[caption id="attachment_3910" align="alignleft" width="300"] JFCS Pittsburgh[/caption] How I got to the Career Development Center (The following account is from Pam Day) While today is my only my second official week working as a Career Consultant at the JFCS Career Development Center, my journey with the center actually started long before…Read More
Twenty Years of building and strengthening families in our community
Last month, our beloved colleague JoAnn White, Director of JFCS Family Hope, formerly known as Family Hope Connection or FHC, retired after 20 years with the agency. JoAnn was hired in 1997 to create and lead the program. We at JFCS, and so many others in Pittsburgh, are deeply indebted…Read More
JFCS Squirrel Hill Food Pantry – Story of Hope
Adil, his wife and two children came to the states from Iraq just five months ago. Once a teacher of English in his homeland, Adil had become a translator for American troops in Iraq, an extremely dangerous job. Iraqi interpreters risk their lives helping U.S. soldiers, and can become targets…Read More
Seniors – Story of Hope
At 93, Abigail’s* daughters thought she should give up her Pittsburgh apartment and move to assisted living facility near them in New York. Her health was beginning to fail and they were worried they would not be there if there was an emergency. But Abigail was adamant that she wanted…Read More