Jewish Family & Children’s Service of the Suncoast (JFCS) received a $75,000 grant from Gulf Coast Community Foundation in support of the JFCS Cancer Support & Wellness Program. The Gulf Coast Community Foundation grant is designated to help provide JFCS funding to continue to provide counseling and supportive services for individuals and families in our service area affected by cancer. JFCS will leverage this grant to help raise additional donations from the community to support its Cancer Support & Wellness Program. The Cancer Support & Wellness Program includes a wide variety of cancer support and networking groups for cancer patients and caregivers, grief support, cancer recovery exercise and therapeutic expressive arts. JFCS has been offering these programs and services since October 2015 when the Center for Building Hope closed its doors. In March 2017, JFCS partnered with Sarasota Memorial Health Care System to expand its wellness and exercise classes for patients, their family members and caregivers at the health system’s HealthFit Center.  JFCS Cancer Support & Wellness programs and support groups are offered in Sarasota, Bradenton, Venice, Lakewood Ranch and Port Charlotte.

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