SIX STAR REFUGEE HISTORY

Summer-Fall 1999
Five Presbyterian Churches (Church of the New Covenant, Druid Hills, Hapeville, Rock Springs and St.Andrews) came together with the goal of sponsoring a refugee family from Kosovo. The group became aware of the need for a family, from Sierra Leone, to leave Jubilee Partners (the first stop from many new refugee families) and take their next step to resettlement. Druid Hills Baptist approached Druid Hills Presbyterian about becoming involved in refugee resettlement. Druid Hills Baptist made it known that they had a house on their property that had already been made into two apartments. The path was clear and the Six Star Refugee Partnership, Inc. was born.

November 1999
Members of the six churches worked to quickly renovate and furnish the upstairs apartment on Blue Ridge Avenue.

December 1999
Our first family, from Sierra Leone, moved in just after Christmas.

Spring 2000
A crew of hard working volunteers spent four months rebuilding the downstairs apartment.

June 2000
The partnership was made aware of the plight of a family from the Congo who was in dire need of help. They moved into the rebuilt downstairs apartment.

September 11, 2001
All refugee resettlement in the United States was put on hold.

July 2002
Two families from Afghanistan via Uzbekistan moved into the two apartments on Blue Ridge Ave.

September 2004
A family from Liberia moved into the newly renovated downstairs apartment.

June 2005
A family from Burundi (via Ruanda, the Congo and Zambia) moved into the renovated upstairs apartment.

Spring 2006
Three additional churches joined the partnership; Druid Hills United Methodist, St. John's Lutheran and Morningside Presbyterian Church.

August 2006
A family from Afghanistan via Tajikistan moved into the downstairs Blue Ridge apartment.

October 2006
A family from Afghanistan via Moscow moved into the newly acquired and renovated Seminole Avenue house.

August 2007
St. Luke's Presbyterian Church joined Six Star Refugee Partnership, Inc.