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...
Mar 9, 2021 | Community Partners, Immigrant and Resettlement, JFS of Metrowest, New American Services, Pathways to College, We are JFS!
Join JFS in celebrating AmeriCorps Week! Across the country AmeriCorps engages 270,000 Americans each year in sustained, results-driven service through AmeriCorps service programs! This year we are celebrating our current AmeriCorps service member, Leila Murphy! Leila...
Feb 23, 2021 | Community Partners, Community Programs, Immigrant and Resettlement, JFS of Metrowest, New American Services, We are JFS!
Part 2 – Population focus: Supporting the Immigrant Community During COVID-19 An Interview with Lino Covarrubias on the Impact of COVID-19, conducted by Deb Merkin, JFS Board Member and CEO/Founder of GiftCard Partners: “The Immigrant community has been hit hard...
Feb 22, 2021 | Immigrant and Resettlement, JFS of Metrowest, New American Services, Resettlement, We are JFS!
The Immigrant Learning Center (ILC) has selected Abdulkader Hayani to be an honoree for this year’s Immigrant Heroes Award Benefit on Tues. April 6, 2021 at 5:30 p.m. JFS first met Abdulkader when he and his family fled violence in Syria and resettled in the...
Feb 22, 2021 | Business, Community Partners, Education Equity Initiative, Family Assistance Network, Immigrant and Resettlement, Jewish Community, JFS of Metrowest, Older Adults, PAGES/RAG, Pathways to Academic Growth & Enrichment, Pathways to College, Resettlement, Veterans, We are JFS!
JFS CEO Lino Covarrubias, with Daniel’s Table Founder David Blais, coordinate with the USDA to provide thousands of LBS of produce via the Farmer to Family program to Metrowest community members in need JFS is proud to acknowledge collaborative relationships with over...
Feb 1, 2021 | Children's Clothing Closet, Community Partners, Family Assistance Network, Immigrant and Resettlement, JFS of Metrowest, Volunteer Opportunities, We are JFS!
Thank you to our collaborative partners at the Metrowest Women’s Fund for hosting a girl’s clothing drive to support the JFS Children’s Clothing Closet and our client’s families! Their efforts resulted in the collection of over 650 new and...