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KRM currently needs: beds (twin & double – frames, mattresses and box springs); blankets; can openers; face towels; hand towels; kitchen tables & chairs; pillows; pots & pans; toiletries (mainly toothbrushes). Please contact Gaby Salazar at 479-9180 ext. 15, gsalazar@kyrm.org, if you have such items you would like to donate.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Global Gourmet Nov. 6 Board Meeting Nov. 17 Just Creations Holiday Shopping Night Nov. 21 |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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KRM Transitions to New Director
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| New director Elizabeth Kaznak (left) presents outgoing director Carol Young with a gift of thanks |
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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, volunteered their time and talents, and attended the event.
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2009 Corporate Sponsors
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 |
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2009 Restaurants
Bluefin Seafoods; Burger’s; Café 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 Café; Megan Edwards; North End Café; Oceanside Restaurant; PF Changs; Pita Delight; Plehns Bakery; Ramsi’s Café on the World; Shiraz Mediterranean Grill; Simply Thai; The Café; The Irish Rover; Vietnam Kitchen; White Oak
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Summer 2009 at KRM World Refugee Day 2009
A 2000 U.N. Resolution designated June 20 of each year as World Refugee Day. This year KRM held a World Refugee Day Concert led by jazz pianist Harry Pickens. Performers were from Bhutan, Burma, Burundi (Burundian Youth Choir shown above; photo courtesy of the Courier Journal), Cuba, Darfur, and Iraq.
Summer Youth Program 2009
KRM held a 7-week Summer Youth Program in 2009. Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) instructors provided 31 newly-arrived refugee kids with daily intensive ESL and academic skills instruction. The kids also participated in peace education and art therapy projects and enjoyed weekly visits from the Louisville Free Public Library’s Bookmobile. Field trips to the Kentucky Derby Museum, the Belle of Louisville, and the Louisville Dance Alliance provided a fun community orientation for these young newcomers. The summer program concluded with an Art Show (see the Photo Gallery tab under the Features tab).
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