Hameed and Habba Safi and family recently arrived from Afghanistan. Hameed was an interpreter for US forces in Afghanistan. The family escaped to this country under harrowing circumstances. Hameed has a masters degree in business and has held senior accounting positions for companies in Afghanistan. He is working as an interpreter for new arrivals and others. He has other good job prospects. He needs a car. If anyone has a car they would like to…
Help serve “Breakfast 4 Our Friends” to people experiencing homelessness every Saturday morning 7:45 – 8:30 a.m. at the Davie Street Parking Deck in Downtown Greensboro. Call Laura Baker at Tiny House Community Development if you are interested in volunteering, (336) 897-1001. Tiny House aims to reduce homelessness by building tiny home communities in Greensboro and High Point and by offering work skill training and stability to those who find themselves homeless.
Volunteers are needed to test out all platforms. Please join us either in the worship room, Friendship Hall, by Zoom or by Facebook Live this Wednesday to practice our much-anticipated semi-programmed meeting for worship hybrid format, to begin Sunday, March 20th. We need volunteers to participate on every platform and all locations. Our COVID guidance for safety remains in effect, and it is requested that for in-person attendance, all friends who are able to be…
School districts across the country are under attack and Guilford County is no different. Members of New Garden have joined other groups, the Guilford Anti-Racism Alliance and the Social Justice Consortium to make a commitment to show up at the monthly Guilford County School Board of Education meeting. We stand in support of telling the truth in our curriculum, in support of science, in support of the Black leadership of the Board and Superintendent, and in…
Join Greensboro Earth Quakers March 17 to plan 2022 Actions. Are you interested in actions you and other Friends can take to confront climate change and environmental justice? On Thursday, March 17, 7 -8:30 p.m., Greensboro Earth Quakers will hold a virtual meeting to discuss direct action plans and possibilities for 2022. Come to learn about: Plans for local Friends to hold a Quaker-style meeting for worship outside the Guilford County Board of Education to…
We have been providing “complete household setups” for quite a few Afghan families and groups of men who don’t have the support of co-sponsors. This means we pack everything they need for their new home, like kitchen items, bathroom necessities, bed linens, along with mattresses and furniture. Movers come to New Garden Friends Meeting, load everything and then set up the apartment or house for our new community members. If we don’t have an item,…
Needs: Microwaves, blenders/juicers, pressure cookers (simple “old school” not instant pots.), framed mirrors, area rugs, vacuum cleaners, Irons/ironing boards, mattresses & box springs (no kings), twin sheet sets (high need), twin & full bedspreads, blankets & mattress pads all sizes, televisions (later models, cords/remotes), laptop computers (can be refurbished), Clocks (wall-type for kitchens/dens and bedside table), dish drainers, cutting boards, cooking utensils (good knives, ladles, can-openers, trash cans and shower curtains and shower rods, small–medium…
New Garden’s donation collection and distribution area for the Afghan resettlement effort continues to help establish households for our new Afghan friends. Here is our updated list of donations–items we are and aren’t accepting as well as our hours for the rest of January. The basement is at capacity for storage so our donations list has changed (temporarily) to include only items in high demand: mattresses and box springs, irons, ironing boards, juicers and blenders,…
Piedmont Friends Fellowship and Piedmont Friends Yearly Meeting have become aware of various challenges maintaining our separate organizational structure, including difficulties finding members able to serve in leadership roles on committees, clerkships and as representatives. In response to this challenging situation, the clerks of PFF and PFYM, have met to consider the best way forward. We feel that the current situation cannot continue and that we should adopt a new approach to how PFF and…
Jan 24- International Day of Education Jan 27- International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust