BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//35.223.60.253//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-FROM-URL:https://www.jfskc.org X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:rad5ggq38gavkbpof335av194t@google.com DTSTAMP:20240328T210554Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Counseling and Mental Health CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:
Start your week off with a habit to help foster happiness! A s we face ever changing uncertainty in our daily lives\, we know there are habits that foster happiness regardless of our circumstances.
\nJo in us as we start our week developing simple habits for greater happiness based on experts in the field.
\nHappiness Habits is a free hallf-h our program in partnership between JFS\, the Kansas City Public Library\, and the Greater Kansas City Mental Health Coalition.
\nThe program i s open to anyone\, but registration is required through the library’s webs ite.
\nRegister Here:
https://www.kclibrary.org/node/29440/register <
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Each half-hour interactive program has a theme.
\nHappine ss Habits Topics
\n• March 15: Media’s Impact on Happiness
•March 22: Impact of games on Happiness
•March 29: Finding Happiness
in the Spring
•April 5: Happiness with our Pets/Animals
•April 1
2: Physical & Mental Health’s impact on Happiness
•April 19: Happines
s through Mindfulness
•April 26: YOUR Happiness
For more info rmation\, please email navigator@jfsk c.org or call (913) 327-8250.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210329T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210329T153000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20210427;BYDAY=MO;WKST=SU SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:JFS Virtual Happiness Habits URL:https://www.jfskc.org/event/jfs-virtual-happiness-habits/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:mindfulness\,virtual\,mental health\,free\,habits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-10521@www.jfskc.org DTSTAMP:20240328T210554Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Counseling and Mental Health CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Your mental health is just as important as your physical hea lth and must be a priority. Join JFS and Erik Hulse\, Mindfulness-Based St ress Reduction (MBSR) teacher at the Midwest Alliance for Mindfulness\, wh o will guide participants through his Loving Kindness program to help esta blish routines and habits to strengthen mental health.
\nOR Join on Zoom
\n\nMeeting ID: 964 8553 4851
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210526T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210526T124500 LOCATION:online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Making Space for YOUR Mental Health: Lunch & Learn URL:https://www.jfskc.org/event/making-space-for-your-mental-health-lunch-l earn/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:stress reduction\,Loving Kindness\,Erik Hulse\,mental health month\,mindfulness END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-10668@www.jfskc.org DTSTAMP:20240328T210554Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Family Life and Education\,Older Adult Services CONTACT:Susie Hurst\; 913.327.8250\; susieh@jfskc.org\; https://www.jfskc.o rg/ DESCRIPTION:Join artist and gardener\, Karen Lyman as she sha res the latest tips and techniques to create fabulous containers beyond re d geraniums and spikes during a free virtual presentation.
\nBased o n the elements of fine design\, Lyman will present everything you need to know to make your next container garden a work of art. A Johnson County Ex tension Master Gardener volunteer\, Lyman combines her art background and gardening knowledge to create many fabulous container gardens for herself and others to enjoy.
\nThe free virtual program is part of the Learn Laugh & Love series sponsored by Jewish Family Services and Th e Heritage Center at The J. Register to receive the Zoom link at Meeting Registration – Zoom.
\n \nFor ques tions\, please contact Susie Hurst\, JFS Director of Family LifeEducation\ , at susieh@jfskc.org.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210617T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210617T140000 LOCATION:online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Learn Laugh & Love: Tips to Create Fabulous Container Gardens URL:https://www.jfskc.org/event/lll-june-container-gardens/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.jfskc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06 /Container-gardening-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.jfskc.o rg/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Container-gardening-165x300.jpg\;165\;300\;1 \,large\;https://www.jfskc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Container-garden ing.jpg\;528\;960\; X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:Karen Lyman\,master gardener\,Johson County Extension \,Heritage Center\,The J\,container gardens\,Learn Laugh Love\,free\,kansa s city END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-10795@www.jfskc.org DTSTAMP:20240328T210554Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Chaplaincy\,Counseling and Mental Health CONTACT:Annette Fish\; 913-327-8226\; afprogram@aol.com\; https://www.kcrab bi.org DESCRIPTION:This year’s Tisha B’Av observances will includ
e a virtual discussion at 4 p.m.\, July 18: From Destruction to Redemption
: Personal Stories of Addiction and Recovery hosted by the Rabbinical Asso
ciation and Jewish Family Services of Greater Kansas City.
