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Port Coquitlam biz raises funds for Syrian family

Partners Marketing Group will match community donations dollar for dollar up to $10,000 for a total $20,000 contribution to local church efforts to bring family from Syria
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Alie Tangney, Narisa Windover, Melissa Sommerville and Trevor Street of the Partners Marketing Group in Port Coquitlam are hoping to raise $10,000 to sponsor a Syrian family and will match community donations up to $10,000 for a total contribution of $20,000. Donations can be made online to the group's GoFundMe page.

A Port Coquitlam company has made it a mission to sponsor a young Syrian family to the Tri-Cities and has started a GoFundMe page to help it achieve its goal.

Trevor Street, CEO of the Partners Marketing Group, said the company will match dollar for dollar all community donations up to $10,000 for a total contribution toward the resettlement of the family of $20,000.
"I am sure we are going to meet our goal," Street told The Tri-City News (as of Thursday afternoon, the group had raised $3,500).

He said he came up with the idea after hearing stories about refugees trying to get into Canada especially after the recent executive order by U.S. President Donald Trump blocking Syrian refugees from getting into the U.S.

"I'm tired of seeing this stuff on the news and feeling powerless about it," said Street, who approached his wife and his company with the idea, and received unanimous support.

He then reached out to the ReSponse Group with the St. Catherine's Anglican Church in Port Coquitlam and offered to help it bring a family from Syria.

Typically, costs for a family of this size would be $40,000, including supporting it financially for a year, and Street said, "We're helping to bring them halfway there."

Street has set up a GoFundMe page with a video about why he and his company are making the pledge. He hopes to raise the funds by March 21. A pub night is also in the works.
For more information, visit www.gofundme.com/sponsorafamily1 or on Facebook at The Partners Marketing Group.