Community News
Meet our newcomer family!
On Saturday, January 28 at 5:00 p.m. everyone at MacNeill will get the opportunity to meet the Al Atmeh family at a pot-luck supper here at the church. Everyone is invited and we hope that everyone will plan to come. Ahmad, Saleh and Ibrahim all have birthdays in...
Update: Our Newcomer Family
Update: Our Newcomer Family Itʼs time to fill you in on how things are going with Ahmad, Randa, Saleh, Ibrahim and Sham Alatmeh. They seem to be settling well into their new life. They have made lots of Syrian friends in their building. Ahmad has attended an...
Our Refugee Family Update
Notes from the Refugee Sponsorship Committee: After many months of planning and preparation ‘our’ Syrian family arrived at Pearson Airport on July 19 and, immediately, they were no longer ‘refugees’ but ‘newcomers’! They are the Al Atmeh family – Ahmad & Randa are...
Our Refugee Family is Here!
July 19, 2016 Well after many months of planning and preparation ‘our’ Syrian family arrived today .... now, no longer ‘refugees’ but ‘newcomers’! They travelled by Egypt Air from Amman, Jordan to Cairo, then caught a flight to Toronto. This was a 20 hours journey...
Our family is coming!
Late Breaking News! Update from the Refugee Sponsorship Committee This Wednesday we got word that The Al Atmeh family will arrive in Canada on July 19th, leaving Jordan on July 18th! On Thursday we contacted Ahmad by phone (our fourth phone call over the last couple...
