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Support Refugees and Immigrants this Giving Tuesday!

Monday, November 21, 2022

A follow-up to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, <a href="https://www.givingtuesday.org/">Giving Tuesday</a> empowers us to donate to our favorite nonprofit organizations. Refugee- and immigrant-serving nonprofits rely on Giving Tuesday to meet community needs and create meaningful change.Not sure where to donate or want to learn about other organizations?Below you’ll find a list of Giving Tuesday campaigns, each associated with a change-making organization in the US. Make a difference by donating for this year’s Giving Tuesday (November 29th)! No matter the size of your gift, your generosity will have an impact.<h4><a href="https://www.breakbreadbreakborders.com">Break Bread Break Borders</a> (Dallas, TX)</h4><ul><li>Mission: “Break Bread, Break Borders is developing a culinary training program to empower refugee women from war-torn countries to find catering job opportunities by sharing their food, culture, and storytelling. We break bread with the communities, and break down borders at the same time.”</li><li>Giving Tuesday Campaign: “Please help BBBB educate and train more refugee women in commercial kitchens for food service job skills, so we may send them on to bigger and better opportunities.”</li><li>Link to give: <a href="https://www.breakbreadbreakborders.com/education-and-outreach">https://www.breakbreadbreakborders.com/education-and-outreach</a></li></ul><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*7zFGtnTg-9l6kqZTqEQKlw.jpeg" /></figure><h4><a href="https://www.cornercounseling.com/">Cornerstone Marriage & Family Intervention</a> (Princeton, NJ)</h4><ul><li>Mission: “To improve the lives of those struggling with relational and identity difficulties by implementing faith-based intervention strategies rooted in communication techniques.”</li><li>Giving Tuesday Campaign: “We are raising funds for meal initiatives and wellness workshops for our clients throughout the winter months.”</li><li>Link to give: <a href="https://www.cornercounseling.com/donate.html">https://www.cornercounseling.com/donate.html</a></li></ul><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/240/1*C5JAEkE94cSv1osIEwdBFg.jpeg" /></figure><h4><a href="https://www.elmahabacenter.com/">Elmahaba Center</a> (Nashville, TN)</h4><ul><li>Mission: “To strengthen our communities, prioritizing the Arabic-speaking communities, through collective care, cultural awareness, and knowledge towards liberation and social justice.”</li><li>Giving Tuesday Campaign: “Elmahaba’s mutual aid efforts are a cornerstone of our support for our community members. We believe that no BIPOC will have the same wealth as a white person and therefore give without applications or policing according to our capacity. So far, in 2022, we have given out nearly $10,000 in monetary support to single working class moms to newcomers from Yemen and Sudan to support paying medical bills for elderly members. This Giving Tuesday, to stabilize our funds for 2023, we are requesting $5000 to support South Nashville.”</li><li>Link to give: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/elmahabacenternashville">https://www.facebook.com/elmahabacenternashville</a></li></ul><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/828/1*C_lUU9XjvE3SIa98y12log.jpeg" /></figure><h4><a href="https://www.heartfelttidbits.com">Heartfelt Tidbits</a> (Cincinnati, OH)</h4><ul><li>Mission: “To provide support to Southwest Ohio region refugees and recent immigrants by enhancing integration and self-sufficiency through our innovative educational, cultural and employment-enhancing programming.”</li><li>Giving Tuesday Campaign: “Heartfelt Tidbits will be seeking donations from current donors and new ones. The donations raised will be used to assist with ongoing housing needs and enrichment programs for K-8th grade.”</li><li>Link to give: <a href="https://www.heartfelttidbits.com/donate-1">https://www.heartfelttidbits.com/donate-1</a></li></ul><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*Za_Ytl9IO5mEqvp16mFr-Q.jpeg" /></figure><h4><a href="https://www.heartsandhomesforrefugees.org">Hearts and Homes for Refugees</a> (Westchester County, NY)</h4><ul><li>Mission: “Hearts & Homes for Refugees is a volunteer-driven nonprofit organization that works with the U.S. Department of State-designated agencies to welcome refugees. We inspire, educate and equip others to resettle, assist and advocate for refugees. Leading and growing a network of neighbors, community organizations, faith, student and civic groups, we are able to offer safe and inclusive communities to our refugee neighbors and empower them to rebuild their lives with hope and dignity.”</li><li>Giving Tuesday Campaign: “Hearts & Homes for Refugees’ Giving Tuesday efforts will be focused on email and social media campaigns. Our work and programming will be highlighted throughout our Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter pages (@HHRefugees), and our Giving Tuesday ask will focus on regular donations, as well as crypto donations. We will direct Giving Tuesday donations to support our efforts to welcome, resettle and assist new neighbors.”