Now anyone can easily send items to a U.S. refugee familys home, thanks to one womans
mama bear instincts
A year and a half ago, Miry Whitehill got a call from a neighborhood friend who had met a family of recently arrived refugees from Syria. They had a 7-month old and were in search of a jumperoo, a doorway harness that a baby can bounce in.
Whitehill, 32, a Los Angeles resident with a baby of her own, knew plenty of parents who were passing such items around, and it took her about 10 minutes to find one via Facebook. She and a friend delivered the jumperoo and some other baby paraphernalia to the family. Little did she know it would launch her into a new calling.
I didnt have a background in refugee resettlement, I didnt know anything about nonprofits, said Whitehill, who had been a stay-at-home mother with a background in digital advertising. It was sort of like a mama bear instinct of wanting this other mom to have the things to take care of herself and her family. And it was a domino effect from there.
Rest of the article here:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2018/03/26/her-mama-bear-instinct-has-brought-meat-grinders-sewing-machines-and-jumperoos-to-refugees/?utm_term=.f38f9d131457
Great cause and great work being done by this group. you can help here:
https://miryslist.org/
PS. 40 years years ago, I was an Eagle Scout working on a project for Koinia (sic?) which was a group doing similar work for Vietnamese immigrants. I got to see first hand how much donations of household stuff, toys, and toiletries vastly improved the lives of immigrants, especially children.