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Needless to say—our trip to the Capitol of Kentucky in Frankfort was preceded by bub- bling joy and high lev- els of excitement! 3 full vehicles with 56 participants from 10 countries, compas- sionate volunteers and indispensable interpreters, plenty of water and a variety of lunch dishes started our Frankfort trip to the Capitol and the KY History Museum! We took our lunch break in a beautiful park to share ethnic delica- cies & exchange cul- tural nuggets! This was a great expe- rience in putting a face on the American History and legislature material taught in the classes! On the right: Aren’t we a happy bunch? Below: Madhavid & Tika from Bhutan with Abby grinning with joy! N E W S L E T T E R J u n e 2 0 1 3 Issue 1 What…??? Civics & fun at our Frankfort Cap- itol Trip Welcoming 3 new citizens! Art expressions with Joyce Cherokee Park Fun Delicious Dishes Fitness & Yoga with Abdel & Kamalapati New students Our Elders Repre- sent at Bellarmine Birthdays What’s next…. It never gets boring… at the Refugee Elder program!!!
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Page 1: Newsletter june13

Needless to say—our

trip to the Capitol of

Kentucky in Frankfort

was preceded by bub-

bling joy and high lev-

els of excitement! 3

full vehicles with 56

participants from 10

countries, compas-

sionate volunteers

and indispensable

interpreters, plenty of

water and a variety of

lunch dishes started

our Frankfort trip to

the Capitol and the KY

History Museum! We

took our lunch break

in a beautiful park to

share ethnic delica-

cies & exchange cul-

tural nuggets!

This was a great expe-

rience in putting a

face on the American

History and legislature

material taught in the

classes!

On the right: Aren’t we

a happy bunch?

Below: Madhavid &

Tika from Bhutan with

Abby grinning with joy!

N E W S L E T T E R J u n e 2 0 1 3 I s s u e 1

What…???

Civics & fun at our Frankfort Cap-itol Trip

Welcoming 3 new citizens!

Art expressions with Joyce

Cherokee Park Fun

Delicious Dishes

Fitness & Yoga with Abdel & Kamalapati

New students

Our Elders Repre-sent at Bellarmine

Birthdays

What’s next….

It never gets boring…

at the Refugee Elder program!!!

Page 2: Newsletter june13

Multicultural harmony at the KY

History Museum— Adel (Iraq)

enclosed by some of our Cu-

bans—Zoilo & our beauties Isa-

bel and Emma! This is how we

ended the day—tired, but con-

tent & relaxed!

N E W S L E T T E R J u n e 2 0 1 3 I s s u e 1 , p a g e 2

While visiting the different Chambers or

strolling along the statues of historic KY

figures, our tour guide was always present

to point out important details.

Gladness accompanies the table

of our Bhutanese elders—talk

about variety! Hari Maya, Ka-

malapati, Hari, Gobinda

(standing), Madhavid and Bish-

nu in the front.

Our Vietnamese elders,

Hong and Le Boi enjoying

a breeze and a photo-op

with teacher Michaela

after lunch., and on the

right, Dep, their gracious

interpreter!

And again.. Sharing is like a second na-

ture —our Bhutanese Indra, Tika, Dhar-

mananda and Man Karki in company of

our Cubans Emma and Zoilo—standing on

the right is Omar from Cuba, and on left

Jolyanna from Iraq

Abby,

Bishnu

(Bhutan)

and

Michaela

in the

Senate

Chamber

Many things

to see and

lots of ques-

tions asked—

it’s time to

call it quits

Francisco

(Cuba) and

Nzanzibandi

(Congo) with

teacher

Page 3: Newsletter june13

Baharieh (Iran) and Juan (Cuba) — intense concentration during citizenship questions review! (below) Volodymyr (Ukraine), Man Karki (Bhutan) and Modhr (Iran) practicing conversation

(Below) Ler Htoo

Ni from Burma

(Karen) appreci-

ates the benefits

of technology—a

nice break from

pounding civics &

history!