\nHear fro
m members of the community who have suffered personally or have a loved on
e who has suffered from addiction. The program will also include reflectio
n of the path from addiction to recovery as a form of transition from dest
ruction to redemption.
Participants will include: Rabbi David M. G lickman\, Congregation Beth Shalom\, who will share the story of his broth er’s struggles with addiction\; Mia Cohen\, a recording artist and social media branding specialist currently working for Jewish Family and Career S ervices in Atlanta\; a college student\; an adult who has struggled with a ddiction\; and Marla Kauffman\, executive director and founder of Jewish A ddiction Awareness Network (JAAN)\, whose son is in a long-term recovery f rom substance use disorder. Kauffman has been active in the Seattle Jewish community since relocating there with her husband\, Joe\, in November 201 9.
\nSarah Link Ferguson\, development officer at First Call and mem ber of Congregation Koi Ami\, will moderate the discussion. Ferguson is al so a member of the recovery community and has written about her experience as a Jewish person in recovery for outlets such as Tablet magazine and th e Temper. She is passionate about destigmatizing issues such as mental ill ness and substance use disorder especially within the Jewish community.
\n“We are excited to hold this important community discussion especial ly at this time. Talking about addiction has always been somewhat of a tab oo subject in the Jewish community\, but the number of individuals with su bstance abuse disorder has dramatically increased due to the pandemic\,” s aid Rabbi Jonathan Rudnick\, Community Chaplain at Jewish Family Services and co-organizer of the event. “We are hoping this will be the beginning o f many more discussions and a pathway to help for many individuals.”
\nRegister for the virtual program : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1 FAIpQLSer_AM1wqqIJlc75r4FTpuiercPI_eRPrjOM9rBJK28LRcDsQ/viewform.
\nTisha B’Av (The nineth day of the Hebrew month of Av) is a da y of national mourning. The holiday primarily commemorates the destruction of the 1st and 2nd Temples\, but also other tragedies of the Jewish peopl e. The community Tisha B’Av observance will be held at 9:30 p.m. July 17 a t Beth Shalom and online.
\nFor more information\, visit kcrabbi.org< /a> or contact Annette Fish\, Rabbinical Association Administrato r/Program Director at afprogram@aol.com or 913-327-8226.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210718T160000 LOCATION:virtual SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Personal Stories of Addiction and Recovery Focus of Tisha B’Av Obs ervance URL:https://www.jfskc.org/event/personal-stories-of-addiction-and-recovery- focus-of-tisha-bav-observance/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.jfskc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06 /Addiction-photo-300x251.jpg\;300\;251\,medium\;https://www.jfskc.org/wp-c ontent/uploads/2021/06/Addiction-photo-300x251.jpg\;300\;251\,large\;https ://www.jfskc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Addiction-photo-300x251.jpg\;3 00\;251\,full\;https://www.jfskc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Addiction- photo-300x251.jpg\;300\;251 X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:personal stories\,addiction\,recover\,Tisha B'Av\,Rab bi Jonathan Rudnick\,recovery\,Jewish\,free\,kansas city\,JFSKC X-INSTANT-EVENT:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-10175@www.jfskc.org DTSTAMP:20240328T210554Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Counseling and Mental Health CONTACT:nursespeersupport@jfskc.org DESCRIPTION:Join a group of your peers along with a JFS lic ensed clinical professionals and two registered nurses for:
\n• Safe
and confidential space
\n• Peer support
\n• Coping skills
Space is limited.
\nTo join this FREE support group\, email: nu rsespeersupport@jfskc.org
\nMeets Virtually 2nd & 4th Thursdays
each month
\n7:30 – 9 a.m.
We live in a hectic\, fast-paced world now made more challenging by the ongoing pandemic. More people are experiencing stress and anxiety and are reaching out for tools to help them cope with our comp lex reality. span>
\nTo address the rising need\, Jewi sh Family Services is offering Mindful Mondays\, a free\, virtual mindful training program offered every Monday from 11:30 a.m. to noon through Dec. 13.
