Friday Note: 8/27/2021
A special thanks to all our employees helping Afghans and their families find safety in our community. The Pacific Northwest is one of only a handful of regions in the U.S. welcoming refugee families and our Refugee Resettlement Services staff are ramping up efforts to support them. If you are asked, these are the Top 3 opportunities for people to support the Afghan refugees: Provide affordable or no-cost housing or be a host home family Commit to extended volunteer support (ideally, 2-4 weeks at a time). Volunteers are needed to work with our community partners to coordinate "restart kits," which include necessities like bedding, kitchen and bathroom supplies. We also need mentor volunteers to be a long-term friend in the community to these families. Donate money that will go to support the massive effort of resettling families Bonus - we are in need of storage so we can have furniture and welcome kits ready and staged across the i5 corridor between Seattle and Portland. Le...