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Reposted from @stltoday Nine months after the first Afghan refugees arrived in St. Louis, dozens of families gathered Saturday to celebrate new homes, new jobs and new friends.
The day’s storms pushed the picnic indoors, to the gymnasium at Ste. Genevieve du Bois parish in Warson Woods. Ann Wittman, a volunteer with @welcomeneighborstl, raised her voice above the din of conversations, mostly in Pashto, to greet the crowd.
“Now is the time to take a breath and say ‘thank you, God’ for our blessings,” Wittman told them.
The International Institute of St. Louis announced this month that it had placed almost 600 Afghan families in permanent housing, the first of many hurdles the refugees face as they restart their lives in the U.S.
📷 Hillary Levin
Thanks to the generosity of people like you, over $5.6 million was donated to the Welcome.US Welcome Fund, in partnership with GoFundMe.org. We are thrilled to have received a grant to continue our important work serving Afghan newcomers. Learn how you can #BeAWelcomer at Welcome.US!
Reposted from @raekhalifa00 Try delicious Syrian food and help support refugees. Check out their next lunch events. Wins all around🙌🏼 #eatstl #welcomeneighborstl #supportrefugees #supportsmallbusiness #supportlocalbusiness #syrianfood WelcomeNeighborSTL.org
Reposted from @startstl Visit us at Washu’s Thurtene Carnival! Look out for food, music, and dance from Afghanistan, Morocco, Syria, Iraq, India, Egypt, Palestine, Kurdish culture, and more!
You can also sign up to get involved in the fun by helping with the food prep and service and the carnival! Use the link below.
m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/thurtene2022
Welcome Neighbor STL + ThurtenE Carnival at Wash U. We are serving 8 menus from 7 countries in 3 days... come hungry! April 8-10, 2022. Visit WelcomeNeighborSTL.org for complete details.
Reposted from @raekhalifa00 We love supporting Welcome Neighbor! Swipe to read what’s coming up next! They have another drive-through meal planned for April 23rd and you can buy tickets on the site now. #supportrefugees #syrianfood #welcomeneighborstl #eatstl #explorestlouis #explorestl
Reposted from @metoo_washu Donate to organizations that serve the Ukrainians who are most vulnerable to sexual violence! Swipe for suggestions!
#standwithukraine #notowar #metoowashu #washusurvivors #metoo #ukraine
We are so proud of our client @welcomeneighborstl. Their amazing supper clubs raise money to support refugees in the community. Order yours for next month because they always sell out.
#stlfood #stlfoodie #stlfoodscene #stl #stlouisfoodscene #culinaryincubator #stlouiscity #commercialkitchen #foodstl #refugees Reposted from @stlfoodworks
New Volunteer Opportunities + 12/24 Lunch. Visit WelcomeNeighborSTL.com for more info.
Reposted from @helloneighborhq Welcome to our 2022 Hello Neighbor Network Fellows!
The Hello Neighbor Network, powered by Hello Neighbor, is a coalition of grassroots organizations working to support refugees and immigrants in the U.S.. The Network aims to elevate grassroots voices in ongoing conversations about refugees and immigrants in the U.S. while providing a supportive peer network, education, skills and resources. In 2022, the Hello Neighbor Network will be welcoming our largest class of nonprofit leaders yet! The incoming class of 22 Network Fellows, across 14 states, will participate in a 10-month intensive leadership program in the interest of furthering their organizations’ missions to support immigrants and refugees.
Swipe to see the Network's newest faces and read more about this exciting announcement at the link in our bio!
We have an exciting announcement: we have been named a 2022 Hello Neighbor Network Fellow! 🙌
Powered by @helloneighborhq, the Network is a coalition of grassroots organizations working in post-refugee and immigrant resettlement in the U.S.. The Network aims to elevate grassroots voices in ongoing conversations about refugees and immigrants in the U.S. while providing a supportive peer network, education, skills and resources to better fulfill their own missions.
In 2022, the Network is welcoming its largest class of nonprofit leaders to date, including 22 Hello Neighbor Network Fellows and nearly 60 grantees of the Mobilizing America for Refugees Fund who will join a Network-led learning collaborative.
Learn more about this year’s fellowship and about the Network at the link in @helloneighborhq’s bio!
Thanksgiving Dinner: Let us do the cooking for you! 🍴
Last Call: Dubai Supper Club Drive-Thru on Sat, Nov 20. Reserve your tickets at WelcomeNeighborSTL.com
Reedy Press, Welcome Neighbor & START present...Books and Baklava on December 4th.
Relax on Thanksgiving and let us doing the cooking for you with a 5 course meal. WelcomeNeighborSTL.com
Christmas Eve Menu Announced: Moroccan & Syrian Dinner Combo. Learn more at WelcomeNeighborSTL.com
Tickets now available for Syrian, Indian, and Dubai drive-thru supper club events in October and November at WelcomeNeighborSTL.org
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for TOMORROW - Please sign-up to help. Saturday, September 4 at 10:00 am at House of Goods at
5911 Southwest Ave. St. Louis, MO. St. Louis, MO 63139.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084da5ad2ea4f49-volunteering
Have you heard about the mission of @welcomeneighborstl? They are a community group that supports immigrants and refugees as they begin a new life in St. Louis. Some of their services include emotional and social support through volunteers within the community to integrate them into the neighborhood.
Learn more about their amazing work at ➡️ the link in our bio.
📸: @welcomeneighborstl
#stl #stlouis #stlouismissouri #thelou #314together #do314 #art #popupshop #popupshopstl #smallbusiness #stl #saintlouis #stlart #stlartist #locallove #allthingslocal #supportlocal #localbusiness #stlsmallbusiness #collaborations #collabs #collaborationovercompetition #iamthecollective #thewomenscreative #events #womensupportingwomen #stlouis #explorestlouis #stlmade #womenempowerment Reposted from @thewomenscreative
5-course African + Creole Dinner SOLD OUT! (So we added 50 more tickets 🎉)
5-course African + Creole Dinner on August 1. Salena Baker and Béatrice Bouda are testing recipes in the kitchen to ensure that they create an absolutely perfect African + Creole/Southern Style cooking event.
Beatrice has been in the United States for 9 years and is originally from the country of Burkina Faso. And on August 1, 2021, Welcome Neighbor STL is hosting our first ever Creole + African cooking event to combine two unique flavors into one amazing menu! WelcomeNeighborSTL.org for tickets.
LAST CALL: Tonight's FREE Admission at THE MAGIC HOUSE at 6pm
"Welcome Neighbor" night at THE MAGIC HOUSE on 7/11 at 6pm. We hope to see you there, but you MUST register in advance.
Happy Father's Day & World Refugee Day! Celebrate with us today. 🌍