The End-product !!

Yearlong diligent studying

and dwelling in history,

civics and governmental

details paid off! Bright

smiles grace the faces of

our new citizens Aung

(Burma-Karen) (above with

Abby & Althea), Roberto

(Cuba)and Asim (Russia)

(below) as they show off

their new citizenship certif-

icates! Abby’s thoughtful-

ness translated into a big

celebration cake! Asim

was not able to come, but

we celebrate him the

same way!

By the way, Aung & Rob-

erto come in periodically

to assist the ones to come

with citizenship prepara-

tion! Inspiring moments!

Way to go, Elders!

(below) Modhr from

Iraq—no obstacle

can keep him from

coming to class!!!!

Baharieh & Kiummars from Iran—a joyful couple, always eager to learn!!

Jolyanna from Iraq—Yes, I will make it, no doubt!

CITIZENSHIP CLASS

N E W S L E T T E R J u n e 2 0 1 3 I s s u e 1 , p a g e 3

WELCOMING our 3 new citizens AUNG, ASIM & ROBERTO!

Page 4: Newsletter june13

While Bhutanese Hari Maya

is checking the content ,

Burmese -Karen Hit Ler is

making sure everybody is

involved—cooperation with-

out words!

Teacher Aimee prepared with

her class a hands-on lesson

with vegetables and alike,

resulting in an extraordinarily

delicious soup feeding all par-

ticipants and more!

Zoilo & Idilia (Cuba) were warmly

welcomed by their shortly previously

arrived fellow country men Calixto &

Lazaro! The gracious hosts served a

scrumptious meal! Better watch out

for those cooking skills….!

Abdel (Iraq), an

accom-

plished Olympic Athlete, did his exercises

before class alone—until we enlisted him

to get all of us fit! Now we’re stretching

our muscles & pumping our legs on

Thursdays, with Abdel, and Kamalapati

(Bhutan) leads us into refreshing Yoga

moves every Tuesday!

PAGE 4

The elders tare tak-

ing to the workouts

so dearly that it

becomes an inte-

gral part before our

days start—here at

Cherokee Park,

invigorating exer-

cises precede an

deliciously assort-

ed and culturally

Hit Ler (Burma-Karen) and Shree with

Hari Maya and Indra (Bhutan, left &

back) and Volunteer Julie assembling

the ingredients!

Fitness &

Yoga

Delicious dishes make learning easier...

Musa (Sudan) is taking his

supervision of the cooking

very seriously!

Omar

(Cuba )

can’t wait

to be the

cup bearer

and taste

the inviting

dish!

N E W S L E T T E R J u n e 2 0 1 3 I s s u e 1 , p a g e 4

New students

Francisco,

Miralia &

Martin

were the

next fresh

additions

to the

Cuban

team!

Joseph (Iraq), Raghu &

Puspa (Bhutan) joined

us as well in our Elder

program and partici-

pate quite actively

particularly in the

morning exercises!

Way to go, elders!

Cuban Francisco & Volunteer

Carol—are these the right ingre-

dients?

Page 5: Newsletter june13

Fun knows no

age!! Above,

some of our

Karen-Burmese

ladies—left to

right Pah Lah,

See Lah, Pae

Dah, Kehler, Ah Pae

(Below) Tika & Indra (Bhutan) blowing bub-

bles!

Art therapist Joyce

engages monthly

each ethnic group in

various ways of ex-

pressing their crea-

tivity & hidden abili-

ties! We are thrilled

to see some of their

talents displaying

exceptional works!

The joy on Dhar-

mananda’s face

cannot be over-

looked!

PAGE 5

Joy(ce)ful Art Expressions !

Bhutanese

Bhadry (left

back) is relax-

ing from her

efforts, while

Hari Maya

(right) is still

concentrating

on her work,

while Dhar-

mananda

(front) displays

confidently his

accomplished

piece!

