The Refugee and Immigrant Services Program at Lutheran Social Services (LSS) of Wisconsin and upper Michigan is the Wisconsin affiliate of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS). Since 1975, LIRS has resettled scores of refugees from various parts of the world.

They are collecting furniture and other donations to set up over 30 apartments for refugee families from Burma arriving by the end of this summer. These families arrive with very few possessions, so donations will contribute significantly to their new lives in the United States. There is a need for twin/full size bed sets, dining tables with chairs, dressers, couches, coffee tables, lamps, vacuum cleaners and rice cookers.

Your help and resources would be deeply appreciated. For more information, contact Ako Hasegawa of LSS at (414) 325-3063 or e-mail ahasegaw@lsswis.org.

LIRS is a cooperative agency of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, and the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.