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April is National Volunteer Month
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April is National Volunteer Month

Miriam Arond2025-04-25T14:42:29-04:00April 25th, 2025|Categories: Feature, Featured Homepage, Featured Internal, General|Tags: volunteer opportunities, get involved, national volunteer month, volunteer|

April is National Volunteer Month. All of us at WJCS are deeply indebted to our amazing crew of over 200 volunteers, who help our programs and participants grow and flourish. On behalf of all of our WJCS staff, thank you for the time and effort you dedicate to volunteering for our agency. Our volunteer corps plays an essential role in ensuring that our agency fulfills its mission to help people of all ages and backgrounds overcome emotional, social, educational, vocational, disability, and spiritual challenges. Our volunteers play an important role in helping our clients lead lives with strength, resilience, and ...

Volunteer Spotlight: Meet Shira Stein
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Volunteer Spotlight: Meet Shira Stein

Miriam Arond2025-04-01T14:58:18-04:00April 1st, 2025|Categories: Feature, Featured Homepage, Featured Internal|Tags: volunteer spotlight, national volunteer month, volunteer|

April is National Volunteer Month. WJCS is so fortunate to have over 250 dedicated volunteers who assist and support our organization in a wide variety of programs. Shira Stein has been a volunteer in the WJCS Marketing Department since June 2024. “I am in the middle of a career change. To break up the monotony of applying for jobs and to be part of something bigger, I sought a volunteer opportunity,” says Shira. “A friend of a friend connected me to the WJCS Marketing and Communications Department where I’ve been able to use my experience in researching, crafting, and ...

National Volunteer Month

Miriam Arond2024-02-23T11:24:27-05:00February 23rd, 2024|Tags: volunteer month, helping hands, national volunteer month, volunteer, Community, Nonprofit, Westchester|

National Volunteer Month

Volunteer Spotlight: Earle Marsh
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Volunteer Spotlight: Earle Marsh

Miriam Arond2023-06-13T13:59:13-04:00April 21st, 2023|Categories: Feature, Featured Homepage, Featured Internal, General|Tags: earle marsh, national volunteer month, volunteer, Nonprofit, Westchester|

Earle Marsh had a flourishing career, working at some of the biggest names in media, including the A.C Nielson Company, NBC, CBS and Showtime. He even wrote an award-winning book that received the American Book Award in 1980: The Complete Directory to Primetime Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-present. It was released in nine editions from 1979 to 2007. When he left Showtime in 1984 Earle bought his first computer and found a new field of fascination and interest. He learned enough, completely self-taught, to run the IT (Information Technology) operation for a law firm in Manhattan from 1991 ...