(Left) Bhutan-

ese Shree is

decorating

skillfully his

bag while Pus-

pa and Bhadri

(left) get heavi-

ly into draw-

ing...each Bhu-

tanese quiet

inventive with

his own de-

sign!

Way to go,

Elders!

Above: Nzan-

zibandi

(Congo) &

Man Karki

(Bhutan) exercise their catch-

ing skills!

Delicious food from a variety

of countries! We didn’t know

which to taste first. Pah Noe

(right ) had obviously made

his choice!

N E W S L E T T E R J u n e 2 0 1 3 I s s u e 1 , p a g e 5

EDP—Ethnic delicacies Picnic at Cherokee Park!

(Below)

Le Boi (Vietnam)

makes sure eve-

ry detail is cap-

tured! Way to go,

Elders!

(above) - Friends hanging out—

Volodymyr (Ukraine) and class

mate Kiummars (Iran) ….

Aung (Burma—Karen) is not

quite sure what them both are

up to….but they all seem to

have mischief on their minds!

LOL! - Fun is contagious!

(left) - uuuh...Volodymyr

(Ukraine) has been caught and

doesn’t like it while Kiummars

& Baharieh (Iran) get their

laugh!

(left) - Cuban

“meeting”.

Miralia, Isa-

bel and Em-

ma

(Francisco in

between)

with Zoilo

and Jose!

Page 6: Newsletter june13

A spirit of gratitude

surrounds Chaudhary

(Pakistan) as he is

sharing inspiring

words with a geron-

tology class at Bellar-

mine and expound-

ing on the unique

dynamics of a refu-

gee’s journey!

In the same

manner, Roberto

(Cuba) points out

the challenges

and talks about

the overcoming

attitude dis-

played in our

refugee elders to

succeed in their

newfound lives!

Abby, our Pro-

gram Coordi-

nator—always

pondering

how to

make life eas-

ier for our

elders—!

Our Elders REPRESENT…. at Bellarmine University!

Never tiring!! Nzanzibandi (Congo) is using the down-

time to review vocabulary! Our elders are exemplary in

diligence! Way to go, Elders!

Yes, we like to hang out

and chill! Hong

(Vietnam) and teacher

Michaela use a break for

a photo-op!

N E W S L E T E R J u n e 2 0 1 3 I s s u e 1 , p a g e 5 N E W S L E T T E R J u n e 2 0 1 3 I s s u e 1 , p a g e 6

Our tall guys from Sudan

Musa) and Congo

(Nzanzibandi)

Birthdays in July:

Abdel, 1

Adel, 1

Jose, 20

Dharmananda, 30

Page 7: Newsletter june13

We never stop learning… Learn-a-Word-a-Week

… of course, spelling is not quite perfect, but helps to pronounce!

Nepali—suagatam—welcome

Karen—Tablu tapur—blessings

Cuban—como estas—how are you

Vietnamese—taoem—good morning

Russian—spasiva—thank you

Services for Refugee Elders Program design:

Highland Methodist Church, 1400 Cherokee Rd.,

Louisville, KY 40204

Tues day& Thursday—10.00 a.m. - 12.00 pm

Tuesday: 9.30-9.45 a.m. Kamalapati—Yoga

Thursday: 9.30-9.45 a.m. Abdel - Fitness

Abby Webb—Program Coordinator—

502-292-9899

[email protected] or visit kyrm.org

What’s next….

We will have a photo album with photos

from all our activities—if you have some to

share, get with us!

Driver’s Education Classes with inter-

preters are coming up every 3 months if

you are interested in getting your driver’s

license!

We will inform you about our communi-

ty speakers and feature their services!

We will present in each edition elders

with their story, talents, abilities & aspira-

tions!

We will introduce our interpreters and

tutors!

We will prepare information for general

community resources and connections to

ethnic groups in Louisville and state wide!

If you want to share something or pro-

mote any service you found helpful, contact

us! We have always room for new ideas!

