[Michlib-l] program idea

[Christine Nofsinger]

To Whom It May Concern,


My name is Mike Ureche and I am the recruiting specialist at Bethany
Christian Services. I am a newer face at Bethany, but have been working
with our refugee and immigrant neighbors for over 6 years in various
capacities such as ESL director, citizenship class director, and now in the
field of community engagement and recruitment through Bethany. There is
nothing that excites me more than helping equip and encourage our
communities to better love, serve, and welcome our newcomer neighbors.
Since my time at Bethany I have had the opportunity to process
new refugee foster families, train new volunteers and refugee mentors, and
reunite a child to her mother.


I would love to come share some of my experiences and encourage your
community to take advantage of the unique opportunities to serve their
refugee neighbors through Bethany's many programs. With more than 65+
million displaced individuals in today's refugee crisis, there is a place
for every community and every family to serve.


I am extremely thankful for service libraries provide in our communities.
In fact, it was thanks to Chris Nofsinger at the Marcellus Township Library
that I received my new position at Bethany! My wife and I attended a
presentation about refugees at our local library in Marcellus where a
Bethany speaker was present. After a great conversation with the speaker, I
found myself in the employment process for a position at Bethany and now
get the privilege to do much of the speaking!


Feel free to reach out to me for any further questions or concerns. I look
forward to hearing from you.


Mike Ureche


*Mike Ureche <mureche at bethany.org>*
Refugee Recruitment Specialist
Bethany Christian Services Of Michigan <http://www.bethany.org/kalamazoo>
6687 Seeco Drive
Kalamazoo, MI 49009-5970 (map
<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=6687%20Seeco%20Drive,%20Kalamazoo,%20MI,%2049009-5970>
)
C - 269.548.7847
F - 269.372.8855
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail3.mcls.org/pipermail/michlib-l/attachments/20180730/c7a4a88d/attachment.html>