World Refugee Day Celebration: June 20th 1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. at the North Regional...

World Refugee Day Celebration: June 20th 1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. at the North
Regional Wake County Public Library

RALEIGH, N.C., June 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A Celebration of World
Refugee Day will be held at the North Regional Wake County Public Library from
1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 20, 2009. The event is hosted by Lutheran
Family Services in the Carolinas (LFS Carolinas) and North Regional Wake
County Public Library. The celebration will include art, cinema and crafts
from refugees who have resettled in the Raleigh area.

WHO:Raleigh Community

WHAT: World Refugee Day Celebration

WHERE: North Regional Wake County Public Library
7009 Harps Mill Road
Raleigh, NC 27615

WHEN:Saturday, June 20, 2009 from 1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

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

For more information, please call 1-800-HELPING.

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,
sabrina.goins@lfscarolinas.org , +1-704-940-3316, Fax: +1-704-569-9633