JFS Child & Family Therapist Wendy Anderson will share proven strategies and insight on how to motivate children to cooperate and connect without drama, meltdowns and power struggles. All while you remain a cool and in-control parent! Topics to be discussed include: • Effective Problem Solving • Balancing Love & Discipline • Limit Setting • Improving Parent-Child ... read more
NAMI Basics is a free, six-session program designed for parents and other family caregivers of children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral difficulties. NAMI Basics helps parents and other family caregivers of children understand the illnesses that are causing those behavioral difficulties, and the critical role families play in the treatment of those illnesses. The ... read more
Start the New Year right, by sharing what you can. JFS is helping feed 390 families every month with dignity and care. With your help, each month we distribute 22,000 pounds of food! We depend on your donations to stock the shelves with variety and healthy choices. 1. Fill a bag with enough groceries to make several healthy meals for a family. 2. Check with your synagogue for return dates, or ... read more
Don’t miss the fun at the 4th Annual Trivia Bash! Seating is limited, so register your team early! Wednesday, August 15, 2018 Brookside Gardens 624 E. 63rd Street, KCMO JFS Brookside tours & food begin at 6pm; trivia starts at 7pm. Ticket price includes food, drink and cool prizes! Register in teams of 8 players or as an individual and we’ll connect you with new friends. Visit our ... read more
Area Jewish organizations, under the banner of Jewish Voices United, will collect items for the approximately 50 children, ages 6-17, who have been separated from their parents and brought to The Villages in Topeka, Kansas. Their (mostly boys) needs are: underwear/socks (only new and unused, please), CD players and Spanish CDs (especially for bedtime), age-appropriate toys, arts and crafts ... read more
Join us for learning and laughter! Thursday, July 19 1:00 - 2:00 pm Jewish Community Campus Board Room 5801 W. 115th Street, Overland Park, KS From Groucho Marx to the Borscht Belt to Sarah Silverman, many of America’s best-known comedians have been Jewish. Everyone loves a good rabbi joke. Join Rabbi Katz to explore the great tradition of joking in Judaism's earliest texts. What purpose ... read more
Rosh Hodesh is an empowering and supportive group experience for Jewish teen girls in KC! Rosh Hodesh is a community-wide program open to all Jewish 7th and 8th grade girls in the Greater KC area, regardless of congregational affiliation or observance. Meets one Sunday per month (September - April) From 12:30 -- 2:00 p.m. at the Jewish Community Campus Rosh Hodesh gives girls the ... read more
Thursday, June 21 1:00 - 2:00 pm Jewish Community Campus, MAC Room 5801 W. 115th Street Overland Park, KS Identity theft is the deliberate use of someone else's identity as a method to gain a financial advantage, credit or other benefits. Determining the link between data breaches and identity theft is challenging, primarily because identity theft victims often do not know how their personal ... read more
Grand Slam Against Hunger: An afternoon of social and duplicate bridge benefitting Jewish Experiences at the J and the JFS Food Pantry. Sunday, May 6, 2018, 1:00-4:30pm Jewish Community Campus 5801 W. 115th St., Overland Park, KS Bridge players can register individually, as couples, or as tables. Cost is $7/person with advanced registration and two nonperishable food or toiletry items for ... read more
A Program for Parents, Stepparents and Grandparents Thursday, May 17 7:00 - 8:30 pm Jewish Community Campus, Conference Room C 5801 W. 115th Street, Overland Park, KS One of the best kept secrets is that well functioning relationships don’t just happen by chance. Healthy relationships require hard work, flexibility and an interest in change. This workshop will explore the complexities of ... read more
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