Come help us teach refugees how to sew and how to market that new skill on their path to self-sufficiency!
The three pillars of success for refugees in the United States are learning English, employment, and community engagement. With our new G.R.O.W. program, we hope to provide our refugees a path to accomplish all three.
G.R.O.W. stands for Growing Refugee Opportunities and Wealth, and it is a community-driven Bridge Refugee Services initiative centered on fostering sustained self-sufficiency through culturally informed vocational training, wellness education, and entrepreneurial opportunities. Right now, the program is centered around teaching sewing as a marketable skill, ESL, and the entrepreneurial instruction to use this new skill to bring in a steady income.
We are looking for volunteers to help us as floaters/assistants, with transportation, with set-up and tear-down, and with childcare. No sewing experience, foreign language skills, or experience with working with refugee populations needed!
This opportunity is on the second and fourth Saturday of each month from 9:30am-12:30pm at First Presbyterian Church.
Volunteer Requirements:
- Complete Bridge Volunteer Paperwork
- Attend Bridge Volunteer Orientation (about 1hr via Zoom)
- Background Check through Sterling Volunteers ($17.50 paid to Sterling Volunteers)
If you have any additional questions, please reach out to Peter Green, our Volunteer & Co-Sponsorship Manager, via email at pgreen@bridgerefugees.org.
