We will be collecting new or gently used winter coats and jackets until mid-January for Refugee Community Connection. They are most in need of coats for children and men but all donations are welcome.
If you would like to drop off a new or gently used coat, please contact us to coordinate a drop-off.
If you would like to buy a new coat, please see our Amazon wish list for suggested jackets and coats.
Refugee Community Connection mission statement:
RCC is an all-volunteer Chicago based mutual aid organization that seeks to ease the transition of our newly arrived neighbors (refugees, asylees, and others forced to flee their home country) to the Chicago area, by providing resources, information, and household necessities through a personal connection with welcoming neighbors. We seek to supplement refugee basic needs not already met by professional refugee resettlement agencies and government services.
Beginning in 2022, large numbers of households from South and Central America, and many from Kyrgyzstan and Russia, came to the US as asylum seekers. Since RCC has been assisting newly arrived refugees to Chicago for more than 6 years, we wanted to shift our work in order to welcome the new population of neighbors to Chicago. We want to welcome new households and ease their transition to their new country.