Joanne Wright and Paradise Baptist Church

Syria: Through local donations, the group has managed to find and completely furnish a two-storey home in Bridgetown for the 34-year-old single mother and her five daughters from 10 to 18-years-old. "From Iraq, they went to Syria," said Pastor Mark Reece of the Paradise Baptist Church. "They were displaced after having lived in Syria for about eight years and now in Turkey, for the last 18 to 20 months in a refugee camp, they are looking for a fresh start." Joanne Wright with the Paradise Refugee Support group, according to CBC. Joanne Wright is one of a handful of volunteers with the Paradise Refugee Support group who is organizing yard sales and community concerts to help pay for groceries and the rent on the home. Their group, called Paradise Refugee Support, is raising the $16,500 it needs to match Ottawa re-settlement money to sponsor a family for their first year in Canada. She claims finding the house for the refugee family was literally an answer to a prayer. "When we made a decision to sponsor this family, we prayed for a house," says Wright. "And when I got home that night, I checked my Facebook and I saw a house that was for rent which came up that evening. All furnishings, including a computer and a cord of wood, were donated by local residents. So the house came to us." Donations from community A local carpenter repaired the back deck for free and the pastor with the local Salvation Army delivered two mattresses sold at a discount to the local Lions Club. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.