JC Visits Committee
Committee Chairs: Orlee Levin and Rona Steinerman
Committee Committee: Jonathan Glaser, Naomi Goldman, Sharon Herzfeld, David Schwartzman, Nava Silton, Shira Silton, Adina Wagman
Email: bikkurcholim@jewishcenter.org
About Us
Volunteering with JC Visits means joining a warm, supportive community. New volunteers receive orientation and are paired with experienced mentors. Whether volunteering individually, in pairs, or groups, all visits are conducted with sensitivity, respect, and dignity.
JC Visits offers meaningful opportunities to support the homebound in private residences and local nursing homes. Volunteers assist through telephone check-ins, home, hospital, and rehab visits, Shabbat and birthday visits, errands, and escorting.
By easing isolation, our volunteers bring warmth, care, and blessings from The Jewish Center. These acts of chesed (kindness) foster connections, enrich lives and strengthen our community.
Volunteer Commitment
We offer flexible volunteer opportunities to accommodate varying schedules and levels of time commitment. Whether you can volunteer for a one-time event or on a more regular basis, we respect your preferences. We try to ensures that all volunteers find a meaningful and accessible way to get involved. Any contribution is deeply appreciated.
Our Services
Telephone Visits: A simple phone call can make all the difference! A call is an opportunity to provide connection, companionship, and friendship to a homebound individual. We do our best to match you with a member so that a true friendship can form.
Home Visits: Face-to-face visits are an opportunity to provide social interaction, intellectual conversation, and blessings in private homes or local nursing homes. Visits generally last 20-25 minutes, with activities tailored to the needs of the person being visited.
Shop & Escort: Volunteers assist with shopping for Shabbat, holidays, or everyday needs. In addition, volunteers may escort the homebound to synagogue, on walks to the park, or for other errands.
Meal Delivery: During times of need, such as illness or mourning, meal deliveries can be coordinated to ensure that those who are struggling receive nourishment and care.
Contact Us
If you know someone who is homebound and in need of assistance, or if you wish to volunteer, please refer them to us. Our coordinator will work discreetly with our volunteer team to provide the necessary support. If we are unable to provide the required assistance, we are happy to refer individuals to other local resources.
To volunteer or request services, please email us. We look forward to hearing from you!
Email: bikkurcholim@jewishcenter.org
Testimonials
“After participating in the Bikur In The Home visits program, I soon realized what an amazing group of people are involved in Bikur Cholim. Going into each visit with a goal of connecting with another person and putting a smile on his/her face, I unexpectedly received exactly the same in return.”
-Terry B.
"Through my experiences visiting the home-bound, I gained invaluable personal growth. I have found the experience to be humbling and gratifying, realizing that a simple smile, a conversation, or just even your presence can give hope and strength to an individual that is in a most vulnerable state. My visits with the home-bound ignite within me the powerful reminders of the unique, divine worth, and value within each individual. I have also gained a tremendous amount of wisdom and knowledge from their life experiences. Their life lessons were compelling reminders of what to invest in our present lives and before our elder years; health, family, and community.”
-Esther R.
“I was asked to look after an elderly lady who was unable to come to shul anymore. The shul was an important part of her life. People have to feel needed and so we asked Lily for some advice; she gave us great insights that only experience and time can teach. We started out by wanting to give, but we got back so much more than we gave. The special feeling of doing what Hashem wants us to do, giving meaning and joy to another soul, learning from their wisdom and experiences and from the mistakes made and the victories won, and the pleasure of discovering a wonderful human being we never would have met and could model after were transmitted through Bikur Cholim visits. Most importantly, WE MADE A DIFFERENCE!!! We all have so much power. Our lives are like a book we are writing with ourselves playing the hero/heroine. Who do we want to be?”
-Phylis B.