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Advent Giving at PMC supports Casa Alitas

1/8/2018

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Casa Alitas—“House of Wings”—is a shelter in Tucson, Arizona set up in 2014 to help immigrants from Central America who come seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. It was started by Catholic Community Services and is supported by MCC.  ​
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About the Radical Hospitality Team at PMC and how you can be involved...

1/8/2018

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HOW CAN YOU BE INVOLVED?
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Financial and in-kind donations are needed to provide items for specific clients of Immigration Counseling Service, a local organization that offers legal and social services to immigrant victims of crime.  

The needs range from Tri-Met tickets, to pre-paid cell phones, to funding for medical exams required for immigration petitions (more info on Below).  Please see the display in the back of the church for more information about how you can contribute, and contact any member of the Radical Hospitality Team with questions.  In-kind donations will be collected through March 29 (in the Old Chapel, or directly to a Team member if you would like a receipt). Financial contributions can be made through the offering (designate the gift for ‘Radical Hospitality’). 


Your Financial Gifts will provide a year of support for the following:
  • 50 all-day TriMet tickets
  • 30  Grocery gift cards of $25 each: Safeway, Winco, and Walmart (a mix, since people have access to different ones depending on where they live).
  • 10 Knapsacks with shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, razor, soap, toothpaste, toothbrush, feminine hygiene items (optional), towel.  
  • 6 Passport photos ($10 each)
  • 5 sets of additional hygiene items - shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, razor, soap, toothpaste, toothbrush, feminine hygiene
  • 4 prepaid cell phones with minutes (approximately $40 each); additional prepaid minutes 
  • 3 Medical examinations (required for immigration petitions) at $300 each, or Subsidy of any amount
  • 2 Psychological evaluations $250 to $500, or Subsidy for psychological evaluation of any amount (forensic evaluation needed to substantiate victimization claim)
  • 1 Interpreter for language other than Spanish:  subsidy of any amount

You may also donate the following items directly (in-kind):
  • All-day TriMet tickets
  • Grocery gift cards of $25 each: Safeway, Winco, and Walmart 
  • Assembled school size backpacks with shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, razor, soap, toothpaste, toothbrush, feminine hygiene items (optional), towel.  
  • Additional hygiene items - shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, razor, soap, toothpaste, toothbrush, feminine hygiene

Please speak to a team member if you can provide the following:
  • Life Skills mentoring for homeless youth (Spanish speaking)
  • Short-term emergency housing (needed about 3 times per year)
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    ABOUT

    The scriptures call us to extend radical hospitality to neighbor and stranger. Out of a Fall class on the issues of immigration, the Radical Hospitality Team has emerged to help PMC extend hospitality to vulnerable people, and especially undocumented victims of labor trafficking and other crimes.

    THE RADICAL HOSPITALITY TEAM: ​

    Christa Obold Eshleman
    Rod Stafford
    Lisa Hughes
    Ralph Shuping
    Glenn Laubaugh
    ​Brenda Zook Friesen

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  • Home
  • About
    • NEW TO PMC?
    • Staff Contacts
    • DIRECTIONS
    • CALENDAR / EVENTS
    • BUILDING USE
    • OUR STORY
  • NEWS
  • MINISTRIES
    • PEACE & JUSTICE @ PMC
    • FAMILY PROMISE
    • NIGHT STRIKE
    • CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Racial Justice Group
    • MENNO PRIDE
  • CONGREGATIONAL LIFE
    • WORSHIP
    • CHILDREN @ PMC
    • YOUTH GROUPS
    • ADULT CLASSES
    • SMALL GROUPS
    • Congregational Care
    • STEPHEN MINISTRY
    • MEMBERSHIP
  • GIVE
  • PRESCHOOL