ACE - Alzheimer's Care and Enrichment - In conjunction with the Jewish Community Center, this program provides stimulating activities including music therapy for Alzheimer patients as well as respite for care givers.

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BookPartners- In partnership with Agenda for Children's Child Care Working Group, NCJW volunteers work toward involving the business community in support of quality child care. Our first program is Bookpartners, a book drive to provide young children with high quality books in a preschool setting. NCJW is also funding in-service training for child care providers to learn how to inspire pre-readers with a love of books.

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Civic Cooperation - Volunteers are provided at the request of community agencies for short term services. Activities include participation in various programs and entertainment at Woldenberg Living Center , the Jewish Community Center's Adloyadah, and Jewish  Family Service's Passover food baskets.

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Clara and Roy Schwarz Memorial Book Fund - A fund established to provide monies to assist the Isaacson Scholarship recipients in purchasing textbooks.

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H.I.P.P.Y. - Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters - This home-based program helps economically and educationally disadvantaged parents provide educational enrichment to their preschool children. Studies have shown that these children have performed well ahead of their peers. The program was developed by the NCJW Research Institute in Jerusalem , and although initiated locally in Orleans Parish, it is expanding state-wide.

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Irma M. Isaacson Memorial Scholarship Fund - An educational scholarship fund established in honor of a past president of the Section. The funds are used to award academic scholarships to local Jewish students in need of financial aid.

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Literacy Program - In partnership with Greater New Orleans Jewish Coalition for Literacy (GNOJCL) NCJW members tutor at-risk students in reading readiness, comprehension, vocabulary and grammar under a supervised program initiated by HOSTS ( Help One Student To Succeed ) in Jefferson Parish and TEAMS (Tutors Educating nd Mentoring Students) in Orleans Parish.

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Medication Cards - A simple wallet-sized card designed to keep a current and accurate accounting of medications. The card is individually filled out with the name and dosage of medications and is available on the counter of pharmacies, physicians and dentists in the Greater New Orleans area, at no charge to the consumer.

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New Orleans Public Library Programs - Young People's Yoga Class, Children's Room, Main Library; After School Tutoring for 3rd - 8th graders, and  our Beanbags and BooksProgram, where area children and parents contract to read five minutes per day and then receive a beanbag chair and books to keep.

New Orleans Public Library Programs Web Site

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Consumer Hot Line at Fox 8 -NCJW volunteers assist individuals with consumer problems by answering questions and finding solutions. 

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Public Affairs - NCJW takes an active role in advocating for legislative issues that improve the quality of life for women, children and families. Through our advocacy we strive to ensure the individual rights and freedoms for all.

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Past Services - NCJW has funded and/or provided volunteers for many services in which we are no longer actively involved. Some of these services include: Parkway and Park Partners, Audubon Zoo Mobile, Battered Women's Enrichment Program, Teen Town (the precursor of NORD), Magic Land (precursor of Head Start), Let's Tell a Story, Merchandise Distribution to People in Need, Heart of Town, Mobile Answer Desk, Tay Sachs Screening, Kid's Cafe, Child Life at Tulane Medical Center , Soviet Jewish Resettlement- English as a Second Language, Starbright, and Dress for Success.

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