The Nashville Jewish community places great

value on the older members of our community and con-tinually strives to find ways to demonstrate respect and care. One example of this is the JFS Helping Hands Program, which with support from the Jewish Federation of Nashville, has been matching isolated se-niors in our community with community volunteers for friendly visiting since 2004. Upon seeing a need for the more fragile segment of our senior population to also have meaningful con-nections with volunteers, the Musical Helping Hands Program began in 2012 to serve the needs of those seniors living with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. Pro-gram feedback has been positive and the program has proven itself as a treasured part of our community, as described by the daughter of one of the program participants:

“My parents had a difficult transition this past winter mov-ing from independent living in Asheville to an assisted living facility in Nashville. When Anna Sir asked if my parents might be interested in a visit each month from a Musical Helping Hands volunteer to sing songs that they know and love, they jumped at the chance. Now Carrie Mills and my parents get together each month, and the three of them belt out songs from Fiddler on the Roof, songs from Cole Porter’s greatest hits, and, of course, Doris Day’s hit, “Que Sera Sera”! The music helps them to forget their cares and remember joyous times.”

— Pamela Carver

JFS is now happy to an-nounce a further expansion--- Helping Hands through Art. This is an intergenerational art program for people with dementia. JFS is partnering with Eileen Wallach, a trained facilitator for a national ev-idence-based art program called OMA (Opening Minds through Art). OMA’s mission is to build bridges across age and cognitive barriers through art. Following the same format of the one-on-one Musical Helping Hands Program, the new Art Pro-gram will match Eileen on a one-on-one basis with clients for the creation of art. No

art experience is needed and only the space of a card table is necessary! Eileen’s training has her specially pre-pared to guide each budding artist through the process and help them achieve a sense of accomplishment.

By offering music or art options, JFS recognizes that each person re-sponds differently and strives to offer various opportunities for meaningful engagement and positive interaction. If you have a family member who might benefit from this program please contact Anna Sir (helpinghands@jfsnashville.org or 615-354-1686) with questions or to request information. •

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JFS expands offerings for those living with Alzheimer’s or other dementias to include ART

Executive Committee:Howard SaferPresident

Ben RussVice-President

Nan SpellerTreasurer

Tara GoldbergSecretary

Lynn BartonExecutive Committee at large member

Stan SchklarExecutive Committee at large member

Sandra HecklinPast-President

Board Members:Dianne BerryKathy CaplanChristina EvansNancy FlexerMimi FriedmanIra HeldermanRae HirschSteve LapidusYuri LivshitzPatty MarksAdi RazJustin SchneiderJames SchulmanLisa ShmerlingKatie WayneRyan SmallSusan Zager

Staff:Pam KelnerExecutive Director

Teri Sogol, LCSWCasework Director

Toni Jacobsen, LCSWClinical Social Worker

Anna SirHelping Hands Coordinator

Janet Parr Office Manager

Roslyn Landa, CPAController

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Save the date for

FREEDOMSONG

a transformative musical that will shatter the myth of Jews being immune to addiction.

By interweaving a Passover Seder with personal stories of addiction, Freedom Song poses one stark question- “WHAT

ARE YOU A SLAVE TO?”

Sunday April 2, 20179:15 AM

Gordon Jewish Community Center

“Freedom Song is the most powerful and emotional performance that every parent and teenager should see

together”

“I love how they put the Seder and AA meeting side-by-side. By the end of the play, I realized that recovering addicts

and Jews aren’t so different…we have both been enslaved and we both celebrate freedom”

JFS brings this educational program to the community in partnership with all area synagogue religious schools, BBYO with funding from The Jewish Federation of Nashville and

Middle TN and a generous anonymous donor

Highlights of 2015-16Jewish Family Service’s core

services and programs: (statistics are July 2015-June 2016)

In total – over 1700 clients were served by JFS

Adoption 63 people served

Case Management 6 people served

Counseling 83 people served

Emergency Financial Assistance 22 people served

Family Life Education 49 people served

Golden Lunch Bunch 65 seniors served

Hanukkah Gift Program 67 individuals served

Healthy Skills for Healthy Kids 36 children

Helping Hands Volunteer Initiative 87 seniors served

Helping Hands Music Program 7 people served

Information and Referral 414 people served

Jewish Job Network 95 job seekers served

Kosher Food Boxes 42 individuals served

Low-vision Program 4 individuals served

Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing! 50 tween and teen girls served

Senior Seder 53 seniors served

School Supplies 32 people served

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Our Honorees of the Year

Howard Kirshner, receiving the 2016 Chesed Award from his daughters and sister.

