Team Fundraising Page of Home Away from Home

Greetings, Family, Friends, Colleagues, and Students: As a new board member of Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County (JFS), I have the privilege of co-chairing the following event - 2023 Walk a Mile in My Shoes - on Sunday, September 10, 2023.  This third annual event will provide an opportunity for participants/volunteers to pause and consider some of the experiences, including the traumas, losses, fears, and hopes that refugee clients face every day. Funds raised will support all resettlement needs, such as housing, food and nutrition, employment services, and transportation, especially for refugees from Afghanistan, Ukraine, and Syria. Also, as a refugee and migration scholar/professor at the University of Michigan, I am currently collaborating with this organization on several research projects to support newly resettled Afghan and Ukrainian humanitarian parolees, as well as Syrian refugee youth and their families. My goal is to raise $5,000, but I cannot do it without your help, so please join me for the actual walk on September 10th and in raising money for an important cause by sponsoring my campaign. Thank you in advance for your support. I appreciate you. See you on September 10th if you're able to attend the walk.