Page 9 - 2022 Samaritas Impact Report

Five Ukrainian refugee families received
free gifts from Amazon. "We're very
excited during this time of year to
partner with some really special people,
our wonderful folks at Amazon to make
the holidays a little bit brighter for some
3,547 of our wonderful families who have
been through quite a bit this year."

Along with the gifts they would be
persons served receiving, an additional $1,000 Amazon

gift card would be given to buy
additional items on the website.
3,414 persons served in our New Americans There were families with small children

program or mothers with their daughters.
80% achieved self-sufficiency within 180 days "We really saw a need in the local
community to serve some of these
for those in our Matching Grant program
families that are going through really
133 persons served in refugee foster care and
tough times right now," said Austin
unaccompanied minors
Stowe, the metro Detroit spokesman for
Amazon.

About the Ukrainian Help Center: "(At) Amazon, we want to be a great
As the Russian aggression toward Ukraine continues, the community partner in the local area and
options to support Ukrainian refugees are evolving and we wanted to serve these families that
creating a challenging bureaucratic environment to work are in the local Detroit community right
within. Samaritas is helping Ukrainian refugees and their now. Which is why we wanted to put
advocates cut through that red tape with the opening of its new together this special Christmas
Ukrainian Help Center in Warren. celebration for these families with

Samaritas and we're just so thankful
they gave us their space to get
everything set up and to surprise these
families."