Help Refugees Make a Home

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Help welcome newly arrived refugees! Imagine the impact that simple comforts - like bedding, towels, dishes and cookware - can have on newly arriving refugee families as they start over in Minnesota. By organizing a Housing Donation Drive to collect essential items with your friends, neighbors, co-workers or faith community, you’ll provide these new neighbors with the basics to create a home.

Join us in helping to ease the transition for refugee families. Your generosity makes a world of difference.

How to Start Your Housing Donation Drive:

Make a Plan

• Download our listof essential household items to collect.
• Choose a time frame for your drive.
• Commit to collecting complete sets of items that families need on move-in day.

Spread the Word

• Rally support on social media and through your school, neighborhood, community center or faith community.
• Remind supporters they can also shop IIMN’s Amazon Wish List for easy delivery.

Collect & Deliver

• Sort, count and quality check your donations.
• Schedule your donation drop-off.
• Celebrate your community’s collaboration and the difference you’ve made for a refugee family!

Donations must be delivered to our location in St. Paul, MN.

For more information and answers to frequently asked questions, please visit our website: https://iimn.org/volunteer/housing-drive/