Lisa Small, 2016 Chesed honoree with family.

A year of new programs and education“When Push Comes To Shove: It’s No Longer Love”

which addressed the issue of dating abuse among today’s teen population. The program provided the 49 local high school students who attended the opportunity to learn how to recognize the signs of dating abuse. It also gave them the tools needed to safely and effectively respond should the issue arrive in their own lives as well as the lives of their peers.

JFS co-sponsored a free educational seminar for vet-erans of all ages, surviving spouses and concerned family

members. This program, “Making the Most of Veterans Benefits”, provided the over 50 plus in attendance with guidance regarding how the VA system works, how to navi-gate the application process, how to maximize VA benefits, and provided resources for caregivers.

JFS continued its dedication to our senior population with our annual Senior Seder. This joyous event, attended by 53 seniors, is an opportunity for them to share the mean-ing of the holiday with others and is an event everyone looks forward to every year. •

Anna Sir, Ruach Award recipient cele-brating Janice Krohn’s 102nd Birthday.

Mimi Friedman and Lauren Cooper, Chaver Award recipients.

Employee Spotlight: Employee Spotlight: Toni Jacobsen

is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has been an integral part of Jewish Family Service since 2000.

How is working at Jewish Family Service different from another social service agency?

Jewish Family Service has given me the flexibility and creativity to meet the needs of my clients and the greater community in a way that I would not be able to if I was at an-other social service agency. I love that I can go the extra mile for my clients.

You are not Jewish. What has your experience been like working as a non-Jewish social worker in a Jewish community?

The Jewish community has been good to me in many ways. They ac-cepted me as an “honorary tribe mem-ber” right away. As a single person in a town without any family, I gained many Jewish mothers looking after me and giving me advice along the way. And when I adopted my daughter, Anna Kate, she inherited many bubies to love and care for her. She has grown up surrounded by this community and the love it has to share with us.

Why did you go into the profession of being a Licensed Clinical Social Worker?

As a child, I always knew that I wanted to help people and espe-cially children. I thought I wanted to be a nurse for a long time and then I learned that I would have to hurt the children sometimes in order to help them so I changed my mind. It did not take me long to find the field of social work and it has been a good fit for me.

What are some of your most memorable moments of working at JFS?

I have so many memorable mo-ments at JFS it is hard to say, but two particularly stand out.

I do recall the most precious gift I received from a child. A seven year old boy came to see me after school and he was so excited about the hol-iday celebration they had at school. He was wearing baggy overalls that needed to be washed. He had a great

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big smile on his face as he pulled out a crumbling, unwrapped cookie from his pocket that he saved just for me. My heart melted.

Another memorable moment is with a young adult I worked with for one year. Honestly, I was a bit scared of him at first because he was large and rough around the edges. I found that our work required a bit of moth-ering from me and I often told him to tuck in his shirt, be monogamous and to stop selling drugs for extra money. He took my advice to heart and later completed his MBA and became the director of a non-profit agency. He called me for many years afterwards to tell me how he was doing and thanked me for the advice I gave him. He did not come from a family that taught him basic relationship skills and he was very grateful for it.

In your opinion, what is the most im-portant work that this agency does?

The most important thing to me is not what we do but how we do it. The basic principles that we operate on and the expectation of treating everyone as an equal is paramount. It doesn’t matter how much money a person has, what religion they practice or what their family looks like. We serve everyone with the same respect.

You created a named fund to mark your 15-year anniversary at JFS. Why did you choose to create named fund?

I decided to create a named fund for several reasons. The first is be-cause it warms my heart when peo-ple make a contribution to JFS in my honor so I wanted to give people a way to do just that. The second is that I wanted to set an example for my daughter and give her something to be proud of. I hope that one day my grandchildren will contribute to my fund and remember the good work I have been able to do at JFS. The third reason is that I care about the services that JFS provides and I want it to con-tinue for many years.

