Jewish Community Services serves everyone in the community.

We have programs for individuals from age zero to I think our oldest client is somewhere around 110 years old.

And we also oversee the 211 Miami, which is our 24/7 social service hotline for Miami-Dade County.

We have the senior services department, which is primarily focused on nutrition support for individuals aged 60 and over.

We have the congregate meals program.

We have two locations, one in Miami Beach, one in Aventura, where we provide a hot kosher meal.

All of our food support is kosher, and we provide activities and we provide opportunities for socialization.

We have yoga, we have tai chi, we have zumba, we have nutrition classes, we have guest speakers, we have art classes, we have community volunteers that come and do fabulous events for us.

We had a wonderful volunteer who made the most gorgeous floral arrangements with us for shvu'es in Mother's Day.

And it was just beautiful.

It was like a florist shop in here.

There are no income requirements for this program.

So whether you make less than a thousand dollars a month, which unfortunately, many of our clients do, or you make a million dollars a month, we believe that you deserve a hot meal and a place to feel like your home.

The exercise, the food, and the people are real nice here.

Actually, everything is real nice and it's all combined.

And it really helps the person, and especially somebody living alone.

The community and getting to know other people is helpful too.

Being alone again is not easy.

And getting to know different people and getting connected, and they become friends after a while, and they become almost family.

It's really amazing when you see the difference when somebody's engaged and creating, the whole thinking process, the whole mind process changes.

It's very therapeutic.

You see a whole new light that fills our members.

The energy is amazing.

Sometimes, when you sit back and do nothing, your thoughts is dark.

But when you mom somebody and you're doing something, it motivates you and you have bright in your thoughts.

Make you strong, make you strong.

I just love it.

I love coming here and being a mom to other peoples.

It helps me.

We are blessed to have such wonderful and dedicated volunteers.

We are a nonprofit, and we rely on community support.

We have a wonderful tech class that we offer.

Nick, who is our volunteer, he came to us and said, is this something you would be interested in?

And of course, after the pandemic, we saw the huge tech gap in older adults.

The seniors absolutely love him.

They show him their phones and their tablets, and he puts on wonderful presentations for us.

And we're just so grateful for that.

The things that I'm helping them with are things like to the youth, like they're considered so simple, but like it's really like life changing for seniors, just to learn how to do like simple things that we take for granted.

But for them, it's a huge thing.

He loves it, he enjoys it, he looks forward to coming.

He puts a lot into his classes, into creating classes and creating good, valuable content.

And also, to keep them engaged, keep them focused and keep them actively learning.

They once told Nick, "Nick, you made my day."

And that is, as a parent, and just as a volunteer, to feel like you contributed to making somebody happy and to make them happy for a day, it's an amazing feeling.

If this center was not here, many of these people would not have social interaction.

They would remain socially isolated.

They would not be entertained, they would not be educated.

They would not be doing the physical activities that support their ongoing health.

And the activities that I plan and prepare and coordinate with all of these teachers, they're really designed for their health.

My mother was living alone up until 89 last year, and she fell.

So I came here to help her out.

I started seeing all the beautiful food they were giving, and everybody's encouraging me to join and have food also.

So I'm 62, eating here also.

So she looks forward to coming here, being with the people, eating, bingo, any activities.

It's a hello, it's a welcome, it's a new face.

And it's actually keeping her alive.

And someplace for her, we live right across the street.

She crosses the street, comes here, and she's a different person here than she is at home.

Hey, tell everybody, how do you feel today?

How do you feel?

My hand?

Yeah, that's how she feels every day with her hands.

I think that we have so many people that are over 70, over 80 years old, is a validation of the success of having a senior meal site and activity center.

And it demonstrates, it really says, "Hey, this makes a difference in people's lives."

When people come in, they have people that are happy to see them.

And Jewish Community Services community is our middle name.

And we hope that when people come to us, they feel like they're home.