After School Club is growing! Refugee and local children in Crafton Heights began the spring semester last Thursday. JFCS and partner ARYSE have been amazed at the response from the community who have stepped up to become volunteer mentors. More than 50 volunteers showed up at the mentor training in…Read More
Category: ARYSE
Refugee kids decorate their first gingerbread houses!
Arriving at After School Club on Thursday afternoon, more than 20 refugee children were astonished to find a table full of gingerbread houses ready to be decorated. There were bags of different colored icing, and all sorts of gum drops, red hots, M&Ms and more. Jenna Baron, Executive Director…Read More
ARYSE Fall Party Photos
This past Sunday a Fall Holiday party for the refugee families in our after school club. It was held at the South Hills JCC and we had activities and games based on Halloween and Thanksgiving. About 30 clients attended and we had 15 volunteers helping out, some of them mentors…Read More
Meet Jenna Baron, Executive Director of ARYSE
[caption id="attachment_3913" align="alignleft" width="300"] Jenna Baron[/caption] Jenna Baron is the Executive Director of ARYSE (Alliance for Refugee Youth Support and Education). ARYSE came to be because Jenna saw a need in the community. Students who came to the U.S. as refugees often have a lot of needs, not the least…Read More