As an honor student at Pittsburgh Milliones 6-12, 16-year old Kendre Crawford-Blue is preparing to start school this fall. This year, she'll be adding a part-time after-school job at the Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill to her schedule, through the help of JF&CS's Summer Youth Employment program. Benefiting young…Read More
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Save the Date for Lifecycles & Laughtracks celebrating 75 years of JF&CS
This year marks an important milestone in JF&CS's history, as we celebrate our 75th anniversary of service to the Greater Pittsburgh community. We hope you'll join us at our upcoming gala, Lifecycles & Laughtracks, on Saturday, November 17, 2012, to help us celebrate. Lifecycles & Laughtracks will be an exciting…Read More
Help Us to Avert the Transit Crisis
What would you do if you didn't own a car -- not by choice, but because you couldn't afford to -- and you relied on public transportation to get you to and from work? Then you heard the news that the Port Authority is proposing to eliminate 46 of 102…Read More
We should all be philanthropists
Elliott Oshry, a past JF&CS board member and ongoing supporter wrote an article on philanthropy that was published in the September 18, 2011 issue of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "We Should All Be Philanthropists" is a thought-provoking piece on an important topic for our time, reminding readers that philanthropy is not…Read More