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Realizing journeys of hope.

Reuniting families. Providing dignified refuge. Opening doors to citizenship.

Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Ministries 2008 Annual Report

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CameroonColombiaCosta RicaCroatiaCubaDemocratic Rep. of the CongoDominican Rep.EcuadorEl SalvadorEgyptEritrea

AfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAustriaAzerbaijanBahamasBelarusBeninBhutanBosniaBurma/MyanmarBurundi

Journeys of hope began in 57 countries across five continents for refugees and immigrants helped by Interfaith in FY2008.

1 Letter from the Executive Director 2 Journeys of Hope 10 Year in Review 14 Annual Dinner 15 Support 19 Financial Summary 20 Board Members and Staff 21 Other Information

Interfaith 2008 Annual Report Table of Contents

EthiopiaGermanyGhanaGuatemalaHaitiHondurasIranIraq IsraelJamaicaJordanLebanon

SloveniaSomaliaSri LankaSudanSyriaTogoTurkeyUkraineUnited States*Vietnam

LiberiaMacedoniaMauritaniaMexicoMoldovaMontenegroNicaraguaNigeriaRomaniaRussia RwandaSerbia

*Interfaith’s Immigration Services assists U.S. citizens in filing family reunification applications.

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Dear Friends,

Thank you for joining us on this review of Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Ministries’ services during Fiscal Year 2008 (July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008). As you will see in the following pages, last year posed challenges for those of us dedicated to resettling refugees and immigrants. Providing proper services to help refugees and immigrants become self-sufficient neighbors and contributors to our community did not come as easily as in previous years.

Interfaith resettled 429 refugees from 17 countries during the year— a 117% increase over 2007’s 197 arrivals. As this group included large numbers of people from three new populations (see pg. 3), Interfaith had to provide support for more people, as well as quickly adapt our services to meet the linguistic and cultural needs of these new arrivals.

Yet, we met those challenges! The successes described in this report are thanks—first and foremost—to Interfaith’s dedicated staff. These people, many refugees themselves, consistently went above and beyond the call of duty to meet the needs of the refugees entrusted to our care. These exceptional people willingly gave of their after-work time, their expertise, and their hearts. I am privileged and proud to work alongside these people. To experience the contributions they make in the lives of refugees and immigrants every day is deeply moving.

It is my honor to thank the hundreds of volunteers, sponsors, community partners and donors who also make Interfaith’s noble work so successful. Without your contributions, we could not provide housing, jobs and support for some of the most vulnerable people in the world. Thank you, one and all, for making Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Ministries part of your own personal journeys.

In deep gratitude for your contributions,

Greg Wangerin, Executive Director

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Arriving.


When we were in Nepal, people use to say “America” all the time. I thought “how the country America is? Why are they saying this name all the time?” —a refugee from Bhutan

During Fiscal Year 2008, Interfaith resettled 429 refugees from 17 countries. This was a 117% increase over the number of new arrivals resettled in Fiscal Year 2007. The three largest groups of new arrivals were people from Burundi, Burma and Iraq.

A young Burmese refugee arrives at her new apartment in Chicago. Interfaith secures and furnishes an apartment for all new refugee families. When refugees arrive at their new home, they also find a fully-stocked pantry and a home-cooked meal waiting on the stove.

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Learning.


My father and mother were farmers and planted vegetables in Burma. I wanted to come to the USA because I want to have a new life and I want to speak English very well.” —Tin Tin Nweh

How many “Ngultrum” (the currency of Bhutan) to a dollar? How do I get downtown on the el train? How do I get a job? What are “office skills”? What must I do to become a citizen? From the basic to the complicated, Interfaith provides refugees with the skills they need. With free English classes, computer training and job readiness and placement programs, Interfaith helps refugees succeed in Chicago’s job market.

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These African refugees are studying English in one of Interfaith’s free English classes. Interfaith’s English programs help refugees quickly learn to communicate with employers, neighbors and co-workers.


Working.


After school, we go home. Sometimes, we work the job.” —a refugee from Burma

Refugees are some of the most industrious people in the world. Grateful for the opportunity to be resettled, most refugees go to school and work, or work two jobs during their first years in the U.S. Interfaith helps newly arrived refugees find entry-level positions that accommodate limited English. Last year, 85% of the employment-age adults resettled by Interfaith had a job within 180 days of their arrival. Their average wage was $9.45 per hour with full medical benefits.

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Students from around the world take Interfaith’s advanced computer training to improve their careers. Interfaith’s advanced classes help refugees move from their first, entry-level Ameri-can jobs to better paying positions that improve their economic status.


