Afghan Refugees Find Support from Catholic Charities & the Community
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Our team goes above and beyond to ensure that recently-resettled refugee families have all the tools and assistance they need to succeed...
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- Feb 4, 2022
- 2 min
Afghan Refugee Making the Most of New Life in Jacksonville
Originally aired/published on News4Jax.com.
By Aaron Farrar
Jacksonville, Fla. – One local Afghan refugee is making the most of his n
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![Weaver Family Donates $500,000 to Support Afghan Refugees through Catholic Charities Jacksonville](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/28450f_ad836a3a5b0946859861af2f9f09f2b8~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_300,h_169,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/28450f_ad836a3a5b0946859861af2f9f09f2b8~mv2.webp)
- Dec 15, 2021
- 2 min
Weaver Family Donates $500,000 to Support Afghan Refugees through Catholic Charities Jacksonville
Originally published in The Florida-Times Union By Beth Reese Cravey Jacksonville, Fla. – Jacksonville philanthropists Wayne and Delores...
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- Oct 26, 2021
- 2 min
Gifts from JinkoSolar Help Our ESOL Refugee Students Shine
Jacksonville, Fla. – JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (the "Company," or "JinkoSolar") (NYSE: JKS), one of the largest and most innovative...
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- Sep 23, 2021
- 2 min
Pajcic & Pajcic Donates $50,000 to Catholic Charities Jacksonville's Refugee Resettlement Program
Article by Katherine Lewin, The Florida Times-Union Link to Original Article Catholic Charities Jacksonville’s refugee resettlement...
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- Sep 16, 2021
- 1 min
Jinko Solar Donates Laptops and Internet Services for ESOL Program
Please join us in thanking Jinko Solar for donating laptops and internet services to help our ESOL program better serve refugees as they...
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- Sep 3, 2021
- 1 min
Nabi Akram Center & Islamic Center of Northeast Florida Donate Supplies
Our staff and volunteers recently unloaded an entire truckload of donated supplies for local refugees! Special thanks to the Nabi Akram...
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- Aug 30, 2021
- 1 min
Several Dozen Afghan Refugees Resettle in Jacksonville
The Florida Times-Union featured the uptick in Afghan refugees coming to our area on the front page of today's paper – see bottom of A1....
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- Aug 26, 2021
- 1 min
Afghan Refugees to Restart Lives in Jacksonville
Tarik Minor of WJXT4 sat down with Matt Schmitt to talk about our agency's role in resettling displaced Afghans fleeing for their lives...
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- Aug 25, 2021
- 1 min
150 Afghan Parolees Expected to be Resettled by Catholic Charities
Thank you to Leah Shields of First Coast News for shedding light on how the community can help us welcome 150 Afghan refugees who will be...
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- Aug 23, 2021
- 1 min
How We're Preparing to Welcome More Afghan Refugees in Jacksonville
Catholic Charities Jacksonville is working closely with the United States Council of Catholic Bishops to welcome more Afghan refugees to...
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- Aug 19, 2021
- 1 min
Catholic Charities Expecting Increase in Afghan Refugees
Matt Schmitt, our associate director, sat down with Action News Jax to discuss how Catholic Charities Jacksonville is preparing to...
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