community announcements
The Jewish Community Free Clinic is now accepting donations of toys and children's books. Please bring them to Ner Shalom and drop off in lobby. Or you may deliver them directly to the Jewish Free Clinic now located at Commerce Blvd. next door to the old Albertson's and across
from Summit Bank.
JFCS RIDES hits the road to help seniors go to medical appointments, shopping, personal care appointments, and local community events.
Rides will be available:
Tuesdays and Wednesdays from Windsor to Rohnert Park (North to South) and from Oakmont to West Santa Rosa (East to West)
Thursdays are reserved for Petaluma
Mondays are reserved for Friendship Circle luncheons
How to Apply:
Those interested in enrolling in JFCS RIDES need to complete an application and schedule an in-home interview. The cost for this one time enrollment fee is $30 per year.
Rides can then be scheduled between 8:30 am and 4:00 pm based on the above schedule and the cost is $5 per stop.
For example: $10 for a round trip ride to a doctor
$15 for a round trip ride to a doctor and a stop for grocery shopping.
(Scholarships are available for those who do not have the ability to pay).
Please feel free to call Seniors At Home, a program of JFCS, at 707-571-8533 with any questions.
JFCS RIDES is funded through client fees, individual contributions, corporate sponsorships, and a grant from the Jewish Community Federation.
Thank you very much for your help to make sure our community's seniors receive the help and support they need!
OPEN YOUR HEART TO A WAITING CHILD
Sonoma County has a growing number of children and youth whose families are unable to meet their physical and/or emotional needs. At the same time, we have a serious shortage of caring foster families
willing and able to provide safe, loving homes for children and teens, including those approaching adulthood.
Foster parents are needed for children and youth of all ages and ethnic backgrounds. Both short and long-term homes are being recruited. We particularly need people who are willing and able to care for siblings, and for children who may return home to their
parents.
Both couples and single people may become foster parents. Renters are also welcome. We pay a monthly stipend for each child, and medical and dental coverage is provided. Training and
support are also provided.
Foster care information meetings are held monthly at
Sonoma County Family, Youth & Children's Services.
If you or someone you know is considering becoming a foster parent, please call Rita Jacobs, Foster Home Recruiter, at (707) 565-4274.
Interested in an Interest-Free Loan?
The Hebrew Free Loan Association provides interest-free loans to Jewish residents in Northern California needing assistance with personal or financial matters. Types of loans include: Student, Emergency, Adoption, Personal, Business, First-time Home Buyer, Life Cycle, Debt Consolidation, Institutional (for Jewish communal agencies and synagogues) and Special Needs (for emotionally and physically challenged people).
Since 1897, the Hebrew Free Loan of San Francisco has provided vital assistance to more than 50,000 families. Each year, we help more than 350 people to reach their goals and pave their way towards financial security and future success.
We offer a helping hand, rather than a handout. Whether we're providing people a way out of their financial distress, or helping them to realize a lifelong dream, our recipients maintain dignity and self- sufficiency as they repay their interest-free loans.
If you, or someone you know, needs financial assistance and would like to apply for an interest- free loan, please contact us by phone (415- 546- 9902) or e-mail info@hflasf.org .
Check out our website: www.hflasf.or g.
