Sheltered Work And Contract Services

Greetings from the JVS Sheltered Workshop!

The Sheltered Workshop offers extended employment opportunities to people with disabilities who have chosen to work in a sheltered workshop environment. The JVS Workshop provides quality sub-contract services at reasonable cost to businesses. Your job will be completed according to the highest standards - YOURS!

For more than 25 years the JVS Sheltered Workshop has been known for timely work, excellent customer service and superior quality. Our customers throughout Kansas City have come to rely on us to fulfill their mailroom and general service needs. Our reliability, attention to detail and our ability to customize jobs sets us apart from the rest and we’d like the chance to prove it to you!

COMING SOON: THE JVS BALTIMORE AVE. DIME STORE
                
Past Board President Bill Intrater & current          Left to Right: JVS Board President Tracy Mandel McHugh, Jackson
Board President Tracy Mandel McHugh                County Board of Services/EITAS Executive Director Jake Jacobs, 
                                                                                Vice President of Philanthropic Management for Bank of America Jim
                                                                                Mueth, Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders, Sheltered Workshop
                                                                                Employee Stephen W.

Jewish Vocational Service breaks ground on retail store

Kansas City, MO –On Tuesday June 3rd Jewish Vocational Service marked the beginning of construction on our most recent endeavor, The JVS Baltimore Ave. Dime Store with a groundbreaking ceremony. The store will be located at our main office at 1608 Baltimore, within the existing Sheltered Workshop area. The retail operation will provide additional employment opportunities for the men and women working in the Sheltered Workshop. In addition to selling daily necessities, The JVS Baltimore Ave. Dime Store, will also offer small gift items, seasonal items, candy and a variety of other products. The décor the store will reflect the era of the old style “dime store”.

“We are looking forward to our friends and neighbors in the community stopping in for their needs and at the same time getting to know our agency better.” said Joy Foster, JVS Executive Director “The JVS Baltimore Ave. Dime Store will fulfill and need in the Crossroads neighborhood and we are also excited about the additional employment opportunities it will provide for the men and women working in the Sheltered Workshop. Without the generous support generous support of our friends and associates none of this would be possible.”

The JVS Baltimore Ave. Dime Store funders include the H&R Block Foundation, the Oppenstein Brothers Foundation, the Ten-Ten Foundation, Jackson County Board of Services/EITAS, the Hall Family Foundation, Bank of America, the Sosland Foundation and many other individual donors.

INTERESTED?

We invite you to come by our facility and look at our operation. We would be happy to talk with you about your business needs. If you would like to arrange a visit or to solicit a bid for a job, please contact: Veronica Hayes, Sheltered Workshop Office Manager at: vhayes@jvskc.org or 816-471-2808. We know once you see our quality and experience our reliability, you’ll feel confident using the JVS Sheltered Workshop for all your mailroom and general service needs!

Here’s what our customers are saying!

“We have used the JVS Workshop for more than 10 years. We have always received friendly and mistake-free service from the workshop. We know that we can count on JVS to handle any job – large or small- and finish it within the time frame they have given us. I highly recommend this company for any of your needs.”
Mary Ellen Scheib, PBI /Gordon Corporation

“We rely on the team at JVS for our mailings. They are exceptional in their work and in their kindness to us. You will be glad when you give them a call.”
Donna Blackwood, Center for Practical Bioethics

“Our quarterly newsletter is an important tool for us to communicate to our constituency. JVS staff and clients always do a wonderful job of collating the pages, tabbing, producing and affixing the labels and then making the mailing. They always do a professional job and get our mailings out on time. We also have complete trust that our mailing list will always be treated in a confidential and secure manner.”
Lama Chuck Stanford, Rime Buddhist Center

For general information about the Sheltered Workshop, please contact: Ralph Levy, Director of Workshop Services at rlevy@jvskc.org or 816-471-2808

Additional Resources

http://www.eitas.org
http://www.moworkshops.org

 
www.hauw.org/


www.jcbsdd.com/