Information Evening: Syrian Family and Alan Kurdi

information evening: The four or five usual members of the Refugee Support Committee at the parish were joined by over 80 others for an information evening -- and 20 more people who could not come that evening requested updates and offered to help, according to Huffington Post Canada. Plans were made, funds raised, paperwork submitted -- and at one point, an apartment was rented. The photo of Alan Kurdi washed up on a Turkish beach as his family attempted to flee across the Mediterranean created a groundswell of concern. And then, we waited... and waited. Syrian refugees take part in a welcome service at the St. Finally, a Syrian family arrived that our parish could sponsor -- in March 2017. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.