Mission
The Welcome to America Project (WTAP), furnishes the apartments
of refugees newly resettled by the UN to Phoenix, Arizona from war-torn and oppressed countries worldwide. This mostly
volunteer organization collects high quality furniture and household items from donors throughout the Phoenix area,
and delivers them free of charge, on Saturdays all year long, to refugee families arriving from numerous countries.
WTAP
constantly strives to:
- Furnish the bare
apartments of newly-arrived refugees with high quality home furnishing.
- Build bridges of neighborly understanding between the local community and newly arrived refugees.
Achievements
Since November of 2001, WTAP has:
- Delivered
to over 1000 refugee families.
- Raised over $1,000,000
in in-kind donations.
- Logged tens of thousands of volunteer
hours.
