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Donate to the Pathway Fund
The Pathway Fund helps newcomers stay, thrive, and fully belong by providing critical legal support. With your help, we’re launching a Newcomer Center legal clinic in partnership with the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center (MIRC) and MSU Law School. This initiative will offer monthly workshops on citizenship and employment, as well as one-on-one legal consultations and representation for complex cases.
Donate to the Play and Grow Fund
The Play & Grow Fund helps create a new outdoor playground for toddlers to teens in our youth programs—sparking joy, imagination, and hands-on learning in nature. With your support, we’ll build a vibrant playscape, pavilion, and expanded nature area where all children can feel safe, curious, and free to grow.
Donate to the Resilience Fund
The Resilience Fund supports healing for refugees and immigrants through creative, community-rooted programs like sewing, yoga, art, music, and healing circles. In a safe, welcoming space, participants build strength, connection, and well-being—nurturing resilience and flourishing together. Donate
Help our Newcomer Center Flourish in 2025
Your gift supports newcomers in several programs such as First Steps Early Literacy, Citizenship, and English classes; Health and Housing Navigation services; and programming such as daily Sewing Lab, twice-weekly Tea Time, Driving Education and Field Trips for children. As demand for our services grows, we rely on your generosity to help us expand our resources to meet rising needs. Thank you for helping us continue offering these vital resources for newcomers in our community as we enter the new year. Donate
Donate to RDC Crisis Fund
Your donation will help support newcomer families in crisis and in need of basic needs such as shelter, food, clothing, utility assistance and other critical immediate needs.
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Gifts of Stock or Estate Planning
Would you, or someone you love like to give a gift of stock, property, or make an estate plan that includes the Refugee Development Center? Email Erika, our Executive Director, who can assist you with this donation or plan.
Other Ways to Give
PLEASE MAIL CHECKS TO
The Refugee Development Center
600 W. Maple St. Suite A
Lansing, MI 48906
OVER THE PHONE
(517) 999-5090
Welcome Kits for New Families
If you are interested in providing a welcome kit, please contact info@rdclansing.org to request instructions.
Amazon Wish List
Amazon Wish List: We are always adding items to our wish list that will be used in our programs or that our families have identified as an immediate need. Thank you for your help!
Other Current Needs
Due to limited storage space so we are unable to accept items unless it is listed on our wish list or we have identified it as a specific need. As such, we cannot take clothing, furniture, general household items, etc.