What is the fund named and why did you choose that name?

I named my fund the Toni Jacob-sen, Psalm 103.2, Greatest Need Fund. Psalm 103.2 reminds us to “never for-get a single blessing.” My family and friends will contribute to the fund to honor the blessings we have received from this community and I hope that others will do the same. So I humbly ask if you have received a blessing from the work of JFS or know of someone who has, please consider making a contribution to the fund to formally recognize that. •

Toni and Anna Kate

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Jewish Family Service offers educational program for teens on dating abuseOn Sunday, January 10, fifty teens

in grades 9 through 11 gathered at the Gordon Jewish Community Center for “When Push Comes to Shove—It’s No Longer Love”, a dating abuse pro-gram developed by Jewish Women International that focuses on healthy relationships and awareness. Co-facili-tated by Alan Mazer and Freya Sachs, the program goals were to enable par-ticipants to:

1. Recognize the dynamics of healthy relationships

2. Understand the dynamics and warning signs of abu-sive relationships

3. Understand the barriers to leaving an abuser

4. Be empowered to raise awareness about dating abuse and promote healthy relationships

5. Understand and value their role as active bystanders in the fight to break the si-lence surrounding dating abuse

Due to the importance of the topic, the religious school directors of our local synagogues made their students available to attend the program in lieu of attendance at religious school that day. Upon arrival, the teens took a quiz that tested their knowledge of dating abuse prevalence and impact, followed by a brief discussion of the statistics. They were shown a DVD in which actual victims of dating abuse and domestic violence spoke about their experiences. In the debriefing that followed, an actual “ripped from the headlines” story of abuse was used as a current real life example of relationship violence. The teens were provided significant time to share their thought, feelings and questions

and to participate in exercises that helped them incorporate what they were learning. Teens reported that the program was very impactful. Quotes from evaluations after the program included ““Abuse is more common than I had realized”, “Anyone can be an abuser” or “Emotional abuse is just as prevalent as physical abuse”. One attendee commented that “I was amazed by the statistics to learn how prevalent abuse is. When I stop to think that 1 in 3 teens are victims of physical, sexual, emotional or verbal abuse from a dating partner I realized that these numbers represent actual people, people that I may know. It is very sobering.”

This program was part of JFS’ Family Life Education services. Past topics have included Suicide Preven-tion, Cyberbullying, and Drunk and Distracted Driving. The overarching goal of each of these programs is: ed-ucate to prevent. This year’s program certainly achieved that goal. •

Jewish Family Service

is grateful to the

families and individuals

who participate in

our ongoing Tribute

program. It is a

wonderful way to

honor special people

in your life and, at the

same time, help fund

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IN HONOR

Lauren CooperCongratulations on receiving the 2016 JFS Chaver Award!Robin & Mark CohenTeri & Alan CohenLinda & Joel GluckCindee & Michael GoldGretchen & Randy GoldsteinPam & Saul KelnerBetty KirshnerJanice KrohnJan LiffRabbi Shana & James MacklerPatty & Jimmy MarksVirginia RapoportDebi & Charles RobinCathy & Howard RosenblumGeraldine Sadow

David EllisCongratulations on your Conversion!Nan Speller

Mimi FriedmanCongratulations on receiving the 2016 JFS Chaver Award!Robin & Mark CohenLinda & Joel GluckCindee & Michael GoldGretchen & Randy GoldsteinPhyllis GroskindPam & Saul KelnerBetty KirshnerJan Liff

Rabbi Shana & James MacklerPatty & Jimmy MarksDebi & Charles RobinCathy & Howard Rosenblum

Jennifer & Greg GoldbergLaura Thompson & Yuri

Livshitz

Mindy HirtCongratulations on being named one of the Nash-ville Business Journal’s 2016 “Women of Influence”!Pam & Saul Kelner Leslye & Steve LapidusAlyssa Trachtman

Toni JacobsenLynn Kanter

JFS Board & StaffThank you for the amazing work you do for our community!Joan B. Shayne

