When you sign up, you get a coupon for a FREE lunch tote and then will receive an email every Friday with healthy menu ideas, a shopping list and coupons for healthy lunch items on your shopping list. We want to encourage people to pack healthy lunches for themselves and/or their kids - and make it easier and more affordable to do so. Packing a lunch is one

Yasher koach to Camp Ruach campers who raised $2,157 during the 5th Annual Seth Olson “You Can Make A Difference Day" on July 16th! Held each year in honor of our beloved Camp Ruach Counselor, Seth Olson who died in 2005, this event offers children a chance to participate in community service projects and fundraising activities. More pledges are continuing

On September 19, 2009, Professor Walter Ziffer of Congregation Beth Israel in Asheville, NC was invited to his hometown of Cesky-Tesin in the Cezch Republic to speak at a Conference of Reconciliation/Atonement hosted by the leaders of six Protestant Churches. The purpose of the conference was to express the churches' deep sorrow for the antisemitism that

The JCC Association offers several exciting trips to unique destinations throughout the year, and all JCC and program participants are invited to participate! These trips are made available to JCCs across the United States in order to maximize the opportunities for exciting travel by sharing with them the JCC movement travel programs. Trips also serve as a

Hooray for us! The JCC's Just Kids After School Enrichment Program was just voted "Best After School Program" by readers of WNC Parent for the second year in a row, and Shalom Children's Center took second-place in "Best Preschool" and "Best Childcare!" Congratulations to our staff and thank you so much to those of you who voted. We truly appreciate this

After months of planning, the WNC Jewish Community Study will be launched this week to provide information about us. The Asheville Jewish Leadership Collaborative has engaged the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University to conduct this research. Letters for the survey were sent out last week, and email messages and phone calls will

The Asheville JCC is proud to be a collaborating agency of SAFE SCHOOLS FOR ALL: Supporters of the School Violence Prevention Act. Safe Schools for All ("SSA") is a coalition of individuals and organizations working to support implementation and change under the North Carolina School Violence Prevention Act. The vision of the coalition is to eliminate

We are so proud to announce that the Asheville JCC has received three JCC Association 2010 Marketing & Communications Awards, to be presented at the JCCA's 2010 Biennial conference in Atlanta this may. JCCs from all over the United States submitted entries in this competition, and our JCC has won awards for the following marketing and communications