Mayada and Friends Fundraising Dinner

You’re invited to dinner with Mayada and friends!

OUR FIRST 5 DINNERS WERE SOLD OUT !

WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO OFFER A DINNER ON June 25, 2017.

Dear friends and neighbors,

We are happy to announce that Mayada, a Syrian refugee who arrived in the U.S. with her husband and four children in March 2016 co-sponsored by Rutgers Presbyterian Church and Church World Service, will be cooking and serving dinner for about 60 guests at Rutgers. We got the idea from an article in the New York Times about similar dinners in Berlin.

Dinner will be $50 for adults and $25 for children under 16; ALL proceeds will go directly to Mayada and help her support her family. Rutgers Church is donating the food, and several church members and neighbors will be volunteering their help to Mayada in the kitchen and dining room.

The dinner will be held in our Fellowship Hall, on the 5th floor of our Church House located at 236 West 73rd Street, just west of Broadway. Dinner will be at 6 pm and is celebration of Eid al-Fitr, a feast marking the end of Ramadan.  Weather permitting, appetizers will be served on our green roof before dinner. Guests are welcome to bring their own beer or wine.

Please help us spread the word about this fundraising event.

To learn more about Mayada's family and the work of the Refugee Task Force, and to watch a short video about our efforts, click here.

Thank you.

- The Rutgers Presbyterian Church Refugee Task Force