Update on Afghans in the US

Update on Afghans in the US

Beautiful Day
Now, a year later, the headlines are largely gone. Public attention has waned, partly eclipsed by the crisis in Ukraine and partly the result of seeing that efforts to support Afghans may involve commitments that last years, rather than months. The simple reality is that it takes a long time to rebuild a life, and unfortunately, this is particularly true for many resettled Afghans.
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Interview with Patricia Stevens, a Beautiful Day Mentor

Interview with Patricia Stevens, a Beautiful Day Mentor

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It’s a privilege to be sitting here with Patricia Stevens, one of Beautiful Day’s Youth Program Mentors. Patricia has been volunteering for us for a short time, but already has had a tremendous impact on the youth whom she is mentoring. Patricia has been a tax preparer for 22 years and is living with her husband on the West Side of Providence.
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Pricing. Some Uncomfortable Realities.

Pricing. Some Uncomfortable Realities.

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We tried very hard to keep our prices the same. But, we had to make the difficult decision to raise our prices to keep up with rising costs. As always, our goal is to continue to serve quality granola and coffee, and we want you to know how much we appreciate you as our customers. We feel honored to be doing this work, and we deeply appreciate everyone for sticking with us, our products, and our staff and trainees during this inflationary period.
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Beautiful Day Group Photo

Greetings from all of us at Beautiful Day!

Rebecca Garland

After being scattered across the city, we recently moved to a brand new space where all our operations are under one roof. We love it. For the very first time, we are literally “home for the holidays.” But to be honest, we don’t feel completely at home there yet. Everything is still so new. Maybe this is appropriate since we work with refugees who have left behind everything that’s familiar. They experience profound disruption and isolation as they struggle to adjust to a new culture with strange traditions like pine trees in the living room and a fat man in...

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Our "Band Aid Bar" Campaign Ends with a Bang

Our "Band Aid Bar" Campaign Ends with a Bang

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Last spring, Beautiful Day received a grant from the CDC Foundation to put stickers encouraging COVID-19 vaccination onto granola bars and to distribute them to refugee communities. We partnered with 14 organizations that were providing emergency services to refugees and asked them to hand the bars out to their clients.
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Beautiful Day Goes to Middle School

Rebecca Garland

Teacher Joe Baer talks with 8th grade students enrolled in Wheeler School'sCityside Program (Pre-Covid photo) That's right, now we're in middle school - at the Wheeler School in Providence to be exact! We've been working all semester with teacher Joe Baer, Director of the  Cityside Program, a special year-long class at Wheeler that all 8th graders take part in, where students collaborate with local nonprofits and other stakeholders to produce projects designed to promote positive change in Rhode Island. Working off-campus, students form groups of 3 or 4 and decide together on an area of interest to focus on. The groups then reach out to organizations or individuals...

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