Howard KirshnerCongratulations on receiving the 2016 JFS Chesed Award!Marcie BashukLauren & Michael CooperBeth & Tommy DuckloJamie & Billy EskindJudy & Seth EskindBernice EsstmanBebe & John Falik Lori & Brad FishelLynn & Scott GhertnerJulie & Bob GordonHeidi & John HassenfeldSandra & Steve HecklinToni & Dick HellerBetsy & Seth HoffmanPam & Saul KelnerBetty KirshnerLuci & Ken KraftMeryl & Keith KraftTrish & Shelly KrizelmanJanice KrohnJudy & Steve LefkovitzBarbara & Irving LevyJan LiffPatty & Jimmy MarksLinda & Michael MossmanMartha & Bob NemerArlene & Howard SaferCarol & Roy SmithNan SpellerShirley & Stuart SpeyerAlyssa Trachtman

Karen & Howard WeilRhonda & Alan Wernick

Dr. Trent RosenbloomCharles Pippin

Emily & Justin SchneiderJan & Joel Rotner

Anna SirCongratulations on receiving the 2016 JFS Ruach Award!Robin & Mark CohenLinda & Joel GluckCindee & Michael GoldPam & Saul KelnerBetty KirshnerJanice KrohnJan LiffRabbi Shana & James MacklerPatty & Jimmy MarksVirginia RapoportDebi & Charles RobinCathy & Howard RosenblumGeraldine Sadow

Anna SirThank you for your service to our community!Ada Schewel SalsburyDana Strupp

Lisa SmallCongratulations on receiving the 2016 JFS Chesed Award!Felicia & Ken AnchorSandra & Larry AverbuchLynn & David BartonLeah & Larry BermanPatti BryanEsther & Roger CohnLanie & Bill CookTish & Ben DoochinLori & Brad FishelRoyce & James FishelBarbara & Frank GhertnerLynn & Scott GhertnerLynda & Bernard GutcheonSherry & Grif HaberHeidi & John HassenfeldKathy & Al HattendorfSandra & Steve HecklinToni & Dick HellerPam & Saul KelnerMeryl & Keith KraftJanice KrohnEmily & Bill KuhnBarbara & Irving LevyJan LiffEmily Magid

Patty & Jimmy MarksNorma NeaderthalSarah & Ed PierceTerry Katzman-Rosenblum & Bernie RosenblumIrv RubensteinArlene & Howard SaferSandra SchwarczGloria & Bill SmallHolly & Jerome SmallCarol & Roy SmithNan SpellerShirley & Stuart SpeyerElise & James StrausAlyssa TrachtmanKaren & Howard Weil

Ryan SmallMichael Attias

Katie WilliamsBest wishes for a Merry Christmas!Anna Williams

Glenn A. WeitzmanLisa Lankford

IN APPRECIATION

Dr. Michael GoldNan Speller

RETIREMENT

Meryl KraftNancy Flexer

NEW BABY

Jamie & Jeremy BrookCongratulations on the birth of “Celia Brook!”Nancy Flexer

Suzanne & Jimmy SchulmanCongratulations on the birth of your grandson, “Levi Schulman!”Lynn & Scott Ghertner

Katie & Adam WayneCongratulations on the birth of “Abigail Elizabeth Wayne!”Pam & Saul Kelner Leslye & Steve Lapidus

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Carol & Gary FradkinJan Liff

Elise & Herb JacobsNancy Flexer

Ellen & Kenneth JacobsNancy Flexer

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Dianne BerryWishing you a Happy Hanukkah & Great 2016!Erin & Greg Zagnoev

BAT MITZVAH

Carly HarrisAllison & Edward Flash

Shoshana KelnerThe Landa Family

Emma HarrisAllison & Edward Flash

ENGAGEMENT &WEDDING

Robin CohenThank you for hosting Tali’s Bridal Shower!Cathy & Tali Rosenblum

Jesse Ehrenfeld & Judd TabackMaria SalasJim Schmidt & Joe Woolley

Gretchen GoldsteinThank you for hosting Tali’s Bridal Shower!Cathy & Tali Rosenblum

Gretchen & Randy GoldsteinCongratulations on Katie’s Engagement!Leslye & Steve Lapidus

