The Joy Project
Plant the seed of hope and help others blossom.
Through The Joy Project, you can send a beautiful Mother’s Day card with a personal message to the special women in your life. Your donation helps provide critical services to the more than 3,000 women and children served by Jewish Family Service each year. These services include counseling, transportation, basic needs assistance, domestic abuse intervention and more.
Send a card this Mother’s Day, and make a difference all year-long.
We hope these statistics inspire you to give and help even more women and children to blossom this year.
Elanah's Story
Elanah Nachman Hunger founded The Joy Project in 2009 as a way to honor the woman who inspired her most—her mother, Joy Nachman.
"I wanted to give my mother, Joy Nachman, something that would represent the extraordinary woman she is, but every gift paled in comparison to her. There was still more I wanted to do to recognize my wonderful mother. I wanted her to know that her children are caring and charitable individuals because of her. Out of gratitude for my mother, I wanted to recognize and appreciate other mothers who may be less fortunate. With an ambitious dream to pursue and a few phone calls, we were given the privilege to partner with Jewish Family Service and in 2009, The Joy Project was born. Since then, it has provided services to thousands of women and children in our community."
Started in 2009 by Elanah Nachman Hunger in honor of her mother Joy Nachman,
the program has raised over $500,000 since its inception.
For questions or more information about making a donation, contact 248.970.2655 or joyproject@jfsdetroit.org