Urgent from Arizona Faith Network:

The shelters in the greater Phoenix area who assist people seeking asylum urgently needs your help with donations of winter clothing items. Refugee arrivals at Phoenix shelters often arrive with only the clothes they are wearing. The Phoenix shelters may receive up to 300 people per day and they typically stay one to two days before they leave to join their sponsors in other parts of the country. While at our shelters they are offered showers, a change of clothing, meals, and a place to sleep.

Many asylum seekers will be traveling to sponsors who live in cold climates. As a result, the shelters need donations of men’s, women’s, and children’s used winter jackets. Adult men’s and women’s jackets are needed most. Finding these items through our drives in the greater Phoenix area has been very difficult and we have been forced to send people to their destinations without adequate clothing. The need is urgent.

To make arrangements for pickup/delivery or if you have any questions, contact Anna Keating at 602-499-1953 (call or text) or annakeating3@cox.net.