We are fully funded!!

Thank you to everyone who has donated!! We are still accepting donations, as anything above our need will now go directly to humanitarian aid. Our goal was to raise $10,000 and we're not too far from that!!

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Cover to Cover: a Night of Songs through the Decades Benefit Concert

August 7th at 7pm

Where:  Gurnee Community Church
             4555 Old Grand Ave
             Gurnee, IL 60031

What: Gabe and Caitie are hosting (and singing) a free concert featuring popular music from the 1960s to today. 

Cost: FREE! Donations will be taken. Please bring your friends and family!!


Check out our promo below and get a sneak peak of a few songs we're covering!




Listen to a full song:

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Salam Neighbor Movie Screening Fundraiser

July 10th at 7pm

Where: Gurnee Community Church
             4555 Old Grand Ave
             Gurnee, IL 60031

What: We are hosting a screening of Salam Neighbor. Journey with two Americans (Zach Ingrasci and Chris Temple) as they live among refugees along Syria's border. They are the first filmmakers ever allowed to be registered and given a tent inside of a refugee camp.

From meeting Um Ali, a woman struggling to overcome cultural barriers to the street smart, 10-year-old Raouf, whose trauma hides just beneath his ever present smile, Zach and Chris uncover inspiring stories of individuals rallying, against all odds, to rebuild their lives and those of their neighbors.  

Cost: FREE! Donations will be taken. Please bring your friends and family!!

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Our Upcoming Trip

Dear Friends,

Our hearts have grown increasingly heavy for the millions of refugees from Syria. Over 4.7 million Syrians have fled their homeland, dispersing into neighboring countries and Europe where many are living on less than a dollar a day. Not only do they have so little, but they have also experienced great trauma. We have an incredible opportunity to serve the refugees in one of the neighboring countries in the Middle East.

While the refugee camps receive the most media coverage, over 75% of refugees actually live in apartments in cities because of the sponsorship of a native to their host country. However, their homes are usually very small and extremely neglected. Food coupons are so limited that families are not able to have adequate nutrition. Many families must live off of $140 or $280 a month- and rent can be anywhere from $70 - $245 a month. We will be visiting with people who live in these conditions.
If you would like to learn more about the current state of living as a refugee, check out this article.

While our cost for this trip is $8,200, we would like to raise $10,000 so we can bring more humanitarian aid and bless more people.


Our cost breakdown:

• 43% is for airfare and ground transportation
  
• 20% is for lodging and meals
  
• 15% is for general operations costs (health insurance and international personnel costs)
  
• 12% is for humanitarian aid
  
• 5% is for translators
• 5% is for training materials and pre-trip training
  

Thank you for making a donation so that we may serve those whom have been laid so heavily on our hearts. Everyone deserves to feel valued, and we want to let the refugees we meet know that they have not been forgotten, that they are loved, and still have a great purpose.


Love,
The Nyes