The Dedham Refugee Resettlement Collaborative
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First Church of Dedham 670 High Street Dedham, MA 02026 781-326-7463 |
Church of the Good Shepherd 62 Cedar Street Dedham, MA 02026 781-326-7463 |
Saint Paul's Episcopal Church 59 Court Street Dedham, MA 02026 781-326-3052 |
Saint Susanna Parish 262 Needham Street Dedham, MA 02026 781-329-9575 |
Allin Congregational Church 683 High Street Dedham, MA 02026 781-326-5050 |
The above faith communities have joined with our neighbors and friends to provide welcome and support to refugee
families who we assist in relocating to their new home and beginning a new life in our country.
If you are able to assist in any way please let us know and someone from our team will contact you.
For those intetesd in volunteering please complete the following two forms:
Volunteer Availability Form, and
Catholic Charities Volunteer Form. Please complete the forms and bring them to to the next meeting.
If you would like to view a recording of the Volunteer Orientation meeting conducted by
Phil D'Agati of Catholic Charities, please
click here.
If you choose to make a monetary contribution at this time please
Donate Electronically
or mail a check payable to
Saint Susanna Parish and write in the Memo line "Refugee Resettlement Collaborative".
Click on an event to display detailed information about the need.
SPECIAL NOTE: Please check with one of the team coordinators before
you schedule time for any purpose or make a donation. A vacant time slot
does not indicate that it is available for scheduling.
Many folks have volunteered to work on this effort. We have
orgainzed most of the volunteers into teams. Each team has
multiple volunteers assigned. The list below
identifies the coordinator of each team. The coordinator is
simply the central point of contact to coordinate information flow.
Please
click here
for a complete description of the committees.
| Committee | Co-Coordinator | Co-Coordinator |
| Education | Kathy Hubert — billkath4546@gmail.com | Marie Pace — PepseePace@gmail.com |
| Employment | Katherine Rivet — rivet.katherine@bcg.com | Carey Reid — Carey55@gmail.com |
| Eng. Lang. Learning (ELL) | Kathy Hubert — billkath4546@gmail.com | Carey Reid — Carey55@gmail.com |
| Finance | Dennis Holler — Denis.Holler@outlook.com | Steve Josoma — StephenJosoma@hotmail.com |
| Fundraising / Publicity | Susan Angevin — sfangevin@comcast.net | Dan Sally — DanSally@gmail.com |
| Health | Marilyn Moonan — mmoonan@gmail.com | Lynne Crawford — lccrawford25@gmail.com |
| Hospitality | Diane French — french.diane@gmail.com | Katherine Rivet — rivet.katherine@bcg.com |
| Housing | Nancy Clemens — mrsclemens@aol.com | Mary Dunlavey — MaryDunlavey@comcast.net |
| Technology | Thomas Flatley — tflat85@verizon.net | Phil Mandeville — philmandeville01@gmail.com |
| Transportation | Phil Mandeville — philmandeville01@gmail.com | Howard Ostroff — hostroff1@gmail.com |
Working with Catholic Charities Refugee and Immigration Services our goal is to assist with:
Leviticus 19:33-35 — “You shall love the alien as yourself.”
Matthew 25:35-40 — “I was a stranger and you welcomed me.”
Koran — “Be kind to the neighbor, who is a stranger.”