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

1 2 3 4 5

Summer

Break: no

class

Summer

Break: no

class

8 9 10 11 12

Summer

Break: no

class

Summer

Break: no

class

15 16 17 18 19

Class

ESL and Citi-

zenship

Class

ESL and Citi-

zenship

(Field trip??)

22 23 24 25 26

Class

ESL and Citi-

zenship

Field Trip?

29 30 31 Class

ESL and Citi-

zenship

N E W S L E T T E R J u n e 2 0 1 3 I s s u e 1 , p a g e 7

Page 8: Newsletter june13

Class: Intermediate &

Citizenship

Teacher: Michaela

Current volunteers:

Katie

David

Current students:

Volodymyr, Ukraine

Kiummars, Iran

Baharieh, Iran

Man Karki, Bhutan

Dharmananda, Bhutan

Modhr, Iraq

Jolyanna, Iraq

Juan, Cuba

Ler Htooni, Burma-Karen

Periodically (citizens)

Roberto A., Cuba

Aung, Burma-Karen

Recognized as a model program by the Center for Applied Linguistics, we are dedicated to helping our Refugee Elders learn English, attain US citizenship and become active members of their community. They participate in English and Citizenship classes, art lessons, attend community speaker presentations and experience field trips in the Kentuckiana area. They recently began also fitness activities under the auspices of two of their

own! Each person involved contributes with invaluable knowledge, ideas, time effort and compassionate

engagement! Our volunteers may have limited time commitments due to changing schedules and various responsibilities,

but each one of them is a valuable asset and we are glad to have them!

Class: Beginner 2

Teacher: Aimee

Current volunteers:

Carol Rogers

Julie Borders

Current students:

Adel, Iraq

Nzanzibandi, DRCongo

Bishnu, Bhutan

Indra, Bhutan

Omar, Cuba

Martin, Cuba

Hari Maya S., Bhutan

Hong, Vietnam

Shree, Bhutan

Puspa Bhutan

Rhagu, Bhutan

Francisco, Cuba

Miralia, Cuba

Class: Beginner 3

Teacher: Cathy

Current volunteers:

Bro. Ward

Current students:

Emma., Cuba

Isabel, Cuba

See Lah, Burma-Karen

Hari, Bhutan

Sekhar, Bhutan

Kamalapati, Bhutan

Abdel, Iraq

Pae Dah, Burma-Karen

Gobinda, Bhutan

Madhavid, Bhutan

Ler Keh, Burma-Karen

Pah Noe, Burma-Karen

Ah Pay, Burma-Karen

Tika, Bhutan

Class: Beginner 1

Teacher: Sarah

Current volunteers:

Beth

Jacinda

Current students:

Jose P.., Cuba

Boi Van Le, Vietnam

Pah Lah, Burma-Karen

Pae Dah, Burma-Karen

Angel Noguera, Cuba

Joseph, Iraq

Tara A., Bhutan

Bishnu, Bhutan

Bhadri, Bhutan

Hit Ler, Burma-Karen

A. Musa, Sudan

Zoilo, Cuba

Calixto, Cuba

David, Burma

IT NEVER GETS BORING… AT THE REFUGEE ELDER PROGRAM!!!

