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...
Jan 4, 2021 | Community Partners, Immigrant and Resettlement, Jewish Community, JFS of Metrowest, Pathways to Academic Growth & Enrichment, Reducing Achievement Gaps, We are JFS!
Coordinated by JFS Board Vice President Allison Kates and Rabbi Danny Burkeman, families of Temple Shir Tikva in Wayland came together and donated toys, gift cards, and other goodies to JFS client families who otherwise would have gone without this holiday season....
Dec 28, 2020 | Immigrant and Resettlement, JFS of Metrowest, New American Services, Pathways to Academic Growth & Enrichment, Resettlement, We are JFS!
The JFS Immigrant Services Team works to accelerate equity for immigrant families and children through programs that build financial stability as well as community integration and social assets. JFS case managers work with immigrant families from over 30 different...
Nov 25, 2020 | Community Partners, Community Programs, Education Equity Initiative, JFS of Metrowest, Pathways to Academic Growth & Enrichment, We are JFS!
Thanksgiving is a time to stop, reflect, and be grateful for so many things in our lives. Even though the Covid-19 pandemic is changing the many ways we gather with friends and family to express gratitude, we are all finding ways to still say thank you though it might...
Nov 2, 2020 | Community Partners, Community Programs, Education Equity Initiative, JFS of Metrowest, Pathways to Academic Growth & Enrichment, We are JFS!
Many thanks to both the Rashi School and the Trinitarian Congregational Church in Wayland for donating children’s books to JFS! In a recent book drive, the Rashi School collected more than a truckload of approximately 1,500 books to be donated to children in...
Sep 30, 2020 | Community Partners, Community Programs, JFS of Metrowest, New American Services, Older Adults, Pathways to Academic Growth & Enrichment, We are JFS!
When on March 15, 2020, Massachusetts State Governor Charlie Baker announced the imposition of emergency Covid-19 response measures, JFS of Metrowest, like many other local non-profit agencies, developed and operationalized new intervention paradigms to ensure that...