</li><li>Link to give: <a href="https://www.heartsandhomesforrefugees.org/donate">https://www.heartsandhomesforrefugees.org/donate</a></li></ul><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*QePPWVXQ8NrEf97FFCwlCA.jpeg" /></figure><h4><a href="https://www.holalakeway.org/">HOLA Lakeway</a> (Morristown, TN)</h4><ul><li>Mission: “The mission of HOLA Lakeway is to facilitate the integration of immigrant families into the fabric of the Lakeway community through educational initiatives and advocacy.”</li><li>Giving Tuesday Campaign: “HOLA Lakeway is hoping to raise $10,000 that will support HOLA’s mission and goals. Increase the accessibility to higher education for immigrant families by providing workforce development, workshops, meetings, and conferences. Equipping individuals to master literacy and language skills needed to complete K-12 education while striving to decrease the achievement gap by providing HiSET, GED, Spanish and English classes. Increase trust between the immigrant community and cities in the Lakeway area by being a liaison between families and community resources, decreasing the gaps that exist, and building bridges. To increase community integration and understanding of different cultures through events that celebrate and highlight diversity while promoting unity.”</li><li>Link to give: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=xzJFhoTS5lRciCGnqmTEnS3QszZbNJHjYH2sAB2RsI-fa7efG8d1aDPaJXL0RGIebsEZ-5PWzTzsMxLo">https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=xzJFhoTS5lRciCGnqmTEnS3QszZbNJHjYH2sAB2RsI-fa7efG8d1aDPaJXL0RGIebsEZ-5PWzTzsMxLo</a></li></ul><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*CqUKjamsTiqEpiylD0GbzA.png" /></figure><h4><a href="https://www.lltaustin.org/">Ladies Let’s Talk </a>(Austin, TX)</h4><ul><li>Mission: “LLT helps refugee and immigrant women achieve belonging in their new community. We connect them with women volunteers for: language practice; navigating daily life; and friendship and sisterhood.”</li><li>Giving Tuesday Campaign: “Ladies Let’s Talk is launching our Sponsor a Student campaign on Giving Tuesday, November 29th. We are asking donors to sponsor one of our Basic English students from Afghanistan. The cost is $35 which will cover the costs of her school supplies, classroom materials, and tea break goodies. Our goal is to have 24 students in two classes — all with sponsors!”</li><li>Link to give: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=NFYTWFKE9T552">https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=NFYTWFKE9T552</a></li></ul><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*rnJQcXp9fOc6mn2C5RldgA.png" /></figure><h4><a href="https://miryslist.org">Miry’s List</a> (Calabasas, CA)</h4><ul><li>Mission: “The mission of Miry’s List is to improve the experience for new arrival families by filling gaps in the governmental system of support for refugees, and providing a mechanism for our community of supporters to directly help families with the things, people and programming needed to thrive in the United States.”</li><li>Giving Tuesday Campaign: “Giving Tuesday donations will go towards the 2022 Friendsgiving with Miry’s List campaigns, an effort to provide support for 400 more new arrival families in 2023.”</li><li>Link to give: <a href="https://give.miryslist.org/campaign/2022-friendsgiving-with-mirys-list/c440716">Give.miryslist.org</a></li></ul><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*bhelOXyC-tG4IsDcC8BJ8Q.jpeg" /></figure><h4><a href="https://n2nsb.com">Neighbor to Neighbor</a> (South Bend, IN)</h4><ul><li>Mission: “Our mission is to create mutual relationships among South Bend’s immigrant and non-immigrant population, through meaningful friendships and community networking.”</li><li>Giving Tuesday Campaign: “Neighbor to Neighbor is activating our Drive to Thrive campaign that draws attention to the fact that our community is a driving community. In order to thrive and participate in the community it is essential to be able to drive. Funds raised will go toward the purchase of a driving simulator to safely and confidentiality allow newcomers to practice driving. Funds will also allow us to host classes on the costs and considerations of being a vehicle owner. Drive to Thrive offers dignified community participation.”</li><li>Link to give: <a href="http://www.n2nsb.com/donate">www.n2nsb.com/donate</a></li></ul><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*fjwFsk47Vk-0MqODsUduSg.jpeg" /></figure><h4><a href="https://www.NewNeighborsPartnership.org">New Neighbors Partnership</a> (New York, NY)</h4><ul><li>Mission: “New Neighbors Partnership welcomes refugees, asylee, and asylum seeking families by helping them forge positive social connections with local families who can provide emotional, informational, and concrete support as they resettle.”</li><li>Giving Tuesday Campaign: “This Giving Tuesday, New Neighbors Partnership is seeking support for a New Moms Group launched to provide postpartum supplies and community for newly arrived refugee moms. Through care packages and weekly sessions led by a certified parenting educator, the New Moms Support Group ensures that isolated moms have a community to care for them and the resources they need to give their babies a strong start.”