UPCOMING EVENT

World AIDS Day observation

DECEMBER 19, 2005
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
International Institute  1st Floor Lounge
645 Elmwood Ave
Providence, RI 02907
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 The program will include prevention education, and a question-and-answer session with a doctor from Miriam Hospital.

Contact Sandra Vines, Refugee Health Caseworker, at 401-784-8654 for more information.

Coats & Blankets needed for new Refugee arrivals

Help make their first winter in Rhode Island a warm one...

Imagine, one day you're pulled from a crowded refugee camp just above the equator. The air is warm, humid, 82 degrees. A cotton wrap is all you need as you're driven to the airport. A few hours later you've landed in Rhode Island…where the temperature is well below freezing. Some stranger hands you your first winter coat.

In a single day you jump between two utterly different cultures. Back at Square One…Where do you begin?

For more than 200 refugees this year, the beginning is at the International Institute of Rhode Island. Please join us welcoming them and help make their first Rhode Island winter a warm one. 

Please bring donated items to:
International Institute
645 Elmwood Ave
Providence, RI 02907
Click here for directions

As the first snow storm of the season approaches please keep in mind that in addition to coats and blankets, hats, scarves, gloves, boots, linens, pots and pans are also greatly needed.

For more information about how to make a donation please contact Terri Coustan at 401-784-7607 or visit our website at http://www.iiri.org/donate.htm.

Valuations of “Gifts in Kind” are the privilege and responsibility of the donor. Contributions are deductible for Income Tax Purposes to the extent allowed by the law. We do not consign any clothing donated.
 

New Refugee arrival with her baby.

For more information
about how to
make a donation
please contact
Terri Coustan at 401-784-7607 or visit our website.