Jewish Family Service of San Diego officially opened its new campus on Jan. 31 with a special dedication to Joan and Irwin Jacobs for their 20 years of championing the agency and in celebration of all the capital campaign donors who made the Joan & Irwin Jacobs Campus possible. The ceremony marked the completion of a four-year project to bring together many of the organization’s employees, programs and services into two neighboring buildings on Balboa Avenue. The facility is located at 8804 Balboa. “The Joan & Irwin Jacobs campus is intentionally designed as a reflection of our principles of being client-centered, promoting collaboration and improving our ability to deliver life-changing services,” CEO Michael Hopkins said. “The campus is designed to truly put clients first. We have positioned many of the services a client needs together in a positive, healing environment.” In addition to private office spaces, the new campus features a state-of-the-art, 1,800-square-foot industrial kitchen to produce roughly 80,000 kosher meals annually for low-income and elderly San Diegans; a food pantry, The Corner Market, which allows clients to shop for the food and hygiene items that best meet their family’s needs; and an outdoor play space and edible garden. Mission Hills-based architects Safdie Rabines were tapped to redesign the two buildings that form the campus into light, airy spaces that improve the client experience and include multiple open work spaces for staff to collaborate and develop strategies to meet client needs. Operating throughout San Diego County and the Coachella Valley, Jewish Family Services, founded in 1918, fields requests on specific needs, such as job coaching or transportation, and that first contact often leads to a wide range of services, including counseling, education, nutritious meals, social connection and more. For the eighth consecutive year, the agency has earned a coveted 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, the nation’s largest independent charity evaluator, which highlights the work of efficient, ethical and open charities. To learn more, see jfssd.org.