Imagine leaving everything behind—your home, your career, your community—arriving in a foreign land with nothing but hope and determination. This is the reality for thousands of refugees seeking safety and a fresh start.

The IRC in Dallas is committed to bringing our refugee clients from harm to home. As a part of that commitment, we provide them with necessities – such as clothing and household items – they will need to start rebuilding their lives here. To do this, the IRC relies on donated items from community partners that are passed into the hands of our clients free of charge either through our Donation Center or other donation events.

Fifty volunteers donated bicycles and their time in Salt Lake City to support newly arrived refugees.

We are so incredibly grateful and humbled that the Dallas community came forward to support our refugee families in the biggest way during our annual Adopt-A-Family program this past holiday season.

For the second year in a row the IRC in Wichita has hosted their Holiday Giving Tree. This year, 63 IRC families we able to receive gifts donated by sponsors from the Wichita community.

Since early November, the IRC in San Diego has been responding to the needs of asylum seeking families in San Diego who have been released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention with no resources as they await their asylum hearing.

The IRC in NY is now implementing the IRC's new subsidiary initiative, the Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO), to connect refugees and asylees to a range of affordable financial products that can accelerate clients' upward economic mobility.

Paula Forero, IRC in NY's Immigration Supervisor, reflects on the recent Supreme Court decision regarding DACA.

Pedro Barrios and Jaime Molina—also known as The Worst Crew —selected the IRC in Denver as the benefactor of the sale of their recent work of art