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A volunteer handing off food to an older adult client For many of the older adults we serve, especially those living on fixed incomes, the holidays can bring added stress at the grocery store and the checkout line. Between the cost of a nutritious and balanced diet and the difficulty of transporting heavy bags back home, preparing for the [...]

Too often, older adults are forced to put their health on hold as priorities and challenges shift with age. Appointments are difficult to get to, information about support can be confusing, and routine checkups fall through the cracks. At Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island (JCCGCI), we are proud to have partnered with True Care and Pod Health [...]

On August 24th, Ms. H. of Staten Island began work as a Telehealth Nurse with the Cleveland Clinic, one of the best-known names in American health care. Her new job marks the 965th placement made by the Parnossah Employment Services Program since its founding more than a decade ago, bringing the program just 35 placements short of 1,000—a monumental [...]

Guests eating and mingling at our Rosh Hashanah celebration Rosh Hashanah is a time to pause, reflect, and step into the new year surrounded by the people who matter to us most. For JCCGCI, that meant bringing together a community we serve with the leaders who stand behind them. Last week, the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island [...]

On the night of July 4, as families throughout Coney Island gathered to celebrate the holiday, gunfire tore through a family barbecue in a residential courtyard near West 30th Street and Surf Avenue, just blocks from the boardwalk where hundreds were celebrating. Eight people, including four children between the ages of six and fourteen, were shot. One young woman [...]

As summer winds down and school buses begin their routes again, thousands of families are getting ready for the first day of a new school year. Students are refilling their supplies and parents are filling out forms, but for many, this time of year adds additional pressure. New schedules have to be arranged, schoolwork begins piling up again, and [...]

For a new mother still recovering from childbirth, an older adult managing a chronic illness, or an at-risk family already stretched thin, something as basic as getting groceries into the home can become a daunting obstacle to maintaining good health. A trip to the store isn't always simple, or even possible—and when food insecurity and health challenges collide, the [...]

Walk into any one of JCCGCI's Older Adult Centers on a weekday morning, and you'll find the same thing: a room full of life. Someone is calling out bingo numbers in one corner of the room while a dance class is warming up on the other. What one may expect to be a silent room of relaxation is actually [...]