JF&CS http://www.jfcsboston.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/324/BlogId/1/Default.aspx en-US Sun, 27 May 2012 09:37:52 GMT Sun, 27 May 2012 09:37:52 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blog RSS Generator Version 4.0.0.0 Jfcshttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily Rotation http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jfcs/~3/pM7_kFGKkK8/Celebrating-National-Volunteer-Week.aspx <img class="imageleftborder" alt="Rimma Zelfand" src="/Portals/0/Uploads/Images/Rimma_2011_smile2_thumbnail.JPG" />Thank you to all our volunteers for generously sharing your energy, expertise, and compassion with those in need. We would not be able to do our work without you.<div class="tags">Tags: JF&CS Volunteer News Spring 2012,Rimma Zelfand</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Jfcs/~4/pM7_kFGKkK8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.jfcsboston.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/324/EntryId/222/Celebrating-National-Volunteer-Week.aspx Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:44:00 GMT http://www.jfcsboston.orgDesktopModules/BlogTrackback.aspx?id=222 JF&CS Volunteer News Spring 2012 Rimma Zelfand http://www.jfcsboston.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/324/EntryId/222/Celebrating-National-Volunteer-Week.aspx http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jfcs/~3/8RolaP4nhMk/Feeding-Families.aspx <img class="imageleftborder" alt="Jenn Wall" src="/Portals/0/Uploads/Images/Jenn_Wall_75x70.JPG" />Volunteer Jennifer Wall is a former personal chef and healthcare professional who is helping the agency feed families in need.<br /><div class="tags">Tags: JF&CS Volunteer News Spring 2012,Family Table,volunteering</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Jfcs/~4/8RolaP4nhMk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.jfcsboston.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/324/EntryId/221/Feeding-Families.aspx Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:06:00 GMT http://www.jfcsboston.orgDesktopModules/BlogTrackback.aspx?id=221 JF&CS Volunteer News Spring 2012 Family Table volunteering http://www.jfcsboston.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/324/EntryId/221/Feeding-Families.aspx http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jfcs/~3/ddq6UxIwgyE/Protecting-Benefits.aspx <img class="imageleftborder" alt="Mark Bronstein" src="/Portals/0/Uploads/Images/Mark_Bronstein_75x75.JPG" />Thanks to the tireless work of volunteer Mark Bronstein, Family Table recipients don't have to worry about losing their SSI benefits.<div class="tags">Tags: JF&CS Volunteer News Spring 2012,Family Table,Bet Tzedek Legal Services,volunteering</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Jfcs/~4/ddq6UxIwgyE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.jfcsboston.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/324/EntryId/219/Protecting-Benefits.aspx Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:57:00 GMT http://www.jfcsboston.orgDesktopModules/BlogTrackback.aspx?id=219 JF&CS Volunteer News Spring 2012 Family Table Bet Tzedek Legal Services volunteering http://www.jfcsboston.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/324/EntryId/219/Protecting-Benefits.aspx http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jfcs/~3/p_J4t-NYptA/Staying-in-Balance-at-the-Passover-Table.aspx <img class="imageleftborder" alt="Seder table" src="/Portals/0/Uploads/Images/seder_table_thumbnail.jpg" />If food was simply fuel for us, like gas is for cars, eating a balanced Passover meal would be easier.<div class="tags">Tags: Passover</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Jfcs/~4/p_J4t-NYptA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.jfcsboston.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/324/EntryId/217/Staying-in-Balance-at-the-Passover-Table.aspx Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:25:00 GMT http://www.jfcsboston.orgDesktopModules/BlogTrackback.aspx?id=217 Passover http://www.jfcsboston.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/324/EntryId/217/Staying-in-Balance-at-the-Passover-Table.aspx http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jfcs/~3/XqrSiUG3gj4/April-is-Financial-Literacy-Month.aspx <img class="imageleftborder" alt="financial literacy" src="/Portals/0/Uploads/Images/financial%20_iteracy_thumbnail.jpg" />The need for Americans to change financial habits has gained attention in the past decade with the recent consumer credit crunch and “great recession.”<div class="tags">Tags: Center for Family Assistance,financial literacy</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Jfcs/~4/XqrSiUG3gj4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.jfcsboston.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/324/EntryId/216/April-is-Financial-Literacy-Month.aspx Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:30:00 GMT http://www.jfcsboston.orgDesktopModules/BlogTrackback.aspx?id=216 Center for Family Assistance financial literacy http://www.jfcsboston.