Celebrate Summer—Celebrate our Volunteers

Summer is here and the season brings with it longer days, backyard barbecues and celebrations. It is also a time to celebrate you—our wonderful CJE vol-unteers. To show our gratitude for their selfless service, volunteers from these programs and

locations are being feted at various loca-tions across CJE: Robineau Residence; Lieberman Center; Weinberg Commu-nity; Horwich Buildng; Adult Day Services/CJE Sinai/Culture Bus; and In-dependent Housing. Thanks to each and every one of you for

your dedication to CJE. You are truly making a difference in the lives of the older adults that we serve. Once again, thank you!

CJE’s Volunteer

Services Department Monica Eorgoff, Director

Deborah Granite, Coordinator

Nina Sykes, Program Specialist

Making a Difference at Robineau Residence

Enriching the lives of the Robineau residents for over a decade, the members of the Social Action Com-mittee of Temple Beth El volunteer their time on a monthly basis. Whether sharing discussion topics, arranging concerts per-formed by the Temple cantor and Junior Choir, going out for lunch, or

Quotable Quotes

”Over 15 years ago,

I began to volunteer

at CJE to honor the

memory of my

mother, Sophie

Schram, who

resided at Robineau

for three years. I

soon came to

realize the impact of

my volunteering. It

is fun and reward-

ing, but most of all, I

realized that the

more I volunteer,

the more I love it. I

always look forward

to seeing and help-

ing my friends, our

CJE seniors.”

— Stewart Schram

Robineau Residence

Volunteer and

Volunteer Services

Committee Member

SPRING 2015

Volunteer Stewart Schram, standing at right,

shares a laugh with Robineau Residence residents.

SUMMER 2015

hosting an ice cream social, the Temple volunteers bring smiles, conversations and friendship to the Robineau residents.

Deborah Granite, CJE Volunteer Coordinator, discusses mitzvah opportunities with stu-dents.

New Volunteer Time Recording System: Volgistics

Your volunteer ser-

vice is very important

to CJE. Not only does

your volunteer service

help CJE serve our old-

er adult population,

but the hours that you

volunteer are used for

a variety of important

reasons. In addition to

being able to provide

you with your personal

volunteer record, cu-

mulative volunteer

hours are also used in

grant applications and

tax reporting.

Therefore, in order to

assure better accuracy,

we are rolling

out a new time

recording sys-

tem called Vol-

gistics. It is a

computer sys-

tem that will

track your volunteer

hours as well as provide

you the opportunity to

receive information about

your volunteer service.

Each volunteer will re-

ceive a login identifica-

tion which you will use

to sign in and out on a

touch screen computer

each time you volunteer

at CJE.

It is as easy as touch-

ing a button and typ-

ing in a few numbers.

We will be providing

written instructions

and assistance to in-

troduce you to this

system. Look for more

information through-

out the summer where

you sign in for

volunteering.

Important Notices

Photo IDs

It is important that volun-teers wear their CJE photo IDs. This identifies you as a volunteer to CJE staff and residents clients and their families while also serving as a security tool. If you have not received a photo ID, please contact Volunteer Services at 847.929.3040 or email volunteers@cje.net.

Let us know, if you Go

If you need to leave volun-teering for a short, long, or indefinite amount of time please contact us. We appre-ciate your service and would like to learn about your ex-perience with CJE. Please return your photo ID badge when you terminate your volunteer service at CJE.

Dress Code

Please project a professional image when volunteering with CJE SeniorLife. Business casual attire is suggested. Please observe site-specific regulations.

Connecting the Community with Volunteer Opportunities

Do you know others who might want to join you and become part of the CJE volunteer team? We are always interested in welcoming new volunteers.

Contact volunteers@cje.net or 847.929.3040

Follow CJE SeniorLife on:

CJE partners with

various community or-

ganizations to provide

information about older

adult programs and to

recruit volunteers. At a

recent Mitzvah Fair at

Temple Shalom in Chi-

cago’s Lakeview neigh-

borhood, CJE Volun-

teer Services staff

shared mitzvah ideas

with students.

Opportunities includ-

ed hosting bake sales

to creating sukkot dec-

orations to share with

residents of Lieberman

Health and Rehabilita-

tion Center and Wein-

berg Community.