Answering the call
Several members of St. Thomas Becket are answering the call “to love, to serve and to be hope”. In response to the atrocities of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, they have volunteered to sponsor five refugee families as they escape the horrors of war and settle in Minnesota under special 2-year visas. The sponsorship teams are working through Alight (formerly American Refugee Committee) to arrange for their flights, will be there to welcome these families when they arrive, arrange for temporary and permanent housing, support them in figuring out the health care and educational systems, and help them to find employment so they can be self-sufficient in their time in Minnesota.
You can help as well. The goal is to raise $25,000 through this appeal to our STB community. A fundraising website has been developed, similar to a Go Fund Me Page, but without the fees. Please click on this link: https://give.wearealight.org/fundraiser/4422921 to view the website and learn more about the refugee families and the efforts to support them, including an opportunity to donate financially to this effort.
Our first family, Oleksandr and Myroslava and kids, arrived in Minneapolis on January 31st!!