Our Stories
‘A better life is possible:’ Everett staff help family of 6 out of homelessness
LCSNW’s three regional Community Resource Centers are warm, welcoming places that help low-income individuals and families get on their feet when they are struggling to meet life’s basic needs. At CRCs in Everett, SeaTac and Port Angeles, they can find help with...
Giving voice to immigrants’ stories
We recently produced a series of three videos that explore the immigrant experience by sharing the stories of three of our clients. The videos, released as part of National Immigrants Day on October 28, are about Ismael, Isabel, and Mostafa. Each individual sought...
Portland church engages neighbors in donation drive
Portland’s Prince of Peace Lutheran Church recently held a donation drive and collected nearly 200 brown paper grocery bags full of mostly new items for LCSNW to distribute to local refugee families. These types of donations are critical because newly arrived refugee...
Two Vancouver churches provide space for growing LCSNW programs
Our Multicultural Community Services (MCS) staff has expanded into two Vancouver area churches that have office space to spare. One church is Lutheran, the other is not, and LCS Northwest is grateful to both. MCS Director Peter Vogelaar said he and others at Lutheran...
Two more artists join LCSNW refugee art show in Beaverton
Ghulam Ali Danish Kamal, who goes by Danish, is a longtime artist who fled Afghanistan in October 2021. Danish, his wife Marzia, their three sons and his parents arrived in Washington state the following May and became clients of Lutheran Community Services Northwest....
Caring for kiddos: A Family Place expands to Newberg, third site in Yamhill County
A familiar polka dot bus drives around Newberg, the gateway to Oregon's Willamette Valley, picking up children as young as 18 months and delivering them to an exciting new place. This isn't just any place. It's A Family Place, a relief nursery that opened this fall in...
Mother and son opened their Vancouver home to refugees; you can do the same
LCSNW is seeking temporary host homes for refugees. For more information about Vancouver placements, contact Khalid Barzgar, [email protected] or 360-787-4737. For the Portland area, contact Fiona Evans, [email protected] or 503-731-9590. For the Puget Sound area, go...
