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For more information contact: 908-725-7799 • Y2L@JewishFamilySvc.org Jewish Family Service of Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren Counties 150-A West High Street, Somerville, NJ 08876 www.JewishFamilySvc.Org This year Jewish Family Service of Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren Counties celebrates its 35th anniversary providing support for life’s challenges to those who live and work in the tri-county. 35 years is a long time… A lot has happened since 1980. 35 years ago there were no cell phones, no internet, no global war on terrorism. In many ways it feels like a different world but like today there were people back then in need of help… people with not enough to eat, individuals feeling depressed or anxious and not coping well with life, seniors becoming frail and needing help for the first time in their lives, young families dealing with the stresses and strains of marriage or parent- ing, sometimes exacerbated by the special needs of a child, or worries about having enough money to live on, fears of losing a job and losing one’s health or grieving the loss of a loved one, the list goes on. The founders of this agency who made the decision to establish a Jewish Family Service to address these very concerns had the strength and energy to bring their plans to fruition. We opened our doors on May 6th, 1980 and haven’t looked back. Fast forward to today. The agency they helped to establish in 1980 is still going strong and still helping people throughout the life cycle. I hope the founders and all of the other sup- porters of JFS over the years are proud of our accomplishments. Since 1980 JFS has tried to live up to its mission “to strength individual, family and community life based on Jewish values”. We’ve provided mental health coun- seling to over 2,700 individuals and families struggling to cope with the stressors of every- day life, offered career services and job seeker support to 1000 individuals, helped to resettle 60 families from the form Soviet Union as well as families from Kosovo, provided 280 family mentors to young families in need of support as well as to frail isolated elderly, offer- ing companionship and support. We have also provided home care services and other support services to 50 Holocaust survivors and their families, and in 2001, JFS was one of the des- ignated mental health agencies to offer coun- seling and group support services to those most impacted by the events of 9/11. Each year JFS helps over 100 frail seniors to age in place in the dignity of their own home through the Senior Service Program and addresses hunger in the community by supply- ing emergency food assistance to over 50 fam- ilies struggling economically. 35 special needs families each year participate in programs designed to support them and help them cope with life’s stressors and 180 individuals resid- ing in the community but feeling isolated and alone in institutional settings are sustained by regular visits from the Community Chaplaincy offered through the Ohr Tikvah Jewish Healing program at JFS. And, most recently, in 2014 the Community Hebrew Free Loan program merged with JFS to continue the tradition of helping families become financially stable and self supporting by providing an interest free loan when no other options are available. Today JFS is thriving. It thrives because it has to, the community needs us to. But regardless of the urgent need for our services, JFS would cease to exist without the continued support of our donors, volunteers and community leaders. Founders: Rabbi Michael Abraham, Adele Blumberg, Margit Feldman, Morris Halpern, Shuey Horowitz, Esther Kaufman, Al Levine, Gertrude Robinovitz Abraham and Evelyn Rosen, Betty Roswell, Ken Segal, Bur- ton Shimonovsky and Ken Strausfeld. Current and Past Presidents: Betty Roswell, Al Levine, Rabbi Michael Abraham, Ken Segal, Gil Pelovitz, Dossie Weissbein, Jules A. Swickle, Dr. Marc D. Geller, Linda Jerrow, Steve Offen, Ruth Edelman, Nancy Gorrell , Steve Harris, Nancy L. Lee, Charles Singman, and Joan Handel, Distinguished Benefactors: Betty and Arthur Roswell, Nancy L. and Arthur E. Lee and Susan and Steve Darien. Community Funders: The Jewish Federation of SHW, United Way of Northern Jersey and the Unit- ed Way of Hunterdon County, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, The Grotta Fund for Senior Care, The Wallerstein Foun- dation for Geriatric Life improvement, ERS Family Fund, The Fred C. Rummel Founda- tion, The Horizon Foundation of New Jersey, Magyer Bank Charitable Foundation, The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany and others. Join us on May 7th at our 35th Anniversary Celebration to thank all those who have con- tributed to the success of JFS: For more infor- mation about our 35th Anniversary Celebra- tion contact us at 908-725-7799 or go to our website: www.JewishFamilySvc.org. If you or someone you know needs our assistance or you would like to get more information how you can get involved in JFS please contact us at 908 725-7799 or admin@JewishFamilySvc.org. For Every Thing There is a Season - It’s the Season to Celebrate at JFS By: Jerry Starr, LCSW, Executive DirectorShop Downtown Somerville