Photo: Volunteers packing Thanksgiving Food Boxes prior to the pandemic. This month, Jewish Family & Child Service is continuing its 20-year tradition of brightening the season for families and individuals of all ages, including greater Portland’s Holocaust Survivors, experiencing hard times. Their Thanksgiving Food Boxes and Family-to-Family (previously Adopt-a-Family) programs give hundreds of people…
Photo: Carolyn Weinstein interviews Larry and Renée Holzman for the unLuncheon. Photo by Jenn Director Knudsen For the second year, Jewish Family & Child Service will be holding a virtual unLuncheon to celebrate its caring community. The theme of this year’s event is “ Hope, Healing & Looking Ahead.” “This is not about the…
Becca Dorn-Medeiros, Ed.S., LPC Intern, NCSP, has been working as the primary school psychologist for Grant High School in Northeast Portland since 2012. She is also currently working on her LPC (licensed professional counselor) license and has her own private practice. At Grant, Becca assists with the QSA (Queer/Straight Alliance) Club and is also a…
Photo: Ruth Scott, left, and Hannah Holstein Jewish Family & Child Service board of directors unanimously voted last week to appoint Ruth Scott as Executive Director. “We are confident Ruth is the right leader at the right time. She has the existing knowledge, skills, and expertise to be effective from day one,” says JFCS Board…
