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Hearts and Homes for Refugees - 400 Books Delivered
We started 2025 securing a new partnership with Hearts and Home for Refugees (HHR). Since 2016 this Westchester nonprofit has made a huge...
Leila Saeed
Jan 251 min read
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1200 Books For Neighbors Link!
This summer we are working on our biggest project since the inception of Arms Wide Open for our new partners at Neighbors Link. Neighbors...
Leila Saeed
Aug 15, 20241 min read
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World Refugee Day
June 20th is World Refugee Day, and the Biden Administration put out a press release celebrating the Administration's accomplishments...
Sam Saeed
Jun 20, 20241 min read
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Tutoring Tricks!
Our refugee tutoring service has been expanding, and we have been spending a lot of time crafting age-appropriate lessons. In order to...
Cyrus Saeed
Apr 28, 20241 min read
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Ramadan Book Drop
Our newest partners at New Neighbors Partnership work with resettled refugees from 35 different countries. The holy month of Ramadan is a...
Cyrus Saeed
Mar 4, 20241 min read
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Westchester Jewish Coalition for Immigration Book Drop and Tutoring
Our new partners at the Westchester Jewish Coalition for Immigration recently introduced us to four new families resettled in Westchester...
Cyrus Saeed
Feb 13, 20241 min read
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Biggest Project this Year - 755 Books!
This month we expanded our horizons a bit to work with Terra Firma within the Montefiore Bronx Health Collective (MBHC). Terra Firma is a...
Sam Saeed
Dec 28, 20231 min read
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Open Arms for Refugees Book Drop
In November we reached out to Open Arms for Refugees, an organization that helps integrate refugees placed in and around the town of ...
Leila Saeed
Dec 28, 20231 min read
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210 More Books Delivered!
Jewish Family Services of Greenwich is a wonderful non-profit servicing refugees in Southern Connecticut. Earlier this November, we...
Leila Saeed
Nov 16, 20231 min read
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Sourcing Books
We wanted to write a quick post on how we source our used books before they get delivered. We recently ran a social media campaign within...
Sam Saeed
Nov 4, 20231 min read
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Over 300 Books for 21 Young Refugees
September 2023 In one of our biggest project to date, we collected and delivered totebags of books for 21 young refugees ages 3-17 in the...
Cyrus Saeed
Sep 26, 20231 min read
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School Supply and Technology Drive
April 2023 Through our wonderful partners at Neighbors for Refugees, we organized a school supply and technology drive for families...
Cyrus Saeed
Sep 26, 20231 min read
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