Nov 17, 2020 | Children's Clothing Closet, Community Partners, Community Programs, JFS of Metrowest, We are JFS!
JFS of Metrowest is very excited to announce our Annual JFS Thanksgiving Dinner Distribution, which will take place on Tuesday, November 24, 2020! As part of our new JFS team spotlight series, we chatted with Lucia Panichella, Senior Director of Programs and...
Nov 13, 2020 | Anti-Hate, Equity and Inclusion, Business, Community Programs, JFS of Metrowest, We are JFS!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Framingham, MA – November 13, 2020 – Jewish Family Service of Metrowest (JFS) is pleased to announce that CEO Lino Covarrubias has been named by the Newton-Needham Regional Chamber of Commerce to its inaugural list of Newton-Needham MetroWest 50...
Nov 11, 2020 | Business, Community Programs, JFS of Metrowest, Veterans, We are JFS!
Happy Veterans Day 2020. I write this message in the week following our election, and what a week America has had. As I reflect on Veterans Day, which was originally known as Armistice Day and commemorates the end of WWI hostilities on the eleventh hour of the...
Nov 3, 2020 | Business, Community Programs, JFS of Metrowest, We are JFS!
As reported in the Framingham SOURCE, JFS is proud to announce that JFS CEO Lino Covarrubias has been awarded the Massachusetts Latinx Trailblazers Award by the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus (MBLLC). Nominated by Rep. Jack Patrick Lewis of...
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...
Oct 30, 2020 | Community Partners, Community Programs, Immigrant and Resettlement, Jewish Community, JFS of Metrowest, New American Services, We are JFS!
Dear JFS Friends, As we prepare for one of the most important Presidential elections in modern history, I want to share the following story to inspire everyone to GET OUT THE VOTE. As Elie Wiesel of blessed memory so well stated: “We must take sides. Neutrality...
