Let's Make this Happen!

I don’t know about you, but I’m literally becoming sick and depressed about what is going on at our borders right now with families being torn apart. The images and stories are almost unbearable to listen to and watch at this point. I don’t care what your political affiliation is, this is just wrong on every level. This is not the country I know and love and we are not this type of people (at least most of us aren’t). As a father and human being I feel like I need to do something to help in some way and leverage the resources I have to try and make some kind of difference. 

After doing some research I found a charity that is focused on reuniting families with their children who have been separated at the border. It’s called The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and they are the largest immigration non-profit in Texas. They recently launched the Family Reunification Program to identify children in detention and reunite them with their parents.

Their website can’t handle the traffic they are getting right now but here are the details of the program and what the money is going to and how it is being used: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RTxk4mfg7f9E_Or1y9GFg9BtindehUOmGwIzlDle7LY/preview#

With this, I’m going to be donating all the profits from my store this month to this charity and will be matching it by a factor of 2x. If you’ve ever wanted to get some Make It Happen gear or a notebook to help take better notes or some posters to keep you motivated this is this time to do it. I’m asking for your help to make a difference without just giving money. This is a benefit for everyone all the way around. You get something and you give something. 

Again, this is not political so please keep your political commentary comments to yourselves. This is about families, what’s right and wrong and who we are as a nation and as a people. 

Please go to https://shop.jbarrows.com/ and get something, anything to help make things right. Also, please share this with whoever you think would care to make a difference and doesn’t know what to do about how they’re feeling right now. Thank you for your support.