After his brother died during the World Trade Center attack, Phil Manning and Carolyn Campbell were looking for ways to honor his memory.
“Terry was a great one for making life count,” Manning said of his younger sibling, Terence Manning.
Then they read about an Afghan mom and kids relocating to Arizona as refugees. The children were similar in age to the then-couple's. "She’s not different from me, other than she’s left her home and can’t go back,” Campbell said.
They reached out to help and found out the family mostly needed housewares and basic furniture. Aiding one family led to helping multiple refugee families — and the founding of the Tempe-based Welcome to America Project.
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