World Refugee Day Celebration: June 20th 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at St. Andrew's Lutheran...

World Refugee Day Celebration: June 20th 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at St. Andrew's
Lutheran Church

COLUMBIA, S.C., June 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A Celebration of World
Refugee Day will be held at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
on Saturday, June 20, 2009. The event is hosted by Lutheran Family Services in
the Carolinas (LFS Carolinas) and will include art, food and dance
performances from refugees who have resettled in South Carolina.

WHO:Columbia Community

WHAT: World Refugee Day Celebration

WHERE: St. Andrew's Lutheran Church
Fellowship Hall
1416 Broad River Rd.
Columbia, S.C. 29210

WHEN:Saturday, June 20, 2009 from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

WHY: The United States continues to be the single largest refugee resettlement
country in the world. The celebration in Columbia honors the many
contributions made by refugees in South Carolina.

For more information, please contact Bedrija Jazic at
bedrija.jazic@lfscarolinas.org or 803-750-9917.

LFS Carolinas has served the Carolinas' most vulnerable people since 1976. The
agency grew from the roots of Lutheran Orphanage of the South, founded in 1888
in Salem, Virginia. As a social ministry organization of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America, we respond to Christ's call to serve all people,
regardless of race, national origin, orientation, religion or creed.

LFS Carolinas provides safe haven for children in crisis, adults with special
needs, refugees, and individuals and families at risk of becoming homeless or
struggling to recover from disaster. Local program sites are coordinated from
offices in Raleigh, Greensboro, and Charlotte, N.C., and Columbia, S.C.

SOURCE Lutheran Family Services in the Carolinas

Sabrina Goins of Lutheran Family Services in the Carolinas, +1-704-940-3316
(phone), +1-704-569-9633 (fax), sabrina.goins@lfscarolinas.org