Heidi HassenfeldThank you for hosting Tali’s Bridal Shower!Cathy & Tali Rosenblum

Sandra HecklinThank you for hosting Tali’s Bridal Shower!Cathy & Tali Rosenblum

Ilene NedelmanThank you for hosting Tali’s Bridal Shower!Cathy & Tali Rosenblum

Suzanne SchulmanThank you for hosting Tali’s Bridal Shower!Cathy & Tali Rosenblum

Lisa ShmerlingThank you for hosting Tali’s Bridal Shower!Cathy & Tali Rosenblum

Karen YazdianThank you for hosting Tali’s Bridal Shower!Cathy & Tali Rosenblum

Robyn YazdianThank you for hosting Tali’s Bridal Shower!Cathy & Tali Rosenblum

ANNIVERSARY

Arlene & Howard SaferCongratulations on 50 Years Together!Pam & Saul KelnerGayle & Johnny RosenSandy Schwarcz

Beverly & Jimmy SmallCongratulations on 65 Years Together!Nancy Flexer

Barbara & Bud ZanderNancy Flexer

SPEEDY RECOVERY

Dr. Ken AnchorNancy Flexer

7Sandy AverbuchToni & Dick Heller

Barbara CohenNancy Flexer

Lauren CooperNancy Flexer

Mike CooperNancy Flexer

Dr. Richard HellerBarbara & Frank GhertnerPam & Saul KelnerLeslye & Steve Lapidus

Rae HirschNancy Flexer

Lewis LavineLeslye & Steve Lapidus

Helen MoskovitzArlene & Jerry Averbuch

Louise PailetReta Guttman

Natalie RobinsonNancy Flexer

Simon SedekLeslye & Steve Lapidus

Tina SpielbergNancy Flexer

Jimmy SchulmanNancy Flexer

BIRTHDAY

Ur BarzelPam & Saul Kelner

Eric ChazenNan Speller

Betsy ChernauNancy Flexer

Bob Eisenstein (100th)Lynn & David BartonVickie BrodRoyce & James FishelPam & Saul KelnerReta Guttman

Louise & Ted PailetCarolyn & Barrett RosenArlene & Howard SaferLinda & Melvin SchlangerSandy SchwarczBarbara S. Turner

Reva FishlynBeBe Marx

Harris A. GilbertNan Speller

Dr. Joel GluckNancy Flexer

Toni HellerFelicia & Ken Anchor

Teri KasselbergNancy Flexer

Betty KirshnerNancy FlexerDonna JohnsonCarol & Ken MackayAnna & Martin Sir

Helen MoskovitzArlene & Jerry Averbuch

Louise PailetNan Speller

Rickey SchneiderArlene & Howard Safer

Beverly SmallNancy FlexerSandra & Steve HecklinSuzanne & Jimmy Schulman

Nan SpellerHeidi & Ron AddlestoneFelicia & Ken AnchorArlene & Jerry AverbuchVickie BrodBetsy ChernauEsther & Roger CohnLanie CookRoyce & James FishelBarbara & Frank GhertnerPam & Saul KelnerLouise & Ted PailetJan RivenArlene & Howard SaferLinda SchlangerSandy SchwarczElise & Jim Straus

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8Jackie & Howard TepperBarbara S. Turner

