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We Are Halfway to Our Faithify Fundraising Goal!
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We Raise $5,000 or Get Nothing!
The Guardian Group has accepted a challenge to raise $5,000 by July 4th on the Unitarian Universalist crowdsourcing site, Faithify.
We need the money to continue to help LGBT refugees and asylum seekers settle in the San Francisco Bay Area. When they first arrive we buy our clients things like MUNI passes, cell service, and clothes for job interviews until they find a job and start supporting themselves. Refugees get $500/month for 8 months, but that does not cover their basic needs in high cost San Francisco
Asylum seekers are not allowed to work for six months, they get no government support, and cannot get routine medical care, unless they are San Francisco residents.
So the Guardian Group steps in and provides some basics when we can. Things like a bicycle helmet, emergency food money, and maybe a night at a hostel when a client’s boyfriend kicks him out without warning.
Recently we have been spending on average $4,500 for the client’s first year — that amount is more for asylum seekers and less for refugees.
We need help from beyond our mid-sized congregation if we are going to be able to continue to help newly arrived LGBT people in need.
To qualify for Faithify we have to agree that we either reach our goal, or our donors get their money back. So, it’s $5,000 or nothing!
Please help us help newcomers! Click and Give on Faithify!
Thanks, Sisters
Pete receives a big check from a Sister
The First Unitarian Universalist Society’s social justice volunteers who help LGBT refugees and asylum seekers settle in San Francisco were honored to receive a $1,000 check from the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence on Easter Sunday.
Thank you, Sisters.
Give to the Guardian Group on National Give OUT Day
The Guardian Group is looking for financial help to continue its work of supporting San Francisco area LGBTI refugees, asylum seekers, and asylees. This year we are participating in the Horizon Foundation’s Give OUT Day on April 20th.
Here’s the link to click with your credit card in hard on April 20th!
Give OUT Day is the national day of giving for the LGBTQ community – a 24-hour online fundraising event that unites the LGBTQ community from all areas of the United States to raise money for non-profits.
Throughout the day-long event, thousands of people make gifts to support a vast array of LGBTQ nonprofits across the country, ranging from the arts to social services agencies, advocacy groups to sports leagues, community centers to health care nonprofits. The Refugee Guardian Group is one of the charities that are participating in this event.
Of course we will happily accept donations any time. But, if you’re considering helping the cause of queer newcomers, consider acting on your generous impulses on the 20th!
We really need your help to continue our work in the community.
Here’s the link to click with your credit card in hard on April 20th!
