LETTER FROM MIRY

A LETTER FROM MIRY

Dearest Miry's List Community,

Thank you for helping! Since July 2016, we've gone from a spontaneous meeting with a newly resettling family from Syria to a full-fledged nonprofit organization serving hundreds of refugee families resettling in America. We have served over 2,000 people!

This impact is because of you.

• Your hands click through our family wishlists and send gifts to our beloved families. • Your voice is an advocate for our families, our organization, and immigrants around the world. • Your eyes watch us grow. • Your ears listen to our guidance and asks to help us achieve our mission. • Your heart stays with resettling refugee families who need us now more than ever.

We prove that we, as neighbors, have the power to impact the lives, experiences, and memories of families fleeing war, injustice, and persecution as they arrive here to restart their lives.

We demonstrate that we can connect with resettling refugees without the need for common language and experiences. We seek out our commonalities and we eagerly learn from and explore our differences. Your generous contributions of time, money, manpower, skills and resources are the fuel that drives Miry's List forward.

At Miry's List, we are building a culture that sees newcomers not just as refugees, but rather, our new neighbors. We welcome newcomers and foster a safe, encouraging culture for all people to share life experiences and heal trauma through connection and sharing. We aim to connect Americans with their resettling neighbors and to demonstrate how good helping and being helped feels.

Your unwavering encouragement and support for this movement has made our impact possible. Thank you for being by my side. By our sides. Together, we have always been, and always will be, amazing.

With gratitude,

Miry

P.S. I love hearing from you. Reach out to me directly at miry@miryslist.org.