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Online Summer Camp Kicks into Gear
Published On 7/17/2020
Hyde Park Refugee Project kicked off its third annual summer camp last week!
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Montgomery Place Welcomes the Refugee Project
Published On 11/30/2019
Last month, Hyde Park Refugee Project founder Dorothy Pytel was invited to give a talk at Montgomery Place, a high rise retirement community in East Hyde Park.
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Hyde Park Refugee Project 2019 Summer Enrichment Camp Doubles the Fun
Published On 7/1/2019
For the second consecutive year, the Hyde Park Refugee Project has undertaken a summer camp to help support refugee and immigrant families in the community, providing children a fun and enriching summer experience to bolster their learning
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Announcements

Two new Afghan families arrive safely in Hyde Park
Published On 12/10/2021
Thanksgiving 2021 marked the arrival of two new Afghan families to the neighborhood.
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We reached our goal thanks to you all!
Published On 6/22/2020
We, the Hyde Park Refugee Project, are thrilled to report that we have exceeded our goal of raising $10,000 to support refugee families in our neighborhood, and we could not have done it without you!
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The Best Laid Plans
Published On 3/20/2020
We wanted to let you know that we are looking at ways to use the funds so generously donated by so many of you for a new family toward making sure our current families continue to thrive.
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Good news!
Published On 3/20/2019
We are extremely happy to report that our goal of $5,000 has not only been met but exceeded. We are now determining the specifics of the purchase as well as developing a distribution plan. We want to thank all of you who contributed.
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Enriching summer ahead!
Published On 5/15/2018
This spring, volunteers have been busy making our organization more efficient and developing a new summer enrichment pilot program for refugee families that we hope to launch this summer with your help
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We’re on Twitter!
Published On 9/8/2017
Hyde Park Refugee Project is now on Twitter!
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Give our families the gift of literacy
Published On 5/4/2017
The single most important determinant of the families’ long-term success is the English language proficiency they achieve over the next few months. Our families would benefit enormously from additional tutoring – and to enable this additional language support, we write today to ask for your financial support.
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Our second family arrives
Published On 3/13/2017
One week before the second family was due to arrive, volunteers stepped up in a big way to make the apartment ready for its new occupants.
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A Valentine’s Day surprise
Published On 2/14/2017
We were gathered for our regular weekly meeting when Dorothy received a call from Refugee One informing her that a second family (a family of eight!) was due to arrive in Chicago in three days!
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Our first family settles in
Published On 2/1/2017
In the weeks following the arrival of our first refugee family, volunteers worked closely with the family and begun providing in-home language tutoring and mentoring, and have begun to explore potential employment opportunities. We will continue to support the family as they transition to self-sufficiency.
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Our first family arrives
Published On 1/27/2017
On December 23, 2017, the Hyde Park Refugee Project, in partnership with RefugeeOne, welcomed its first refugee family to Hyde Park
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In the News

Russian history professors and their children breathe easier after relocation to Hyde Park
Published On 12/22/2022
Russian history professors and their children breathe easier after relocation to Hyde Park
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Hyde Parkers work to resettle academic refugees
Published On 12/7/2022
Hyde Parkers work to resettle academic refugees
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One Long Voyage: Hyde Parkers Welcome First Afghan Refugees
Published On 12/1/2022
Written by Andrea Holliday for Hyde Park Herald about new Refugees from Afghanistan
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To settle and support more families, Refugee Project will expand
Published On 5/18/2021
With the country opening to more refugees, the five-year-old Hyde Park Refugee Project is entering a new phase of its existence: a time of great expansion and a rapidly spreading web of partnerships. Their new goal, in tune with the Biden administration, is to multiply the number of families who come directly to Hyde Park after escaping desperate situations overseas.
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As Biden plans to boost refugee acceptance, local volunteers gear up with new fundraiser
Published On 12/7/2020
Buoyed by President-elect Joe Biden’s pledge to greatly multiply the number of refugees admitted to the U.S., the Hyde Park Refugee Project (HPRP) is pulling its boots on
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HP Refugee Project trying to raise $32,000 by March
Published On 1/8/2020
The Hyde Park Refugee Project is planning to resettle a new family in 2020. As the organization has grown in the last year, co-founders Dorothy Pytel and Lisa Jenschke are ready to take new challenges that await them.
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Thanks for helping Tarek get a job!
Published On 10/9/2017
With your support, refugees like Tarek are empowered to improve their lives and become self-reliant
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Laboratory Schools community mobilizes to support Hyde Park Refugee Project
Published On 5/31/2017
The Spring 2017 issue of Lab Life, the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools magazine, explains how Lab teachers, parents, staff and students galvanized to help HPRP bring two Syrian families to Hyde Park.
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Call to Action

