JAS will be hosting “A Taste of Home”, an evening celebration at the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, featuring dinner cooked from recipes of the many members that make up the JAS community. This event is a toast to the many accomplishments JAS has achieved and the foods that have sustained the community throughout 50 years.

Throughout the year, an exhibition of Just-A-Start’s archival photographs, materials, and documents will be open to the public. The exhibition will travel around Inman Square and East Cambridge for all to learn about our early years.

Just-A-Start is constantly nurturing fresh new ideas, in every section of the organization. In keeping with those values, JAS will be hosting a panel / lecture style event with invited, distinguished guests to delve into the topics that affect the community most.

Just-A-Start will be hosting a full day, outdoor festival event in East Cambridge that will be open to the public and filled with energy, joy, and celebration. JAS invites local businesses and restaurants to participate as vendors at the event, and community members to propose activities. It will be a full day of fun for the neighborhood where JAS has thrived for half a century.

To close out the year of celebration, Just-A-Start will be hosting an elegant dinner at the Royal Sonesta Hotel for invited guests and community members. JAS will take this evening to reflect over fifty years, thank members of the community who have helped them achieve their many milestones, and look forward towards the next fifty years!