Today’s donation for me: U.S. Citizenship Test Guide: $7.45
I call this young woman Hope, that is not her real name. The refugee families are too frightened to have their real names published, something I never thought I would say about America. She is full of Hope and so is her mother.
As the controversy over immigration rages all around them, new refugee families are still arriving into the United States, scrambling to get her before and if the ban on immigration is re-instated.
They are here legally, have been exhaustively “vetted,” have waited years to get here, and are confused and frightened by the turmoil. Whatever the outcome of the struggle going on over immigration, these are mostly women and children, they have suffered horribly, and they are no threat to you, your family, or our country.
Most of them have left everything they owned behind, and are starting a new life in America, a place they have long dreamed of coming to. The US. Committee on Refugees And Immigration have set up an Amazon Gift Page so we can help these people inexpensively and simply.
Your gifts have flooded the refugee committee warehouse, and they are being unwrapped and distributed as quickly as they arrive. I hope there is more help out there for these people, it is a simple thing to do, and it feels very good.
Hundreds of you have already donated items to the refugee families, more are arriving as the courts decide the future of the immigration ban. Today, the page has been updated to list study guides for citizenship as well as critically needed household items – blankets, silverware, teapots, strollers, diapers and children’s socks.
The gifts range from school examination guide to English dictionaries and other texts to help these families acclimate to America. I hope to be teaching a literacy class to the refugees shortly and hope to mentor some of the families. These are good, honest and hard-working people. They have suffered enough, and are deeply touched by the support many of you have been offering them, many are terrified and bewildered by the debates raging all around them.
Many have been separated from their families, they are greatly worried they can not be re-united.
I believe you are an Army Of Good there is nothing controversial, to me, or divisive about helping these families settle into their home, they are thrilled and grateful to be here. Feel free to check out the Gift Page lists, the books and texts range from $9 to $15. A little help goes a very long way here, and thank you.
Today, I donated a U.S. Citizenship Test Guide, for $7.45.