Belonging.


I like American people—they are helpful and understanding, even during times when my English is not so good.” —a refugee from Ethiopia

A refugee’s physical journey of hope ends when they put down safe, secure roots in their new homeland. These roots become intertwined in the life of the region through jobs, school, and personal relationships. By helping refugees build new lives in an open and free society, Interfaith reaffirms our shared humanity.

A young refugee from Africa plays with children from his sponsor congregation. Congregational, corporate and community sponsors help weave refugees into the life of the community by serving as mentors, tutors, and guides to the Chicago area.

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Interfaith Year in Review

Snapshot of New Arrivals

During Fiscal Year 2008, Interfaith resettled 429 refugees from 17 countries. This is a 117% increase from the number of new arrivals resettled in Fiscal Year 2007. The three largest groups of new arrivals in 2008 were people from Burundi, Burma and Iraq.

The Burundians are people who fled the infamous war between the Hutu and Tutsi tribes. Some of these people have lived in refugee camps since 1972. By welcoming them to the U.S., Interfaith helped spare these refugees from forced repatriation after Tanzania announced that it was closing its refugee camps.

One of the side effects of Cyclone Nargis was the spotlight shone upon the regime that oppressive-ly controls Myanmar, formerly Burma. Opposition to the regime falls along tribal lines. The regime’s ethnic “cleansing” sent hundreds of thousands of people fleeing into India, China, Thai-land and Malaysia.

In 2007, the State Department started resettling refugees from Iraq. Iraqi newcomers primarily fall into two groups: Christians who became targets of religious persecution, and people who assisted the current U.S efforts in Iraq. Many Iraqi refugees have been living in camps in Syria and Jordan for three to five years.

Refugee journeys begin in fear. With their lives in danger, refugees flee war, genocide and persecution. They flee to neighboring countries that often grudg-ingly shelter them in hastily constructed refugee camps that lack adequate food, water, sanitation and medical care.

Given these drastic circumstances, it is amazing how people keep hope alive. This human spirit spurs refugees on journeys of hope for safety, opportunity, and freedom.

Interfaith acts as a guide on these journeys by calling individuals, organizations and communities of faith to address the needs of newly arrived refugees. These groups become a refugee’s co-sponsor. They provide for refugees’ immediate survival needs, help orient new arrivals to the Chicago area, provide friendship and a sense of community, and help underwrite the costs of resettlement services.


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Resettlement: The Crossroads of Hope

When a refugee arrives in Chicago, Interfaith is their safe house. Interfaith provides new arrivals with immediate survival needs such as housing, food and referrals for medical care. Next, Interfaith guides refugees by providing free English classes, and orientation to U.S. culture, monetary and legal systems. When their English is proficient, Interfaith guides refugees with employment counseling and job placement. Interfaith programs help new arrivals adjust to American life and become self-supporting as quickly as possible.

Immediate Safety: Interfaith provides each new arrival with an apartment, and other basic needs. This gives new arrivals time to take part in Interfaith’s cultural orientation, English classes and employment services. As most refugees are

highly motivated to succeed, the average assistance period is just six months.

Case Management: Interfaith’s resettlement caseworkers inter-view with each new arrival to assess health status, transfer-able job skills and ability to adapt to new surroundings. Caseworkers help each person develop a plan to become self-sufficient.

Caseworkers ensure refugees take the first important steps to achieve citizenship, such as filing for a Social Security number and enrolling children in school. Caseworkers support each refugee in achieving their self-sufficiency plan. Last year, 539 people received case management services.

Medical Case Management: Refugees face physical and mental health challenges as a result of escaping war or genocide and living in refugee camps. Common problems are improperly healed wounds,

post-traumatic stress, and the long-term effects of malnutrition. Medical caseworkers ensure that people needing help get the medical care they need. Caseworkers help people with limited English communicate with health care providers and understand instructions for treatment.

English Language Training: Professional English instructors test each refugee’s English skills during their first week in Chicago. Based on proficiency, new arrivals are assigned to one of Interfaith’s three levels of English classes. The classes are supplemented with cultural field trips, and personal tutoring and child care services. Last year, 395 people improved their English at Interfaith.

Employment Services: Interfaith helps refugees create resumés, learn how to interview, and how to search for employment.

Citizenship Instructor Oksana Lexell (center with flowers) and graduates of a citizen-ship class. Last year, Interfaith helped 155 people prepare for the rigorous U.S. citizen-ship test. Of these, 124 became natural-ized U.S. citizens.


