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IRIS Run for Refugees

Sun February 8, 2026
New Haven, CT 06511 US
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$7,332

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A group of local families running for immigrants and refugees

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.

 

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$7,332 Raised By 137 Donors

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$67 on behalf of Brendan Yu
$60 on behalf of Tadhg Dooley
$50 on behalf of Anne O'Neil-Henry
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$50 on behalf of So many of our newly arrived friends
$50 on behalf of Susan Clark
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$40 on behalf of Anne Marie Higley
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$25 on behalf of Lestra Gross
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$25 on behalf of Suzanne Decker
$20 on behalf of Deborah Greig
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$20 on behalf of Meg & Bob Kyle
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$15 on behalf of Emily Fretz
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