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WJCS 2026 Family Service Day Event: Hygiene Kit Drive
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WJCS 2026 Family Service Day Event: Hygiene Kit Drive

Miriam Arond2026-10-14T13:59:39-04:00October 14th, 2026|Categories: Family Service Day, Feature, Featured Homepage, Featured Internal, General|Tags: family service day, hygiene kit packing, family volunteer day, get involved, volunteer|

WJCS was proud to host a Family Service Day on Monday, October 12, in observance of Columbus/Indigenous Peoples’ Day, at Headquarters in White Plains, bringing together approximately 80 children and parents for a meaningful day of service and community. Led by WJCS Volunteer and Event Coordinator Marci Allen, volunteers assembled more than 80 hygiene kits for local adolescents served through our 11 School-Based Mental Health Clinics in Westchester. These kits were filled with basic necessities, including deodorant, soap, shampoo, and dental products, so students can feel confident, cared for, and ready to succeed in school. Director of Yonkers School-based Services ...

Family Volunteer Day Event: Food Pantry Drive 2026
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Family Volunteer Day Event: Food Pantry Drive 2026

Miriam Arond2026-10-13T11:58:42-04:00January 20th, 2026|Categories: Feature, Featured Homepage, General|Tags: charity drives, food drive, family volunteer day, mary j. blige center, food pantry, MLK|

More than 95 volunteers gathered at Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS) Headquarters in White Plains on Martin Luther King Jr. Day for a Family Volunteer Event. Children and their parents assembled 50 Winter Hug Care Packages filled with soup cans, hot cocoa packets, tea bags, milk cartons, mittens, Teddy Bears, and hats that will be distributed families in need through our Food Pantry at the WJCS Mary J. Blige Center in Yonkers, NY. Participants also donated 20 cases of pasta, rice, beans, crackers, cereal, shelf stable milk, and more. "These community donations of essential goods are so important to people ...

Family Volunteer Day Event: Personal Care Kit Drive 2025
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Family Volunteer Day Event: Personal Care Kit Drive 2025

Miriam Arond2025-11-19T13:19:57-05:00November 18th, 2025|Categories: Feature, Featured Homepage, Featured Internal, General|Tags: personal care kit, charity drive, hygiene kit, family volunteer day|

Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS) was proud to host its first Family Volunteer Day Event on Veteran's Day, November 11, 2025, at Headquarters in White Plains, NY. Approximately 60 children, parents, families, and local community groups, including Girl Scouts Troops #2190 and #2775, and members of the Young Men’s Service League of Westchester gathered at WJCS to volunteer their time. Donors contributed nearly $3,000 in much-needed supplies for hygiene kits that will be distributed to WJCS Satellite School-based Clinics in 11 different schools located in Peekskill, Elmsford, Rye, Eastchester, and Yonkers. Volunteers packed 206 Personal Care Kits filled with ...