Signature Events

JFS signature events bring our community together to celebrate, give back, and make a meaningful impact.

SIGNATURE EVENTS

From sponsorship opportunities like the Event to Combat Hunger to hands-on volunteer efforts such as our Thanksgiving Drive, these events offer powerful ways to support our neighbors and strengthen well-being across Greater Hartford.

  • Thanksgiving & Turkey Drives

    Mid-November

    At JFS, we believe everyone in our community should have the opportunity to give thanks. We hold a number of special activities leading up to Thanksgiving to ensure that our clients and their families have what they need. ...

  • 14th Annual Responding to Hunger Event

    The Responding to Hunger Event on November 12, 2026 brings our community together for an evening celebrating what we can accomplish when businesses, community leaders, and generous individuals come together to care for our neighbors. This year, the...

  • Annual Back-to-School Drive

    JULY

    Each year throughout the month of July, JFS holds a Back-to-School Drive to collect backpacks and selected school supplies for clients and their families. Upward of 175 backpacks are distributed in August, just before the school year...

  • Passover Food Drive + Distribution

    Spring

    Each spring, Elayne and James Schoke Jewish Family Service of Fairfield County and the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty invite JFS of Greater Hartford to participate in a massive kosher-for-Passover bulk food distribution.  Our JFS staff drive a...

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