Gloria SternbergNancy Flexer

Sy TrachtmanJoseph Trachtman

Bud ZanderNancy Flexer

IN APPRECIATION

Leah & Larry BermanThank you!Vickie Brod

Arlene & David LappThank you for your hospitality!Linda & Jerry Wearb

Arlene & Howard SaferThank you for your wonderfulhospitality!Nancy Flexer

IN MEMORY (Z “ L)*

Amir AhdoutLeslye & Steve Lapidus

Harriet Green Marks AlperinFriends Who Love The Marks Family

Scott Jaren ArkovitzNancy Flexer

Gerald AverbuchLeslye & Steve LapidusNan Speller

Theodora BennCindee & Michael Gold

Marvin BubisNan Speller

Marion Dresner CaplanNancy Flexer

Robert H. Chilton, IIINan Speller

Martin Ivan CohenAnne & Larry EvansBill Mexic

Lisa DavisPatty & Jimmy Marks

Morley DenboLeslye & Steve Lapidus

Kaaren HirschowitzEngelRobin & Mark CohenPam & Saul KelnerNan Speller

Jane G. EskindNancy FlexerLeslye & Steve Lapidus

Jean L. EskindFelicia & Ken AnchorCarolyn & Larry Levine

Tex FagadauLynn & David BartonCindee & Michael Gold

Jose Manuel FernandezLynn & David BartonPam & Saul Kelner

Lori Ann FishelBarbara & Frank Ghertner

Raye Ann GreenbaumAnne & Larry EvansBernice EsstmanReva & Eugene HellerNan SpellerSy Trachtman

Leonard GreenfieldLaurie & Dan AronoffNatalie BockianMichael GryllToni & Dick HellerPam & Saul KelnerNan Speller

Delores GroskindNancy Flexer

Doris “Dooley” GrossNancy FlexerPam & Saul KelnerLeslye & Steve LapidusNan Speller

Lee Notowitz GryllNancy Flexer

Linda May HorwitzNancy Flexer

Martin G. KatzBeBe Marx

Theodore LipmanLeslye & Steve Lapidus

Sydell LittleJan Liff

Joel E. MazorPam & Saul KelnerDoris Saltkill

Cynthia MorinPatty & Jimmy MarksNan Speller

Richard MorinDiana & Sheldon LutzPatty & Jimmy MarksCarolyn & Barrett RosenNan SpellerScott Sulkes

Rita MoskovitzNancy Flexer

Norma NeaderthalNatalie BockianBarbara S. CohenNancy FlexerRandy, Michael & Lilia Claire

GrossReva & Eugene HellerPam & Saul KelnerLeslye & Steve LapidusJon LevineLouise & Ted PailetVirginia RapoportMarcella & Alex SlaboskyNan SpellerSy Trachtman

Carolyn O’NealLaurence Lipman

Kurt R. ParrPam & Saul Kelner

Jerry PhillipsNancy Flexer

Sybil PolskyLeslye & Steve Lapidus

Bernard S. RaymonLynn & David BartonDidi & Brian BiesmanCindee & Michael GoldToni & Dick Heller

Rae & Bruce HirschPam & Saul KelnerLeslye & Steve LapidusEdria & David RagosinCharlotte SeloffBarbara & Bob Woolf

Kevin Thomas RichterNancy Flexer

Jay RosenblumToni & Dick HellerDiana & Sheldon LutzPatty & Jimmy MarksCarolyn & Barrett Rosen

Pete “Papapete” RothRobin & Mark CohenNancy FlexerLouise & Ted Pailet Nan Speller

Charlotte SaganskyBernice Esstman

Elinor SapersteinNan Speller

Roy ShainbergNancy Flexer

Diane TrachtmanTeena & Dick CohenLeslye, Steve Lapidus & familyRoyce, Mike Simon & family

Mike WhitlerNancy Flexer

Alvin M. ZagerKaren & Howard Weil

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We our volunteers!

Senior Seder : Laura Rosenbauer and Terry Fardon (standing) Gayle Tucker, Kathy Caplan, Lynn Barton and Lori Fishel (seated)

Chesed Co-chairs: Toni Heller, Meryl Kraft, Karen Weil with Pam Kelner, JFS Executive Director

JFS’s amazing leadership: Howard Safer, President, Sandra Hecklin and Daniella Pressner, Past-Presidents and Ben Russ, President-Elect

Your gift will be acknowledged in ac-cordance with your instructions, and the gift amount will not be disclosed unless you request it.

Auto Donation Program: JFS partners with Charitable Auto Resources to accept donations of automobiles, boats and motorcycles. The net proceeds of the sale of your vehicle go to help support our programs and services.To donate, please call 877-537-4227 or visit http://www.jfsnashville-cardonations.org/

Legacy Giving: Including JFS in your estate plans enables you to sup-port those programs that are most important to you and to leave a lasting legacy while retaining control of your assets during your lifetime. Giving options include bequests, named en-

Be someone who gives

hopeGenerous community support provides indispensable funding for all Jewish Family Service programs and services, ultimately improving the lives of the 1700+ clients we serve every year.

