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JFS Prepares Local Seniors For Hurricane Season

Hurricane season “Although JFS is not a first responder agency, we coordinate
has started in South with first responder agencies and volunteers to play a vital
Florida, and Ruth and role before and after major weather events.”
Norman Rales Jewish Seniors living in Boca Raton, Delray Beach, and Highland
Family Services (JFS), Beach are invited to register for the JFS Storm Alert Team
one of Jewish Federation at ralesjfs.org/stormreg or by calling 561-852-5044. Family
of South Palm Beach members can register a loved one, as well.
County’s largest partner Storm Response Team volunteers can register at ralesjfs.
agencies, is helping org/stormvol. Applicants should be at least 18 years old,
vulnerable seniors prepare be family-friendly, and comfortable working outdoors.
for hurricane season. Volunteers, whose work will require entering the homes
Earlier this summer, of seniors, will be required to show proof of COVID-19
56 volunteers distributed nearly 350 hurricane preparedness vaccination.
bags to older adults in Boca Raton and Delray Beach, Florida. Deepest thanks to Boca Pointe Federation Campaign
Contents included food and supplies, such as peanut butter, Chairs: Jane and Dan Fishkoff, and to Committee Members:
apple sauce, crackers, a cooler bag, can opener, flashlight, Rhoda Berkow, Allen Brayer, Daniel Fischer, Richard Glazer
rain poncho, first aid kits, and a Hurricane Guide booklet. & Elaine Kaplan, Bea Gold, Harold Katz, Joel Meisner, Arlene
Local volunteers deliver hurricane preparedness bags Penner, Murray Pitkowsky, Mel Schoen, Doris & Stuart
to elderly and vulnerable residents, who are registered Zeuner, for their continued dedication and leadership.
with Ruth and Norman Rales Jewish Family Services for If you or a neighbor are in need of help, please
assistance. Register for help at ralesjfs.org/stormreg or contact Ruth & Norman Rales Jewish Family Services at
register to volunteer at ralesjfs.org/stormvol 561-852-3333. In addition, our main Federation telephone
number, 561-852-3100, is monitored regularly for voicemail
Need help? Want to help? Sign up! messages.
Additionally, the JFS Storm Alert Team is currently Learn more about our Federation and how you can help at
accepting registrations from seniors not currently clients of www.jewishboca.org - or contact Shirley Gross at shirleyg@
JFS who might need assistance before, during and/or after bocafed.org or 561.852.3182 (leave a voicemail). 
a hurricane. JFS is also signing up volunteers for the Storm
Response Team, who would check in on them to ensure their
safety and well-being, either by phone, in-person wellness
visit or delivery of needed supplies. Both groups may register
throughout hurricane season, which ends on November 30.
There is no charge to register for the Storm Alert
Team service, available to seniors 65 years and older, and
information is used solely for Hurricane response purposes.
Storm Response Team volunteers are pre-screened, participate
in Zoom training and sign confidentiality agreements to protect
the personal information of community members.

Registering to help or receive help is simple
“JFS takes our responsibility to help seniors, particularly
those with no family nearby, very seriously,” said Rales JFS
President and Chief Executive Officer Danielle Hartman.

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