Vigor Six Issue of CJE SeniorLife Quarterly Volunteer Magazine

WINTER 2016 It’s Time!

A new year brings promise and opportunity. Perhaps you have started on your New Year’s resolution (or not)! It’s also a good time to thank you, CJE SeniorLife volunteers, for your time and dedication to CJE. The time you

Quotable Quotes spend volunteering at CJE helps fulfill our mission of enhancing the quality of life for older adults. And this Winter we begin the roll out of the new electronic volunteer time recording system, Volgistics. Learn more

about Volgistics in Important Notices on the back side of this newsletter. Happy Winter!

CJE Volunteer Services Department

Monica Eorgoff, Director Deborah Granite, Coordinator Nina Sykes, Program Specialist

Helping Holocaust Services Help Survivors The transition of the administration of Holocaust Community Services (HCS) from JCFS to CJE SeniorLife early in 2015 required clerical assistance from volunteers.

Filing, scanning and inputting data, volunteers donated over 150 hours allowing HCS staff to focus on reaching out to nearly 800 Holocaust survivors and their families by offering support groups, socialization programs and assistance with various Holocaust reparations and compensation programs.

As part of the effort to seek new opportunities to serve more survivors and their families, Holocaust Community Services will be expanding their volunteer services by providing survivors with in–home “Friendly Visitor” volunteers.

Marcia Steinberg (HCS volunteer) and Aubrey Scheffey (HCS staff) discuss a filing project.

I enjoy being an administrative volunteer for CJE SeniorLife Holocaust Community Services. While assisting the staff, I also learn about the variety of services provided to the clients.

It is wonderful knowing that the donation of my time is for a great cause.

Lisa Zagorin Volunteer

Stanley Levee (HCS volunteer) prepares to do data entry.

Holocaust Community Services

Need information about CJE Services? Start here.

New Volunteer Time Recording System:Volgistics

It can be overwhelming to navigate the myriad of senior care services.

Who: CJE Volunteers What: Volgistics, an electronic vol-

The Entry Department is the gateway to assist in identifying older adult needs and making appropriate referrals.

A phone call to 773.508.1000 connects you to one of our credentialed Resource Specialists. Each has in-depth knowledge of CJE programs, facilities, and services, as well as community services and resources, both government funded and private.

Important Notices

unteer time keeping method

When: Beginning this Winter Where: Computer touch screens

(left to right) Christie Norrick (supervisor); (Sharon Ramirez, Chana Sulpar, Pam Goren (resource specialists); and Danielle Clemens (manager).

While most calls are related to services for older adults, the Entry Team also fields calls on a variety of topics including, “Does CJE provide

matchmaking services?”

For the answer to this and other questions, call the Entry Department Monday through Friday 9:00am-4:30pm.

Keeping the Faith

for signing in and out will be provided at Lieberman Center, Friend Center, Gidwitz Place, Bernard Horwich Building, and Adult Day Services in Evanston. Volunteers at Robineau, Sinai and off-site volunteers will continue to record their time in their usual manner.

Why: Volgistics provides many benefits to volunteers and staff including improved accuracy, efficiency, the ability to tailor messages to volunteers upon their login at the CJE location, etc.

Details: Each volunteer will reVolunteers are an essential part of Religious Life Services at CJE SeniorLife. They assist staff in helping residents participate in religious programs and services at Lieberman Center for Health & Rehabilitation and Weinberg Community.

More importantly, volunteers help create an atmosphere which allows participants to feel they are part of the wider Jewish community.

Jeanne Pepper (volunteer), Rabbi Michael Schorin and Susan Buchbinder (Religious Life Director).

The Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs, Jeanne Pepper, Ken Witz, Merrill and Beverly Gassman are some of the long time

volunteers who assist at Shabbat Services and Passover Seders.

ceive written instructions via email and/or regular mail on how to sign into the touch screen computers at their CJE volunteer location. Instructions will also be posted next to the touch screen computers. Using the system is as simple as entering your phone number on the computer touch screen. Look for more information coming your way in the upcoming weeks.

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Do you know others who might want to join you and become part of the CJE volunteer team? We are always interested in welcoming new volunteers.

Contact volunteers@cje.net or 847.929.3040