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By the end of October, the organization expects to help around 100 people settle in the Derby City from places like the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Syria, Iraq and Central and South America.
Over the next month, the nonprofit is expecting to welcome 140 new refugees to Louisville.
Last year, growers harvested 500,000 pounds of produce.
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It was a chance for Jefferson County Public Schools students to get to know the Derby city.
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Volunteers are were working hard at Louisville's Bowman Field Wednesday morning packing up boxes with backpacks that will be sent to Ukrainian refugees in Cologne, Germany.
Kentucky Baptist Convention sending teams to Poland to provide disaster relief to Ukrainian refugees
According to the United Nations roughly 10 million Ukrainians have fled their home country. That would be the largest displacement of Europeans since World War Two.
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Ask most athletes what they did in the offseason, and you'll get a tale of time off, workout regimens and physical and mental recovery.
The refugees will be paired with a sponsor families before they move out.
Supplies Overseas and Kentucky Refugee Ministries worked together to make it happen.