So many ways to helpRestricted or Unrestricted Giving:

Every contribution helps make a tan-gible difference in the lives of the peo-ple who need it most. “Unrestricted” donations support the full range of vital programs and services – allowing us to direct funds to where the need is greatest – and to help support our operating costs. As a donor, you can also “Restrict” the gifts to specific programs or services that have special meaning to you.

Memorial and Tribute Gifts: When your gift is a “tribute” for a special occasion, or in honor or memory of someone special, you get the satisfac-tion of giving a truly meaningful gift and we take care of sending the card.

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JFS engages youth

Tzofim counselors from Camp Davis bake cookies and pack Kosher Food Boxes

Our community’s youth are an inspiring bunch, giving tzeda-

kah and volunteering time for many wonderful causes. We have the good fortune to see their generosity first hand when they give back to others through Jewish Family Service. Here are some of the great things that the children, pre-teens and teenagers of this community are doing through JFS, so that you can schep the nachas along with us.

At bar and bat mitzvah receptions where guests eat their fill, many teens are decorating the tables not with

flowers that will be thrown away a few days later, but with food package centerpieces that will be donated to our Kosher Food Box Program so that others may eat too.

The past two years, BBYO has co-ordinated a food drive for the Kosher Food Box Program in conjunction with the pre-screening of the Hunger Games movies.

And then there was one young girl who, after receiving many gifts at her birthday, decided to donate some of those games to JFS to give to kids that don’t have as much as she does.

Financial support is not the only way these kids are helping JFS carry out its mission of service and lov-ing-kindness (chesed).

Noya Joseph donates some of her birthday gifts 

Many volunteer to pack Kosher Food Boxes. Others lead Shabbat services with their families for elderly Jews in assisted living facilities, making that the highlight of the senior’s week.

Come Hanukkah, many will join their parents shopping, not only for gifts for their own family, but to pick up an extra toy or coat for children whose families cannot afford to buy Hanukkah gifts themselves, and who receive support from JFS’s Hanukkah Gift program.

We have some amazing kids, being raised by wonderful families, in a generous and caring community. Be-cause we teach our kids the values of tzedakah and chesed, they are teach-ing us these same values in return. •

dowment funds, life income plans, charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, and stocks. You may also use a life insurance policy to make a gift by irrevocably naming JFS as the owner and beneficiary of the policy.

Matching Gifts: Many corporations and businesses have programs to match employee gifts. Ask your em-ployer or human resources department if they will help make your gift to JFS twice as powerful.

Federated Campaigns: If your em-ployer conducts a campaign, we hope you give generously and consider des-ignating some or all of your contribu-tion to Jewish Family Service. • Employees of Metro Nashville Gov-

ernment and School system as well as employees of many local colleges

and universities, Community Health Charities code 80244

• Employees of organizations partic-ipating in a United Way Campaign use code 24

• Employees of the Federal Govern-ment , Combined Federal campaign, code 79963Corporate Sponsorship: Receive

exposure by sponsoring our annual Chesed Dinner – sponsorship levels vary.

Volunteer: A personal, valuable, and rewarding way to give is that of time. JFS could not operate without the selfless dedication of our volunteers.

Kroger Gift Cards: Now it’s easier than ever to support JFS while shop-ping at Kroger! Just follow these sim-ple steps:

1) Go to www.kroger.com2) SIGN IN or CREATE AN ACCOUNT3) Go to the Community Rewards

section on the page. 4) In the Search bar, TYPE in “Jewish”

(or #88836) and click search.5) You will see Jewish Family Service

along (with our address to the right of it).

6) Choose the dot on the left and Click ENROLLOnce you have signed up, JFS will

benefit every time you shop and swipe your Kroger Plus card!

To find out more about any of these opportunities, please call

(615)356-4234 or visit www.jfsnashville.org

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West End Synagogue 7th and 8th graders learning about JFS and donating Kosher Food Box contents

Support for the Kosher Food Box Program from every part of the Nashville Jewish Community

NCJW donated and assembled a bag of Passover food

A small portion of the soaps and cleaning products that B’Nai Brith Social Unit collectedSherith Israel’s Sunday School prepared and donated Mishloach Manot bags for Purim

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