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Giving Tuesday 2018!

by Adam Hendrickson


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It’s that time of year!! This year Soft Landing Missoula will be participating again in the national day of giving, #GivingTuesday!

2018 has been a jam-packed year full of incredible refugee families and generous Missoulians. We have held countless events to bring refugees and Missoulians together including Welcoming Week, Supper Clubs, lectures, community talks, and the World Refugee Day Soccer Tournament. SLM has increased our existing programs and direct services for Missoula’s over 240 refugees including drivers education twice a week, one-on-one English tutoring, and our brand new Teen Program to help refugee teens build connections in their new homes and new community. Our Community Resource Center has flourished into a thriving hub with nearly 500 visits from refugees, volunteers, and community members in October alone!



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On November 27, we encourage you to make a gift to Soft Landing Missoula to help us reach our goal of $5,000!

On November 27, we encourage you to make a gift to Soft Landing Missoula to help us reach our goal of $5,000! Your support will impact our programming, events in the community, and resources here in the office. We are so grateful to have friends like you who have helped Missoula be a welcoming community we can all come home- we couldn’t do this without you!

To make a gift online, go to www.softlandingmissoula.org/donate or text “GIVE2SLM” to 44-321! You can also drop off a check at our office, 939 Stephens Ave Suite C, any time between 8:30 am – 4:30 pm on Tuesday, November 27! You can RSVP to our Facebook event here.

Mark your calendars for November 27th to support SLM on #GivingTuesday!


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Winter Clothing Drive!

by Adam Hendrickson


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It’s that time of year! The air is getting crisp, there’s snow in the mountains, and Missoula’s refugee community is starting to feel the cold!!

STARTING TODAY- We are on the lookout for most winter clothing items for adults and children of all ages such as:

  • Hats

  • Gloves + Mittens

  • Socks

  • Boots

  • Jackets

  • Snow Pants

  • Snow Suits

  • Long Underwear

  • Yak Traks

  • Also welcoming blankets and other warm items!

As always, we ask that items be new or VERY gently used in order to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person. We care deeply to create a truly welcoming and complete home for families, not burden them with broken or heavily-used items that may prove unusable. (No stains, tears, frayed edges, pet hair/odor, missing pieces, etc.)

If you have any items you would like to donate, please drop them off at Soft Landing’s office: 939 Stephens Ave Suite C Missoula, MT 59801 between 9am-3pm M-F. We are so excited for Missoula’s newest refugees to experience their first Montana winter, so help us make it as enjoyable as possible by keeping them toasty warm!!

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Pumpkin Party 2018!

by Adam Hendrickson


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This year Soft Landing Missoula is throwing our first ever Pumpkin Party!

We need your help! Here are ways you can help make many of these kiddo’s first Halloween’s one to remember:

  1. Buy pumpkins from the Poverello Center! Pumpkins are only $10 and the money goes directly to the Pov to support their food and shelter programs. Pick up a pumpkin at the Good Food Store, Rattlesnake Market, YMCA Missoula, Imagine Nation Brewing, and The Trough and drop them off to Soft Landing’s office [939 Stephens Ave Suite C Missoula, MT 59801] through October 18th! Support the Pov, support Soft Landin- it’s a win, win! More info at: https://www.thepoverellocenter.org/pumpkins-for-the-pov/

  2. Donate a gently used kid’s costume! If you have any gently used children’s Halloween costumes, we would love to distribute them. Help share this spooky tradition with the kiddos and help them feel apart of their new community! Drop by the office by October 18th.

  3. Donate fabric for our costume makers! Do you have any spare fabric we could make superhero masks and capes out of? Drop it by the office before October 18th!

  4. Make a monetary donation! We would love for you to make a donation that would help us purchase decorations, supplies, and food for the kiddos. Contribute here: softlandingmissoula.org/donate/.

We are so excited to share this fun tradition with our new neighbors and are so grateful for your help! Happy Halloween!