On April 7, 2022, LWV of the Plymouth Area in conjunction with Plymouth No Place for Hate presented the program, Refugees and Resettlement, with keynote speakers Mary Truong, Executive Director, MA Office of Refugees and Immigrants; and Steve Shrader, Catholic Charities Volunteer; followed by a panel of refugees who have been resettled to our community. The video of this event will be available soon.

(1) Join POWIR (Parishes  Organizing to Welcome Immigrants and Refugees). Sign up for Volunteer Opportunities by adding your name and email address to this Google Spreadsheet.

You will be contacted within a week of signing up.

(2) Help refugees pay for rent, vehicle purchases, and insurance payments. The goal is to fund help with rent payments for six months to a year and to fund the purchase of reliable used cars along with six months to a year of insurance expenses.

Please send tax deductible donations to:

Corpus Christi Parish (Attn: Diane Kelly)
324 Quaker Meeting House Rd.
Sandwich, MA 02537

The payee is “Corpus Christi Parish” and please put “POWIR” in the memo line so Diane Kelly, the
business manager, will know it’s for refugee resettlement.