Reach Out & Lend a Hand
You are needed.
Thank you so much for your interest in helping refugees in our area.
Donate
LexRAP helps refugees, asylum seekers and unaccompanied minors find a stable life in our community. We work with families and individuals one by one, with direct contact, helping them build a support network in the community in which they live.
Some examples of how your donations will help are by funding educational and vocational training and by providing summer camp opportunities for young people, and by subsidizing ongong housing costs. LexRAP is a Lexington-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and 100% of your charitable donations are tax deductible.
Sustaining donations are a wonderful way to support this work. They provide a regular, dependable source of income so LexRAP can budget more realistically. For you, the donor, it automates the process and by donating a reasonable amount each month, you will hardly notice it in your monthly budget. LexRAP will honor sustaining donors annually for their generosity.
Sustaining monthly donations will be processed by PayPal.
Some examples of how your donations will help are by funding educational and vocational training and by providing summer camp opportunities for young people, and by subsidizing ongong housing costs. LexRAP is a Lexington-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and 100% of your charitable donations are tax deductible.
Sustaining donations are a wonderful way to support this work. They provide a regular, dependable source of income so LexRAP can budget more realistically. For you, the donor, it automates the process and by donating a reasonable amount each month, you will hardly notice it in your monthly budget. LexRAP will honor sustaining donors annually for their generosity.
Sustaining monthly donations will be processed by PayPal.
Sustaining monthly donation
Donate by check
Please mail checks made out to "LexRAP" to:
LexRAP P.O. Box 244 Lexington, MA 02420 |
One Time donation
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Email Don Detweiler with any questions you may have about donations. |
Volunteer
Volunteer opportunities include:
- Legal services, such as assisting with immigration issues
- Housing, such as helping individuals or families find temporary accommodations or long-term housing
- Hosting, an individual asylee or family
- Transportation, such as providing rides to doctor or other scheduled appointments
- Agency liaison – identifying appropriate support agencies, advocate
- Job placement – offering or helping identify employment opportunities, helping prepare a resume
- Foster family for an unaccompanied minor
- Translator services (especially Arabic)
- Tutoring - English and math
- Child care – providing directly or organizing
- Socialization support – community orientation, integration with local society, connections to ethnic and cultural communities
- Point-person for their congregation or organization to coordinate additional volunteer resources
- Fundraising and outreach
- Marketing and communications
Laptop Donations needed
LexRAP is having a LAPTOP Drive!
Laptop Specifications
If you have not removed your personal information, we have a group of volunteers who will delete the user’s profile and files. Make sure that there isn’t a password needed to sign in to your computer. Please don’t give us damaged, broken laptops or those without charging cords - we won’t be able to fix laptops that are broken.
PC laptops
• Donated PC laptops should have at least Windows 7 or above to be usable.
• To find out what version of Windows you have, first look for a sticker on the laptop showing the version of Windows.
• If there is no sticker, turn on your computer and sign in.
• Right click on “My Computer” or “This PC” and a menu will appear.
• Select “Properties” from that menu. The will bring up a window that will show the version of Windows that you have.
Mac laptops
• Macs shouldn’t have significant known problems and not be more than 3 to 4 years old.
Laptop Specifications
If you have not removed your personal information, we have a group of volunteers who will delete the user’s profile and files. Make sure that there isn’t a password needed to sign in to your computer. Please don’t give us damaged, broken laptops or those without charging cords - we won’t be able to fix laptops that are broken.
PC laptops
• Donated PC laptops should have at least Windows 7 or above to be usable.
• To find out what version of Windows you have, first look for a sticker on the laptop showing the version of Windows.
• If there is no sticker, turn on your computer and sign in.
• Right click on “My Computer” or “This PC” and a menu will appear.
• Select “Properties” from that menu. The will bring up a window that will show the version of Windows that you have.
Mac laptops
• Macs shouldn’t have significant known problems and not be more than 3 to 4 years old.
Email Don Detweiler for dropoff locations.