📷🎅: Kids in Santa hats inside + a note to say thank you, {NAME}

💛 Gratitude and warm wishes for the holiday season 💛 [International Rescue Committee logo.]( {NAME} – This is just a quick note to thank you for being part of the IRC's global community supporting refugees and displaced children and families. You've opened your heart to refugees and people in crisis worldwide. You've responded to conflicts, emergencies and crises with compassion. Your generous contributions as an IRC supporter have helped families survive and recover from tragedy. To show you an example of your impact, we're sharing some photos from a recent holiday event in Katowice, Poland – for families displaced by the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. I hope you can take a minute to scroll through below. 🎅💛 [Young buy hugging Santa]( The kids decorated cookies, crafted ornaments and placed them on a tree and sang carols. There was even a visit from Santa Claus, who gave every child a present to open. But the best gift was the chance for these kids to play, create and enjoy the magic of the holidays — much like they would have done before their lives were upended by conflict in Ukraine. Your support makes moments like these happen. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. [A girl waving while decorating a cookie]( [Children playing together]( [A girl showing off a craft she made]( {NAME}, we wish we could send you adorable photos from all over the world, but this email would get way too long! But please know: you are making a difference everywhere the IRC works. On behalf of everyone at the IRC, thank you for all you do to create joy, hope and peace and support families through the most difficult moments of their lives. We hope you and your loved ones are having a happy and warm holiday season. Gratefully, – 💛 The IRC Team P.S. Need a super-last-minute gift idea, {NAME}? A [holiday donation]( to the IRC could help us provide urgently-needed warm winter gear, emergency food, shelter and other aid around the world. And even better: all gifts will be MATCHED so you’ll have twice the impact for displaced families. The International Rescue Committee | [Rescue.org]( 122 East 42nd Street, New York, New York 10168-1289 USA To ensure future delivery of IRC e-mails, please add our reply address updates@rescue.org to your Address Book. [Click here]( for U.S. federal and state compliance notices [Manage my preferences]( or [unsubscribe](