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2025 Welcoming Week

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Start date: September 12, 2025
End date: September 21, 2025
Sub Header: Sharing Stories, Shaping What's Next.
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Help us welcome our refugee neighbors! Your support allows us to continue offering critical programs and services- from access to basic hygiene items, to English classes, and job empowerment! Our goal is to raise $10,000 during Welcoming Week, and every little bit helps. Join us in continuing to make Mid-Missouri a place of belonging, by […]
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10th Annual Golf Tournament

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Date: September 15, 2025
All-day event
Location: Columbia Country Club
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Join us on Monday, September 15th for the 10th Annual Golf Tournament at Columbia Country Club! Enjoy lunch provided by City Cuisine,and the opportunity to make a difference together on the green! All proceeds benefit City of Refuge's mission of serving and empowering refugees in Mid-Missouri. Regular Registration: $225/player July 16th - September 12th Register […]
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Basic Needs Drive

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Start date: August 1, 2024
End date: December 31, 2024
Custom Date: Ongoing throughout the Fall
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City of Refuge provides relational care and ongoing case management, but we also are able to meet some physical needs in real time, thanks to donations of Basic Needs items! We are looking for groups (schools, clubs, families, businesses, departments, etc.) to host donation drives to keep our Basic Needs Closet stocked with things like […]
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Sip and Shop

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Date: October 24, 2024
Time: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: 10 N. Garth Ave
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Join us on October 24th to sip on local beverages and shop a specialized collection of items from City Boutique! Get pieces from designers like Kate Spade, Michael Kors, Tory Burch, Nike, Patagonia, Zara, Johnston and Murphy, Gucci, and many more at competitive pricing. Then, head outside to get some of the first tastes of […]
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Sip and Paint

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Date: April 23, 2024
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: Cafe Berlin
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Downtown CoMO and Cafe Berlin present Paint and Sip benefitting City of Refuge! Artist Adrienne Luther Johnson will lead participants through a painting inspired by the sights of Columbia, MO. Grab a friend, or two, and join us for an evening of art, cocktails and fundraising!  Held at Cafe Berlin on Tuesday April 23rd from […]
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Poem-a-Thon

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Start date: April 1, 2025
End date: April 30, 2025
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City of Refuge Poem-a-thon: a 30-day writing challenge in support of our refugee neighbors! Commit to writing something down every day for 30 days. Join City of Refuge as we learn the healing power of sharing our voices in new ways through the varying lenses of language, culture, experiences, relationships, identity, and resilience. Here's how […]
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Holiday Market

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Date: December 6, 2025
Time: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location: 10 N. Garth Ave.
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Need volunteers to help set up & tear down, run welcome/info booth, parking, event logistics.

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Summer Market

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Date: June 20, 2025
Time: 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: 10 N. Garth Ave.
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Join us at City of Refuge (10 N. Garth Ave.) on Friday, June 20 from 4-9pm for our 2nd annual Summer Market, a globally-curated outdoor summer shopping experience! Come support 50+ local Columbia area makers while you enjoy the offerings of food vendors, activities for the kids, and live entertainment. We can't wait to see […]
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CoMoGives

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Start date: December 1, 2024
End date: December 31, 2024
Custom Date: Nov - Dec
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WHAT IS CoMoGives? It’s an annual online fundraiser that supports 173 high-impact nonprofits in Columbia and Mid-Missouri. Donors can make a single donation of any amount to one, two, ten, or more organizations from December 1 – December 31st, 2024. All the money that is raised through the CoMoGives campaign goes directly to the participating nonprofits. […]
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