New Drop In Center!

     Great news!  The Refugee Resettlement Program has opened a weekly drop in center.  All refugees, not just those resettled by Catholic Charities, are invited to bring their questions, problems and confusions  to the fourth floor of the Catholic Charities building every Friday, from noon to three.  

     Staff and trained volunteers (interested?) are on hand to help with reading mail, refilling prescriptions, completing forms, applying for low-income housing, learning how to write checks and money orders, calling landlords, explaining the health care system (as if that were possible…), practicing English and keeping the kiddos amused with stickers and crayons.  Tea is served…in china cups, no less.  We’re off to a slow start:  one week we saw seven people, the next none.  But the word is getting out, and we expect to be busy from now on. 

     So, if someone in your refugee family (or any one of their friends) needs more help than you can provide, send them to the Friday drop in center.  No need to make an appointment…everyone is welcome… to drop in.