Volunteer of the Year 2025

Sue Shipon

Sue Shipon is a wife of 43 years to her wonderful husband, Murray, and the mother of two beautiful daughters, Mindy and Jennifer. For 35 years, Sue worked as a retail pharmacist at Cropwell Pharmacy in Marlton, NJ. Sue, now semi-retired, continues to work 32 hours a month as a certified geriatric pharmacist, visiting nursing homes and assisted living facilities to review medication regimens of residents. Sue also is a member of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists. Sue and Murray both joined JFCS in 2021 and continue to share their passion as dedicated volunteers. Sue first began volunteering with JFCS as a Patient Partner, which she self-described as a “perfect fit.” To date, Sue still shares a close relationship with her very first Patient Partner client, with whom she still visits weekly and has become like family.
Over the last four years, Sue has grown with JFCS, becoming actively involved with multiple JFCS programs, including Friendly Visitors, Personal Shopper, Kosher Meal Packing and Deliveries, Holiday Meal Deliveries, Soups & Sweets, Café Connection, the Volunteer Department Strategic Planning Committee, and most recently signing up to do Medical Rides for seniors and Take the Wheel rides for Veterans. It is no surprise that at the 2025 Annual Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast, Sue was recognized as the female volunteer involved with the most programs.
Sue shines as a natural volunteer leader. She masterfully organizes the weekly kosher meal packs and in June 2025, she led an art program for Café Connection. Sue also volunteers for the Jewish Federation making monthly Challah deliveries and serves as the Treasurer of the Camden County Herzl Chapter of Hadassah. In her other free time, Sue plays the piano and loves to quilt.
Sue finds that volunteering with JFCS adds great meaning to her life and enjoys not only the relationships and connections she has built with clients, but also the social outlet and camaraderie she has with other volunteers. JFCS is so lucky to have an extraordinary volunteer like Sue – she truly does it all!

Volunteer's of the Year 2024

Stacey Barnett

Stacey Barnett is a wife of 35 years to her wonderful husband, Dave, and the mother of two beautiful daughters, Lindsay and Chelsea. She worked in the medical field as an ultrasound technician for 15 years before becoming a devoted stay at home mom. Stacey was active in both her daughters’ school activities as a room mom, volunteered in the library, and worked as a classroom aide to help teach kids how to read.
Stacey joined JFCS in 2012 and has devoted the last 12 years volunteering in many differing programs including medical transportation for seniors, Patient Partner Advocate, delivering both holiday meals and kosher meals on wheels to clients.
In addition to her volunteer work, Stacey takes great pride in donating and helping dogs find their forever homes for various animal shelters and rescues.

Stephanie Zinn

Originally from NY, Stephanie moved to Cherry Hill in 2009 with her husband, Andy, and their two children (Cody, 19, and Abigail,17). Stephanie taught high school Biology in two NYC private schools. Upon relocating here, she found joy in working for JCC Camps at Medford, first as a science specialist and then as Assistant Director of Camp Hilltop. After becoming more involved in her kids’ ECC PTO, she was recruited for synagogue leadership. One of her proudest community contributions was helping shape the unification of Congregation M’kor Shalom and Temple Emanuel to become Congregation Kol Ami. Stephanie currently serves as one of Kol Ami’s Vice Presidents. She joined JFCS as a vetted volunteer in April of 2019 and has been an active Patient Partner advocate for several clients. She also helps with holiday meal deliveries and special events. When not volunteering, she tutors, plays pickleball, reads novels for her book club, makes photo montages of her latest family vacation, enjoys the NY Times games & puzzles, tweaks her Fantasy Football lineup, or plays Mah Jongg with her mom and mother-in-law. Stephanie is truly grateful for her whole family’s presence and support; it is from them that she draws her inspiration.

Volunteer of the Year 2023

Bobbi Fox

Bobbi Fox is a wife and mother of two sons and five grandchildren. She was an elementary school teacher who devoted more than 35 years to her profession. She started in a public-school setting moving up to a director position at an early childhood center at a synagogue. Eventually she branched out to start her own pre-school, called the Fox Learning Center. She devoted more than 25 years to her passion for excellence in educating pre-school children at that school. Upon retirement, Bobbi took her incredible work experience with her to share with more than one non-profit. Bobbi joined the JFCS volunteer department in 2006. She has devoted 17 years to many different programs including Friendly Visitor, Transportation, and Café Connection. She and her husband, Al, have delivered groceries to pantry clients and holiday meals to other senior clients. She joined TOPS a few years after they began and has devoted her time weekly to that program. In addition to her volunteer work at JFCS, she also volunteers at Art Goes to School in Cherry Hill sharing fine art education with students. She is truly an asset to the South Jersey community.

Judy Stein

Judy Stein is a wife and mother of three children and four grandsons. She devoted 20 years of her career to teaching at Bancroft. She created the off-campus program to help individuals with disabilities to learn relevant career skills from food service to cleaning. She spent her last 5 years there working with individuals with brain injuries, creating opportunities for transitional employment. Her advocacy continued after she retired from Bancroft. She joined JFCS 14 years ago in 2009 with a passion for continuing her work with individuals with disabilities. She worked in many capacities in the Disability Services department including roles as a Job Coach and a Job Mentor. Judy was part of the initial planning committee that conceived the name of our TOPS program, and she has worked for that program every week since its inception in 2010. She and her husband, Ed, were also Cooking Companions for 2 clients. Judy also joined the JCRC BookMates program back in 2005 reading to children in low to moderate-income communities and she is still active there today. Her generosity for our agency and the community has no bounds.

Volunteer of the Year 2022

Howard Jonas

Howard began volunteering with JFCS in 2017. After more than 30 years in the institutional investment management field, primarily with BlackRock as a Managing Director, one of the world’s preeminent asset management firms, his life took a different turn. Howard made lemonade from his lemons and decided to devote his newly found free time to helping those impacted by food insecurity. He joined the Betsy and Peter Fisher food pantries as a volunteer. He is now an integral part of the day-to-day operations including unloading trucks, building furniture, moving and sorting food, picking up cash, gift cards, backpacks, and food donations from the South Jersey community.

Over the years, Howard’s volunteer activities expanded to included providing rides for doctors’ visits, participating in the annual High Holiday Food Drives, Flagging of Graves for our veterans in observance of Memorial Day, packing, distributing, and delivering weekly kosher and holiday meals to JFCS clients and so much more.