EIIC

Woodlawn Friends of the Emerald Isle Immigration Center will hold its inaugural fundraising event at The Rambling House this Sunday June 10, with an afternoon of Irish music, dancing and great food. The event hopes to raise funds for the vital work of Emerald Isle as well as launching The Rambling House’s new addition.

Music will be provided by Joanie Madden and Friends, Shane O’Sullivan & Friends, The Erin Loughran School of Music and Maurice O’Sullivan. In addition, The Flynn School of Irish dance will be on hand. Emerald Isle is hoping for a highly enjoyable evening of music and festivities, which will help the Center continue the valuable work it does for the community. The funds raised will be used to provide essential services to vulnerable people, bolstering our immigration and social services programs that serves thousands each year. Please come out and show your support- it’ll be a great event and it’s for a very worthy cause.

Each summer sees an influx of J1 Students to New York, many of whom arrive at the Center looking for assistance with accommodation, employment and settling into the city. The Center’s needs the assistance of the community to ensure that these Students have a safe and enjoyable experience in the US.

We are asking landlords, employers and the community at large to assist us with placing these students. If you have or know of anyone looking for summer hires or who might be interested in renting an apartment, please get in touch with the Center.

The Center is seeing a significant rise in J1 Summer Students this year, which is putting pressure on the program and the structure of community support on which it relies. To meet this demand EIIC has hired Patrick Collins, a Dublin City University student who recently graduated with a degree in Law, to help with intake and services. Based in our Bronx office, Patrick will help Muireach Shankey and other staff who are involved in this year’s intake.