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This week JFS received a very generous donation from a local teen named Elianna. Elianna decided to do a mitzvah project with JFS in honor of becoming a Bat Mitzvah. She asked friends, family, and peers to donate personal care items for teen girls around her age. She wanted to donate personal care items because she felt that teens her age are often overlooked but need these essential items.

Elianna then gathered all of the donations and brought them to JFS to be distributed through the JFS Resource Room at Framingham Public Schools. The donations included items like face wash, shampoo and conditioner, body wash, pads, and mouthwash.

A big thank you to Elianna for gathering personal care items for the Resource Room! 

We want to take a moment to thank the volunteers and supporters from Temple Beth Shalom (TBS) for helping resettle the Rengel Family and Temple Beth Elohim (TBE) for helping resettle the Hernandez Family!

The NORC programs deliver services, develop partnerships, mobilize resources and foster the creation of environments that promote aging in place. A NORC volunteer helps contribute to social engagement opportunities for the community and help facilitate and cultivate an atmosphere of enrichment for the program residents. Our NORC initiatives seek to lessen social isolation of older adults in the community and embrace their capacity to age with dignity.

If you or someone you know is interested in volunteering with the NORC program, please contact the Director of Volunteer Services IJ Anyanwu to learn more!

508-875-3100 x190

ianyanwu@jfsmw.org

Through the surveys completed at both Rose Kennedy Lane and Hastings House during the End of Summer BBQ's, older adults asked for drumming classes to come back! The NORC program brought Tara Murphy, a long-time African American dancer of Massachusetts to the NORC'S during the holiday season. Her love of the cultures and art forms of West Africa has led Tara to share the healing, upliftment, and joy of dance and drumming throughout New England. 

Older adults from both Rose Kennedy Lane and Hastings House were in attendance and completed a full 60-minute class that included stretching, dancing, and drumming! Tara was knowledgeable, patient, and easy to follow. All of the older adults that attended expressed that they had a great time and couldn't wait for the next one!

• Donald A
• Zehra A
• Elizabeth B
• Byrna B
• Axie B
• Adeane B
• Daniel B
• Peter B
• Sue C
• Angie C
• Debbie C
• Karen C
• Jane C
• Jeff C
• Rick D
• Johanna E
• Jessica F
• Robert F

• Linda F
• Barbara G
• Daniel G
• Michael G
• Julia G
• Julie G
• Jane H
• Nathan H
• Wendy H
• George H
• Joel H
• Ann J
• Stephanie J
• Sarah K
• Beverly K
• Victor K
• Nan L

• Judy L
• Laura M
• Gail M
• Valerie m
• Janice M
• Pam R
• Leslie R
• Barbara S
• Susan S
• Rick S
• Elizabeth S
• Peter S
• Geri S
• Deborah T
• Lisa W
• Laurence W
• Elizabeth W

Reminders for Volunteers:

If you want to learn more about volunteer opportunities with JFS, please contact IJ or Mandy:

Ijeoma Anyanwu (IJ)

Director of Volunteer Services

508-875-3100 x190

ianyanwu@jfsmw.org

Mandy Fleming

Administrative Specialist for Development and Volunteer Services

508-875-3100 x320

mfleming@jfsmw.org

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