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12/01/2025

Please consider donating to support DIRE Support and Legal Services this holiday season. They are providing crucial services to our local community in this time when our neighbors are under attack. Your contribution makes a difference!

11/25/2025

It is hard to put words to the disbelief and anguish we feel each day as we witness our neighbors being met with the cruelty carried out by ICE raids, and the detainments that so often follow.

One of the most heartbreaking practices, shared with us by someone who has lived through it, is when people are stopped on their way into work and taken into detention. Families go about their day assuming their loved one is safe at work, with no idea of what has happened. All that remains is the abandoned family car on the side of the road, like the one pictured here, photographed by a DIRE volunteer.

While ICE, Homeland Security, and other federal agencies are now operating with a virtually unlimited budget to terrorize our neighbors and community members, agencies such as DIRE working to fight back against this cruelty depend on individual donations and the strength of community.

DIRE’s small but mighty volunteer force has developed the state’s largest Rapid Response team, ensuring families affected by ICE raids receive immediate assistance and ongoing care.

If you are able, please consider a donation of any amount to help us continue the important work of identifying those taken and providing needed support to families left behind. Join us in standing with our neighbors in the moments when they need us most.

DIRE Support Services supports individuals and families facing immigration and detention crises. (www.DIRESupport.org)

DIRE Legal Services provides low-cost immigration legal services to low-income immigrants and their families. (www.DIRELegal.org)

10/02/2024

Looking for a way to support communities impacted by Hurricane Helene? CIC's longtime partner World Renew provides natural disaster relief, including years of work with CIC at the Jersey Shore after Sandy. Donate at: worldrenew.net/hurricanehelene.

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World Renew Hurricane Helene Response

World Renew Disaster Response Services (DRS) is preparing to respond to Hurricane Helene in communities from Florida to North Carolina. You can help people whose homes have been severely damaged and help them recover.

Please give generously and help families rebuild their lives.

You can donate online at worldrenew.net/hurricanehelene, call 1-800-552-7972, or make out your check to World Renew DRS, with “Hurricane Helene” written in the memo line, and mail to:

World Renew, 8970 Byron Commerce Dr. SW, Byron Center, MI, 49315

Example Success URL: https://yourpageurl.com/success-page?on=123456&result=success&response=authorized&t=totalamount&refid=referenceid&trk=tracker

11/29/2023

THANK YOU! It’s Giving Tuesday and we are so grateful. While we haven’t reached our final goal, is tremendously grateful for all the support shown so far. It’s genuinely life-changing for the folks at .
✨If you haven’t given yet, now is your chance …before you forget. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Your funds are making an impact.
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NeighborCorps provides wrap-around support to people with a history of involvement with the Middlesex County carceral system transition back to the community. Providing free support to returning citizens and their families, NeighborCorps assists participants as they create and carry out a plan for for their re-entry journey. NeighborCorps staff and volunteer navigators provide connections to employment, housing, healthcare, counseling, and more, offering support and encouragement as participants work to reach their positive goals.
Since its inception, NeighborCorps has supported over 200 clients and it only continues to grow its services. Please help NeighborCorps help people regain their lives.
Every donation, no matter the size, helps provide these vital services.

11/27/2023

NeighborCorps is responsive support and, as a result, it build connections and relationships with its participants. One of these connections is with N.J. who created this illustration on a pillowcase while at Middlesex County Correctional Center. His experience as a tattoo artist and his comfort with the staff at shines through.
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Giving Tuesday is almost here and is aware that lots of organizations will pull at your heart strings this season. We hope you can see how much NeighborCorps means to the folks it supports.
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So many have donated already and we can’t thank you more! If you haven’t already, please give and help us continue changing lives! Link in our story for the fundraiser 🥰
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11/27/2023

NeighborCorps Re-entry Services is successful because of its leadership. Austin, the program director, brings his dedication and empathy to a challenging position in which there are tremendous roadblocks.
✨. One of those challenges is an ever dwindling state funding situation. Doing more with less is the regular for him.
✨That’s one of the reasons we are asking for your help this season. Your donation truly means so much!
Help us meet our goal so we can be there for Austin.
Thank you!

11/25/2023

Re-entry in Middlesex County is difficult in so many ways and it’s also very expensive! And those costs make it less likely to be successful! is cognizant of this challenge and your donation this Giving Tuesday will help it continue to meet the needs of its participants. Link is in the bio!
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NeighborCorps provides wrap-around support to people with a history of involvement with the Middlesex County carceral system transition back to the community. Providing free support to returning citizens and their families, NeighborCorps assists participants as they create and carry out a plan for for their re-entry journey. NeighborCorps staff and volunteer navigators provide connections to employment, housing, healthcare, counseling, and more, offering support and encouragement as participants work to reach their positive goals.
Since its inception, NeighborCorps has supported over 200 clients and it only continues to grow its services. Please help NeighborCorps help people regain their lives.
Every donation, no matter the size, helps provide these vital services.

11/21/2023

NeighborCorps is there! Participants connect with because it’s an organization made of people that connect with people. Having that support alongside all the other supports they offer makes a world of difference and makes all of our worlds a little warmer.
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Please give to help us keep building this important organization. Link is in our story.
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NeighborCorps provides wrap-around support to people with a history of involvement with the Middlesex County carceral system transition back to the community. Providing free support to returning citizens and their families, NeighborCorps assists participants as they create and carry out a plan for for their re-entry journey. NeighborCorps staff and volunteer navigators provide connections to employment, housing, healthcare, counseling, and more, offering support and encouragement as participants work to reach their positive goals.

Since its inception, NeighborCorps has supported over 200 clients and it only continues to grow its services. Please help NeighborCorps help people regain their lives. Every donation, no matter the size, helps provide these vital services

11/20/2023

It means so much that is respected by its collaborative partners. They see our impact first-hand.
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Help us keep that going by giving to our Giving Tuesday fundraiser this year. Visit the link in the bio to donate.
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is so proud to support this important organization. With your help we can keep maintaining such a fabulous level of care.