SAVE THE DATE: 15th Annual JFS Build-a-Backpack Event Monday 8/24/26

Photos courtesy of Axie Breen (top and bottom left) and Sheldon Golder (top and bottom right) Dear Friends and Supporters of JFS, Help children in the Metrowest area start the 2026-2027 school year with the supplies they need to succeed. You are warmly invited to join...

JFS Volunteers Pack 275 Backpacks during the 14th Annual Build-A-Backpack Events!

Pictured above: Former Board President Allison Kates (top left), former Board member Peggy Barry with her husband Ed (center left), and CEO Lino Covarrubias (bottom right). Photos courtesy of Axie Breen. For the 14th consecutive year, JFS of Metrowest has provided...

JFS Profiled as a Partner of the Equity In Education Action Project at the Community Leadership Reception

  Since 2003, JFS has partnered with the Framingham Public Schools to address academic inequities and provide additional support to young students most in need. In 2021, thanks to funding from the Community Foundation for MetroWest and MathWorks, the Equity In...

ICYMI – Celebrating and Recognizing Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2024

Top left: Miguel Wandering Turtle Walks with No Fear, Lino Covarrubias, CEO JFS, Jesse Edwards, City of Framingham Chief DEI Officer, and Andre StrongBearHeart Gaines, Jr., Cultural Steward for the Nipmuc Nation; Bottom left and center: Andre StrongBearHeart Gaines,...

From Crisis to Stability: JFS’s Commitment to Long-Term Family Support

  In Greater Framingham and other Metrowest communities, Jewish Family Service of Metrowest assists Jewish families struggling to make ends meet. As an organization we are dedicated to lending a helping hand to those in need, providing a wide range of services...