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Gail Schulman, JF&CS CEO

Update from the most recent edition of the
Making Connections newsletter

April 1, 2024

Dear friends,

Every time I arrive at our Waltham office, I’m greeted by the smiling faces of volunteers who show up to care for the community. The constant work of improving lives is important and meaningful, not to mention difficult—and having volunteers who are both dedicated and skilled is core to our ability to impact so many people efficiently.

For so many of us, volunteering offers the chance to both live and transmit our values. Children who join their parents volunteering at Family Table often come back to us for their bar/bat mitzvah projects and later return as college students or young adults. We have volunteers who help nurture the earliest relationships—like the Lauren & Mark Rubin Visiting Mom who supported me two decades ago—and volunteers who provide comfort and companionship as people age.

This Volunteer Appreciation Month, we honor the more than 2,300 individuals who generously contributed an astonishing 23,340 hours to helping our community in the last year.

Please read on for some of the ways volunteers are making a difference at JF&CS and be in touch to find the right volunteer opportunity for you. And to all of our volunteers: thank you, thank you, thank you!

Gail Schulman

Chief Executive Officer

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