Jewish Reconstructionist Federation
West Coast
Region website:
http://www.jrf.org/westcoast
HERITAGE AND HISTORY: OUT OF THE ASHES THE BIRTH AND CHALLENGING LIFE OF MODERN ISRAEL
Sponsored by Lehrhaus Judaica
6 sessions: Sundays, Feb. 11 - March 22
Sessions 1 & 2: Rabbi Alan Greenbaum, Congregation Shir Shalom, Sonoma
Sessions 3 & 4: Rabbi Mendel Wolvovsky, Chabad Jewish Center, Santa Rosa
Sessions 5 & 6: Rabbi Elisheva Salamo, Congregation Ner Shalom, Cotati
Tuition: $60; $45/members of Sonoma and Napa co-sponsors; $35/Learning for Life (age 65+)
For more information, or to register for the class, call Lehrhaus Judaica: 510-845-6420, or visit their website: www.lehrhaus.org
FINDING THE JOY IN JEWISH MUSIC
A Shabbaton with Cantor Martin Levson
Join us as we experience the joy in our prayers and spiritual worship. Through communal song, chant and meditation, we will tap into the
wellspring of this powerful and uplifting practice that is available to us all. Come to all or any of the following Shabbaton events:
Gourmet Passover Dinner and Uplifting Shabbat Service
Friday, April 6th @ 6 pm
Congregation Beth Ami
Catered dinner - $12 adults; $7 children 5-12; under 5 free
Contemplative Shabbat Service
Saturday, April 7 @ 10:30 am - noon
Congregation Shomrei Torah
Ecstatic Jewish Music Concert
Saturday, April 7th @ 7 - 9:30 pm
Congregation Ner Shalom
$18 for concert & refreshments
Brought to you by the JCC Sonoma County Meditation Program, and Congregations Bet Ami and Shomrei Torah. For more information and to register, contact the JCC at (707) 528-4222, or email Sheila Katz at: drkatzmeow@pacbell.net
COMMUNITY YOM HASHOAH COMMEMORATION 2007
Sunday, April 15, 2007 @t 2 pm
Friedman Events Center, Santa Rosa
The annual Community Yom Hashoah Commemoration on April 15, 2007 will again remember those who perished in the Shoah with moving rituals of candlelighting, prayers, music, and personal testimonials . In addition, next year the Commemoration will also place special emphasis
on the heroism of survivors in “rebuilding their lives,” the theme of the 2007 program. What did it take to emerge from the Nazi hells and find the strength, faith, self-esteem and courage to live again and rebuild one’s life?
To impart the inspiring stories of rebuilding and renewal, the program
will blend live Sonoma County survivors and filmed photographic
portraits of survivors in a DVD. The DVD, “Multiply by Six
Million,” is a creation of photographer Evvy Eisen. Ms. Eisen’s collection of survivor portraits and biographies is part of the permanent archives of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial in Washington and the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles.
Sonoma County Agencies Collaborate to Reduce the Isolation of Local Seniors
Santa Rosa, CA – February 21, 2006 - During the week of March 19th-March 23rd six agencies will lead a countywide effort to recruit volunteers to work as friendly visitors and peer counselors for Sonoma County seniors. We invite interested adults to join this community effort.
This coordinated effort will culminate in a training on Thursday, March 29. The training will be held from 9:00 a.m. to noon at the Volunteer Center, 153 Stony Circle, Suite 100 in Santa Rosa. Pre-registration is required. Volunteer Coordinators from JFCS- Seniors-Home, Catholic Charities, Council on Aging, Family Service Agency, Petaluma Senior Services Center, St. Joseph's Health System and the Volunteer Center will be available to answer questions and interview prospective volunteers. Volunteers will be matched with frail, isolated and challenged seniors and will be asked to commit 2-5 hours a week depending upon the program. Perspective volunteers will receive information regarding agencies services and requirements. Pre-qualified volunteers will be provided with orientation and training.
Individuals interested in volunteering can call the individual agencies listed below or call the Retired Senior Volunteer Program of the Volunteer Center of Sonoma County 707-573-3399 ext.117.
Seniors Home - Andrea Nett: 707-303-1502
Catholic Charities - Michele Osmon: 707-528-2712
Council on Aging- Michele Leonard: 707-525-0143
Family Service Agency- Myra Mayesh: 707-545-4551
Petaluma People Service Center- Anita Tanenberg: 707-765-8488
RSVP - Laurie Parish: 707-573-3399
"Many seniors are lonely, and social isolation can bring on depression, anxiety and other problems," says JFCS Sonoma County Branch Director Diana Klein. "This effort will help us reach out to more isolated and frail seniors and will provide volunteers with a wonderful way to give back to our community."
For more information: Phone: (707) 571-8131 or dianak@jfcs.org
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