VOLUNTEER & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Our robust volunteer opportunities engage members of the community in hands-on HELP in supporting our clients.
Looking for more of our community enagegment opportunities? Check out upcoming events, scholarship opportunities and online resources for even more!
Volunteer Program
Community Events
Want to get engaged in a different way with JFCS? Check out our upcoming events!
Scholarship Opportunities
Volunteer Opportunities
Are you looking to make an impact here in your community? If you are searching for volunteer opportunities in Mercer County, JFCS offers a range of projects and programs to meet your interests. Whether you can give an hour, a day, or more, our flexible volunteer projects can match the schedules of working adults, families with young children, retirees, and everyone in between.
Volunteering with our Food Pantry & Delivery Programs
- Packing bags of groceries for Food Pantry and Mobile Food Pantry clients
- Food Pantry – Shopper or Helper
- Help at a Mobile Food Pantry distribution site
- Kosher Meals on Wheels Driver(s)
- Shabbat on Wheels Driver(s)
- Kosher Café Helper provide service with a smile at our weekly cafes
Volunteering with Seniors
- Shop & Drop Volunteer Be matched with a senior who is unable to get out to the store safely and you will coordinate to shop for and safely deliver groceries to their doorstep
- Friendly Visitor be matched with a senior looking for a friendly hello & conversation once a week.
Volunteering Options for Retirees, Working Adults, Students and more!
- Front Desk/General Office Assistance
- Special Events – planning, set up & registration
- Tzedakah Baskets help create custom Bima Baskets for special events
Interested in an opportunity listed above? Contact our Volunteer & Community Program Coordinator, Eden Aaronson, at 609-987-8100 x113 or EdenA@jfcsonline.org
Are you looking for a fun, interactive team building or corporate service activity? JFCS has options to engage corporate and community groups in impactful service projects.
The JFCS Mobile Food Pantry offers even more opportunities for corporate groups. You and your team can support a distribution stop of the mobile pantry.
OR, participate in a Shop & Stock event for our food pantry. Shop & Stock events can be tailored to your group, with volunteers shopping at the store for needed pantry items then returning to our site to stock the shelves.
See our Shop & Stock Flyer for Details
Interested in an opportunity listed above? Contact our Volunteer & Community Program Coordinator, Eden Aaronson, at 609-987-8100 x113 or EdenA@jfcsonline.org
See how corporate opportunities can turn into lasting partnerships.
Throughout the year JFCS plans special activities tailored to young children and teens that are age-appropriate & educational. These events are perfect opportunities for Bar or Bat Mitzvah service hours or high school community service requirements. In addition, we can customize a project to benefit our clients and meet the goals of a particular service project / Mitzvah project.
Interested in an opportunity for your teen? Contact our Volunteer & Community Program Coordinator, Eden Aaronson, at 609-987-8100 x113 or EdenA@jfcsonline.org
Scholarship Opportunities
Rose & Louis H. Linowitz Mensch Award
JFCS of Greater Mercer County announces the Rose & Louis H. Linowitz Mensch Award. This is a merit-based award for deserving Jewish eighth-grade and high school senior students living in Greater Mercer County. Candidates should exemplify what it means to be a person of integrity and honor, a doer of good deeds, and an all-around good person. Students must be nominated by a member of the community such as a Rabbi, educator, youth group advisor, secular school guidance counselor, teacher, etc. Eighth-grade Mensch-In-Training and high school senior Mensch Award winners will receive prizes up to $500 and $3,000 respectively. This is not a need-based scholarship.
Applications are due by May 1, 2023.
To nominate someone, please complete an application.
For more information, contact Joyce at JoyceW@jfcsonline.org or call 609-987-8100 ext. 201.
Dr. Esther Wollin Memorial Scholarship
The Dr. Esther Wollin Memorial Scholarship Fund offers a scholarship opportunity available to Jewish female students who reside in the Princeton Mercer Bucks community. Monies from Dr. Wollin’s estate were designated to grant a college scholarship to eligible Jewish female full-time students who will be or are already attending Rutgers University and raised by their Jewish mother in a single-parent household in the Princeton Mercer Bucks Community. Eligibility is based on financial need.
Submission Deadline: June 1, 2023
For more information, contact Joyce at JoyceW@jfcsonline.org or call 609-987-8100 ext. 201.