December at the International Institute of Akron

This past month, the International Institute of Akron has seen an outpour of love and support from our Akron and Summit County communities. Our team is incredibly grateful to you all for your generosity in December.


Thank You

GAR Foundation, Akron Community Foundation, and Corbin Foundation  

The International Institute of Akron would like to thank the GAR Foundation, the Akron Community Foundation, and the Corbin Foundation for awarding IIA with generous grants to support our refugee and immigrant-serving programs.

These awards will aid IIA programs, such as resettlement, employment, education, and legal services so that we may continue supporting and uplifting refugees and immigrants in the Akron community.

 


IIA Classrooms Receive New Laptops

On Tuesday, December 6, our friends at Christ Church Episcopal in Hudson stopped by the IIA classrooms to drop off new laptops for our ESL students.

These lovely women raised funds from individual donors from their congregation to purchase the laptops that will be used to assist refugees and immigrants in their English education journey! 

The IIA education team is incredibly grateful, and we are very excited to have our students put the laptops to use!


Heart 4 the City Christmas Shop 

This month, Heart 4 the City hosted its annual Christmas Shop! Parents from the community could stop by Heart 4 the City Church to pick out three brand-new toys for each child in their family. They received enough donations for 100 of our refugee and immigrants parents to pick out items for their kids to enjoy this holiday season.

We would like to thank Heart 4 the City for their coordination and hard work in making this project possible for our clients!


A Plethora of Toys!  

On December 6, IIA made the call that we were in need of toys for our refugee and immigrant families, and the community came through! Our donation post on Facebook received 61 shares and reached a total of 7,190 people through reposting alone.

Our case managers received a plethora of new and gently used toys that we swiftly began giving out to the community. We couldn’t have done it without your engagement and aid.


IIA Holiday Lunch 

To wrap up this year’s holiday season, IIA staff, volunteers, and interns, enjoyed an afternoon lunch at Golden Dragon in Cuyahoga Falls.  

We cannot emphasize enough how grateful we are for a team that is so dedicated, passionate, and hardworking in order to uplift and service Akron’s refugee and immigrant community. We sincerely thank our entire IIA family for their continued work.


Thanks for staying up to date on everything IIA, and we look forward to sharing more information soon!