N E W S L E T E R J u n e 2 0 1 3 Issue 1 , page 8

Page 9: Newsletter june13

Calixto

Angel

Zoilo

Jose

CUBA

SUDAN

Musa

VIETNAM

Le Boi

IRAQ

Joseph

Pah Lah

Hit Ler

KAREN

Pae Dah

Bishnu

BHUTAN

Bhadri

Tara

David

Page 10: Newsletter june13

CUBA

VIETNAM

BHUTAN

Democratic

Republic of CONGO

Nzanzibandi

Rhagu

Puspa

Bishnu

Hari Maya

Martin Miralia

Omar

Francisco

Hong

IRAQ

Adel

Shree

Indra

Page 11: Newsletter june13

CUBA

BHUTAN KAREN

Hari

Tika Sekhar

Madhavid Gobinda

Kamalapati

Emma

Isabel

Keh Ler

See Lah

Pah Noe Ah Pay

Pae Dah

IRAQ

Abdel

Page 12: Newsletter june13

CUBA

KAREN

BHUTAN

IRAQ

Juan

IRAN

UKRAINE

Kiummars

Baharieh

Ler Toni

Omran Volodymyr

Man Karki

Roberto

Juan

AUSTRIA

Dharmananda

Page 13: Newsletter june13

Abby is the Services to Elder Ref-

ugees Coordinator at Kentucky

Refugee Ministries, and the Coor-

dinator of the Louisville City-

Wide Elder Refugee Program. She

moved to Louisville in August with

her husband Missouri. Abby loves

working with refugees because she

feels she can learn a great deal

from their difficult experiences

and inspirational stories. She loves

learning about cultures and lan-

guages from all over the world,

right here in Louisville.

Ryan, so that he could attend

school here. Abby and Ryan are

from St. Louis,

Page 14: Newsletter june13

Sarah Sloan has lived in Louis-

ville for the past five years. She

is originally from Tennessee

and has a background in social

work. Before moving to Louis-

ville she lived in Kathmandu,

Nepal for two years teaching

English to refugees there. The

little bit of language she

learned in Nepal has been help-

ful as she teaches the beginning

level ESL class in the elder pro-

gram. She loves getting to know

people from different cultures

and takes every opportunity to

travel and see new places.

Beth Clark – Has a Bachelors degree

in Biology, and an MBA in Finance.

Was a banker, and banking con-

sultant, for 30+ years – now re-

cently retired. Has lived in Lou-

isville most of her life, except for

college in Virginia, and com-

muting on her job to Columbus

Ohio and Chicago Illinois, for

4.5 years. Has been married for

30 years to Kennedy Clark, an

attorney. Live in a house on 11

acres, near the Summit shop-

ping center in eastern Jefferson

County. Loves dogs (has 6 of them),

and also enjoys reading, needlework,

traveling. Has also enjoyed hosting

international students, who have lived

with Beth and Kennedy while they

were in high school, university,

and/or graduate school.

Jacinda is a recent transplant

to Louisville, having just moved

back from overseas last fall.

She taught English in Beijing,

China for four years, where she

developed a love for interna-

tionals, teaching, and travel.

Her education is in Social Work

and she is TESOL certified.

Currently she volunteers with

the Refugee Elder Program and

assists with medical transports.

Her favorite part about work-

ing with KRM is building rela-

tionships with students and

learning about other cultures.

Page 15: Newsletter june13

Hello, I’m Aimee Zaring and

I’ve been teaching beginner ESL

at KRM’s Elder Program since

2009. I also teach advanced Eng-

lish to immigrants through Jef-

ferson County Public School’s

Adult Ed/ESL program. I dou-

ble majored in English and Psy-

chology at Bellarmine University

and have an MFA in Writing

from Spalding University.

Teaching refugees and immi-

grants is the most rewarding

work I’ve ever done, and it is an

honor and privilege to do the

work that I do.

I have published short stories,

essays, and book reviews and am

presently working on a book of

refugee stories and recipes, THE

KITCHEN REFUGE: HOW

KENTUCKY’S RESETTLED

REFUGEES ARE REINVENT-

ING HOME AND SOUTHERN

COMFORT FOOD, to be pub-

lished by University Press of

Kentucky in 2015. To learn

more about this project, visit

www.thekitchenrefuge.com.

I am a Louisville native. My love

of other cultures and languages

began as a French major at West-

ern Kentucky University and Indi-

ana University.

I briefly taught high school French

before raising my four children,

now ages 19 to 12.

I began volunteering for the Elder

Refugee Program in 2010, after

Chris Clements of Catholic Chari-

ties suggested it. I have also done

volunteer work with other groups

in Appalachia, in Kentucky, and

in Belize and Nicaragua in Central

America.

My interests include travel, read-

ing and yoga.

