Jun 9, 2021 | Community Partners, Community Programs, Education Equity Initiative, Featured, We are JFS!
Framingham Public Schools (FPS) partners with JFS of Metrowest, United Way of Tri-County, 1854 Cycling, Crimson Bikes, and Breakstone, White & Gluck’s Project KidSafe to provide students with bicycles and helmets to get to and from school. FPS staff found...
Jun 8, 2021 | Community Partners, Community Programs, Education Equity Initiative, Family Assistance Network, Immigrant and Resettlement, Jewish Community, JFS of Metrowest, Pathways to Academic Growth & Enrichment, We are JFS!
Benny is a 5th-grade student at Wilson Elementary School who participated in JFS’s virtual afterschool mentoring program. The program kicked off this past fall, seeking to support students through the many barriers to learning that rose as a result of the Covid-19...
May 14, 2021 | Community Partners, Community Programs, Featured, Jewish Community, JFS of Metrowest, We are JFS!
In partnership with area synagogues, JFS of Metrowest is introducing a pilot Online Bereavement Support Group. All ages are welcome and encouraged to attend. Please see session details below, and for more information please contact JFS at 508-808-3263 or visit...
Apr 28, 2021 | Community Programs, JFS of Metrowest, Older Adults, Patient navigator, Volunteer Opportunities, We are JFS!
Diane Bailey JFS Volunteer since October 2020 Diane Bailey is a hopeful, cheerful person with a pandemic-inspired desire to learn needlepoint. Diane brings her hopeful, cheerful demeanor to her role as a Patient Navigator. She joined the program in the midst of the...
Apr 28, 2021 | Community Programs, Education Equity Initiative, JFS of Metrowest, Pathways to College, Volunteer Opportunities, We are JFS!
Liz Serotte JFS volunteer since September 2019 Liz has served in multiple roles in the JFS Pathways to College Success Program – both as a “traditional mentor” and as a “classroom coach” in MassBay Community College, Professor Niemi’s honors management course....
Apr 21, 2021 | Community Programs, Healthy Aging, Jewish Community, JFS of Metrowest, Older Adults, Patient navigator, Volunteer Opportunities, We are JFS!
Thank you to the over 300 volunteers a year who help JFS of Metrowest accelerate social, academic, and health equity. Thank you for delivering meals to members of our community. Thank you for accompanying older adults to medical appointments. Thank you for fostering...
