To Whom It May Concern, My name is Mike Ureche and I am the recruiting specialist at Bethany Christian Services. I am a newer face at Bethany, but have been working with our refugee and immigrant neighbors for over 6 years in various capacities such as ESL director, citizenship class director, and now in the field of community engagement and recruitment through Bethany. There is nothing that excites me more than helping equip and encourage our communities to better love, serve, and welcome our newcomer neighbors. Since my time at Bethany I have had the opportunity to process new refugee foster families, train new volunteers and refugee mentors, and reunite a child to her mother. I would love to come share some of my experiences and encourage your community to take advantage of the unique opportunities to serve their refugee neighbors through Bethany's many programs. With more than 65+ million displaced individuals in today's refugee crisis, there is a place for every community and every family to serve. I am extremely thankful for service libraries provide in our communities. In fact, it was thanks to Chris Nofsinger at the Marcellus Township Library that I received my new position at Bethany! My wife and I attended a presentation about refugees at our local library in Marcellus where a Bethany speaker was present. After a great conversation with the speaker, I found myself in the employment process for a position at Bethany and now get the privilege to do much of the speaking! Feel free to reach out to me for any further questions or concerns. I look forward to hearing from you. Mike Ureche *Mike Ureche <mureche@bethany.org>* Refugee Recruitment Specialist Bethany Christian Services Of Michigan <http://www.bethany.org/kalamazoo> 6687 Seeco Drive Kalamazoo, MI 49009-5970 (map <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=6687%20Seeco%20Drive,%20Kalamazoo,%20MI,%2049009-5970> ) C - 269.548.7847 F - 269.372.8855