Overcoming Food Insecurity
Quad City native Shirley Johnson enjoys going on hikes and bike rides outside, even stopping along her way to pick up litter and trash she sees scattered around the ground. While she contributes to the community in small ways like that, she also gives back as an active volunteer at World Relief Quad Cities. Shirley…
Read MoreSharing Culture and Experiences Through Volunteering
Susan Llewellyn said one of the first things she learned while volunteering for World Relief was about rice. She started at World Relief shopping as a volunteer and got to know immigrant and refugee families where rice is a staple. Through that experience, she’s learned many different recipes and uses for rice, as well as…
Read MoreOn the Basis that You Can Give
Meghan Arshad celebrated the end of her six-month commitment through World Relief’s Cultural Partnership Team (CPT) program on Saturday, March 13th. With the help of her husband, father-in-law, and 2 year old daughter, she has been working with the Po Eh Doh family to help transition to life in the Quad Cities. Before arriving in…
Read MoreVolunteer Appreciation: A Lifetime of Friendship
When Donald and Joyce Halterman first learned about WRQC’s mission through their church in July of 2019, they felt compelled to step forward. They never expected such a simple act of faith to wholly reshape their lives. “We’ve always wanted to serve the Lord in whatever way he would have us serve, and we felt…
Read MoreCompassion, Consideration, and Social Justice
Dr. Chris Strunk is a Professor of Geography at Augustana College, and this spring he decided to create a partnership with World Relief Quad Cities and his Geography of Human Issues course. Students in his class offer virtual tutoring help to World Relief families. Chris’s students have expressed such positive remarks about this partnership. With…
Read MoreWhat Can I do Now?
Empathy and Skill “I’ve never been a refugee,” says Jenny Park, “but I feel like we all have moments where you feel like you don’t belong anywhere. For me, it was feeling emotionally displaced sometimes while growing up as an immigrant.” Jenny joined World Relief as a volunteer tutor in the summer of 2020. Having immigrated to…
Read MoreShe Dreams Courageously: One Woman Who is Making it Happen
One woman dreams courageously and is changing the lives of people in her community, the U.S. and around the world.
Everything You Need to Know About Unaccompanied Minors at the Border, Part 2
Unaccompanied minors at the border
Systems Change in Seattle
As World Relief Seattle’s Executive Director and an immigrant myself, I have seen the razor-thin line between security and insecurity that many immigrants experience. Never was this more clear to me than this year, as our office rallied to serve those hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. As the pandemic wore on last year, we…
Read MoreEverything You Need to Know About Unaccompanied Minors at the Border Part 1
A Conversation with Matthew Soerens and Jenny Yang This week, we’re seeing news reports of another “crisis” at the U.S.-Mexico border, particularly related to children, or ‘unaccompanied minors.’ What’s actually happening? What should be happening? And what can followers of Jesus who care about vulnerable children do? Here, World Relief’s President, Scott Arbeiter, sits down…
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