My name is Carol Rogers, SCN and I am from South Boston , Massachusetts . I

have been a Sister of Chari-ty of Nazareth since 1954. I have spent my entire Com-munity life and work minis-try in Kentucky as a teach-

er, principal, and director of campus services. I feel

blessed and privileged to be a volunteer with the El-der Refugee Program for

over two years. The Elders have enriched my life with their goodness, sincerity,

and desire to learn.

Page 16: Newsletter june13

Cathy Blackburn retired

from the Jefferson County

Public School System in

2006. In the 27 years of her

teaching experience, she has

taught all grades. Currently

she is teaching English as a

Second Language focusing

on reading, speaking, writ-

ing, and understanding the

English language.

I am Brother Ward

O'Connell am a

member of the Xa-

verian Brothers. We

are a group of vowed

religious men in the

Catholic Church. Be-

fore becoming a vol-

unteer in the Refugee

Elder Program, I

taught secondary

school for many

years, did parish

work in South Dako-

ta and Alaska. Re-

cently, I lived in Nai-

robi, Kenya and

helped young Xaveri-

an Brothers with

their study pro-

grams. I live now in

Louisville with

twelve other Xaveri-

an Brothers.

Hello, my name is An-

nie McDevitt. I volun-

teer teaching civics and

ESL with my sister

Cathy Blackburn in the

Elder Program at Ken-

tucky Refugee Minis-

tries. I was a nurse for

29 years. I have one

daughter who is 24

years old. I have been

married for 26 years. I

enjoy teaching very

much. I really enjoy

meeting people from

different cultures. I

have made many new

friends at the Elder

Program and hope to

make many more.

Page 17: Newsletter june13

Michaela was born in Romania and emigrated in her early childhood to Germa-

ny , moved to the US in 1999, and obtained her citizenship in 2008 . Michaela has

served for many years as a volunteer in a variety of capacities, among others

with the VA, the Center for Women & Families and the Fort Knox Community

Outreach. She volunteered at Kentucky Refugee Ministries as an intern for So-

cial Work, and continues her internship for her advanced Masters while working

part-time in the Elder Program and Cuban/Haitian office. Michaela is excited to

work with the Elders and discover the unique ness of each of them, but

above all to learn from their individual experiences and help them suc-

ceed in their aspirations, particularly in obtaining the citizenship.

Katie Gagel has been volunteering with

the Elderly Refugee ESL Program since

April 2013, after teaching EFL (English

as a Foreign Language) in South Korea

for one year. Prior to Korea, Katie has

also taught at Murray State University's

ESL Program and worked in interna-

tional admissions. She holds a Bache-

lor's degree in Organizational Commu-

nication and a Master of Arts in TESOL

(Teaching English to Speakers of Other

Languages), and has decided to return

to graduate school to pursue a Master of

Social Work at the University of Louis-

ville in the fall.

My name is David Clifford

and I attend Maryville Col-

lege as a member of the

Class of 2016. I play base-

ball at the college and am a

Bonner Scholar as well. I

am doing my Bonner Sum-

mer Service at the Ministry

and am interning in the

Elder Program and Cu-

ban-Haitian office.

Christy grew up in Champaign, Illinois and

went to an arts boarding school in Virginia to

study ballet. She went onto dance profession-

ally for 12 years in various ballet companies

around the US. Christy moved to Louisville

four years ago with her husband, who is a

dancer with Louisville Ballet, and began to

pursue a new career in Nursing. She gradu-

ates from nursing school in May and hopes to

work in the Emergency Department.

"My name is Cindy Maiorella and I

have been a KRM volunteer since July

2013. I moved to Kentucky last April

from Wisconsin to work and live closer

to my son. I have been working as a

Registered Nurse for 17 years. Most of

my nursing background is in Public

Health and I have been recently nomi-

nated for the Peace Corps in the Health

Care Sector. I have a love for hu-

manity and global health."

