Livingston Residence Arts and Crafts
The Livingston Group Home girls were very engaged in creating their masterpieces while at home during the quarantine!Â
Donations from Morris County Office of Emergency Management
JSDD’s Parsippany Group Home received a donation of N95 Masks, monogoogles, and boxes of gloves from the Morris County Office of Emergency Management. It is incredible how the community is pulling together to take care of their own! Â
There is No Place Like Home – Especially Now
The May 12th Gala, Taking Care of Our Own, A Night Honoring Ellen Goldner will be rescheduled in the spring of 2021 because of the pandemic. The evolving Coronavirus situation is a challenge unlike any we have ever faced. All of us at …
Philly Pretzel Factory Donation
 Philly Pretzel Factory in Clifton, New Jersey generously made a donation for the JSDD Direct Support Professionals – DSP of freshly baked delicious pretzels! JSDD would not be able to carry out our mission without our dedicated and compassionate DSP’s. They …
New JSDD and WAE Center Updates
JSDD Residential and WAE Center Update Thanks to all who continue to express their concern for the men and women served by JSDD. Sixty (60) WAE Center members are either home with their families every day or at home all day in …
JSDD Residential and WAE Center Update
A Letter from Executive Director Linda Press Thanks to all who have expressed their concern over the past week for the men and women served by JSDD. Please know that we are also concerned about you and are here to serve as …
2020 WAE Center Purim Spiel
Theater facilitator Alexa T. diligently worked with a group of WAE Center performers to present the 2020 WAE Center Purim Spiel. The audience enjoyed the performance which was a huge success!
Chavurah Class Celebrates Purim
The monthly Chavurah Class, facilitated by Hagit Oren, was a lesson and celebration for Purim. All the attendees were happily engaged in the activities and the arts and craft project had the participants making Groggers (noise makers) which they used while the …
Ethan & the Bean Day Trip
The WAE Center made a trip to Ethan & the Bean, a non-profit cafe in Little Falls, New Jersey. This unique cafe employs a significant number of persons with intellectual or developmental delays. WAE Center members of the “Social Language Group” and …
Congregation Beth El’s Religious School Visit
JSDD’s WAE Center visited Congregation Beth El’s Religious School in South Orange to study and learn together. This is our third year that Morah Rivka Nelson has invited Center members to share their life experience and speak about their artwork. Our …