| Title: | BAGELS and other things of Jewish interest |
| Notice: | 1.0 policy, 280.0 directory, 32.0 registration |
| Moderator: | SMURF::FENSTER |
| Created: | Mon Feb 03 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1524 |
| Total number of notes: | 18709 |
Is anyone out there involved with the New Freedom Trail or English as a Second Language programs? If so, I'd be interested in hearing about your experiences. My husband and I became ESL volunteers last spring, but have been doing more work around assimilating the family than anything else and would like to establish a broader network of volunteers than currently exists. I would also like to take this moment to put a plug in for these programs. They need volunteers - desperately. As you are probably aware, more than 3000 Russian immigrants have come into the Greater Boston area this year. Their resettlement and assimilation are managed through Jewish Family and Children Services. They need all kinds of household items, but they especially need your time. For all of the new immigrants under the age of 65 they receive English training. To supplement the training and give them practice with the language (which can even be difficult for those who've never spoken any other language) volunteers are needed to spend whatever amount time is available to speak with our new Americans, explain abbreviations in newspapers, anything that comes to mind. If you are interested the person to contact is Joanne Spector at Jewish Family and Children Services - 637 Washington Street Brookline, (617)566-5716. We're finding it to be a great and rewarding experience - an ideal way to give something meaningful to the Jewish community while having a good time. Barb
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| 872.1 | It's so easy when you use Lestoil. | BAGELS::SREBNICK | Bad pblm now? Wait 'til we solve it! | Fri Jan 19 1990 13:28 | 7 |
Our chavurah has been working on doing a few things for Russian immigrants in the Worcester area. One of our projects is that we have a collection point for detergent, bathroom and kitchen cleaners, mops, brooms, etc. These items are things that immigrants obviously need, but cannot be paid for using food stamps. Dave | |||||