We are reaching out to people
on the other side of the world.

Who is the Four Lakes Welcome Corps? We are a small group of Madison area neighbors who have banded together to sponsor refugee families.

So we signed up and after journey of nearly two years, we have been the Private Sponsors of a family of four from the Republic of Congo, and are now waiting for a family of three to arrive from Venezuela.. We have learned a lot, but most importantly, we have come to realize refugees are amazingly resilient people. Our first family, Mauridi and Asende and their children, having grown up in a refugee camp in Tanzania their whole lives, are optimistic and intelligent people who with a little help will succeed anywhere they land. We all laugh together a lot as we learned how to live in America. Fortunately we have a stellar team of generous people, and mostly all the money we need, though donations are always welcome (see our GO-Fund-Me link).

The process has been both a growth and a love. We are all already better people.

We could go on and on about the Welcome Corps, which has evolved as we have gone through the process, but they explain it well on their website. www.welcomecorps.org.