Refugees Helping Refugees

RHR will be closed from Monday, June 28th to Monday, July 5th for summer break. We will re-open and begin summer programming on Tuesday, July 6th. See everyone again soon!

World Refugee Day has passed but there is still always time to make a difference in your refugee community! Donate or start a fundraiser today at: charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/wrd-2021

We are very honored to be a finalist for the 2021 Premier Cares Award! The well-being of our refugee students and clients is of the utmost importance to us and we will continually strive to improve their physical and mental health. Thank you to Premier Inc. for this recognition!

Another COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic happening this weekend from from 9a-12p at 1400 Westfall Road!

While shopping for the best deals, be sure to use our AmazonSmile link! Amazon will then donate to RHR a small portion of the profits! smile.amazon.com/ch/47-0848029

SAVE THE DATE! Because we're back at it! As we're getting closer, we hope everyone will choose to give back to their community on Giving Tuesday, aka ROC the Day! Every donation you make to RHR will always go back to the development of our current programs (ESOL, Healthy Living, Sewing, etc) and foster our refugee students' self advancement. Together, we make it ROC! Our ROC the Day Link: ROCtheDay.org/RefugeesHelpingRefugees... ============== What is ROC the Day? ROC the Day is a 24-hour, online event that gives people in our community an opportunity to support all of the not-for-profit organizations doing great work in the nine-county Greater Rochester area. People will visit ROCtheDay.org, a secure online giving platform, to make a gift. All ROC the Day gifts will help local people and organizations.

***IMPORTANT: Volunteer Opportunity from Home! Currently seeking volunteers to help us make phone calls! From now until General Election Day, RHR will be running a campaign, in which we will make phone calls to individuals in Monroe County and ask them about their voting plans for the general election and provide them any information that they might need. What You Will Need: Just a working phone and laptop! ... If interested, please email [email protected] and all the information/instructions on how to get started will be sent to you immediately. The New York Immigration Coalition

Tomorrow, October 24th, there will be a drive thru free food distribution at the Thomas P. Ryan R-Center from 12-4 pm. Please share within your network! #foodrelief #COVID19

Foodlink's food distributions schedule for next week! Please share! To register, call 2-1-1.

If you're planning to vote by absentee ballot, be sure to read this helpful article to make sure your vote counts! https://www.democratandchronicle.com//voting-m/5942063002/ #voting #absenteeballot

Upcoming job fair on the 27th! Reach out to us at [email protected] if you have any questions or need job application assistance!

Big giveaway event this upcoming weekend at Barakah Muslim Charity!

Help for folks in need, tomorrow!

The last day to request your absentee ballot is October 27th, but don't wait! Request it today at: https://absenteeballot.elections.ny.gov/ #vote #absenteeballot

Changing the world starts in your community. Help Rochester get the funding and representation we deserve. Complete the #2020Census by calling 844-330-2020. You can also complete the census online at www.2020census.gov.

Free backpacks, hats, and coats for kids giveaway!

As #hispanicheritagemonth is about to come to an end soon, we can’t forget to highlight another important board member! Today, we would like to put the spotlight on Caridad Sosa-Blackwell! Her story: Arole model in the Hispanic and refugee communities,Caridad Sosa-Blackwell is a hidden hero in Rochester.... Three years after her father defected from Cuba in a boat through shark-infested watersin hopes to reach America, Caridad, her mother, cousin, and two brothers, also fled.Caridad’s father worked for the American Pepsi Cola Company,and it was not safe for him remain in Cuba. Fidel Castro and his communist regimen had nationalized all American businesses. Early one morning in February 1966,Caridad and her family membersboarded a Freedom Flight plane for Miami, leaving behind long years of food rationing, surveillance, and state-imposed oppression and trauma.They would come to settle in Rochester on Manhattan St. and Caridad and her eldest brother attended #2 number school in the inner city. In her newly, desegregated school,where Hispanics were a distinct minority,Caridadwas taunted as a Cuban Communist by someofher 1st grade peers afterthey overheard someteachers makethe same remarks in the teachers’ lounge. These experiences led her to identify with the disenfranchised, the homeless, and naturally, all refugees, and to seek her own way. It fueled her activism from her an early age. Later,she attended East High School and then college, and married. But as the mother of three, she had to sacrifice furthering her own education and career to allow her children to receive a quality education and attend college. Once they had completed their university goals, she was able to focus on her own. Over the span of her professional and volunteer career, she has become a passionate advocate for refugee, youth, underrepresented families, and diverse populations... Read more of her story on our website: https://rhrroc.org/board-members/caridad-sosa-blackwell/

While you're shopping for the best deals on Amazon Prime Day, consider doing it through our AmazonSmile link! Amazon will then donate to us a portion of profits made from your purchase! Link: smile.amazon.com/ch/47-0848029

Check out our most recent newsletter! What's New at RHR: October 2020 - https://mailchi.mp/64eeb/whats-new-at-rhr-april2020-7863286