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/324/EntryId/216/April-is-Financial-Literacy-Month.aspx http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jfcs/~3/dBKw9Hb2P1A/Feeling-Blessed-and-Grateful.aspx <img class="imageleftborder" alt="Jackie Weinstein and Rimma Zelfand" src="/Portals/0/Uploads/Images/Jackie_Rimma_thumbnail.JPG" />I love the 10,000 Maniacs song “These Are Days,” about those contented moments when “you know it’s true that you are blessed and lucky.”<div class="tags">Tags: human services,Benefit,fundraising</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Jfcs/~4/dBKw9Hb2P1A" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.jfcsboston.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/324/EntryId/213/Feeling-Blessed-and-Grateful.aspx Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:30:00 GMT http://www.jfcsboston.orgDesktopModules/BlogTrackback.aspx?id=213 human services Benefit fundraising http://www.jfcsboston.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/324/EntryId/213/Feeling-Blessed-and-Grateful.aspx http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jfcs/~3/J1UKHon207A/Pledging-to-End-Violence-Against-Women.aspx <img class="imageleftborder" alt="Alan Jacobson" src="/Portals/0/Uploads/Images/Alan_Jacobson_thumbnail.JPG" />Last week I had the pleasure of attending White Ribbon Day, an event that brings men together to pledge to help end violence against women.<div class="tags">Tags: White Ribbon Day,Journey to Safety</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Jfcs/~4/J1UKHon207A" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.jfcsboston.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/324/EntryId/212/Pledging-to-End-Violence-Against-Women.aspx Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:58:00 GMT http://www.jfcsboston.orgDesktopModules/BlogTrackback.aspx?id=212 White Ribbon Day Journey to Safety http://www.jfcsboston.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/324/EntryId/212/Pledging-to-End-Violence-Against-Women.aspx http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jfcs/~3/aSC8au_xpIM/Healthy-JF-CS-Celebrates-National-Nutrition-Month.aspx <img class="imageleftborder" alt="Choose MyPlate" src="/Portals/0/Uploads/Images/ChooseMyPlate_thumbnail.JPG" />Have you ever sat at your computer and thought, “I am really stressed and could use a break right now?"<div class="tags">Tags: National Nutrition Month</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Jfcs/~4/aSC8au_xpIM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.jfcsboston.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/324/EntryId/211/Healthy-JF-CS-Celebrates-National-Nutrition-Month.aspx Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:03:00 GMT http://www.jfcsboston.orgDesktopModules/BlogTrackback.aspx?id=211 National Nutrition Month http://www.jfcsboston.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/324/EntryId/211/Healthy-JF-CS-Celebrates-National-Nutrition-Month.aspx http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jfcs/~3/bJVFDzNx7eM/Fear-and-Trembling-in-Marriage.aspx <img class="imageleftborder" alt="Rabbi Benjamin J. Samuels" src="/Portals/0/Uploads/Images/Rabbi_Benjamin_Samuels_thumbnail.JPG" />On Thursday, March 1, all men are called upon to stand up and take action against the domestic abuse against women.<div class="tags">Tags: White Ribbon Day,Journey to Safety</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Jfcs/~4/bJVFDzNx7eM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.jfcsboston.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/324/EntryId/210/Fear-and-Trembling-in-Marriage.aspx Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:13:00 GMT http://www.jfcsboston.orgDesktopModules/BlogTrackback.aspx?id=210 White Ribbon Day Journey to Safety http://www.jfcsboston.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/324/EntryId/210/Fear-and-Trembling-in-Marriage.aspx http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Jfcs/~3/7pGfcok1KcU/Telling-the-Truth-to-Others-in-Power.aspx <img class="imageleftborder" alt="Isaac Borenstein" src="/Portals/0/Uploads/Images/Isaac_Borenstein_thumbnail.jpg" />I write from a perspective of privilege and safety. I am a white male, having never victimized by violence.<div class="tags">Tags: White Ribbon Day,Journey to Safety</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Jfcs/~4/7pGfcok1KcU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.jfcsboston.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/324/EntryId/209/Telling-the-Truth-to-Others-in-Power.aspx Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:28:00 GMT http://www.jfcsboston.orgDesktopModules/BlogTrackback.aspx?id=209 White Ribbon Day Journey to Safety http://www.jfcsboston.org/DefaultPermissions/Blog/tabid/324/EntryId/209/Telling-the-Truth-to-Others-in-Power.aspx