RefugeeOne

Our Spring Picnic served up everything we hoped for: fun games, delicious food, and frequent laughter. 🏐🥙😄

Refugee families, volunteers, and RefugeeOne staff enjoying a beautiful day together is the perfect way to celebrate all that connects us. 🫶

Your advocacy on SNAP cuts made a difference!

The FY27 state budget passed by the Illinois General Assembly appropriates $70 million to create the Families Receiving Emergency Support for Hunger (FRESH) program.

FRESH will provide $400 in one-time emergency assistance to up to 175,000 Illinoisans losing SNAP over the next year because of expanded federal work requirements.

The General Assembly unfortunately did NOT expand eligibility for a program to ensure that refugees can still access state food support if they lose SNAP.

Our work isn’t over. Thanks for being with us in this ongoing fight to protect families from SNAP cuts.

RefugeeOne is a proud member of the Save Our SNAP Coalition that makes this advocacy possible.

Exciting developments are sprouting for our Ukrainian program! 🫛

Several of our program participants now have their own gardening space, thanks to a growing partnership with Life On The Vine Christian Community in Long Grove.

Our satellite Ukrainian office shares space at the church. When church members learned that Ukrainian community missed growing their own food, they built five raised beds for RefugeeOne!

You can see the first veggies shooting up—and can sense roots strengthening as Ukrainians transplant this meaningful tradition to their new community. 🌱🌻