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Welcome Kits
Welcome Kit Supply List
Refugee families arrive in Minnesota with very few belongings and limited financial resources. Welcome Kits help to ease the strain of resettlement by providing basic household items to newly arrived families. This means that families don’t have to expend their limited time and resources to attain these necessities. Perhaps most importantly of all, the gift of a welcome kit offers a message of welcome and hospitality to our newest neighbors.
Current Needs at Refugee Services:
Silverware and Kitchen utensils (spatulas, cooking spoons, knives, and can openers only, please)
Gently used dishes, bowls and glasses.
House-Keeping Kits: small/medium wastebasket filled with dish soap, laundry detergent, all purpose cleaner (like 409), pack of sponges, box of trash bags, and a small dustpan/broom set
New Shampoo Bottles and Toilet paper
Pillows
Gently used Pots and pans
Winter Coats: With Winter soon approaching, we we would like to get an early start in coat collecting. We are especially looking for children's coats and small to medium adult coats.
Hats, gloves and scarves.
Furniture Needed for Refugee Families:
Minnesota Council of Churches Refugee Services once again has space to accept furniture donations! Families are in great need of mattress/box spring sets, bed frames, sofas, dining room tables, dining room chairs and coffee tables. If you have any of these items to donate, please contact Dan at dan.huynh@mnchurches.org or 612-230-3227 for details.
General Rule: All furniture must be practical and able to be immediately used by any refugee in any apartment.
We Can Accept:
- Mattresses/ Box spring Sets
- Bed frame Set
- Sofas
- Recliners
- Dining room tables
- Dining room chairs
- Lamps
- Coffee Tables
- End Tables
- Set of drawers
- Other (call before bringing them over)
We Cannot Accept:
- Anything ripped or torn, soiled, dirty or smelly
- Incomplete sets (i.e. lamp without shade, couch without cushions, etc)
- Anything that belongs outdoors (lawn furniture, gardening supplies, mowers, etc.)
- Anything that requires special expertise to use (unicycle, lefse-making supplies, etc.)
- Appliances (TVs, microwaves, dehydrators, toasters, etc.), unless specifically requested.
- Waterbeds
- Computers, unless specifically requested
- Box springs without mattresses (there may be cases where we accept mattresses without box springs)
- King-sized beds
- Tupperware without lids
- Head/footboards
Contact Information
Dan Huynh
612-230-3227
dan.huynh@mnchurches.org
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