This past Sunday Catholic Charities celebrated World Refugee Day with a little shindig. After spending the morning on an adventure to pick up an entire palette of watermelons from Price Chopper that Rainbow Mennonite donated to the cause, I headed to the office where a big fiesta was set up. I worked a booth with two Karenni women and one Chin woman who were selling AMAZING things they had made - scarves and bags woven on an awesome loom and adorable baby clothes hand-knitted to perfection. There were also great activities for kids, and ethnic cultural performances put on by the refugees in our community. The news even came to cover the event, and I briefly made my moment of fame on NBC (although where you see me in the shot it's me trying to get out of the picture so one of the refugee women who made the items could get in the shot!) Ah well. Check it out:Thursday, June 16, 2011
world refugee day!
This past Sunday Catholic Charities celebrated World Refugee Day with a little shindig. After spending the morning on an adventure to pick up an entire palette of watermelons from Price Chopper that Rainbow Mennonite donated to the cause, I headed to the office where a big fiesta was set up. I worked a booth with two Karenni women and one Chin woman who were selling AMAZING things they had made - scarves and bags woven on an awesome loom and adorable baby clothes hand-knitted to perfection. There were also great activities for kids, and ethnic cultural performances put on by the refugees in our community. The news even came to cover the event, and I briefly made my moment of fame on NBC (although where you see me in the shot it's me trying to get out of the picture so one of the refugee women who made the items could get in the shot!) Ah well. Check it out:
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