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Arcola, Illinois Volunteers Needed

 The Afghan Welcome Home Project is welcoming 10 Afghan evacuees to the Arcola community. A volunteer informational and planning meeting will be held at 6:30pm on Tuesday 8 February 2022 at the First Christian Church of Arcola, 311 E Main Street, Arcola, Illinois.  The informational meeting will discuss both small and big ways to get involved in the Project and help facilitate the resettlement of these Afghan evacuees in Central Illinois.  Contact Ilene Henderson at afghanwhp@gmail.com or 404-234-6513 for more information.

Sign Up to Help our Newest Afghan Evacuees

We are welcoming 7 more Afghan evacuees to Central Illinois!!! We are welcoming 7 more Afghan Evacuees to Central Illinois on Sunday 23 January 2022.  These 7 men will be temporarily housed in Decatur, Illinois until permanent housing is finalized in Bloomington, Illinois.  Click on the link below and sign-up to donate needed items https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0f44a5ad2ea6fac52-supplies There will be a Welcome Home Rally to celebrate their arrival: Date:  Sunday 23 January 2022 Time:  3:00pm Location:  4619 Trevino Ln, Decatur, IL 62526-9379, United States Put on your USA Red, White and Blue; don your Afghan Black, Red and Green; decorate a Welcome Home sign and come welcome our new neighbors!! Contact Juanita Marner, (217) 246-6141 with questions regarding donation drop-off and Welcome Home Rally

Volunteers Needed

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  We are welcoming 3 Afghan evacuees to the Bloomington-Normal community and they could use your help and support. We will be having a Facilitator/Volunteer informational meeting and sign-up this coming Thursday and we hope to see you there.  There are ways both big and small that you can get involved and help facilitate the resettlement of these Afghans here in Central Illinois. Thursday,  20 January 2022 7:30 pm Islamic Center of McLean County 421 Olympia Dr, Bloomington, IL 61704 Contact our Operations Manager, Ilene Henderson with any questions, phone:  404-234-6513 or email:  afghanwhp@gmail.com. We look forward to seeing you Thursday!!!

Afghan Evacuees are on Their Way Here!!!!

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Here is Your Chance to Help Alrighty, what everyone has been waiting for is in the works...we have 4 Afghan evacuees on their way to resettle in Bloomington, Illinois!!!! We have a lot to do in a very short amount of time, so we can use all of the help and support we can get.  There is a way for everyone to help out and contribute and be a part of an a amazing opportunity.  Our evacuees are 4 men who had to flee Afghanistan in order to save their and their families' lives, having left behind wives and children. We have 2 apartments to set up and get ready in a very short amount of time, so please get in touch with us and see how you can help out!! We can be reached via Facebook Messenger, Email:  afghanwhp@gmail.com or phone:  404-234-6513 call or text. You can make monetary donations via US Mail to PO Box 144, Mt. Zion, IL 62549 or via paypal  Donate via PayPal There is plenty of work to be done and support needed, so everyone can get involved and help some very deserving individu

Mis-labeled

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In the realm of refugee/evacuee resettlement, the label/term Sponsor has a very distinct meaning, which is very different from the manner in which the Afghan Welcome Home Project has been using the term.  Therefore, to prevent any further confusion, we will no longer utilize the label/term Sponsor, but instead will use the label Facilitator. The responsibilities expected of a Facilitator are the same as those previously assigned to a sponsor.  It is simply the label which we are assigning to those offering their support to the Afghan evacuees resettling in Central Illinois that has changed from sponsor to Facilitator.😎 Thank you for your continued support!!!!! ~ Susan, Inge and Ilene

Home Warming Gifts

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Afghan evacuees are beginning to arrive in Central Illinois and these are some much needed items that may seem trivial to most, but would mean the world to an Afghan evacuee and help them feel at home again.

Donate Items for Ft. McCoy

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We are currently collecting much needed items for the Afghan Evacuees at the Ft. McCoy Evacuee Processing Center.  Here is your chance to help!!!