Jun 28, 2021 | Community Partners, Community Programs, Education Equity Initiative, Featured, JFS of Metrowest, We are JFS!
Framingham Pubic Schools (FPS) has recognized and awarded JFS for its community-based relief efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. JFS is being honored for the agency’s commitment to serving Framingham’s most vulnerable families by providing ongoing food...
Jun 16, 2021 | Community Partners, Education Equity Initiative, Featured, JFS of Metrowest, Pathways to College, Volunteer Opportunities, We are JFS!
Carol and George Hengerle JFS Volunteers since October 2018 and March 2020 Carol recently retired from her position as a program administrator at Brandeis. George retired from his career as an engineer in the energy industry and has recently formed his own consulting...
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...
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....
Mar 30, 2021 | Children's Clothing Closet, Community Partners, Community Programs, Education Equity Initiative, JFS of Metrowest, Pathways to Academic Growth & Enrichment, We are JFS!
JFS sends a shout out to Remi and Rylie for delivering a donation of children and baby socks, baby booties, and more fleece blankets from families at the Rashi School! These items will be distributed to mothers in Womb to 5 program and families served by the JFS...
