SUPPORT AFGHAN REFUGEES RESETTLING IN OUR COMMUNITY
Double the Impact of Your Gift through the Refugee Match Challenge
About the Refugee Match Challenge
The urgent situation in Afghanistan has resulted in our agency now anticipating 200 refugee resettlements between now and spring 2022 – which means we will need twice the support to ensure each refugee family has a safe place to live, furniture, food, and living staples waiting for them when they arrive to our community.
Catholic Charities Jacksonville is thrilled to announce a $75,000 matching gift from The Chartrand Family Fund designed to meet this increased need and support our organization’s efforts to welcome Afghan refugees to Northeast Florida.
Your contribution to the Refugee Match Challenge will be doubled by the Chartrands through the end of the calendar year. For more information, contact Nicola Barnack at nbarnack@ccbjax.org or 904-899-5505, and please consider donating online at CCBJax.org.
"Even before the American evacuation of Afghanistan, the Taliban was threatening my family because I helped the U.S. and allied troops. My heart breaks to leave my home country, but I’m so grateful to be safe in Jacksonville with my husband and daughter." – Telaya*
*Name and photo changed for privacy
Welcome to Jacksonville! We are so happy to have you here in our beautiful city. Wishing you happiness and blessings!
Beth C.
Greetings and warm welcome to you! We are happy to have your family here in our city. We hope you will enjoy the vibrant arts, music, food, parks, museums, libraries, bookshops, beaches and riverfront activities we have here in Jacksonville as well as many new friends and neighbors to help you get settled here. Welcome!
jennifer chase
Hello, neighbors! We're so happy to have you here in Jacksonville. I can't imagine what you've been through, but please know you are welcome here and can lean on the community for support as you get settled into your new home.
Kristen D.
Greetings, I hope you are comfortable in your new home. I pray you will prosper and be in good health.Best wishes!
Julie Patat
A warm welcome to the United States. We wish you peace and safety as you establish your new lives here. We invite your traditions and hope you find new things to enjoy too. Thank you for your bravery in your journey here.