What's new? For two consecutive years NSCI has partnered with RefugeeOne to help resettle a refugee family here in Chicago. We are grateful for the opportunity again to work with
RefugeeOne to settle a third family in January/February 2021.
For two consecutive years NSCI has partnered with RefugeeOne to help resettle a refugee family here in Chicago. We are grateful for the opportunity again to work with RefugeeOne to settle a third family in January/February 2021, with the goal that the family becomes self-reliant 6-8 months after their arrival. We won’t know their origin and family composition until 2 weeks before they arrive. While they are nameless and faceless at this time, we know they have fled war, persecution and/or terror and most likely speak no English. They are but a few of the 65+ million refugees in limbo around the world who have lived in a temporary camp on the average of 17 years. Yes, 17 years.
Our family will arrive with, at most, a few bags for each of them. They will need so very much for their new life in Chicago.
Please consider donating household items from this SignUp Genius list. In-kind donations should be brought or shipped (ie: Amazon) to NSCI during normal business hours.
Our fundraising goal for this project is $15,000, which will all go to helping with the family's initial expenses like rent, bills, and other needs for 4-5 months as they work towards self-reliance.
If you are able to help, please make checks payable to “NSCI” and write “Refugee Resettlement Project” on the memo line. Please mail checks to NSCI, Attn: Rabbi Daniels, 1185 Sheridan Road, Glencoe, IL 60022, or click HERE to donate online.
There will be many opportunities to help welcome the family, including cleaning & preparing their apartment, greeting the family at the airport, as well as other volunteer opportunities in the weeks after their arrival.
Questions about volunteering? Call/text or email Ann Weisberg at (847) 254-0579 or anngweisberg@gmail.com.
How Does Refugeeone and NSCI Help the Family?
For more information from RefugeeOne, including valuable volunteer education, please click HERE.
Highland park Family Pays it Forward
Click HERE to read an inspiring article by Ray Richmond, who was able to "pay it forward" and help NSCI's new refugee family.