</li><li>Link to give: <a href="https://newneighborspartnership.kindful.com/?campaign=1198620">https://newneighborspartnership.kindful.com/?campaign=1198620</a></li></ul><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*B4B351sSq1DJcLhOFBxBYg.png" /></figure><h4><a href="https://www.refugeeassistancealliance.org">Refugee Assistance Alliance</a> (Miami, FL)</h4><ul><li>Mission: “To help underserved refugees find the practical and language support they need to navigate life in their new homeland.”</li><li>Giving Tuesday Campaign: “Over the past year, Refugee Assistance Alliance (RAA) has grown exponentially. From adding new staff members to support client families, tutors, and volunteers to launching our Community Sponsorship Program (Navigating the USA), RAA is continuing capacity-building efforts into 2023. This year’s Giving Tuesday funds will support RAA’s newest clients — from Afghanistan, Ukraine, Congo, and Burma. Additionally, these funds will further the efforts of Community Sponsorship Teams (CSTs) by providing funds for increased staff hours to support teams as well as funds to disperse to individual teams as needs arise with match families.”</li><li>Link to give: <a href="https://www.refugeeassistancealliance.org/donate-now">https://www.refugeeassistancealliance.org/donate-now</a></li></ul><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/786/1*Dt5fJQHS7rf3uPftxv8Q7g.jpeg" /></figure><h4><a href="https://ruthsrefuge.org">Ruth’s Refuge</a> (Brooklyn, NY)</h4><ul><li>Mission: “Ruth’s Refuge is the only organization devoted to providing furniture and home essentials to refugees and asylum seekers rebuilding their lives in New York City.”</li><li>Giving Tuesday Campaign: “This Giving Tuesday, Ruth’s Refuge is participating in Brooklyn Gives. Our goal is to furnish homes for 20 refugee families by raising $60,000. Funds raised will allow us to purchase beds, so no new arrivals have to sleep on the floor, and pay for moving trucks and volunteer mobilization, so we can put our teams of volunteers to work, welcoming new neighbors with home furnishings.”</li><li>Link to give: <a href="https://www.brooklyngives.org/organizations/ruth-s-refuge">https://www.brooklyngives.org/organizations/ruth-s-refuge</a></li></ul><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*ef59ctRsIuQkBXbk5hK7Ww.jpeg" /></figure><h4><a href="https://softlandingmissoula.org/">Soft Landing Missoula</a> (Missoula, MT)</h4><ul><li>Mission: “Soft Landing partners with our community to provide supportive services and welcome for refugees and immigrants in Missoula, working together to create a home where new neighbors can integrate and thrive.”</li><li>Giving Tuesday Campaign: “For many families that come through the doors at Soft Landing Missoula’s Community Center, gathering is a large part of emotional health and well-being. Gathering with friends and families is one of the things new neighbors miss most about home. Giving Tuesday donations to Soft Landing help create many opportunities for new neighbors in Missoula to gather, build community, and thrive including: a welcoming and supportive Community Center, gatherings to provide connection and inspire joy, Welcome Dinners, and a program that brings together youth for after school tutoring as well as social and recreational activities.”</li><li>Link to give: <a href="http://bit.ly/donate2SLM">bit.ly/donate2SLM</a></li></ul><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*mP5QG6UzgBzmm0lbaYmXpQ.png" /></figure><h4><a href="https://welcomehomerefugees.org">Welcome Home Jersey City</a> (Jersey City, NJ)</h4><ul><li>Mission: “We support newly arrived refugees, asylees, and asylum-seekers in the Jersey City area with educational, employment, and material support.”</li><li>Giving Tuesday Campaign: “The December school break means more meals to prepare and mouths to feed at home, which can lead to food insecurity for new immigrant families who are just getting their footing in Jersey City. In the spirit of giving, please help Welcome Home purchase pantry staples like rice, flour, oil, and dried beans to fill a bag for each of our families this December. In addition, we hope we can raise enough money to purchase prepaid vouchers from a local halal butcher shop for each family.”</li><li>Link to give: <a href="https://welcomehomerefugees.org/campaigns/holidayfoodbags/">https://welcomehomerefugees.org/campaigns/holidayfoodbags/</a></li></ul><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/969/1*-2W1_gO5Wr1myjKMH9wPOw.jpeg" /></figure><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/proxy/0*pKnxYcg08hvu_bzM.png" /></figure>Learn more about the <a href="https://www.neighbornetwork.io/">Hello Neighbor Network</a>. The Hello Neighbor Network accepts applications for Fellows every fall. <a href="http://eepurl.com/hnAmkT">Sign up for our newsletter</a> to be the first to know when applications open.<img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=4a7c999a5dec" width="1" height="1" alt=""><hr><a href="https://medium.com/hello-neighbor-network/support-refugees-and-immigrants-this-giving-tuesday-4a7c999a5dec">Support Refugees and Immigrants this Giving Tuesday!</a> was originally published in <a href="https://medium.com/hello-neighbor-network">Hello Neighbor Network</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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