About The Associates

In 1912, as LAJHealth’s history is told, a group of Jewish grocers and businessmen made it possible to provide food and shelter for five indigent Jewish men looking for a place to celebrate Passover.  But who cooked, set the table, and washed the dishes?  Of course, it was the women!

Ever since that time, women have been the backbone of support of LAJHealth. The auxiliary names may have changed – Women’s Auxiliary, Junior Auxiliary, Ida Mayer Cummings Auxiliary, Associates-IMC, and, today, The Associates – but  the determined resolve has always been the same:  to support those in need regardless of their ability to pay.