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News & Stories
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April 24, 2023We hope you will plan to join us for JFS’ Silver Soirée, set for Sunday, August 20, at 6:30pm on the Sundance Terrace at the Hyatt Regency Salt Lake City. The evening will be a fundraising event and retirement celebration honoring Ellen Silver, our beloved Executive Director and friend. Ellen will step down in the fall of 2023 after 19 years of service.
We hope you will consider being a sponsor of this special event.
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April 22, 2023Dear Friends,
With great gratitude for her years of dedication and commitment, the Board of Directors of Jewish Family Service announces the pending retirement of Ellen Silver, our beloved Executive Director and friend. Ellen will step down in the fall of 2023 after 19 years of service, allowing time for the JFS staff to prepare for her departure and the Board to carefully plan for her successor. To say that Ellen will be missed does not do justice to the impact she’s had on the organization.
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April 19, 2023You are invited to attend a special celebration of a year of our Arts & Aging programs on Thursday, June 15 from 6 to 8 pm at the Sorenson Unity Center, located at 1383 S 900 W, Salt Lake City.
This is a free event, and RSVPs are strongly encouraged. RSVP here.
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April 17, 2023Special thanks to Michele Roepke for contributing this story and photo
Hal Wolf, 88, with his PhD from the University of Utah and his faculty tenure, has walked the campus paths before. Walking the Red Butte Garden paths Friday, however, may have seemed like a fresh activity this April day, and that’s understandable to his wife of 65 years, Joan, a PhD and faculty member from the U as well.
Admiring the bright yellow daffodils with them is Rosemary Quatrale, Older Adult Care Manager at JFS, who organizes the Dementia-Friendly Activity the Wolf’s are enjoying.
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You are invited to attend a special celebration of a year of our Arts & Aging programs on Thursday, June 15 from 6 to 8 pm at the Sorenson Unity Center, located at 1383 S 900 W, Salt Lake City. This is a free event, and RSVPs are strongly encouraged. RSVP here.
Special thanks to Michele Roepke for contributing this story and photo Hal Wolf, 88, with his PhD from the University of Utah and his faculty tenure, has walked the campus paths before. Walking the Red Butte Garden paths Friday, however, may have seemed like a fresh activity this April day, and that’s understandable to his wife of 65 years, Joan, a PhD and faculty member from the U as well. Admiring the bright yellow daffodils with them is Rosemary Quatrale, Older Adult Care Manager at JFS, who organizes the Dementia-Friendly Activity the Wolf’s are enjoying.
We hope you will plan to join us for JFS’ Silver Soirée, set for Sunday, August 20, at 6:30pm on the Sundance Terrace at the Hyatt Regency Salt Lake City. The evening will be a fundraising event and retirement celebration honoring Ellen Silver, our beloved Executive Director and friend. Ellen will step down in the fall of 2023 after 19 years of service. We hope you will consider being a sponsor of this special event.
Dear Friends, With great gratitude for her years of dedication and commitment, the Board of Directors of Jewish Family Service announces the pending retirement of Ellen Silver, our beloved Executive Director and friend. Ellen will step down in the fall of 2023 after 19 years of service, allowing time for the JFS staff to prepare for her departure and the Board to carefully plan for her successor. To say that Ellen will be missed does not do justice to the impact she’s had on the organization.
JFS mental health counselors Roxana Cordova, LCSW, and Margarita Arteaga Alcantara, ACMHC, both bilingual, native Spanish speakers, together with Valentina Pastrana, Counseling Intern, at the Christian Center of Park City (CCPC), have started a Spanish Clinical Consultation Group. The impetus behind forming the group was to provide a space where counselors can talk about the unique experiences of the Spanish-speaking community and discuss specific culturally competent interventions to utilize-- especially as clients in Salt Lake and Park City are becoming more linguistically and culturally diverse.
“I am so grateful for Jewish Family Service and their food pantry for providing the most basic needs to our most vulnerable population, and for making such a positive impact on our community. Their service is much needed and is seriously a game changer in so many people's lives.” Rebecca Smith, Case Manager, The Road Home The Alex & Sally Lebwohl Food Pantry at Jewish Family Service has been a resource for Utahns in need for the past 11 years. Since its humble beginnings in 2012 as a source of food for 85 clients, the pantry has grown immensely in size and scope.
As part of the 2023 NBA All-Star Weekend, Jewish Family Service is thrilled to receive a $10,000 grant from the NBPA National Basketball Players Association Foundation via Park City Community Foundation Mental Wellness Alliance. KSL TV's Ayanna Likens covered this story. You can watch it here.
Special thanks to Michele Roepke for contributing to this article. On Sunday morning of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, service-to-community was in action in Salt Lake City by members of Temple Har Shalom.
Hal J. Pos passed away peacefully on December 3, 2022, after fighting appendix cancer with fierce bravery, courage, perseverance, and strength. He was 63.
JFS is thrilled to announce that Saltz Plastic Surgery signed on as a new Corporate Partner at the Principal Level. JFS has designed this program to provide options for businesses to engage in our mission, as well as receive more visibility and recognition for their support.