How is The Episcopal
Refugee Network funded?
By your charity donations
We welcome financial assistance from persons
and organizations that share our concern for the refugees.
Sudanese and Burmese refugees have been settled in just
a few cities in the U.S. so this project is not well known
outside of those selected sites. We really depend on San
Diego support.
We depend heavily on support from
individual donors who share our concerns.
The Need for Donations
The operation of The Episcopal Refugee Network now costs $200,000 a year. This
is a large amount to be raised by an organization that depends
on donations.
One of our greatest worries is that we
have no established endowments or guarantees that next year we
can raise enough money to cover staff salaries and expenses. It makes it so difficult to
plan ahead! We cannot afford to hire a grant-writer to help
with financial support appeals to the large-scale donors who have
probably never heard of us!
We run virtually without overhead, our Newsletters do not compete
with other more glossy productions but every dollar given directly
benefits a refugee and helps her or him to become a better-educated
and salaried American Citizen.
Please consider our services, the devotion
of our volunteers and the impact of the support that our low-salaried
staff (refugees themselves) have on the newcomers to our American
Culture. My
wife and I know what it was like to arrive in the United States
as immigrants. We had the advantage of a good education and
of the English language, maybe with a strange accent, to help us
and our three young daughters!
Please consider helping us to “Make a Life” for
our new Americans coming to us from many cultures.

Mary Mills, Chair of Outreach Activities at
St.
Michael's Episcopal Church, Carlsbad and
Dr. Dennis Huckabee recently
visited the new
office of The Episcopal Refugee Network at
4305
University Avenue to present a check from their church members
to support the emergency service work of The Episcopal Refugee Network.