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Connecting people in need

with compassionate care.

JFS Worcester provides counseling and

social services to support individuals and strengthen family life. Based on traditional

Jewish values of social responsibility and

concern for all members of the community,

JFS serves those in need without regard

to race, religion or the ability to pay.

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When you support JFS with a

financial contribution, you:

Help children and adolescents

cope with divorce.

Aid participants in the adoption

process: children, birth parents,

adoptive parent applicants, adoptive

parents and adult adoptees.

Help elders and their families identify

needs and connect with the vast

community resources of Central

Massachusetts and beyond.

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Facilitate care for elders no longer

competent to manage their own

affairs.

Support family mediation and mental

health counseling for families and

individuals.

JFS Worcester

Focused on family, in all its varied

forms, as a trusted source of

compassion, support and learning.

Providing professional, confidential,

accredited services that help deal

with the challenges of life's natural

transitions and its unexpected crises.

A nonsectarian agency rooted in the

Jewish values of caring, individual

dignity and social justice.

Please join our Friends Campaign and

help JFS connect people in need with compassionate care.

Learn more about the JFS Gold Circle

Leadership Donor Program.

Please contact us.

Upcoming:

Economic Crisis Workshop Series of

Central Massachusetts

TOOLS FOR SUCCESS

Thursday, January 7, 2010, 6:30-8:30 PM

“Why Did God Do This to Me?

Spiritual Responses to Financial Crisis”

Led by Rabbi Laurence Elis Milder, PhD,

Congregation B'nai Shalom, Westborough

Thursday, January 28, 2010, 6:30-8:30 PM

“For Richer or for Poorer: Families Coping

with Economic Stress”

Led by Stephen Slaten, PhD, Executive

Director, JFS Worcester

Both workshops will be held at:

Tatnuck Booksellers

Westborough Shopping Center

Rt. 9 and Lyman Street

Westborough, MA 01581

Presented by Connections of Central Mass.

Click here for details.

Career Moves at Jewish Vocational

Services (JVS), of Boston, is offering a

series of FREE webinars beginning in January

for individuals looking for work or considering

a career change.

These workshops were first delivered in the

greater Boston area to more than 1,200 attendees in a series of community seminars called Weathering the Storm: Tools, Tips and

Strategies to Navigate the Recession.

Now, with support from Combined Jewish

Philanthropies of Greater Boston, the

workshops are available via webinar.

If you are a professional-level job seeker or

are changing careers, these webinars will

give you tools, tips and strategies to

navigate the still choppy waters of this

economy.

Click on here for dates, topics and

no-fee registration.

Sixth in the

Economic Crisis Workshop of Central Mass:

For Richer or Poorer:

Family Coping with Economic Stress

With Stephen Slaten, PhD

Executive Director, JFS Worcester

January 28, 2010, 6:30-8:30 PM

Tatnuck Booksellers, Westborough

Click here for details

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Here's a great opportunity!

Shop for the the holidays and

support JFS Worcester
at the same time!

JFS has teamed up with Vistaprint - America's largest
online supplier of printed, promotional and apparel products -
to create a co-branded website, where JFS supporters can

place orders for holiday cards, pens, magnets and other items.

Best of all,

30% of the purchase price goes to JFS!

In addition, holiday cards and other items can

subtly bear the JFS logo,
so recipients know the items were purchased
to support a good cause.
In this way, you help spread the word
about JFS and the beneficial work we do!

To view a sample card with the JFS logo, click here.

To take advantage of this special offer, simply click here
and start shopping today!

Shop now and save 20% at Vistaprint!

Questions? Call Steve Slaten at JFS: 508.755.3101

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A new and innovative program

from JFS Worcester