Teaching Philanthropy to Teens: The Jewish Community Youth Foundation

This Community Conversation is being presented free for social workers, their clients, and the general public. It is not CEU eligible.

Join us and presenter, Celeste Albert, LCSW, Coordinator of Teen Programs at Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Greater Mercer County (JFCS) for a discussion about educating youth in the practice of philanthropy and lifelong giving. Now in its 20th year, the Jewish Community Youth Foundation (JCYF) is a Jewish youth philanthropy program operated by JFCS for teens in grades 8 through 12.

Participants in the program examine philanthropic giving through a Jewish lens, research Jewish non-profit organizations, review grant proposals, meet with agency representatives, and distribute donations to selected organizations. JCYF offers a progressive curriculum, where each age group learns about the principles of tikkun olam (repairing the world), tzedakah (charity), and philanthropy, and how they relate to each grades’ specific philanthropic focus.

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