We’re looking for creative ideas and a team of people to establish events to help raise funds for the Children’s Grief Center. This team will organize events, create marketing pieces, gather needed supplies and create opportunities for the community to invest in making the Children’s Grief Center sustainable for the long-term.
Are you a good listener? Volunteers are needed to help facilitate our peer support group. Volunteers are skillfully prepared through our 15-hour facilitator training where they learn communication skills like Reflective Listening and participate in creative activities to connect and share with each other in training. They are asked to make a commitment for one…
These volunteers will help share the news about the Children’s Grief Center by distributing information and brochure packets to local businesses, churches, and organizations. Also by presenting information at our CBC booth at area events throughout the year.
Bring out your creative side and help us throw a holiday-themed arts and crafts party with supplies, food, beverages, and table décor.
The healthy cooking classes for the children and their families is a chance for the children to learn healthy cooking habits. Volunteers would be needed to assist in set up and cleanup of cooking class, helping the families cook their meal, and positively encouraging them to participate. These volunteers help our families to learn healthy…
Organize a trip to the library, zoo, sports game, Museum, Eastern Market, or bowling. Help us with transportation, admission tickets, and food for an educational day out.
While many of our volunteers are out in the community giving back, we also rely on them to work in our office. Administrative volunteers work with Jewish Family Service staff across a variety of departments, helping with clerical work, data entry or any number of other projects that make it possible for us to continue…
Since 2013, the team of certified health care navigators at Jewish Family Service has helped more than 18,000 community members explore and purchase insurance on the health care marketplace through the Affordable Care Act. That’s in addition to signing up countless more for Michigan’s expanded Medicaid program. Volunteers are needed during open enrollment (November through…
As we age, many of us find ourselves alone more often than when we were younger, leaving us vulnerable to social isolation and loneliness, as well as related health problems such as cognitive decline, depression and heart disease. Fortunately, there are ways to counteract these negative effects. The Tap and Chat iPad Learning program uses…
The JFS Legal Referral Service was created to help our clients in these tough economic times to obtain legal consultation and possible representation. We are looking for lawyers who are willing to accept at least one pro bono client per year to help with their legal issues including: family law and elder law, debt resolution/bankruptcy,…