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A few
years ago St. Bartholomew Lutheran Church
made a commitment to help many refugees from Burma, Nepal, Bhutan, Thailand, Africa and
other countries around the world. They come to the United States to flee
from religious, political or military unrest in their home country or for
many other reasons. Many
of these refugees do not speak English and are most are unfamiliar with our public
transportation, job search, social assistance programs (food stamps,
etc.), travel, customs and many things that we take for granted. They need
assistance to get the basics of life - food, shelter, transportation, etc.
St. Bart has been
able to help many refugees since our commitment to this effort began but
unfortunately we are not able to help all of them.
From time to time some of the refugees are in need of various basic
necessities in their lives.
Items needed on a continuous basis are: |
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children's ponchos or hooded rain-jackets |
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TVs, VCRs, VHS tapes (these aid in learning English) |
