COVID-19 and it’s impact at JBBBS
JBBBS remains open during the coronavirus pandemic and staff will be conducting work remotely. Please feel free to contact our staff as you usually would – via email or phone – and they will be in touch with you. We are canceling all MAGIC events in March. We are hosting the F2F Community Seder on April 1st virtually through Facebook Live. With great sadness, we must inform you that our 100th Anniversary Gala scheduled to be held May 14 has been cancelled.
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Friend 2 Friend (F2F) provides adults with mild to moderate disabilities the opportunity to make new friends, socialize, stay active and be connected to the community. F2F programs support one-to-one friendships for qualifying adults.
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OUR 100 YEAR IMPACT
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JBBBS News and Updates
A message from Jeffrey Savit, President and CEO Dear Friends,What a trying, incomprehensible few weeks these last few weeks have been for all of us. We are all trying to adjust our lives and plans while doing all we can to safeguard the public health and well being of those around us. All of us connected to JBBBS – professionals, lay leaders,…
A common practice used is to discuss the day’s Highs and lows. This can be done at a particular time each day. It can be during dinner or right after school. Going around in a circle allows for equality, and a sense of control. Each person shares a high and low aspect of the day…
Dear Friends, Who could have dreamt two months ago that our worlds would be turned upside down? But as the cases of COVID-19 continue to rise in Massachusetts, let alone nationwide, it goes without saying that this is a particularly anxious time for all of us: our staff, clients, families, volunteers, program participants and donors. Yet,…