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Spread the Love

​It’s easy to Spread the Love with a PB&J drive!

Host a Super Bowl Watch Party and spread some love for the Kansas City Chiefs while helping the JFS Pantry. During February, our peanut butter and jelly drive encourage individuals, businesses, organizations, schools, youth groups, and neighborhoods to “spread the love” for the big game on February 7 or throughout February.

  1. Gather your team: Coordinate a drive at your workplace, school, or club – or recruit family, friends, and neighbors.
  2. Start collecting: Donate peanut butter, nut butter, jelly, Nutella, honey, or your favorite non-perishable!
  3. Weigh-in: Schedule a pick-up or bring your donations to JFS in Brookside or Overland Park for a “weigh-in.”

Each month, the JFS distributes approximately 380 jars of peanut butter. Jelly is also very popular but too expensive for JFS to purchase through food networks.

JFS hopes to collect 1,000 jars of peanut butter and other spreadables during February.

Ideas for a Contactless Food Drive

Contact Jo Hickey to pick your dates and get started!
Email Jo or call 913-327-8257

Are you ready to SPREAD the word?

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Upcoming Events

Mar
1
Mon
3:00 pm JFS Virtual Happiness Habits @ virtual
JFS Virtual Happiness Habits @ virtual
Mar 1 @ 3:00 pm – Mar 29 @ 3:30 pm
Enjoy a weekly habit to foster happiness! Happiness Habits is a free, half-hour program at 3 p.m. Mondays via Zoom. The focus is how to manage the uncertainty of our daily lives with simple habits[...]
Mar
3
Wed
11:30 am JFS Grief and Loss Group
JFS Grief and Loss Group
Mar 3 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Meets first and third WednesdayThe ongoing support group is for individuals grieving fromthe death of a loved one. The group provides an opportunityto address issues of loss and grief within a Jewish spiritualcontext in a[...]
7:00 pm JFS Grandparenting Virtual Event
JFS Grandparenting Virtual Event
Mar 3 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Grandparenting: Expectations vs RealityJoin The J Kc on March 3, from 7 – 8:00 p.m. for a virtual workshop featuring Keynote Speaker: Barbara Unell Journalist, Author, EducatorCost: FREEPre-registration requiredPresented by: Beth Torah, Beth Shalom, HBHA, Jewish Family[...]
Mar
8
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3:00 pm JFS Virtual Happiness Habits @ virtual
JFS Virtual Happiness Habits @ virtual
Mar 8 @ 3:00 pm – Apr 5 @ 4:30 pm
Enjoy a weekly habit to foster happiness! Happiness Habits is a free, half-hour program at 3 p.m. Mondays via Zoom. The focus is how to manage the uncertainty of our daily lives with simple habits[...]
Mar
11
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4:00 pm JFS Community Food Drive March 11 @ JFS Brookside
JFS Community Food Drive March 11 @ JFS Brookside
Mar 11 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
  Community Curbside Food Drive  –  March 11   4 – 5:30 p.m. JFS Brookside, 25 E. 63rd St., Kansas City As food insecurity continues to grow in Kansas City, our Food Pantry is on the front[...]
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