Dec 29, 2017 | Family Assistance Network, Resettlement, Volunteer Opportunities, We are JFS!
Dear JFS, Thank you for accepting our food donations for Lucy and Joe’s Food Pantry. My 8 yr old daughter Navya who is in the 2nd grade raised the money herself for this. She designed greeting cards and sold them to raise money. She was very inspired by the work JFS...
Dec 26, 2017 | Resettlement, Volunteer Opportunities, We are JFS!
Third in a series of occasional articles on the Syrian families resettling in this area, The Boston Globe follows the families being helped by the JFS Syrian Refugee Humanitarian Project. Read about their joys and struggles in The Last Refugee, Letting go, taking hold...
Dec 14, 2017 | Family Assistance Network, Jewish Community, Volunteer Opportunities, We are JFS!
Ronna and Scott Cohen, with JFS staff Lino Covarrubias, Diana O’Brien, Stephanie Rohr and Shoshana Savitz, Always a wonderful moment when Scott and Ronna Cohen deliver a Hanukkah gift to our food pantry at JFS of Metrowest . For the past 5 years instead of gifts for...
Nov 22, 2017 | Reducing Achievement Gaps, Volunteer Opportunities, We are JFS!
It is with abundant gratitude that JFS thanks our partner Daniel’s Table of Framingham and the many community supporters who helped provide over 100 families at the Woodrow Wilson Elementary school with everything needed to enjoy a full and festive Thanksgiving...
Nov 10, 2017 | Resettlement, Volunteer Opportunities, We are JFS!
Congratulations to Malvina and the citizenship team for their work in helping a 98 year old woman achieve her dream of becoming a U.S. citizen! Her son brought a cake to the office to say thank you. His mom is doing well in her home here in Framingham. Click to...
Nov 8, 2017 | Reducing Achievement Gaps, Volunteer Opportunities, We are JFS!
(Pictured above: Team members Malvina Goldfarb, Kayla Hopkins and Amanda Coughlin) Outstanding School Partner “For your support, commitment, leadership and sustained efforts to enhance the educational opportunities of the students of the Framingham Public Schools and...
