First Church of Christ, Congregational, in Pittsfield held A Rockin' Evening of Music and Poetry on April 29 to support their newly arrived Afghan neighbors. Featuring a coalition of artists, poets and musicians from Berkshire County who periodically come...
Thank you to Rachel's Table for their recent donation of fifty $100 Big Y gift cards to JFS to help fight food insecurity. These gift cards will be distributed through our New American Program to newly arrived families including Ukrainian families who have reached out...
We continue to be overwhelmed by the generosity of our volunteers, HOSTs, donors, and partners as we continue through this busy year. Thank you to everyone playing a part! We are seeing the results of everyone’s hard work and generosity – evacuees and refugees getting...
JFS is proud to have completed the first wave of Afghan evacuee resettlement from US bases in March. In partnership with so many of you, we resettled 158 evacuees – more than double the number of refugees we resettled all of last year, in half the time. We expect up...
JFS is pleased to announce the opening of our new Welcome Center in Springfield! We completed an office renovation to double our office space and create two new classroom spaces. With the additional space, we can host two simultaneous ESL classes, host orientation...
In honor of National Volunteer Week and Global Volunteer Month, we are excited to shine a light on our dedicated JFS volunteers and the immeasurable impact of their work! From HOST teams who welcome and support newly arrived refugees to English language coaches,...
