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From the Field

 

LIRS’s Southern California Affiliate Receives Red Cross Award

St. Anselm’s Cross-Cultural Community Center, the LIRS affiliate in Garden Grove, Calif., near Los Angeles is the recipient of the American Red Cross’ 2002 International Humanitarian Service Award. The award recognizes “an individual or group whose work exemplifies or inspires the humanitarian values of human dignity, respect, compassion and protection and assistance implied in the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.” The following article appeared in the “2002 American Red Cross National Awards and Recognition” booklet and is reprinted here with permission:

Refugees far from their native lands can find a haven in Orange County, California, from the language and cultural challenges that face them in the United States. With a beautiful patio, painted labyrinth, carved fountain and its endless supply of hugs, smiles and kind dispositions, St. Anselm’s Cross-Cultural Community Center can comfort almost anyone.

The 26-year-old community center, located in a church, provides a host of services. Resettlement assistance, immigration and citizenship programs, English classes, employment preparation, one-on-one counseling, job development and job placement assistance—all are available through the center. Social adjustment, welfare-to-work and emergency transportation services have recently been added to that already impressive list.

The center has helped many, from Vietnamese refugees airlifted out of Saigon to immigrants from Mexico, Korea, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, China, Iraq and the Ukraine. We honor them for their humanitarian services to these vulnerable populations.



 

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No. 230
September/October 2002

Contents
 
Front Cover
From the President’s Desk
Washington Update
Focus on Partners
Focus on Volunteerism
From the Field
Project Helps Burmese Asylees
Ambassadors Circle
Resources
LIRS in the News
Staff News
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