Giving Opportunities

Donate Now and Help us Help the People We Serve

For 100 years, Jewish Geriatric Services (JGS) has relied on the generosity of people like you to help us fulfill our promise of caring for the elders of our community. Your support has enabled us to expand and adapt our service options to respond to the ever-changing needs of the people we serve.

As we approach our second century of care, one thing remains certain: the delivery of healthcare to our elderly will look very different than it did during our first 100 years. Your support will enable us to maintain our high standards, strengthen our current services and continue to respond to demands for new and innovative programs in the future.

Thank you for your support!

Make An Unrestricted Gift
Through an unrestricted donation you entrust us to direct your gift where the need is the greatest, understanding that what may be important today may be different tomorrow.

Year-End Giving
The past few years have been fraught with complex economic challenges that have affected all of us. Charitable gifts are especially crucial to JGS at this time, where we face uncertainties in the future of third party funding reimbursements, while healthcare costs continue to soar. A year-end gift to JGS would help us continue to provide the excellent healthcare and residential services our community has come to expect from us. Please make your year-end gift to JGS today.

Annual Funds - 'Stand By Me' Annual Membership Campaign
Stand By Me has been adopted by Jewish Geriatric Services as the theme of our Annual Membership Campaign. It expresses our steadfast goal of providing for our elders as they face the challenges that aging can bring. Through your support of our Annual Membership Campaign you can help us ensure the continuance of program subsidies and the ongoing delivery and expansion of a broad spectrum of programs and services that add life to the years of those we serve.

Tributary and Memorial Giving Programs
A perfect gift for a birthday, anniversary or special occasion! Give the true gift of caring - one that touches and impacts the lives of the hundreds of people served every day by the JGS family of services - a gift to JGS. Funds raised through our JGS Tributary and Memorial Giving Programs help improve the quality of life on our JGS Campus, enabling us to support programming and services for our residents and clients. To learn more about JGS’ various Tributary and Memorial Giving Programs, click on the program names below:

Tribute Card Program and Pre-Packaged Six-Pack Card Program
Tree of Life – Leaf Dedication Program
Paving the Way – Brick Dedication Program

JGS Major Gift Initiative – It’s Time to Say JGYES!
Major gifts to JGS help ensure the needs of our community's elders will be taken care of now and in the future. You may wish to endow a specific position or a specific program. You may also endow your Annual Membership gift to JGS, to perpetuate your annual support into the future. We are pleased to offer many attractive dedication opportunities in recognition of major gift support to JGYES!

Planned Giving - 'JGS Circle of Honor'
Including JGS in your estate plan is a wonderful way to help continue the tradition of care that we as a community have built, while leaving a lasting legacy of caring for our community’s elders. Those who dedicate a planned gift to JGS are welcomed into our JGS Circle of Honor legacy society, and help ensure that JGS can honor its longstanding commitment of excellence to seniors and their families well into the future.

For more information on Major and Planned Giving to JGS please contact:

Susan Kimball Halpern
Vice President of Philanthropy
(413) 567-3949, ext. 1612
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For more information on Annual Giving and Special Events please contact:

Virginia J. Webb

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To make a gift to JGS by mail, please send your check to:
Jewish Geriatric Services, Inc.
Development Office
770 Converse Street
Longmeadow, MA 01106

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To leave a toll free message for the Development Office please call:
(866)JGS-GIVE (866-547-4483)

You may also email the Development Office at:
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