About the Alliance

The JFCS Women’s Alliance is a group of women committed to addressing hunger in our community. By supporting this initiative, you will help ensure that those with the greatest need will have access to healthy and nutritious food.

This membership-based collaboration benefits JFCS programs addressing hunger year after year. Over the past four years, 182 Founding & Sustaining Members have raised over $325,000 in support of the JFCS Mobile Food Pantry.

Why focus on Hunger?

In Mercer County, 1 in 12 individuals is estimated to be food insecure.

Prior to the pandemic, there were tens of thousands in our community who regularly had to choose between paying their bills and keeping food on the table. Throughout the past year, JFCS food programs saw higher demand than ever due to the increase in inflation, as those who were already in vulnerable positions were pushed even further.

The JFCS mobile and on-site food pantries distribute over 880 bags of food each month as more and more families turn to us for help.

Why become a member?

As a member of the Women’s Alliance, you will be invited to join in the annual member event, receive special gifts tailored to each event, and be listed on our website and in the Annual Report. Most of all, you will be making an impact in the year to come by supporting JFCS food programs.

Women’s Alliance Members

2022-2023

2022 – 2023

Sustaining Members

Anonymous (1)
Abrams Foundation / Nati Kushner
Nancy Alter
Leslie Azaroff
Stacey & Todd Bialow
Judy Brickman
Myra Colbert
Andrea Dedrick
Holli Elias
Barbara Essig
Susan Falcon
Julie Fefferman
Bobbi Freedman
Marsha Freeman
Beth Frieder
Heath & Steven Friedman

Andrea & Ben Genek
Ilene & Jonathan Gershen
Carol Golden
Ellen Gordon
Nadivah Greenberg
Paula Heller
Patty Herst
Shara Hofing
Jodi Hornstein
Jill Jaclin
Kathy Lane
Barbara Lawrence
Carol Lerner
Kelly Littman
Mel Lubin
Debby Maisel
Carli Masia
Linda Meisel
Michelle Napell
Regina Neilssen

Danielle Perlman
Robin Persky
Anita Plotkin
Carol Pollard
Sheryl Punia
Lois Riskin
Phlaxy Rosenman
Norma Saks
Pat Schlaefer
Jacqui Schreiber
Marcie Shavel
Denny Siegel
Lisa Smukler
Elaine Sussman
Lisa Tobias
Marissa Treu
Sharon & Bob Voelzke
Amy Vogel
Melissa Wasserman
Stacey Wasserman
Audrey Wisotsky

2022 – 2023

Supporting Members

Jill Chevlin
Emily Josephson
Florence Kahn
Judy Leopold
Rachel Lesser
Wendy Merkovitz
Carol Milstein
Lauren Nazarian
Beverly K. Rubman
Betsy Silverman
Cathy Straus
Stephanie Will
Ann Zecher

2022 – 2023

Contributing Members

Lisa Adler
Lauren Albert
Barbara Berg
Anne Berman-Waldorf
Lauren Blick
Stacey Block
Adena Blum
Charlene Borsack
Judy Bortnick
Janet Cohen
Amy Druker
Beth Englezos
Deborah Fine
Martha Friedman
Debbie Glick
Jacqueline Goldfinger
Helene Gottlieb
Linda Grenis
Betsy Ie

Helaine Isaacs
Ilene Janofsky
Leslie Kornsgold
Judith Kosta
Ellen Kuznick
Lois Lichstein
Linda Masia
Ginny Mason
Rabbi Andrea Merow
Jennifer Miller
Jaimie Orland
Lauren Pechter
Arlene Pedovitch
Sharen Popkin
Paula Ruderman
Marcy Samet
Sarah Schweer
Lois Shindelman
Betsey Siegel
Andrea Silverstein
Helane Staller
Ilana Sussman
Tirza Wahrman
Fran Zeitler

Women’s Alliance Founding Members

Anonymous (3)
Abrams Foundation/
Nati Kushner
Jennifer Agran
Meryl Baurmash
Stacey Bialow
Shari Blecher
Stacey Block
Sara Bucholtz
Jill Chevlin
Christine Cirkus
Myra Colbert
Holli Elias
Susan Falcon
Bobbi Freedman
Marsha Freeman

Beth Frieder
Andrea Genek
Carol Golden
Ellen Gordon
Nadivah Greenberg
Linda Grenis
Paula Heller
Patricia Herst
Jennifer Hilton
Amy Hoffman
Jill Jaclin
Emily Josephson
Florence Kahn
Joyce Kalstein
Rakefet Kasdin
Lily Krauss

Kathy Lane
Barbara Lawrence
Carol Lerner
Mel Lubin
Debby Maisel
Carli Masia
Ginny Mason
Linda Meisel
Michelle Napell
Lauren Nazarian
Carole Nimaroff
Alexa Offen
Jacqueline Orr
Reba Orszag
Arlene Pedovitch

Danielle Perlman
Allison Persky
Robin Persky
Carol Pollard
Sheryl Punia
Susan Rappaport
Rachel Reiss
Lois Riskin
Phlaxy Rosenman
Beverly Rubman
Gail Ruderman
Norma Saks
Patricia Schlaefer
Jacqueline Schreiber
Marcie Shavel

Denise Siegel
Lisette Siegel
Betsy Silverman
Lisa Smukler
Deborah Soffen
Helane Staller
Cathy Straus
Polly Strauss
Elaine Sussman
Lisa Tobias
Marissa Treu
Amy Vogel
Linda Weber
Audrey Wisotsky
Ann Zecher
Frances Zeitler

“Hunger is not a problem. It is an obscenity. How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
Anne Frank

Learn More

Contact Helaine Isaacs at HelaineI@jfcsonline.org / 609-987-8100 ext 104.