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Start: 2021-11-13T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2021-11-13T15:00:00-05:00

Saturday, November 13, 202112:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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Amazon Wishlist: Help KC for Refugees to provide high-need items for newly arriving refugees

It's so easy to click for the Amazon wish list for underwear! Or you may bring the boots and underwear to KC for Refugee's storage location at St. Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church, 16808 Holmes Road, KC (Belton) MO on Saturday, November13 from 12-3pm. Thanks in advance for your support!

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3PCJ5CO683IWJ...

Or donate to their PayPal account here! Please pass this message along to your friends and neighbors! https://www.paypal.com/fundraiser/charity/2813323

One last note! PLEASE do not take ANY items to the storage area without the understanding that someone will be there to receive them. And please, no "left over" garage sale items. Thanks for understanding!

What would you do if you had to leave everything behind?

By the end of 2025, more than 117.8 million people worldwide had been forcibly displaced by war, persecution, or human rights abuses — and 45 million of them are children.

They arrive in refugee camps and countries seeking safety and carrying little: legal papers, if they're lucky. A backpack. A child's hand in theirs.

What they carry that we can't see is heavier: fractured families, homes they'll never return to, professions they loved, friends and relatives they may never see again.

In a climate where immigrant stories are often ignored or twisted, we believe stories are a form of justice. When someone shares what they survived, they reclaim their voice. When we amplify it through film, photography, and advocacy, the world listens. Hearts soften. Policy begins to shift.

Because when a lawmaker sees a person instead of a statistic, and a neighbor understands instead of fears, rebuilding becomes possible.

Your support helps us share these stories where they matter most.

— Kristen Smith Dayley, Executive Director, Their Story is Our Story

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Their Story is Our Story is a 501(c)3 Non-Profit Organization under the United States Internal Revenue Code. All donations are tax-deductible. Our tax identification number is 812983626.