Giving to JF&CS
 JF&CS needs your support to continue to be the leading provider of comprehensive human services, delivering personalized and integrated care that improves people’s lives. With your help, JF&CS can continue to give hope to 30,000 people in need every year. Your donation will make a direct impact on the lives of individuals struggling with the demands of everyday life. |
Your Donation Makes a Difference
Carol* is a 39-year-old married woman with a three-year-old son. During her child’s delivery, she suffered a stroke and has been on disability ever since. Earlier this year her husband was laid off from his job. The couple’s current combined income covered their mortgage and car loan debt, leaving less than $200 for all other needs. Carol contacted JF&CS Family Table because she had begun utilizing a local food pantry, but could not get kosher food there. Within seven days of her inquiry, we were able to process her application and get her approved for our food pantry. Additionally, we connected her with our Center for Family Assistance, which is now working with her on additional emergency needs including buying prescriptions for her son.
Carol is not alone. Each month, Family Table delivers food to 550 individuals – 60% more people than we to delivered in 2008. Across the board, from services for the elderly, to low income families, new moms, and individuals with Parkinson’s, our programs are touching more people than ever before.
*Name changed to protect privacy.
Your donation can directly impact the lives of people in our community.
$50 – Provides winter clothing for a homeless child
$100 – Gives one frail and homebound senior in need home-delivered monthly groceries
$180 – Provides tuition for a limited income person with Parkinson’s disease and their care partner to attend a two month Parkinson’s dance class
$250 – Pays for an in-home infant massage training session for the parents of a premature baby
$350 – Pays for one client with Asperger’s to attend an Employment Skills Group
$500 – Prevents electricity shut off for a family struggling with financial crisis
$1,000 – Funds monthly Shabbat and Holiday observance for Jewish elders living in a nursing home
$2,000 – Provides bereavement services for grieving individuals
$5,000 – Sponsors a year of Parkinson’s Men’s support group sessions to counter social isolation
For more information, call 781-647-JFCS (5327) or email your questions via our contact us page.