How can I support NNIA?
- Join as a faith community
- Join as an individual volunteer
- Contact us if you can help with any of our current needs:
Current Needs
Click on the Signup Genius below to see our most current needs for Volunteers, and send an email to [email protected] to discuss volunteer opportunities.
Provide Journey Support to a Refugee Family
Journey support generally lasts for a duration of 6 months or until you have achieved the original objectives you identified with your family. Team with other individuals and/or faith-based communities to provide any of the following to a family that has recently entered the United States under refugee status:
- Opportunity to practice English
- Social & Emotional Support
- Education
- Assistance with applying for government programs
- Job searches
- Help with doctors’ visits and transportation
- Help with identifying childcare
- Access to legal services
- Technical Assistance
- Clothing and food
- Housing support
Many experienced volunteers who have provided Journey support to families are eager to share their experience and guidance.
Emergency Support
Our current Emergency Needs can be found on our SignupGenius. Email [email protected] to help with any of these needs or for more information.
Help add to our Resource Library
If you have experience working with immigrants, help us add to our Resource Library with instructions to help other volunteers.
Donate Used Computer Equipment
Donate your old laptops, ipads, etc. and we will wipe the content and provide them to immigrants. We especially need these for communication during COVID times.
Donate a Car
How well would you be able to function without a car? While we all need to try to drive less and use public transportation more, this certainly is not a great option for most of our new neighbors – especially in suburban settings.
Many of our new neighbors work overnight shifts or other shifts that are not served by public transportation. Many of them have other needs (such as shopping, doctor’s appointments, visits to their children’s schools, etc. that require transportation from a friend or a long walk and/or use of time consuming and expensive public transportation).
Due to the generosity of many people like you, we were able to supply used cars to about five of our new neighbor families last year. There are a number of other new neighbor families or individuals who would love to have a used car which would make their lives easier and their income capabilities increase (despite the costs of such auto’s bring with them).
So please be vigilant. If anyone in your family or any friends, neighbors or co-workers are talking about getting rid of an old car, please ask them to consider donating it to one of our new neighbors in need. If desired, we can arrange for a tax deduction for the donor.
If you, or anyone you know, would like more information about the auto needs and process, please email [email protected] and we will get back to you to provide answers to any questions you may have!
Thanks for considering helping some of our new neighbors in this way!
Financial Contribution
We need to raise $600 for each refugee family that that we will support, plus we are providing emergency support to immigrants with immediate and severe need. Contact us at [email protected], or see our “Donate” page.
Join Our Leadership Team
In addition to the direct support to new neighbor families, we are also looking for additional volunteers to assume a leadership role on our NNIA Steering Committee . There are many ways you can help us be successful, including helping with outreach to the greater community, providing communications support, volunteer coordination, social event planning, and financial coordination. Please contact us via email to discuss the possibilities.