Laying out the welcome mat Settling a Syrian refugee family was a lesson in humility, humanity and seat-of-our-pants ingenuity, Gill Walker writes
When I first conceived the idea to sponsor a family after reading an article in the newspaper in 2015, my initial conundrum was who to ask. A group of different circles of friends formed: a lawyer, teacher, dentist, investment advisor, fundraiser, accountant, school principal and myself, an occupati...
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| Published in | Globe and mail |
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| Format | Newspaper Article |
| Language | English |
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Toronto, Ont
The Globe and Mail
27.02.2017
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| Summary: | When I first conceived the idea to sponsor a family after reading an article in the newspaper in 2015, my initial conundrum was who to ask. A group of different circles of friends formed: a lawyer, teacher, dentist, investment advisor, fundraiser, accountant, school principal and myself, an occupational therapist. Dinner-plate eyes looked back at me when I told one landlord that I was part of a refugeesponsorship group and was looking for housing for a family of four, soon to be five. The third apartment was full of prospective tenants and so the landlord didn't have time to chat. When we couldn't find a truck at the last minute to move a donated bed from Surrey to South Vancouver, one of our group who works at a barn transported the bed in a horse trailer. What had seemed an impossible task, finding and furnishing a reasonably priced apartment for a... |
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| ISSN: | 0319-0714 |