Restore the Store

Collat Jewish Family Services (CJFS) offers needy residents of Birmingham an opportunity to receive kosher style foods.  We think of this as our way of helping our community, and we always welcome volunteers!

We can use volunteer assistance to stock the store, move food from one building to another, and to place food in order so clients don't confuse the peaches with the peas.  If you know someone who might qualify for a visit to our Food Closet, please have them make an appointment by callling (205) 879-3438.

The needs change on a weekly basis, and are updated via e-mail.  Please sign up at the left side of this page to access the latest information about our Food Closet.

Over 600 different people visited the CJFS Food Closet last year.  THANK YOU for helping us remember that hunger never takes a holiday; you help us serve people whose lives are made better with your donations. 

 

TLC Day 2007 a huge success!

 

Did you know Collat Jewish Family Services was part of a history-making group Sunday, November 4? In 2007, Teens Lend a Caring Hand- Tikkun Olam v’Chesed (“Repairing the World with Kindness”):

Served more seniors than ever before; 28 families all over the city of Birmingham.
Teens worked longer than they ever have previously.
TV covered our event. Hope you caught the Channel 42 news story at 10:00 PM

Teens decided overwhelmingly that they wanted to make TLC more than an annual event.

 

Do you know what we have to say to that?

THANK YOU!

 

Know what else we have to say? 

Let’s do it again!

 

Please mark your calendars for the last day of Daylight Savings Time in 2008. Look for updates from Collat Jewish Family Service’s council of Teen Volunteers. 
THANKS!

Volunteers  Needed!

Volunteers help to create the web that reaches out to every corner of our community. A variety of different opportunities are available to volunteers of all ages. Special projects are designed to meet the needs of students requiring service hours. For more information, contact our Outreach Director or stop by our Outreach Center located inside the LJCC.

Volunteers are needed in the following areas: 

• Food Closet - Organize a Food Drive, Organize the Food Closet
• Friendly Visitor - Visit an elderly person twice a month
• Friendly Callers - Chat weekly with homebound or isolated individuals
• English tutors and teachers - Have fun and teach English, too
• Grocery shoppers
• Make birthday, holiday and get well cards (a job especially for kids!)
• Office Assistance - make phone calls, run errands, organize, data entry  
• Technology and marketing expertise
• Conduct Shabbat/Holiday Services for Jewish residents in Retirement Communities
• Special Projects; Baskets of Blessings, etc.
• TLC Day - (Teens Lend a Caring Hand - Tikkun O'lam V'Chesed)

An hour of your time can change someone's world!

Call 205-278-4200 today...