Furnish an Apartment for a Refugee Family

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Recruiting Organization: RefugeeOne

RefugeeOne secures a family’s first apartment, but your team can turn it into a home! We recommend forming an Apartment Furnishing Team of 5-10 friends or family members, with one designated as the Team Lead.

Refugees arrive in Chicago with few personal belongings. As an apartment furnishing team, you will:

1. Source items by gathering the full list of furniture and household goods (new or gently used when acceptable).
2. Set-up the apartment 1-3 days before the family arrives by cleaning, moving in the items you collected, and stocking 2-3 weeks of culturally appropriate groceries from a provided list.

Interested? Community Engagement Manager Kelli at cosponsor@refugeeone.org!

Requirements: Background check, orientation/training, and fundraising items to furnish 1 apartment.

Flexible scheduling to match your availability. This is a short-term project-based commitment. You will typically have 2-3 days to set up the apartment with the household goods and furniture you collected in the weeks prior.

Stipend ProvidedFalse

Training ProvidedFalse

Housing AvailableFalse

Language/Cultral Support AvailableFalse

Wheelchair AccessibleFalse

Fee RequiredFalse

Fee Amount: None

This opportunity is recurringFalse