The Northern Refugee Sponsorship Committee invites residents of Flin Flon, Creighton, Denare Beach and surrounding areas to a meeting Thursday night.  One of the organizers Laura Sparling says the meeting is to discuss plans to put together a team to sponsor one or possibly two families to come to Flin Flon.  She says they will discuss what the plan looks like, what the minimum requirements are for them to sponsor a family, monetary requirements but also volunteer people to meet the family at the airport to bring them here, to help support them in their English language acquisition if they don’t already speak English, to help them be integrated into the community, find jobs and eventually be able to support themselves after one year.

The meeting is being held Thursday night at 7 in Council Chambers at Flin Flon City Hall.