Growing with Love

Join Growing with Love

The JAFCO Children’s Ability Center is celebrating its 10th Anniversary this year — 10 years of serving over 6,800 children and families in our very own community who are raising a child with a developmental disability. JAFCO is here to support the entire family by providing family strengthening services, child enrichment activities and community engagement programs.

One of our most unique and essential programs is our overnight respite program where children get to have a fun time with friends and become more independent while their parents are able to take a deep breath and relax. Whether it’s for just one night or two weeks, this program is literally saving families.

Our existing respite home (named by Sandi and Bob Morris) sleeps six children at one time and has been full so we have completed building two brand new homes. These two new respite homes (named by Jerry Lindzon and the Berman Family) will allow us to triple our capacity and care for 1,000 children overnight each year, extending our hearts to even more incredible families raising children with developmental disabilities.

JAFCO needs everyone’s support to open and operate them and we invite you to join our Growing with Love celebration. You can be part of this exclusive group of only 500 families each donating a minimum of $1,000 specifically allocated to this 10th anniversary fund with a goal of $500,000.

Growing with Love will give us all the peace of mind to know that children and families will have a place to belong and receive life changing services.

If you are celebrating a birthday or anniversary, your loved ones can make a donation to Growing with Love in your honor — what a wonderful way to commemorate a special occasion — or you can make $1,000 gift in honor of your children and grandchildren. Your gift to JAFCO’s Growing with Love fund is tax deductible so you are helping the children and families at JAFCO and saving on taxes at the same time — it’s a win-win!

For more information about how you can be a part of these life-changing projects contact JAFCO Philanthropy Director Janet Epstein at 954-315-8696 or [email protected].