\nUs ing the Zoom platform\, the sessions are free\, but registration is requir ed at Mindful Mondays registration link. Once registered\, participants will receive a link to join each session . Participants may attend one or all virtual sessions.
\nMindfulness is a practice anchored in science and focused on
being intensely aware of what an individual is sensing and feeling in the
moment without interpretation of judgement.
Led by Sondra Wallac e\, MSED\, JFS YouBeYou and Mental Health Coalition Coordinator and Julia Grimm\, LMLP\, JFS therapist.
\nWeekly themes:
\nSept. 27: Self-Compassion
\n
Oct. 4: Generosity
\nOct. 11: Non-Judging
\nOct. 18: Body Scan\nOct. 25: Letting Go
\nNov. 1: Sitting with Emotions
\nNov.
8: Trust
\nNov. 15: Values
\nNov. 29: Generosity
\nDec. 6:
Acceptance
\nDec. 13: Patience
Fo r more information\, contact Sondra Wall ace at swallace@jfskc.org .
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210927T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211213T120000 LOCATION:Virtual @ https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsf-uvrDMsGN0 sUcsJpj9wIEIIZKF0aKnU SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Mindful Mondays URL:https://www.jfskc.org/event/mindful-mondays/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.jfskc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09 /2021-Mindful-Mondays-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.jfskc. org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-Mindful-Mondays-300x180.jpg\;300\;180\ ;1\,large\;https://www.jfskc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-Mindful-M ondays-1024x614.jpg\;1024\;614\;1\,full\;https://www.jfskc.org/wp-content/ uploads/2021/09/2021-Mindful-Mondays.jpg\;1500\;900\; X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:sondra wallace\,julia grimm\,wellbeing\,free event\,M indful Mondays\,kc\,mindfulness\,mental health\,kansas city\,JFSKC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-11843@www.jfskc.org DTSTAMP:20240328T210554Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Food Pantry CONTACT:JFS Food Pantry\; 9133278257\; fooddrive@jfskc.org DESCRIPTION:\nDid you know that each month\, Jewish Family Services provides m ore than 800 families with food and non-perishable items through the two l ocations of its food pantry? Food drives help ensure our guests have a wid e variety of items to select from and keep expenses down.
\nWhile JF S is happy to accept any shelf-stable food or personal care items\, the mo st needed things for this month are Kosher for Passover items (matzah ball soup mix\, grape juice\, matzah\, macaroons\, and dessert mixes)\, cereal \, canned ravioli\, cooking oil (smaller than 48 oz)\, and period products (pads\, tampons\, liners\, and menstrual cups). On Sunday\, March 20\, 2 022\, from 10 a.m. to Noon JFS will hold its monthly Communitywide Food Dr ive at the Jewish Community Center campus. Please drop off donations in ba rrels located in the front circle drive.
\nDonations can also be dro pped off in the JFS barrel in the Jewish Community Campus’ lobby during bu siness hours or at the Brookside office with appointment by calling (816) 333-1172. Donors may also purchase items for the food pantry directly thro ugh the JFS Pantry Wish List on Amazon.
\nDTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220320T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220320T120000 LOCATION:Jewish Community Center @ 5801 W 115th St SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:JFS Community Food Drive – March 20\, 2022 (The JCC) URL:https://www.jfskc.org/event/jfs-community-food-drive-march-20-2022-the- jcc/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.jfskc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03 /JFSFoodDrive_FlyerMarch22-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.j fskc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/JFSFoodDrive_FlyerMarch22-232x300.jpg\ ;232\;300\;1\,large\;https://www.jfskc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/JFSF oodDrive_FlyerMarch22-791x1024.jpg\;791\;1024\;1\,full\;https://www.jfskc. org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/JFSFoodDrive_FlyerMarch22-scaled.jpg\;1979\ ;2560\; X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:Kosher for Passover\,cereal\,canned ravioli\,period p roducts\,cooking oil\,community food drive\,Jewish Community Center\,Jewis h Family Services of Greater Kansas City END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR