by Adam Delezenne
Our small team ran 92 miles in the Detroit Marathon and raised just over $100 per mile! We were quite a crew, some of us were seasoned runners, and for some (like me!), this was our first time doing an organized run. We all had a great time!
This was a fantastic experience for me, not just because it was the Detroit Marathon but also because I was part of a team running to support an important cause. Together, we raised an incredible $9,345 for SWIRC’s new Safe Harbor Housing program.
Safe Harbor Housing will be a new housing option for asylum seekers who need a safe, stable place to restart their lives in the United States. Right now, a new asylum seeker needs to wait at least a year to work and cannot receive public housing support. In that in-between time, staying on a friend’s couch is often the best option.
SWIRC is renovating a large home in Southwest Detroit, purchased from the Detroit Land Bank, to become a safe, stable home for asylum seekers who need a place of refuge.
The money we raised is phenomenal! We still have a ways to go to make our goal of $675 thousand. Your gifts towards this goal will help transform a long-neglected property into a beautiful community resource and a source of hope for many asylum-seeking families.
You can still give to this project; make a donation now to deepen the impact of our team of runners.
We need our whole community to come together to make this project a success!
The Southwest Detroit Immigrant and Refugee Center provides free and low-cost legal services to those who need them most in the Detroit area, with a focus on recent immigrants and refugees.
We were founded in 2014 by Kevin Piecuch, our Executive Director,
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