Jun 17, 2026 | Business, Children's Clothing Closet, Community Partners, Education Equity Initiative, Featured, Jewish Community, PAGES/RAG, Pathways to Academic Growth & Enrichment, Reducing Achievement Gaps, Upcoming Events, Volunteer Opportunities, We are JFS!
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...
Oct 20, 2024 | Community Partners, Education Equity Initiative, JFS of Metrowest, PAGES/RAG, Pathways to Academic Growth & Enrichment, Reducing Achievement Gaps, Volunteer Opportunities, We are JFS!
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...
Oct 1, 2024 | Children's Clothing Closet, Community Partners, Featured, PAGES/RAG, Reducing Achievement Gaps, Volunteer Opportunities, We are JFS!
Volunteers from BCBS organize and pack bags of seasonal items for young students in need. Pictured middle right, Representative Jack Lewis lends a hand, and bottom right, JFS staff members Homecare Training Manager Dámaris Medina-Hernández, Senior Director of...
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....
Sep 2, 2020 | Community Partners, Community Programs, Education Equity Initiative, JFS of Metrowest, PAGES/RAG, Pathways to Academic Growth & Enrichment, Reducing Achievement Gaps, Upcoming Events, Volunteer Opportunities, We are JFS!
For the 9th consecutive year, JFS of Metrowest will provide over 250 backpacks full of school supplies to children in our community who need it most; but given the current public health emergency, this year’s initiative is looking a little different…!...
Aug 26, 2020 | Education Equity Initiative, JFS of Metrowest, PAGES/RAG, Pathways to Academic Growth & Enrichment, Reducing Achievement Gaps, Upcoming Events, Volunteer Opportunities, We are JFS!
For the 9th consecutive year, JFS of Metrowest will provide over 250 backpacks full of school supplies to children in our community who need it most; but given the current public health emergency, this year’s initiative is looking a little different…!...
