Thank you for taking part in the 2026 MetroWest MLK Day of Service! 

This year, our hundreds of volunteers and crew members produced record-breaking: 

288 Soup Jars

243 Banana Breads
175 Spinach Lasagnas

90 Stars of Hope

25 Desks and Shelves

 

All of these have been donated to four different SMOC (South Middlesex Opportunity Council) family shelters in Framingham, Jewish Family Services of MetroWest, three family shelters in the Father Bill’s And MainSpring shelter system, Wayside Family Services in Framingham, LifeBridge North Shore, Project Soup in Somerville, Sudbury Community Food Pantry and the McCarthy Elementary School Framingham.

As we conclude this community-wide effort, we would like to extend our special thanks to:

  • Our amazing J-LOFT and Volunteer Ventures Crew (AKA The Blue Aprons) who showed up on Saturday night to set up, were there early Sunday morning, and last to leave in the evening.
  • Matthew, Ollie, Brandon and Elliot of The Goonz (@themaynardgoonz) for absolutely rocking it!
  • Rabbi Sam Blumberg, Cantor David Wolff, Ellen Jagher, Vivo Moshe and the entire staff at Temple Beth Am for their generous hospitality.
  • Rep. Priscilla Sousa for joining us for the fourth year in a row!
  • CJP (Combined Jewish Philanthropies), and JFSMW (Jewish Family Services of MetroWest) and Repair the World for supporting, promoting, and providing generous funding for this event.
  • Leader Bank, Digital Credit Union, Stop & Shop, Wegmans, and Trader Joe’s, for their generous contributions. 
  • All individuals who kindly made a monetary contribution, which helped carry the costs of the event.

Please check out the beautiful photo album from the event, courtesy of our talented photographers, Ryan Guiel, Alison Abdu and Sara Matias. 

Did you take some nice photos? Go ahead and add them to the album!

All the costs of thi MLK Day of Service are covered by J-LOFT and Volunteer Ventures, with the help of CJP, Repair the World, and individuals like yourself. Please consider making a donation.

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