Reading POWR
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READING POWR
People Organized to Welcome Refugees
**We have raised over $13,000 to date through our various fundraising activities.** Donate through GoFundMe to get us to our goal!
Our Reading Area Friends,
We are working with a number of Reading Churches, in association with Catholic Charities of Boston, to resettle a refugee family in the Reading area. Catholic Charities has established a program called Parishes/People Organized to Welcome Refugees (POWR). The Churches listed below have joined this group to support a refugee family in the near future.
Typically, refugee families are in the midst of persecution, civil war, severe drought or famine, are in extremely dire straits, and are finally getting a break to come to the U.S. Before arriving in the United States, they will have their visas and plane tickets and will have been thoroughly vetted by the US government. They will be given some financial help from the federal government, but that is insufficient in most parts of the country.
Refugees need assistance from us until they can become self-sufficient. Catholic Charities advises that that period is 6 to 8 months. Over this period, they need affordable housing, financial assistance, employment, neighborhood orientation, friendship and more.
We are seeking volunteers in many areas. If you can volunteer your time, you decide what you are able to do and how much time you can provide. If you can donate money, it is tax deductible and will go entirely to support the family. If you have a rental property, or know of one which would be affordable and available for rent, please let us know. Our target for rental is $1,700 (2 bedroom apartment for a family of ~ 4), but anything less would give us more flexibility for the family.
We have not yet been assigned a family, but Catholic Charities advises that we would likely receive only 2 to 4 weeks notice that a family will be arriving. So time is of the essence.
Check us out at:
http://readingpowr.weebly.com/
Thank you for your support!
People Organized to Welcome Refugees
**We have raised over $13,000 to date through our various fundraising activities.** Donate through GoFundMe to get us to our goal!
Our Reading Area Friends,
We are working with a number of Reading Churches, in association with Catholic Charities of Boston, to resettle a refugee family in the Reading area. Catholic Charities has established a program called Parishes/People Organized to Welcome Refugees (POWR). The Churches listed below have joined this group to support a refugee family in the near future.
Typically, refugee families are in the midst of persecution, civil war, severe drought or famine, are in extremely dire straits, and are finally getting a break to come to the U.S. Before arriving in the United States, they will have their visas and plane tickets and will have been thoroughly vetted by the US government. They will be given some financial help from the federal government, but that is insufficient in most parts of the country.
Refugees need assistance from us until they can become self-sufficient. Catholic Charities advises that that period is 6 to 8 months. Over this period, they need affordable housing, financial assistance, employment, neighborhood orientation, friendship and more.
We are seeking volunteers in many areas. If you can volunteer your time, you decide what you are able to do and how much time you can provide. If you can donate money, it is tax deductible and will go entirely to support the family. If you have a rental property, or know of one which would be affordable and available for rent, please let us know. Our target for rental is $1,700 (2 bedroom apartment for a family of ~ 4), but anything less would give us more flexibility for the family.
We have not yet been assigned a family, but Catholic Charities advises that we would likely receive only 2 to 4 weeks notice that a family will be arriving. So time is of the essence.
Check us out at:
http://readingpowr.weebly.com/
Thank you for your support!
Organizer
Brian Raiche
Organizer
Reading, MA