Group Receives Its Certification
for Refugee Settlement
By WRILEY NELSON
ONEONTA
The Otsego Refugee Resettlement Coalition recently announced its certification as a Private Sponsor Group with the Welcome Corps Program. On April 24, the ORRC was informed that it has been matched with a refugee family which will be arriving in one or two months.
“This country was built on immigrants,” said Debra Marcus, one of the founders of the coalition. “We felt sure that this community would welcome new families and be a wonderful place for a new generation that sees America as a land of hope.”
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