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Jewish Family & Children's Service of Mpls.
13100 Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 400
Minnetonka, MN 55305
952-546-0616 / office
952-593-1778 / fax
952-591-0041 / TTY


City of Hopkins
Hennepin County
MAAA
MN Board on Aging
Park Nicollet Center for Senior Services
Jewish Family & Children's Service
Sholom Community Alliance
Sabes Jewish Community Center
Minneapolis Jewish Federation
St. Louis Park Senior Program
Hopkins Activity Center
Hopkins Minnetonka Family Resource Center


 
Our Staff:  

Annette Malinsky Sandler, Program Supervisor to L'Chaim Senior Services and the NORC program. Annette has BA in Communications, Masters degree in Social Geriatrics from the University of Minnesota, a Certificate in Advocacy Leadership for Vital Aging from the University of Minnesota. Annette’s primary area of study has been “Adding Life to Life Expectancy”. Annette also has 20 years of experience in volunteer leadership.

Phone Number: 952-542-4866
Email address: asandler@jfcsmpls.org

   

Mari Forbush, Family Service Division Director Operations Director at Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis.Mari is responsible for all financial matters regarding NORC, for coordinating with the National NORC office in Washington, and for working on issues of funding and re-funding. Mari has a BA in American Studies and a Master of Social Work from the University of Minnesota. She worked at the University of Minnesota for 18 years before joining the JFCS staff. Mari has spent her professional career working on projects that focus on improving lives and the communities that we live in.

Phone Number: 952-542-4812
Email address: mforbush@jfcsmpls.org

   

Joy Leslie Gordon is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and Columbia Teachers College. She has many years experience developing linking organizations to community resources in the public schools and in the social service sector. As the NORC Community Liaison, she coordinates the  NORC congregational nurse program for 10 congregations as well as the West Metro Congregational Nurse Networking Group, writes the NORC Newsletter, coordinates the NORC Health and Wellness monthly lectures and is the primary JFCS reverse mortgage counselor.

Phone Number: 952-542-4819
Email address: jgordon@jfcsmpls.org

   

Jethra Brand, In Home Services Supervisor. On staff at JFCS since July 2007. Coordinates the MOW program as well as In Home Services for L’Chaim Senior Services. Administrative assistant to the NORC Project, (Nurturing our retired citizens). Communicates with Seniors daily. Volunteer experience is in hospice.

Phone Number: 952-542-4821
Email address: jbrand@jfcsmpls.org