Needs From: Volunteer United

Each qualifying Afghan ally, who served US interests, must complete 100 hours of volunteer hours with Keeping Our Promise and the community, to be eligible for our "Wheels for Work" car grant. They must also be working, or close to securing employment.

We accept car and van donations from community members and organizations to fulfill these grants.

Laptop computers are needed so our families can write resumes, search the internet for employment, and connect! We have an IT specialist who can fix older laptops and "scrub" information to get these devices ready for family use.

Keeping Our Promise is seeking community members willing to be guarantors for homes and apartments of Afghan evacuees arriving to Rochester. Our organization pays first months rent and deposit, and subsidizes monthly rent amounts over DSS benefits for up to one year. Although we are not permitted to be a guarantor, we do assume financial responsibility for the occupant.

We can provide guarantor references upon request.

Our Move Coordinator is currently facilitating 1 to 4 moves per month. These moves consist of accessing donated furniture, loading needed items based on family size, and delivering the furniture to the new home.

Move Team Leaders will receive hands on training prior to leading a move. They are not required to lift furniture, though it is helpful where possible. Keeping Our Promise pairs each Move Leader with plenty of resettled Afghan refugee helpers, who are working to complete their volunteer hours to qualify for our "Wheels for Work" Car Grant.

Move Team Leaders must be comfortable driving the organizations van with a trailer, or box truck, to transport furniture from storage to homes. They may also be asked to drive the refugee team home afterward.