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Circle of Welcoming Emergency Response 2026
When families lose access to food assistance, legal protections, or income supports, the impact isn’t felt once—it’s felt every month.
The Circle of Welcoming Emergency Response is a monthly giving campaign directing 100% of gifts to JFS’s Emergency Response Fund. These funds help families and individuals facing urgent crises caused by shifting federal policies and reduced public benefits.
A steady monthly gift creates a steady community response.
And right now, your generosity can go twice as far. A compassionate donor has offered a $10,000 matching gift, doubling every new monthly contribution until the match is met.
Join the Circle of Welcoming Emergency Response and help sustain food access, legal protections, and emergency support for families in Western Massachusetts.
Want to do more?
Create your own Circle fundraising page and invite friends, family, or colleagues to stand with families in need. It takes just a few minutes — and with the $10,000 match in place, your network can multiply the impact of your monthly gift.
Thank you for helping to bring the mission of JFS to life!
Prefer to make a one-time gift or support another program? Use the general DONATE NOW option below.
You can make a one-time gift, schedule a recurring monthly gift, designate a tribute gift to JFS in honor or memory of a loved one, or apply your gift to Area of Greatest Need; Citizenship Services; Jewish Life; New American Refugee Resettlement, Older Adult Services or one of our named funds.
JFS has a gift acceptance policy that provides for naming opportunities for gifts above $10,000. If you would like to discuss these opportunities or would like to speak personally with our CEO Rabbi James Greene about your contribution, please call 413.737.2601 or email j.greene@jfswm.org.
Here is a list of our named funds and Legacy Giving opportunities:
JFS Legacy Society providing a lasting impact in our community
Joe Dorison Memorial Bike Fund providing support to distribute bicycles to newly arriving refugees in our New American Program.
Jeffrey and Diane Kontoff Fund providing support for Resettlement Assistance
Jennell Sorrell Memorial Fund providing support for Initial Refugee Resettlement.
Prefer not to give online? Mail your gift to Jewish Family Service:
15 Lenox Street, Springfield, MA 01108
Our tax identification number is 04-2104352.
Thank you for supporting JFS!
Acknowledge someone special in your life with a gift to JFS. Our new tribute card features a drawing by Monika Rai, a talented refugee youth in our New American Program.
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