Jewish Vocational Aid Society

              J. 7. A .S. Caco Report 1975
Ao you ahoultl know, and probably may not, the Jewish Vocational Aid Society
is functioning. Our goal has always been and still is to help needy students fulfill
educational requirements so that they may meet their potential and become self-
supporting members of our community. With an absence of our own manpower to
raise oxtra monies, the bulk of our money has been given to the Combined Jewish
Philanthropies—in trust. Only the income is used. As your own income haa shrunk
or well as that of even the Ford Foundation, which has cut its allocations this
year from 2 million to 1 million, so too has the income of the J.V.A.S. But in
onito of that, from 'Sept. 1974 to the present time, we have allocated J3450 to
10 students.
Ao in the past, we review thoroughly the cases submitted to us by the
Jewish Vocational Service. Among  10 beneficiaries this year are some who have
been helped by us before. They have proved themselves worthy and we want to see
them nearer their goal. One young nan, who graduated 4th in his olasc in llorth-
oastern, is now completing his 3d year at' Hedical School. Another graduates this
year from Loewll Tochnologioal Institute. Even though he has had only a B-
average, he is now equipped to get a luorative in the chemistry field. A young
lady, who emigrated from Egypt six years ago and who i3 now an American citizen,
is ot the end of her Junior year at the B.U. School of Nursing. She ha3 worked
during any free timo os a dietician's aide and nurse's aide at the St. Elisabeth's
Hospital. And another girl in completing her first year of a two year course to
become a dental hygieniot. A young man, whose father after 30 years of work at
the Boston Navy Yard has been let off, in ill health now,and ablo to find only
short-term poorly paying jobs, i3 attending the University of '/isoonsin in the
School of Business Administration. He questioned his attendance at a school so
far away. Since the U. of Wisconsin is a state school, it was found to be no
more expensive for him to go thero than to commute to Boston University from his
home in Randolph. You can nee from this cursory review that our qualifications
for assistance remain the same. We put no limitation on cex, on ago, on creed,-
oven on marks. Wo help the average student as well as the A otudont. lie must
reside in the Groater Boston area, and he must prove his need and worthiness.
Our financial assistance usually has to be augmented by that of other philanthropic
organisations and often by commercial loans. But the student is launched on his
way toward his goal.