Dec 20, 2021 | Children's Clothing Closet, Community Partners, Featured, Immigrant and Resettlement, JFS of Metrowest, We are JFS!
JFS Board Member Jodi Bring created a fund to provide educational toys to immigrant families in our community. Items were purchased at a reduced cost thanks to the generosity of Learning Express Owner Paul Sahagian. The donated toys will be handed out via the JFS...
Dec 14, 2021 | Business, Children's Clothing Closet, Community Partners, Jewish Community, JFS of Metrowest, Upcoming Events, We are JFS!
It’s Ugly Sweater season! Not going to a party but still want to be festive? Order a dozen ugly sweater cookies from Amy’s Sweet Solutions (Find Amy on Facebook!) and a new sweater will be donated to the JFS Children’s Clothing Closet. The cookies also make the...
Dec 1, 2021 | Children's Clothing Closet, Community Partners, Featured, Immigrant and Resettlement, Jewish Community, JFS of Metrowest, We are JFS!
It’s the season of giving, and JFS is grateful to have received several generous donations for its Children’s Clothing Closet this past week! On Sunday, November 28th, Camp Young Judaea (CYJ) held a reunion at Congregation B’nai Shalom in...
Nov 12, 2021 | Children's Clothing Closet, Featured, JFS of Metrowest, We are JFS!
Volunteers Jane Joiner, Noreen Begley, Leslie Singer, and Carol Hengerle went through 18 boxes of new adult clothing from Good360. The group folded, organized, and tagged 560 items. Once sorted, the items provided by Good360 were transported to the JFS Children’s...
Nov 1, 2021 | Children's Clothing Closet, Community Partners, Featured, Immigrant and Resettlement, JFS of Metrowest, Pathways to Academic Growth & Enrichment, Volunteer Opportunities, We are JFS!
Last week, with the generous financial assistance and volunteer effort of the Yale Appliance Foundation, JFS distributed over 100 new winter coats and pairs of shoes to children in need. The foundation donated an additional 150 pairs of shoes, which will be stored and...
Oct 13, 2021 | Children's Clothing Closet, Community Programs, Featured, Immigrant and Resettlement, Jewish Community, JFS of Metrowest, Volunteer Opportunities, We are JFS!
This month, Rashi School teens collected over 250 pairs of new socks and underwear for the JFS Children’s Clothing Closet, under the guidance of Dean of Students Joni Fishman, Director of Social Justice Stephanie Rotsky, and Social Justice Assistant Sherman Goldblum. ...
