Don't Cry…I'm Here

DCIH received it’s first payment of our GoFundMe Campaign. It is now safely deposited into our DCIH account. A HUGE thanks to all the people that donated to this fund. It is being strictly used for refugee families that are in dire need of essential items…diapers, food, seasonal clothing, jackets, snowpants, shoes, winter boots etc.

I was given the option to leave it open and running and I have chosen to do that due to the fact that we have so much essential need for the families that I am working directly with.

If you would like to make a donation to this “Essentials Fund”….below is the link. This will be an ongoing GoFundMe fundraiser. If you have any questions….send me a message.

Thanks to everyone!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/fundraiser-4-newly-arrived-refugees-to-minnesota?utm_medium=email&utm_source=product&utm_campaign=p_email%2B4803-donation-alert-v5

A HUGE Thank You to Jessica for making this wonderful donation of Old Navy Clothing to DCIH for our Teen Refugees

This Family Book Bag #87 will be going to a family with 1 little girl seeking Asylum in the United States.

DCIH is promoting literary by making sure that we provide engaging, age appropriate, fun, colorful books and literacy activities for the children of our refugee families. We want the kids to have a nice selection of books in their homes to read as they learn English.

“Don’t Cry…I’m Here” (DCIH) is happy to announce that we have received a Community Grant from Walmart. This grant will make a big difference in the work that DCIH does for refugee families.

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This is everything that this 9 year old girl that just arrived from Ukraine will get. It’s a very tough road to get from Ukraine to the United States. Our refugee children deserve some fun and happiness once they arrive to safety. We do our best to give them a gift of FUN!!

After much consideration, DCIH has chosen the two families that will receive these two $250.00 worth of gifts from Target. They are both refugee families from Africa. One family has four children ages 1 through 8 years old and the second family has six children 10 through 18 years old. Both families have recently arrived from Africa through Lutheran Social Service/Refugee Services. Each family will receive $250 of gifts from Target based on a list each family has provided. Target employees will choose the gifts based on each of the family’s Wish List. Target will wrap the gifts and deliver the gifts to DCIH, DCIH will give them to LSS, and LSS will deliver the gifts to the two families before Christmas.

A HUGE thank you to Target for providing a total of $ 500.00 in gifts to 2 very deserving refugee families. I’m so honored that Target chose “Don’t Cry…I’m Here” to facilitate this “The Great Gift Together” Christmas Program.

Look at what arrived at the DCIH Workshop. The author of these books, Julie Inserro, sent these books to DCIH for our refugee kids. They are just the cutest books with such amazing messages. She also sent book markers and stickers. The kids will love them. Thanks so much, Julie, for your wonderful donation.

Look at what arrived at the DCIH Workshop. These t-shirts were donated by a wonderful company that does amazing work. This is a quote from them of the work they do…”Every purchase helps clean the seas, save the bees and plant trees.” They are out of northern California and they plant 10 trees and donate 10% for every item sold to their work to save the earth. Thank you to Because Tees for their wonderful donation.

We just received a wonderful donation of 17 children’s fishing and hunting books donated by children’s author Kevin Lovegreen from St. Paul, MN. Some of them are children’s chapter books, and some of them are children’s hard cover books. They are filled with adventures for little kids to read and enjoy. They are fun and engaging books and will encourage the kids to love to read. A HUGE thanks to Kevin Lovegreen and his team for this wonderful donation to our refugee children.

What a gift to our children!