Greensboro Jewish Federation

Jewish family services (jfs), a constituent agency of the Greensboro Jewish Federation, is a family services agency primarily serving the Jewish community of Greensboro. A clinical program offers counseling, case management, information and referral and outreach. Services for older adults are particularly robust. Children and family programs address the needs of families in the community, including those with special needs. Jfs also offers workshops and educational programs and serves over 800 families through our services and programs. A food pantry is also available to all in greensboro.fy21 saw the continued impact of covid 19, now transporting 2 persons at a time; 1689 van rides to 21 passengers for doctor's appointments, community and social events, and religious services. All programming switched to zoom programs and 56 programs were provided. 631 gift bags were delivered to homebound seniors at holidays. Chai notes switched its outreach to phone calls and letters to keep older adults in facilities connected, and sent gift bags to approximately 60 older adults in facilities. English as a second language class for older adults from the former soviet union met bi-weekly on zoom. Our congregational nurse program served 138 older adults and families and made 1375 telephone contacts. Our social work program had 60 case management cases and 5 therapy clients with almost 5500 client contacts. We hired a part-time case manager to work with our holocaust survivors with a caseload of 29 clients. 589 information and referral calls were received.volunteers were unable to be present at the hospital here for our christmas at cone program so 200 candy bags were prepared for staff in the nutritional and environmental services. Mitzvah day was reinstituted with 130 people participating. Volunteers and staff made many outreach calls to older adults and families. 1100 volunteer hours were provided in all volunteer programs. Almost 250 neighbor in need bags for homeless individuals were made and sent into the community.the employment club served 408 individuals providing them with information through the jobs email distribution list and assisting them in networking and other aspects of job hunting. The food pantry served 85 families and distributed food to 10 other food pantries located in areas of need. Total food collected was 31,257 pounds and 31,483 was disbursed (some left over from the year before.) The client assistance program met emergency needs of 25. We awarded 17 scholarships for summer camps. Through the Jewish educational loan fund, jfs provided assistance to 13 college students.

The Jewish foundation of Greensboro (jfg) was established to create permanent endowments to ensure the viability of Jewish community life and education for future generations. Jfg is a resource offering ongoing educational programs and providing advice and assistance for donors to give strategically. Jfg provides donors with the ability to establish legacy endowments which can benefit organizations that are important to them. Gifts to jfg can be made outright during the donor's lifetime or through one of the planned giving vehicles. Gifts can be made with cash or appreciated assets; charitable bequests; retirement plans assets; insurance programs; and real estate transfers. Donors can establish donor advised funds that jfg will administer, distribute, and steward on a donor's behalf.

The Federation accomplishes its mission by developing Jewish education and cultural activities, promoting an understanding of Jewish culture and concerns, fostering cooperation and effectiveness of existing Jewish organizations, developing human and financial resources to meet Jewish needs, and building a strong relationship with our community-at-large. There are more than 862 donors supporting Federation. More specifically, the organization runs an annual community-wide film festival, sponsors holocaust education for teachers and students, and publishes a bi-monthly magazine that is distributed to over 1,400 households. Missions are executed around the world including a study mission to israel and the organization financially sustains a Jewish summer camp in beltsy, moldova. Active membership in the southeastern consortium and hadera-eiron fosters people-to-people connections while building community and leadership through rich and diverse programming. Future leaders are developed through the Greensboro Federation leadership institute, community wide young adult programs and specific programs for high school-aged students, l'taken, march of the living, and semesters in israel and Jewish summer camp experiences. Additionally, funds are allocation to thirteen 501 (3) organizations supporting local, national, and international efforts.