In honor of Volunteer Appreciation Month and our wonderful JFS volunteers, we hosted an open house art preview event last Friday in our Welcome Center offices. We invited Laurène Boglio, a local artist who worked with our staff earlier this year, to create murals on...
Refugee Shabbat, a project of HIAS will take place on February 2-3, 2024. Refugee Shabbat is an invitation for congregations, organizations, and individuals to express their solidarity with the global Jewish movement for refugee protection and welcome. People...
JFS ESL learners enjoyed a guided field trip to the Dr. Seuss Museum in Springfield as part of their English language learning and cultural experience. The museum served as an interactive learning space to explore resources and lessons beyond the traditional classroom...
An ambitious group of six volunteers, spearheaded by Sarah Fuller, joined together over a year ago, and took it upon themselves to collect pots and pans, flatware, and other kitchen necessities to outfit apartments for newly arriving refugees. The group attends tag...
The JFS Youth Program organized a trip for almost 30 students at Emergence Academy from our afterschool soccer program to go to the Hartford Athletic game on Friday, Oct. 13th. Through a relationship with one of our coaches, two players (one on Hartford Athletic and...
JFS has been awarded a competitive two-year $450,000 Citizenship and Integration Grant from the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). This grant enables us to both continue and to expand our work helping legal...
