JCS Alliance Performs Colorful & Creative Mitzvah
Dr. Martin Karp with sons Herschel and Benjamin, and Adam Schwartzbaum
Lark Keeler, Janice Lipton and Laura Sheridan
Courtney Lenner, Aaron Rothenberg and Davideen Werner
Jeff Scheck, Idan Polikar and Shelby Scheck
Accomplished young artist Lexi Lehrman
JCS VP of Resource Development David Feigenbaum, JCS Senior Resource Development Associate Marian Mendelsohn, JCS KFB Chair Janice Lipton, JCS KFB Coordinator Bonnie Schwartzbaum
Jonathan Raiffe, Chad Klosky and Scott Singer, JCS Alliance Chairs
Helen Chaset, JCS Board Member, painting with granddaughter Sophie Cukierkorn
Participants painting a ‘Blessing of the Home’ canvas
JCS Vice Board Chair Barry Schwartz, JCS KFB Chair Janice Lipton and JCS Board Chair Shelley Niceley Groff
Lark Keeler, MOCA Art Institute Curator of Education (center), with Adam Schwartzbaum (left) and a group of young artists
Dana Richards, Courtney Lenner and Hinda Adler, Chad and Amy Klosky, Laura Sheridan and Jonathan Raiffe, Event Chairs and Committee members and JCS Alliance Chairs
Despite the darkened sky and threatening rain, over 100 members of Jewish Community Services’ Alliance, a group of young professionals improving the community through collaboration and hands-on service, gathered at the JCS Kosher Food Bank (KFB) recently for a colorful and creative event. Participants ‘Spiced up the Food Bank’ by working with students of the MOCA Art Institute to paint canvases that now grace the walls of the facility. They also stocked shelves for clients who will be coming in over the next few weeks, especially those looking for items for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.
This mitzvah was a huge team effort led by Event Chairs Hinda Adler and Courtney Lenner; Committee members Amy Klosky, Dana Richards and Laura Sheridan; JCS Kosher Food Bank Chair Janice Lipton; and JCS Alliance Chairs Jonathan Raiffe, Chad Klosky and Scott Singer. “The face of the Food Bank will never be the same,” commented JCS Board Chair Shelley Niceley Groff. “It will be much more warm and lively and our clients will know there is a whole community out there that cares for them.”