Oct 21, 2019 | Immigrant and Resettlement, Jewish Community, Resettlement, We are JFS!
Earlier this spring, JFS of Metrowest, in partnership with the Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees (MFA) and generous support provided by The Shapiro Foundation, committed to sending a shipboard container full of personal care, medical and other supplies to...
Oct 15, 2019 | Community Programs, Elder Care Management, Healthy Aging, Older Adults, Patient navigator, Warm Connectors, We are JFS!
Student Intern Charmaine Anderson and Program Specialist Karen Reitzi with Sen. Karen Spilka at the annual Senior Health and Wellness Fair in Framingham. JFS is proud to partner with Senator Karen Spilka in supporting older adults in our community!
Aug 30, 2018 | New American Services, PAGES/RAG, Resettlement, Volunteer Opportunities, We are JFS!
This past week JFS celebrated our 7th annual Build-A-Backpack event at the Framingham and Wellesley Public libraries. Over the course of two days, we packed over 425 backpacks, our largest number to date These backpacks were fully packed with brand new school...
Aug 20, 2018 | New American Services, Older Adults, PAGES/RAG, Resettlement, We are JFS!
Meet Maggie Kenney, the most recent addition to the JFS of Metrowest team! Maggie has just completed an AmeriCorps service year with JFS as part of the New American Integration Program (NAIP). As an AmeriCorps member at JFS Maggie served in several program areas,...
Aug 1, 2018 | New American Services, We are JFS!
All photos courtesy of Sheldon Golder On July 19, 2018, as part of JFS’s New American program JFS was proud to host a Citizenship Celebration to recognize and honor our clients who have become naturalized citizens within the last year. Over forty individuals,...
