Meet the Staff: Maggie Kenney
Meet Maggie Kenney, the most recent addition to the JFS of Metrowest team! Maggie has just completed an AmeriCorps service year with JFS as part of the New American Integration Program (NAIP). As an AmeriCorps member at JFS Maggie served in several program areas,...
Register for 7th Annual Build-A-Backpack!
REGISTER HERE! You are Invited to… Build-A-Backpack with JFS of Metrowest! YOU bring the backpack, JFS provides the supplies We ALL build a backpack! Click here to register for this year’s Build a Backpack events! Why Build a Backpack? While some school districts are...
WE NEED TO TALK: The 5 Things You Need To Know About Dementia – Lunch and Learn on August 29th
Join Malka Young at Temple Beth Am from 12-1:30pm on Wednesday August 29, 2018 and learn “The 5 Things You Need to Know about Dementia”: Space is limited – click here and register today! 300 Pleasant St, Framingham, MA 01701, USA
An Unforgettable Mission to San Antonio Texas: A debrief from Lino Covarrubias, COO, Jewish Family Service of Metrowest (JFS), MA
As you may know, last week I had the honor of joining CJP’s first U.S.-based crisis response mission to San Antonio to see firsthand the impact of CJP’s Fund to Aid Children and End Separation (FACES) Last count the fund has raised over $315k from 413 donors and has...
Health Affairs Recommends Funders Support Services like JFS Patient Navigator
In the August 2nd Health Affairs blog post titled “Another Social Determinant Of Health: How Philanthropy Can Help Rural Communities Use Technology To Improve Mobility And Health“, author John Feather describes the challenges faced by elders living in rural...
JFS Celebrates Newly Naturalized Citizenship Clients!
All photos courtesy of Sheldon Golder On July 19, 2018, as part of JFS’s New American program JFS was proud to host a Citizenship Celebration to recognize and honor our clients who have become naturalized citizens within the last year. Over forty individuals,...