The annual picnic put on by the quintessential Madison organization Open Doors for Refugees is at the Elver Park Pavilion on Sunday, June 21st from noon to 3:00 PM.

All are invited to come for all kinds of food, music, games and fun, no matter who you are or where you come from.
OPEN DOORS FOR REFUGEES ANNUAL PICNIC
Sunday, June 21, 2026
Noon to 3:00 PM
Elver Park Pavilion, 1238 S Gammon Road
Open Doors for Refugees, or ODFR for short, was started in Madison to welcome refugees with furnished, ready-to-move-into homes along with the federally certified organizations they worked with. Madisonians worked together to find out what people coming from other countries needed most and to figure out how to help provide it.

Now, with federal refugee resettlement in the U.S. effectively closed down, ODFR people are finding more ways to help more people. In his conversation with WORT’s Gil Halsted, the OFDR Executive Director Jason Mack talks about all the activities and ways the organization is helping to make Madison the multicultural community that many of us want to see and be part of.

So come to the picnic, bring food if you like but don’t worry if you can’t and join in the music, dancing, eating, playing and the most interesting conversations you will have all year. You may even make new friends. You will surely have a great meal!

Open Doors for Refugees <a href="http://www.ODFR.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>

Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1332003042074441/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">event </a>

Photo courtesy of ODFR

The annual picnic put on by the quintessential Madison organization Open Doors for Refugees is at the Elver Park Pavilion on Sunday, June 21st from noon to 3:00 PM.

All are invited to come for all kinds of food, music, games and fun, no matter who you are or where you come from.
OPEN DOORS FOR REFUGEES ANNUAL PICNIC
Sunday, June 21, 2026
Noon to 3:00 PM
Elver Park Pavilion, 1238 S Gammon Road
website

Facebook event 

Photo courtesy of ODFR

The annual picnic put on by Madison’s Open Doors for Refugees is at the Elver Park Pavilion on Sunday, June 21st from noon to 3:00 PM, everyone welcome!