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March 29, 2019 7:03 AM Subscribe
The Most Metal Thing I've Ever Done Tyler Berglund, owner of a Metal Bar & Taco Joint in Hamilton Ontario, along with his friends and family, have formed a Group of 5 and sponsored the Hamo family to start a new life in Canada.
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posted by gwint at 7:13 AM on March 29, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by gwint at 7:13 AM on March 29, 2019 [2 favorites]
I want to hug every one of them.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 7:13 AM on March 29, 2019
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 7:13 AM on March 29, 2019
That just makes me smile.
Also, this detail is excellent: "The kids are in school, learning English (and whenever they can, spending lots of time chasing Berglund's cats)."
posted by Making You Bored For Science at 7:17 AM on March 29, 2019 [6 favorites]
Also, this detail is excellent: "The kids are in school, learning English (and whenever they can, spending lots of time chasing Berglund's cats)."
posted by Making You Bored For Science at 7:17 AM on March 29, 2019 [6 favorites]
Hamilton can be pretty great sometimes. People like these is why.
posted by Capt. Renault at 7:38 AM on March 29, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by Capt. Renault at 7:38 AM on March 29, 2019 [3 favorites]
BTW, Hamilton does a monthly art crawl that's a lot of fun. If you're in or near the area, it's worth checking out.
(And now I'm all homesick again.)
posted by suetanvil at 7:50 AM on March 29, 2019
(And now I'm all homesick again.)
posted by suetanvil at 7:50 AM on March 29, 2019
Awwww!
posted by Secretariat at 7:51 AM on March 29, 2019
posted by Secretariat at 7:51 AM on March 29, 2019
From the article:
Most refugee sponsors tend to be older, and part of faith-based institutions.
Well, yes. It's because they're the ones with the available money needed to become a sponsor. It's not because younger metalhead atheists don't want to help.
posted by mightygodking at 7:59 AM on March 29, 2019 [3 favorites]
Most refugee sponsors tend to be older, and part of faith-based institutions.
Well, yes. It's because they're the ones with the available money needed to become a sponsor. It's not because younger metalhead atheists don't want to help.
posted by mightygodking at 7:59 AM on March 29, 2019 [3 favorites]
It is also partially because faith based organizations are organizations. I was part of a group of people who tried to do this but we weren't organized enough to jump through all the hurdles, especially around fund raising, whereas churches and mosques already have those structures in place.
posted by jacquilynne at 8:23 AM on March 29, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by jacquilynne at 8:23 AM on March 29, 2019 [3 favorites]
I liked Hamilton so much I stole one of their women.
Now making plans to go back for a taco, too.
Great story.
posted by Artful Codger at 4:47 PM on March 29, 2019
Now making plans to go back for a taco, too.
Great story.
posted by Artful Codger at 4:47 PM on March 29, 2019
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