1. School Supplies for Refugee Children
As you've probably seen on the news, refugee families from Afghanistan, especially those who helped the Americans during the war, have been settling in the Sacramento area in large numbers. Unfortunately, their American neighbors have not always been welcoming. In order to show that Davis UMC does welcome refugees, we are again collecting welcome kits, which we will give to Opening Doors, a non-profit in Sacramento, to distribute. This time we are collecting "School Kits," which are child-sized backpacks filled with school supplies such as pencils, pens, paper, notebooks, etc. (If you cannot go shopping, we will gladly accept monetary donations with which to buy the backpacks and supplies.)
We will have a table after each service this Sunday where you can see exactly what is needed and sign up. In the following weeks, you can bring your backpack and/or supplies and put them in boxes that we will have in Fellowship Hall. We hope to finish collection and make the delivery to Opening Doors during the week of August 7th, in time for the beginning of the new school year. Our goal is to collect 50 backpacks with supplies and we believe that, with the generosity of our UMC Davis community, we can reach that goal.
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