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Paul Fitzgerald Bennett
JEWISH
COMMUNITY CENTER CONTINUES GOOD WORKS
By Paul Fitzgerald Bennett
The Jewish Community
Center (JCC) of Houston, 5601 S. Braeswood, has been a mainstay in Houston
over 70 years and has every intention of remaining a positive force in the
Gulf Coast area says 
Executive
Vice President, Jerry Wische.
The JCC has graduated from a near downtown Houston rented house at its founding in 1936 to currently occupying over 175,000 square feet of property at the S. Braeswood location. With a teen center on S. Braeswood and Rice and a JCC outlet in the Dairy Ashford community, Mr. Wische says the JCC is very much addressing the needs of 21st century Houstonians. "We have more than 1600 volunteers affiliated with the JCC.
They more than anyone else are the reason we're able to help people," said Mr. Wische. JCC volunteers can be found in libraries and hospitals. If you live or travel to some of Houston's low economic communities you've probably seen JCC vans picking up and dropping off elderly after spending the day at the JCC. "A lot of our elderly live by themselves.
The whole purpose is to get people out of their homes," said Mr. Wische. Elderly activities at the JCC include arts and crafts, computer, music and a political discussion class.
There's an exercise class including a water aerobics program. The price tag? 23 bucks a month. And the cost of a round trip ride to the JCC and back home is one dollar. Assistance of Houston's elderly is not only done in-house at the JCC. The JCC is taking there concern for the elderly to the streets.
"We are so proud of our Meals on Wheels program," said Mr. Wische. The JCC delivers more than 300 meals a day. Seventy percent of meals are delivered by volunteers.
"So we're able to put more into meals and not staff," said Mr. Wische who added that the JCC provides frozen meals to elderly on Fridays to cover food for the weekend.
Other programs at the JCC include a health and wellness program. Youth programs such as soccer, swimming and weight lifting are provided. More than 230 youth participate in programs ranging from infant care for kids 6 weeks to 5 years of age to an after school program for 1st to 5th graders. There's tutoring and come summer kids can go to camp.
And though most of the more than 9000 JCC members are of Jewish origin, 23 percent of members are non-Jews.
"Membership is open to anyone in the community," said Mr. Wische.
For more information about the Jewish Community Center of Houston call (713) 729-3200.