Journey's End Refugee Services

A special thank you on this #VeteransDay to everyone who has served our country. We honor your contributions and courage.

Statement from Journey's End CEO Pamela Bos Kefi: "With the election results, we at Journey's End reaffirm our steadfast commitment to providing quality services and programs to refugee and immigrant communities. We will continue to be an integral part of America’s long and storied tradition of welcoming with compassion newcomers who have contributed so much to our civic life, economic prosperity, and cultural vitality. "We are proud of the power of our immigrant communities to overcome whatever challenges may come our way. We are grateful for our community supporters - faith communities, businesses, foundations, K-12 schools, colleges, and individual citizens who come together to support the Journey's End mission and our refugee clients. And we are fortunate to have a dedicated staff that has the knowledge, skills, and collective strength that can face any adverse or abrupt changes in immigration policy. "We ask for our supporters, neighbors, and friends to join us in calling for the new administration to maintain the programs and policies that support newcomers and the communities they reside in, while promoting accurate information around immigration. Together we will continue to advocate for the dignity and rights of all immigrants and refugees." #refugees #immigrants #welcome #home

Thanks to the support of our welcoming community, $9,000 was raised for Journey's End during #Give716. Your generosity helps to connect refugees coming to WNY through our important services including Resettlement, Immigration Legal Services, Education, Employment, and more. We are grateful for your help in making Western New York a place Where Home Begins Again!

Here's a little gift from nature to wind down the work day, and it's a thank you for our generous supporters. This sunflower is blooming at our Brewster Street Farm, one of the programs and services which benefits from today's #Give716 campaign. So far, you've given over $3,000!!! With matches, we are over half way to reaching our goal. 💛 Thank you 💛 If you have not had a chance to #Give716 yet, the online campaign goes until 11:59pm https://lnkd.in/e9weyySj

#Give716 starts now! You can help Journey’s End welcome refugees to Western New York with a gift through this online fundraising campaign at https://lnkd.in/e9weyySj The first 3,000 donors who give $71.60 or more can get this special t-shirt. There's also a chance your gift could be matched. Thank you to Buffalo Sabres and Buffalo Bills Foundations for organizing this opportunity to help nonprofits in our community. #welcome

Help welcome refugees with Journey’s End through #Give716! We are excited to participate in this online giving campaign with the Buffalo Sabres Foundation and the Buffalo Bills Foundation for the fourth year. Check out the schedule to see when the best time will be for you to give, if you can at this time. There are opportunities for special memorabilia for Bills, Sabres and Bandits fans. You can donate on our page at https://lnkd.in/e9weyySj starting at 7:16pm tonight. We’ll have updates throughout the campaign on social media. Thank you for all the ways you help welcome refugees!

Congratulations to our Employee of the Year, Andy Cammarata! Andy was nominated by colleagues for excellence in representing our values and contributions to advancing our mission. She started welcoming with Journey’s End over ten years ago, and she is known for going above and beyond with boundless energy and compassion. Thank you, Andy!

We're #hiring a new Operations Data Specialist in Buffalo, New York. Apply today or share this post with your network.

Congrats to Mohammad Ebrahimi on receiving the Certificate of Excellence Award for his outstanding volunteer work with the Immigrant Resource Program! For info on how YOU can volunteer with this program, visit https://lnkd.in/ewqZzWwP or contact Kim at knguyen@jersbuffalo.org

Chris Whitcomb of CannonDesign (and his wife Stephanie) have worked with us to welcome several new families with Home Again set-ups, and their relationship with Journey's End inspired Chris to join us as a Board member! "I've always thought it was important to try and pick a corner in which you're going to help the world," he says. "[I'm] excited to help in this new way." We're grateful for your ongoing support and look forward to working more with you, Chris!