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It’s not too late to Give for Good!

2026-04-23T14:57:00-04:00April 23rd, 2026|Categories: Gala, Feature, Featured Homepage, Featured Internal, General|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

What a thrill it was to gather at last week's Gala to celebrate the life-changing work of WJCS! We're so grateful to our courageous clients who shared their powerful stories of struggle and resilience and to our attendees who gave so generously at our Give for Good Auction. If you missed our spectacular Gala, not to worry! You can hear the personal and inspiring stories shared by WJCS clients at the event by watching their videos below. At our Gala, we heard from people whose lives are immeasurably better because of WJCS. Meet Sonjaia, who has triumphed over mental ...

WJCS 2026 Gala: A Resounding Success!

2026-05-06T13:11:07-04:00April 22nd, 2026|Categories: Gala, Feature, Featured Homepage, Featured Internal, General|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS) hosted its 2026 Gala on April 15th at Brae Burn Country Club in Purchase, New York. More than 330 attendees—Westchester business, community, and political leaders, including Westchester County Executive Ken Jenkins, Assemblywoman Dana Levenberg, and Assemblyman Chris Burdick, turned out to support the agency's major fundraising event of the year. WJCS, founded in 1943, is one of the largest human service organizations in Westchester, providing help to nearly 20,000 county residents of all ages and backgrounds each year. WJCS honored Marion Morgenthal, co-founder of the WJCS POINT ...

Join Us at our WJCS 2026 Gala!

2026-04-13T13:41:19-04:00February 23rd, 2026|Categories: Gala, Feature, Featured Homepage, Featured Internal|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS) is proud to announce that it will be hosting its 2026 Gala on Wednesday, April 15 at Brae Burn Country Club in Purchase, NY. The Gala will be honoring Marion Morgenthal, co-founder of POINT (Pursuing Our INdependence Together), an independent living community for young adults with developmental disabilities in White Plains, recognizing Joe Torre Safe at Home, with whom WJCS operates Margaret's Place, a program dedicated to ending the cycle of domestic violence and abuse through education, support, and empowerment, and presenting the Young Leadership Award to Yael Friedland who founded and leads Share ...

Meet Our WJCS 2026 Gala Honorees!

2026-04-13T16:13:08-04:00February 2nd, 2026|Categories: Gala, Feature, Featured Homepage, Featured Internal, General|Tags: , , , , , , |

WJCS is thrilled to honor at our 2026 Gala the remarkable contributions of individuals and agencies that have worked in partnership with WJCS to have a transformative impact on Westchester.   Honoring Marion Morgenthal Co-Founder of POINT Marion Morgenthal is the mother of two sons, one of whom has significant learning disabilities. In managing his education, Marion and her husband, Lance Lynford, navigated various special education programs, a boarding school for neurodiverse students, and a vocation-focused post-secondary program. It was when they were facing the end of formal education that Marion, Lance, and families they had met along the ...

Bringing Joy, Connection, and Confidence to Adults with Disabilities

2024-05-20T16:07:10-04:00May 20th, 2024|Categories: Disabilities, Feature, Featured Homepage, General|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Just because someone has a disability, it doesn’t mean they don’t have hopes, dreams, things they love to do, good days, bad days… Because of YOU, our adults from all backgrounds with disabilities are living the best life possible and our amazing staff support them every step of the way. Pizza-making tips from an expert chef, a visit to Bryant Park in Manhattan, celebrating Purim, vocational counseling, a fun Supermarket Sweep activity to enhance grocery shopping and budgeting skills, a hibachi dinner, outings to ball games, and much, much more. When you give to WJCS, you help individuals with ...

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