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URGENT NEEDS!


KRM currently needs: kitchen tables and chairs; beds (twin & double: frames, mattresses & box springs); blankets; can openers; towels (face & hand); pillows; pots and pans; toiletries (mainly toothbrushes)

School uniforms:  We are in need of school uniforms in sizes 3T, 4T, and 5-14. Male, female, and unisex white long-sleeved and short-sleeved shirts, khaki pants and shorts, navy blue pants and shorts

School supplies: folders with pockets, 1-subject notebooks (wide and college-ruled), washable markers, rulers, colored pencils, 3x5 index cards, scissors (blunt point and regular), small bottles of hand sanitizer, highlighters, graph paper

Please contact Darren Semones at (502) 479-9180 x53 or dsemones@kyrm.org if you have such items you'd like to donate.



KRM clients selling handcrafted Pote Mala necklaces at Heine Brothers Coffee -- see "KRM News" page for more information!



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UPCOMING EVENTS

Next Volunteer Orientation
August 3

Lunch and Learn
August 18

Global Gourmet 2010 at Glassworks
November 5






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Thanks to the generosity of Middleton Reutlinger, KRM was featured in public service ads in September and October issues of Business First.
We are very grateful to Middleton Reutlinger for this wonderful gift.




































Website 2009 Copyright Kentucky Refugee Ministries. Featured Image (at top) of refugee children at the KRM Family Center taken by Donald Vish and used with permission.

Welcome to KRM

Kentucky Refugee Ministries, Inc. (KRM), a non-profit organization, is dedicated to providing resettlement services to refugees through faith- and agency-based co-sponsorship in order to promote self-sufficiency and successful integration into our community.  KRM is committed to offering access to community resources and opportunities and to promoting awareness of diversity for the benefit of the whole community.



KRM's Spring 2010 E-Newsletter

Spring E-Newsletter
Link to KRM's Spring 2010 E-Newsletter



Would you like to learn more about Kentucky Refugee Ministries?

Join us for at our next Lunch & Learn on Wednesday, August 18th!
More information about the event can be found in the "Lunch & Learn Invitation" document link below.

Please RSVP by Friday, August 13th to Marianne Semones at msemones@kyrm.org

Lunch & Learn Invitation




KRM Transitions to New Director

New director Elizabeth Kaznak (left) presents outgoing director Carol Young with a gift of thanks
Read about KRM's transition in this article, "Refugee ministry says goodbye to director ," courtesy of The Courier-Journal, printed January 20, 2010.




A Special Global Gourmet Thank You

Thank you
to all who helped make Global Gourmet a success this year!
A special thank you to all who made a donation, volunteer their time and talents, and attended the event.


2009 Corporate Sponsors
 

Anderson, Bryant, Lasky & Winslow; Altman Insurance; AT&T; Bluegrass Brewing Company; Brown-Forman; Deming, Malone, Livesay & Ostroff; W. Garrett Dering; Ebenezer Presbyterian Church; Glassworks; Heine Brothers Coffee; Joe & Edie Norris; Passport; Peritus Public Relations; Ratterman Funeral Home; Robert H. Clarkson Insurance Agency, LLC; Rosemary, Charlie & Gray Middleton; three anonymous sponsors; United Health Care; USA Image; Bill & Carol Young

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Global Gourmet 2009

2009 Restaurants

Bluefin Seafoods; Burger's; Cafe Classico; Duraid Abdulridha; El Mundo; El Paladar de Pepe; Grape Leaf; Havana Rumba; Heine Brothers Coffee; Kizito Cookies; Le Relais; Lilly's; Limestone Restaurant; Los Astecas; Lotsa Pasta; Mayan Cafe; Megan Edwards; North End Cafe; Oceanside Restaurant; PF Changs; Pita Delight; Plehns Bakery; Ramsi's Cafe on the World; Shiraz Mediterranean Grill; Simply Thai; The Cafe; The Irish Rover; Vietnam Kitchen; White Oak






















Kentucky Refugee Ministries, Inc.
969-B Cherokee Road  *  Louisville, KY 40204  *  502.479.9180
1206 North Limestone  *  Lexington, KY 40505  *  859.226.5661