) and the Shofar Coalition are offering “From Survivor to Thriver,” a therapy group for women who experienced sexual abuse before the age of eighteen. The group will meet on Thursdays from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. for sixteen weeks beginning this fall at JCS, 6 Park Center Court, Suite 211, in Owings Mills. The group is open to all women, regardless of religious affiliation.
Facilitated by Chris Cronin, LCSW-C, the group will enable participants to move from fear to confidence, expand coping strategies, and learn how to value and care for themselves. The group will be invited to explore themes such as setting healthy boundaries, recognizing and dealing with triggers, relationships and trust, intimacy and sexuality, and spirituality.
For more information, fees and required registration, please call Chris Cronin, LCSW-C, at
410-843-7440. To view the flyer, please click here.
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JCS CO-SPONSORS
OCTOBER 6 PROGRAM ON YOUNGER ONSET ALZHEIMER'S
The Alzheimer’s Association Greater Maryland Chapter, Jewish Community Services and the University of Maryland Baltimore Geriatrics and Gerontology Education and Research Program will present Love Lost to the Long Goodbye of Alzheimer’s: An Evening with Barry Petersen, Wednesday, Oct. 6, from 6:30 to 8:15 p.m., at the Edward A.Myerberg Center (3101 Fallstaff Rd.) in northwest Baltimore.
Petersen is the Emmy award-winning CBS News correspondent and author of Jan’s Story, a gripping memoir about how life dramatically changed when his then 55-year-old wife, Jan Chorlton, a former ABC, CBS and CNN reporter, was diagnosed with younger onset Alzheimer’s. This condition now affects 500,000 Americans under the age of 65.
The event will include a talk by Petersen and a book signing with proceeds benefiting the Alzheimer’s Association. It also will include a panel discussion featuring Petersen, Janet Kurland, LCSW-C from Jewish Community Services, Mary Faith Ferretto, LCSW-C from the Alzheimer’s Association and Marilyn Blum, a local caregiver for a spouse with younger
onset Alzheimer’s.
Admission is free, but seating is limited to the first 300 people to register. To register, call the Alzheimer’s Association at 410-561-9099 or visit www.alz.org/maryland. To view a flyer for this event, click here. |
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CONSTANCE PUTZEL, ESQ., RECEIVES PRO BONO SERVICE AWARD
Constance Putzel, Esq., has been selected as a recipient of the 2010 Pro Bono Distinguished Service Award from the Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland, announced Sharon E. Goldsmith, Esq., Executive Director. This first-time award was conferred in recognition of Ms. Putzel’s volunteer work for Jewish Legal Services (JLS), a program of Jewish Community Services (JCS) in Baltimore.
Several attorneys were honored by the Pro Bono Resource Center at the Maryland State Bar Association’s Annual Meeting on June 12. “The Committee was particularly impressed with Ms. Putzel’s long-standing volunteer efforts to ensure equal access to justice,” said Goldsmith.
Jewish Legal Services offers legal information, advice and referral services for Jewish individuals with limited income. At the monthly JLS walk-in clinic held at JCS, volunteer community lawyers offer advice on a variety of legal issues, including consumer/bankruptcy, landlord-tenant, family, and immigration questions.
The JLS clinic is held on the second Monday of each month from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at JCS, 5750 Park Heights Avenue. For more information, call 410-843-7305 or visit www.jcsbaltimore.org. |
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JCS AND JSSA PARTNER TO EXPAND ADOPTION SERVICES
Jewish Community Services (JCS) in Baltimore, MD, and Jewish Social Service Agency (JSSA) in Rockville, MD, have launched a collaboration to offer expanded adoption services to families in the Baltimore-Washington area. JCS Executive Director Barbara Gradet and JSSA Executive Director Ken Kozloff announced the new partnership, which will provide a range of coordinated services to adoptive families, adoptees and birth parents.
JSSA’s Adoption Options is a licensed child placing agency in Maryland and Virginia providing private consultations to identify adoption alternatives; home studies; counseling for birth parents; private adoption services; required post-placement supervision for domestic and international adoptions; and support and guidance throughout the adoption process. Adoption Alliances of JCS is a licensed adoption program providing information, education and referral to adoptive families and those touched by adoption; post-adoption services, including counseling and support to adoptive families throughout the life cycle; and support groups. Adoption Alliances also facilitates searches and reunions.
“We are very pleased to join in this partnership to offer a full spectrum of adoption services to the Baltimore and Washington communities,” said Executive Directors Barbara Gradet (JCS) and Ken Kozloff (JSSA).
For more information, call Jewish Community Services at 410-466-9200 or visit www.jcsbaltimore.org, or call Jewish Social Service Agency at 301-816-2700 or
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Right now…
Boys in our community are in need of a mentor and a friend.
Become a Big Brother and make a difference in a young person’s life.
Older adults in Owings Mills / Reisterstown need escorted rides to medical appointments.
Join our Mitzvah Mobility volunteers and help seniors maintain their health and
independence.
Jewish inmates in Maryland prisons need a Jewish connection.
Provide fellowship with other volunteers.
Jewish Community Services needs you!
Volunteer just a few hours a month. Training and support are provided.
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