About Us

The JOFEE program works to build a healthy, vibrant, sustainable community by engaging participants of all ages’ sense of curiosity, consciousness, and gratitude.  JOFEE programs include the JCC’s educational garden, which provides produce for the Jewish Family and Career Services food pantry as well as the JCC’s senior adults and preschoolers.  The program teaches our youth about sustainability initiatives such as composing, recycling and carbon footprint reduction, and offers educational opportunities such as dinners, food demos, interfaith events and service projects.  Through the program, we offer the Gendler Grapevine Fresh Stop Market, a sliding-scale local produce market that makes fresh vegetables accessible for everybody regardless of income.