DID YOU KNOW?  COMMUNITY SERVICES ORIGINALLY FOUNDED BY NCJW

1894: First Free Kindergarten established in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County

1894: Jewish Community Center, originally the Columbian Council Settlement School

1894: Adult Education Night Schools (Pittsburgh Public Schools), originally Americanization & Adult Education Classes

1904: Pennsylvania Blind Association, originally the Committee for Jewish and Non-Jewish Blind

1911: Penny Lunch Program, later taken over by the Pittsburgh Public Schools

1929: Life's Work of Western PA, originally the League for the Handicapped

1942: USO Recreation Room, furnished and staffed for soldiers and sailors of WWII

1957: Renaissance Center, originally Council House, the first socialization program for discharged mental health patients in Allegheny County

1963: Head Start, co-founded and implemented with Pittsburgh Board of Education

1963: WICS - Women in Community Service - in cooperation with the National Council of Negro Women, National Council of Catholic Women, and Church Women United

1993: Komen Pittsburgh Race for the Cure, now an affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

1997: Southwestern Pennsylvania Silent Witness Initiative, domestic violence awareness, education and resource service