Page 18: Newsletter june13

Birka alternates volunteer-

ing for the K-TAP program

between the Elders program

and in various capacities at

the main office, while also

attending ESL classes. You

always see him around with

a big smile on his face, and

he has been an invaluable

help wherever he goes.

Volunteers are always wel-

come—they are a great help

to engage the Elders one-on-

one and to assist in a variety

of activities. We value their

contributions tremendously!

We will hear more about

them in the coming issues..

Page 19: Newsletter june13

Althea Faulve was born in the Philippines

and moved to California when she was 5

years old. Althea then moved to West

Lafayette, Indiana for college in 2008. She

recently graduated in May 2012. After her

graduation she moved to Louisville and is

currently an AmeriCorps*VISTA serving

for Catholic Charities Migration & Refu-

gee Services. Her service will end in July,

but hopefully she can still come to the

program and volunteer. Besides serving

for Catholic Charities she enjoys traveling,

visiting her family/friends, and spending

time with her dog. She eventually plans

on attending Law School and perhaps

become an immigration lawyer.

Chris Clements has worked for Catholic Charities Migration and Refugee

Services (MRS) since 2004 and as of January of 2006 as the Community

Resource Developer, where he assists with all incoming in-kind donations

(furniture, household items, clothing, and automobiles), volunteer activi-

ties (orientations, trainings and recruiting), and any type of public speak-

ing engagements surrounding the MRS Program. Chris Clements also

plays a vital role with the Elderly Refugee Program in helping to recuit

volunteer tutors and mentors, obtaining donated materials and supplies for

it as well as educate the community about this great program and how its a

collaboration between Kentucky Refugee Ministries (KRM) and Catholic

Charities. Chris has two Bachelor of Arts (BAs) History and Political Sci-

ence from the University of Kentucky and a Masters of Public Administra-

tion (MPA) from the Martin School of Public Administration and Policy

(University of Kentucky Graduate School). He is happily married to his

wife, Kim Clements, for 13 years, and has three boys (Ryan, Devin and

Liam) and a young girl (Kaitlyn).

Stacey Padgett was born here in the

Louisville and calls this her home,

though she spent 14 years in South

Florida. She moved back to Louisville in

2000 and has spent 12 years in mental

health/social services. She first started at

Ackerly Child Psych unit as a Patient

Care Associate, then at Seven Counties

in Bullitt County as a Mental Health

Counselor. She then spent 5 years at

Family and Children's Place providing

supervised visitation for parents who

had lost custody of their children to

CPS, and leading Family Team Meet-

ings for families in need. Now, Stacey is

at Catholic Charities as the TAG-D Em-

ployment Readiness Case Worker. This

role will change when the TAG-D grant

ends this September 30. Stacey will

then be more involved with Catholic

Charities' piece of the Elderly Program.

Stacey is thankful to be at Catholic

Charities and welcomes the challenges

that come her way in her new position. Joyce has been assisting the Elder Program

faithfully and you see her always engaged in

preparing delicious snacks for the Elders. She

will tell us more about herself in the next issue.

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Bhutan

Dharmananda Man Karki

Hari Maya

Puspa

Raghu

Gobinda Kamalapati

Madhavid

Sekhar

Bishnu

Bhadri

Tara

Hari

Indra

Tika

Bishnu

Shree

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Democratic

Republic of Congo

Nzanzibandi

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Cuba

Zoilo

Martin Juan Roberto

Francisco

Calixto Emma

Isabel

Jose Miralia

Omar

Martin Angel

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Iran

Kiummars

Baharieh

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Iraq

Bibi Modhr Abdel

Jolyanna

Joseph

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KAREN

Ler Htoo Ni

Pah Noe

Ah Pay

Kehler

Pah Lah

Hit Ler Pae Dah

See Lah

Aung

David Tha

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Pakistan

Chaudhary

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Russia

Asim

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Sudan

Abdelkareem

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Ukraine

Volodymyr

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Vietnam

Boi Van Le

Hong


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