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Young couple starts charity for refugees in need
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April 30, 2016
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2:22Now PlayingREXBURG -- VO: Their floor is covered with shampoo bottles, baby products, and cleaning supplies. Eric and Emily Whitlock are sorting supplies for the new charity they’ve started right in their Rexburg apartment – Rexburg for Refugees.
SOT: “I said to Emmillie, ‘We should be the central donation hub for Rexburg, for southeast Idaho.' That Idea really took and that’s what started it,” Eric Whitlock says.
VO: Rexburg for Refugees serves local and international refugees by collecting and delivering donations to humanitarian organizations that help refugees in need.
SOT: “We try to do a lot of research and find out what the needs are so we’re not just giving, but we’re giving with education and looking at what are actually the needs and how we can best meet those needs here in a community like south east Idaho,” Emmilie Whitlock says.
VO: Each week the Whitlocks travel through the upper valley picking up donations. Once a month the Whitlocks transport donations to the College of Southern Idaho’s Refugee program and to Salt Lake’s chapter for the International Rescue Committee. Since starting less than two weeks ago the community has given a positive response.
SOT: It seems like since we’ve started it, it seems like we’ve filled a pretty big void in the community. Once we started Rexburg for Refugees so many people have said 'I love this idea,’ ‘I’ve been wanting to help,’ and we just provided a vehicle to help,” Eric Whitlock says.
VO: Ian Zollinger, Student Housing coordinator for Rexburg or Refugees says he and his wife gather donations from the student Apartment complex they manage.
SOT: “We’re all neighbors. When you see people who need help, you help them, that’s just what you do. That’s part of being here in Rexburg — I feel just Idaho in general.” Zollinger says.
VO: He said he’s seen first hand the impact of refugees receiving donations after serving a Latter-day Saint mission in Kennewick Washington. Kennewick is a refugee city.
SOT: “They were all very grateful and humble people they’ve gone through things that I can’t even imagine, that’s just changed their lives. Any help they really appreciate it. They know that they don’t want to take this for granted they know that they are in the land of opportunity. This is America, and they know that they’re never going to get this chance ever again, and they’re not going to take it for granted.” Zollinger says.
VO: So far the Whitlocks have collected over 600 items to donate and are anticipating more. To find out how to contribute to the Rexburg for Refugees you can find it on Facebook, or at the link below. In Rexburg, I’m Natalia Hepworth, EastIdahoNews.com
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