Hyde Park Refugee Project Gives More Than $10,000 To Resettled Families Amid The Pandemic
Published On 7/28/2020
In the months before the coronavirus pandemic, Hyde Park Refugee Project organizers planned to help a family resettle on the South Side through partner agency RefugeeOne.
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Hyde Park Refugee Project asks for donations to help local families affected by coronavirus outbreak
Published On 3/25/2020
The Hyde Park Refugee Project is asking for donations to help refugee families living in the neighborhood affected by the recent coronavirus outbreak.
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Help us welcome a new family
Published On 12/10/2019
We’re gearing up, in partnership with Refugee One, to resettle a new family in the spring—and we’re very excited! We know that with the help of volunteers and donors, we can handle the intense work involved in helping new families become established here
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Literacy Works to offer 3/14 tutor training on the Refugee Experience
Published On 3/7/2018
Are you a tutor, or do you want to become one and work with students from refugee backgrounds? Literacy Works will offer a training session on Wednesday, March 14, 6-8:30 p.m
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Volunteers, donations needed for recently resettled Congolese family
Published On 12/15/2017
Through our collaboration with local public schools, the Hyde Park Refugee Project became aware of a family recently resettled from the Congo that is in need
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Urgent! Special Request for Blankets
Published On 12/8/2017
Recently, one of the public schools we work with identified an under-served family from the Democratic Republic of Congo living in the neighborhood that urgently needs support
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Volunteers and donations needed for winter clothing drive
Published On 11/15/2017
The Hyde Park Refugee Project is hosting another clothing drive and looking for donations as well as volunteers to help sort clothing for the drive
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Calling all volunteers!
Published On 10/10/2017
Want to make a difference in a refugee’s life? Hyde Park Refugee Project invites you learn more about our volunteer-based organization and opportunities to get involved
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Volunteer Spotlight

Cooking Up Community
Published On 6/27/2022
A pair of University of Chicago Laboratory Schools seventh graders are using their love of cooking to help shine a light on the Hyde Park Refugee Project
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TFK Kid Reporters: Meet Orlie
Published On 9/7/2021
Meet Orlie Weitzman, one of the 10 outstanding kids selected to be a TFK Kid Reporter this school year
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Hyde Parkers ‘jump in’ to supply winter gear for Syrian families, neighbors in need
Published On 11/20/2018
Thanks to the generous donations of scores of Hyde Park residents, four Syrian families and several disadvantaged community members received much-needed warm weather gear just in time for winter. The family friendly event took place on Wednesday and Saturday of last week at Augustana Lutheran Church in Hyde Park
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Cub Scouts come through for the Refugee Project
Published On 3/1/2018
“Helping others,” a major tenet of The Scout Oath, was demonstrated recently by Cub Scout Pack 3599, a 45-member group of six to 12 year-olds from Chicago’s South Side. The Pack donated several boxes of office supplies to Hyde Park Refugee Project through Augustan Lutheran Church of Hyde Park, the Pack’s Charter Sponsor since 2016
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Book club provides Thanksgiving dinner to refugee families
Published On 11/30/2017
On Thanksgiving morning in a car loaded with food, Tessler and her family members delivered turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, vegetables and pies to the refugee families
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Laboratory Schools community mobilizes to support Hyde Park Refugee Project
Published On 5/31/2017
The Spring 2017 issue of Lab Life, the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools magazine, explains how Lab teachers, parents, staff and students galvanized to help HPRP bring two Syrian families to Hyde Park.
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LSTC, neighborhood partners welcome refugee families
Published On 5/18/2017
HPRP volunteer Sara Trumm, Program Coordinator, A Center for Christian-Muslim Engagement for Peace and Justice, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, recounts the story of LSTC’s early involvement in the Hyde Park Refugee Project.
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Past Events

REGISTER! Lesson Planning 101: Feb. 2nd
Published On 1/30/2019
On Saturday, February 2, 2019, 10:00am – 12:30pm, Literacy Works will host a hands-on workshop at Augustana Lutheran Church
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Chicago Winter Care Kit Packaging
Published On 11/1/2018
We are pleased to inform you that United Mission for Relief & Development, a non-profit organization that provides support and assistance to the refugee, immigrant, and asylum-seeking people, will be holding a Chicago Winter Care Kit Packaging event this Saturday in Wheaton.
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Join us for a special tour of Doctors Without Borders Forced From Home Exhibit on September 26
Published On 9/23/2018
Hyde Park Refugee Project has reserved space for two private guided tours on Wednesday, September 26 for HPRP volunteers and supporters. The tours begin promptly at 6:56 p.m. and 7:04 p.m., respectively and last approximately one hour
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Refugee One to Honor the Refugee Project and Hold Upcoming Workshop
Published On 4/25/2018
RefugeeOne, the largest refugee resettlement organization in Illinois, will be honoring the work of the Hyde Park Refugee Project at their gala April 27th!
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Om on the Range yoga studio falls for Hyde Park Refugee Project
Published On 2/14/2018
Hyde Park Refugee Project was thrilled to learn that Om on the Range, a yoga studio located on Chicago’s north side, will hold a Partner Yoga Workshop fundraiser in which all the proceeds will benefit HPRP and one other charity
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“Hyde Park Refugee Project hosts community dialogue on refugee resettlement”
Published On 9/25/2017
The Hyde Park Refugee Project hosted the first in a series of community dialogue events regarding refugee resettlement on Saturday, Sept. 16, at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 1100 E. 55th St.
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Join us for a refugee resettlement community dialogue, Sept 16, 11 – 2 p.m.
Published On 8/21/2017
Hyde Park Refugee Project invites you to attend Coming to America: The Refugee Experience Saturday, September 16, 2017, at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 1100 E 55th Street, Chicago, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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Join us for ESL tutor training!
Published On 7/19/2017
Whether you’re currently helping the members of our families learn English or are hoping to lend a hand in the future, we invite you to participate in a two-part tutor training program!
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A welcome for refugee families
Published On 7/11/2017
The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago held a dinner earlier this year featuring Syrian food to help raise funds for refugee families and and share information about how best to best support them
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Archival

Hyde Park Herald News Stories 2018-2022
Published On 1/26/2023
An archive of news stories from the Hyde Park Herald.
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