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IRIS Run for Refugees

Sun February 9, 2025 New Haven, CT 06511 US
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Inspired by our former team leader Chewbacca, the Rebels for Refugees seek to bring a little Star Wars fun to this very important fundraiser!

IRIS helps close to 2,000 refugees and immigrants each year.  During the pandemic, IRIS helped more than 120 refugees and immigrants find work, provided $200,000 in rental assistance, taught students English, art, and music, helped adults with immigration legal needs, and fed 300+ families per week with essential groceries from our food pantry.

The mission of IRIS is to enable refugees, immigrants, and other displaced people to establish new lives, regain hope, and contribute to the vitality of Connecticut’s communities. Refugees are men, women and children who fled their countries of origin due to persecution on the basis of their race, nationality, religious belief, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group. 

Currently, IRIS’s clients come from Syria, Afghanistan, Congo, Cuba, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Honduras, Mexico, Iran, Iraq, Sudan and other countries. IRIS provides families with housing, food, clothing, and services such as education, English training, job preparation and placement, health care, and immigration legal aid.

 

Top Donors

$3,862 Raised By 51 Donors

$500 in support of Obi Wan Weisser & Princess Leahvine
$250 on behalf of Chris Regan
$250 from Anonymous
$250 on behalf of Wisconsin Levines
$150 on behalf of Marion Sachdeva
$118 on behalf of Schenk-Grossman Alliance
$100 on behalf of Alice Hurley
$100 on behalf of Amy Roth
$100 on behalf of Andy Katzung
$100 on behalf of Autism Level UP!
$100 from Anonymous
$100 on behalf of Daniel Newman
$100 on behalf of Devon Landes
$100 on behalf of jodie zalewski
$100 on behalf of Matt Browner
$100 on behalf of Paul F. Perry
$100 from Anonymous
$100 on behalf of The McKeever's
$75 on behalf of Morton& Carmel Levine
$50 on behalf of Abigail Westlund
$50 on behalf of Bobbie Goettler
$50 on behalf of Cathy Swan
$50 on behalf of Diane & Isaac
$50 from Anonymous
$50 on behalf of Isabelle Giannella
$50 on behalf of Jennifer Klecker
$50 on behalf of Kathryn Takach
$50 from Anonymous
$50 in support of Nathaniel Abbott/Alana Abbott
$50 on behalf of Rick, Rebecca, and Cormac
$50 on behalf of Stan Albert
$50 on behalf of Van Hartmann
$30 from Anonymous
$25 on behalf of people from foreign lands who came to study and/or work in New Haven. Over many decades some chose FSUMC as their spiritual home and community. They have enriched our lives. from P. La Camera
$25 on behalf of Crista Marchesseault
$25 on behalf of Devon Hagos
$25 on behalf of Jason Neely
$25 on behalf of Jolene Henion
$25 on behalf of Kristine Goldhawk
$25 on behalf of Maggie Carr
$25 on behalf of Mindy Carner
$25 from Anonymous
$25 in support of Refugees
$25 on behalf of Steven Chrzas
$25 from Anonymous
$25 on behalf of Tura Gillespie
$25 on behalf of wendy delucca
$18 on behalf of David and Barbar Fishback
$10 on behalf of Dru Cherry
$10 on behalf of Jaimin Shah
$1 on behalf of Alan Macdougall

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