IMPACT STORIES
“I Found My Voice Here”
“I was married for 67 years when my husband passed away, it was very hard.”, says Serene Hackel...
Our Donors | Why They Do It
For Jeanie and Dave Federman, Jewish continuity is a priority...
The Teacher is the Student
Each day I walk through the doors of the Mandell JCC I consider it an opportunity...
Finding Community
at Every Age
For our senior adults, the JCC provides a true community in so many ways...
Coming Full Circle
If you don’t believe in serendipity now, you are about to change your mind...
How the JCC Helped
Save My Life
With over 9,000 training sessions every year, our tireless JCC trainers are on the frontlines...
Everyone Has One Thing in Common: Friendship
The biggest thing is the community. Everybody has this connection...
Taking the Show on the Road
When the pandemic struck, ECC teachers Robin Ober and Teresa Wilson jumped in their cars...
He Said / She Said
There is nothing quite like summer camp. Campers at Camp Shalom and the other JCC camps grow in ways...
Our Donors - Why They Do It - Steven Greenspan
It’s hard to imagine my life in this community without the Mandell JCC...
No Better Place to be a Kid This Summer
Camp Shalom is so much more than just something to do in the summer...
We all know the famous adage, “It takes a village”
For Emily Sachs, making a new life in the Greater Hartford area was not without its challenges...
Our Donors - Why They Do It - Gayle Temkin
I was in search of a needle in a haystack. I was on a quest to find a preschool that could support my daughter Alyssa...
Opening Our Doors and Our Hearts
On July 1, the Mandell JCC reopened the building, ‘joyfully’ welcoming...
The Joy (and Comfort) of Cooking
The doors to the JCC had been closed for barely a week due to the pandemic when we reached out to Chef Lindsay Perkins...