NAC and Claremont Rotary
The Rotary Club of Claremont learned about how Newcomers Access Center helps refugees and immigrants in the community at a lunch on Friday, January 18. The club invited NAC president Anne Thorward and client Iuliia Blakytna, a newcomer from Ukraine, to speak. Anne gave a slide presentation with examples showing how NAC works with partner organizations and volunteers to help newcomers as they start new lives in the U.S. Iuliia spoke to the group about her personal experience leaving Ukraine after Russia invaded. She shared how NAC has helped her family which includes her 13-year-old daughter and her mother, Tetiana Korotkova. Iuliia’s husband remains in Ukraine caring for his elderly parents who cannot travel. The Rotary Club presented a $500 check to NAC for which NAC is most grateful.