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Jasmine’s Corner is a partnership between the Jewish Family Services Food Pantry, and VCA Animal Hospitals, to ensure that pets in need are being fed.

There are so many ways to get involved in Jasmine’s Corner Pet Food Pantry!

• Volunteer: JFS always needs volunteers to help sort and stock donations of pet food and supplies, and to help our clients shop in the pantry.
• Donate: While VCA donates food monthly, it’s never enough to cover demand.  We accept cash donations, as well as shelf-stable wet and dry pet food, and supplies ranging from litter to new toys to leashes and beyond.  All food and supplies must be new and unopened to guarantee the safety of pets.
• Need Help? Do you or someone you know need help feeding their pets?  Contact JFS at 913-327-8250 or info@jfskc.org to learn about Jasmine’s Corner Pet Food Pantry.

Kansas City, famous for its jazz, barbecue, and shady history, provides the venue for Kansas City Noir, another in Akashic Books’ series of geographically specific original noir anthologies.  Kansas City Noir explores Kansas City’s seedy underbelly, where naked ambition meets broken dreams.

Join us for a discussion led by editor Steve Paul and a panel of authors who have contributed short stories to Kansas City Noir on Sunday, June 9 from 2-3:30pm.   Following the panel, the authors will sign books provided by Mysteryscape in Overland Park.  This is a free event; reservations are requested but not required.  For more information, please contact Dawn Herbet at 913.327.8239 or at dawnh@jfskc.org by Monday, June 3.

Be social like your life depends on it!  Sally King, LSCSW, LCSW, will present how friendships, exercise, sunlight and genetic vulnerability all help you age well – both mentally and physically.  Co-sponsored by Jewish Family Services Help@Home program, and the Jewish Community Center’s Heritage Center.  This is a free event; reservations are requested but not required.  For more information, please contact Dawn Herbet at 913.327.8239 or at dawnh@jfskc.org by Friday, April 23.

Tune in to the next edition of KCPT’s “The Local Show,” focused on eating disorders, a serious illness that plagues over 23 million people, and claims more lives than any other mental illness.  See what’s being done locally, and hear from Mary Beth Blackwell, Director of JFS’s Eating Disorder Resource Center.