Impact
Impacting the Community
Through fair-wage salaries, community gardens, and on-the-clock, paid professional development trainings, we are creating livelihoods for not only our refugee staff, but also for their families and community.
YEAR AT A GLANCE
In 2021, MRC impacted 255 refugees through employment and community gardens.
31,872
hours of fair-wage employment for employees in 2021
$474,554.83
total income invested in wages paid to refugee staff
1,247
hours of paid English as Second Language (ESL) instruction
Over the Years
Since 2009, MRC has impacted over 1,800 refugees, asylees and immigrants through the community center, employment, training and community gardens.
“Coming here and having an opportunity to work with coworkers, just loving, laughing and sharing the peace—it really gives us strength.”
— Krishna, Refugee from Bhutan, New Leaf Crew Chief
More Than a Job
ESL courses are led each week by experienced volunteers at The Open Arms Studio, ranging in content and difficulty depending on the ability and needs of our staff. In some cases, our refugee staff is not just learning a new language, but being taught literacy for the first time.
READ MORE ABOUT OUR IMPACT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS