From Mount Auburn Presbyterian Church:

Faith communities and individuals have now raised over $25,000 for immigrant housing assistance! Help us reach our goal of $50,000.

Through Mount Auburn Presbyterian Church’s participation in the Immigrant Dignity Coalition, we learned of the critical need for housing assistance. When a wage-earner is detained, deported, or loses a work permit, the family is at risk of losing their housing. This means that in addition to other challenges immigrant families face, their own housing can be at risk.

MAPC’s goal is to organize faith communities and individuals to collectively contribute $50,000 to organizations providing this assistance by the end of the year.  By offering a $12,000 matching grant, we are matching the first $4000 given to each of the three participating organizations; this was made possible by a generous contribution from the Presbytery of Cincinnati. These organizations never anticipated needing to provide this level of housing assistance.

Three community-based organizations gladly agreed to participate in this campaign:

* Heartfelt Tidbits | www.heartfelttidbits.com   

* The Willows Project | www.willowsproject.org 

* Kentucky Refugee Ministries, Inc. | www.kyrm.org

Learn more about each at www.mtauburnpresby.org/immigration.