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Public schools assign youth to a grade level based on age instead of educational background. Interfaith offers after-school programs four days each week with tutoring, a girls’ club, a soccer club, music club, and social and arts activities. It offers summer and school break programs. Staff also acts as liaisons between families and school, helping teachers and administrators respond to the challenges facing refugee youth. Last year, 114 youth took part in the program.

Senior Services Initiative: Interfaith provides in-home case management that ensures seniors are physically and financially self-sufficient, receiving health care they need, and participating in activities. Caseworkers also ensure seniors attain citizenship, helping many to receive medical waivers from the arduous study required to pass the citizenship test. Last year, the program helped 320 seniors and expanded to provide services in DuPage County.

Continuing on the Road: Next Steps for Settled Refugees

Once refugees are settled and have achieved basic self- sufficiency, Interfaith offers programs that help them journey beyond self-sufficiency to self-fulfillment.

Citizenship Program: Refugees arrive with permanent resident status. However, they must apply to become citizens. Inter-faith offers free Citizenship classes in varied locations throughout the city and suburbs. Last year, Interfaith helped 155 people prepare for the citizenship test, of whom 124 became naturalized citizens.

Vocational Training: Refugees’ first jobs are often entry-level positions that allow them to gain American work references. When a refugee’s journey of hope moves towards wanting more valuable job skills, Interfaith’s Vocational Training program guides them on their way. The program offers basic and advanced computer courses that prepare refugees for higher-paying jobs.

Last year, 136 people enrolled in computer training and 109 graduated from one of the twelve-week courses. In addition to formal classes, Interfaith’s Computer Lab offers one-on-one assistance and tutorial software. The Lab offers free, public ac-cess hours several days a week.

Interfaith has an expanding network of companies to which it can refer new arrivals. Last year, the program helped 181 refugees, of whom 148 found jobs. Staff forged partnerships with 19 new employers. The average wage for refugees placed by the program was $9.45 per hour and the major-ity included health benefits.

Special Journeys: Women, Youth and Seniors

The Women’s Empowerment Program: Refugee women face particular challenges adapting to the roles, opportunities and challenges of American society. Most need to learn new skills and assume a larger role in providing financial support for their family. Many need emotional support as they take advantage of opportunities for women in the U.S. The Women’s Empowerment Program provides English, cultural orientation and life skills classes, volunteer mentors, field trips, and sewing classes. Women can also participate in the New Hope Sewing Cooperative that leads to income generation. More than 150 women took part in the program last year.

Refugee Youth Program: This program helps refugee youth succeed at school and at home.


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Immigrant Services: Different Journeys, Same Hope

Interfaith helps immigrants on their journeys of hope by providing assistance in navigating the American immigration system. Accredited staff at Interfaith’s Waukegan and Chicago offices helped more than 1,800 low-income immigrants meet the legal requirements for living in the U.S. The program also helps naturalized American citizens apply for reunification with family members.

Interfaith in the Public Square: Promoting a Society of Hope

Interfaith took the lead in presenting Chicago’s remem-brance of World Refugee Day on June 20, 2008. Approximately 200 people attended a rally in the Federal Plaza to hear Bill Fitzgerald, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the State Depart-ment’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration.

Attending the rally provided refugees with a visceral intro-duction to First Amendment Rights. Interfaith charters trans-portation to ensure refugees can attend such events. That eve-ning, a world music concert was held to bring together refugees, agency staff and volunteers, and the general public.

Improving the Road of Hope: Strengthening Interfaith

Interfaith has been told that the number of new refugee arrivals will continue to increase in the year ahead. The challenge for Interfaith in resettling more people lies in the disparity between what it costs to guide a refugee to self-sufficiency and what the federal government contributes to those costs.

Interfaith needs to raise an average of $8,000 above the federal government’s stipend of $850 per person to support a refugee family during their first months of resettlement. In order

to do so, Interfaith took steps to improve operations and added new housing and fundraising staff in 2008. The new staff will increase housing options for clients and improve Interfaith’s ability to pay for refugee hous-ing and services.

Summing Up the Journey in 2008

In 2008 Interfaith resettled more new arrivals than any year since 2000. The increase in arrivals challenged Interfaith to evaluate its current operations and strengthen its ability to maintain a strong and finan-cially viable base from which to operate. Interfaith is honored to be entrusted with the care of refugees, and is grateful for the financial, material, and volun-teer support of the individuals and groups listed on the following pages.

Interfaith took the lead in presenting Chicago’s remembrance of World Refugee Day on June 20, 2008.


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Celebrating Journeys of Hope: Interfaith’s Annual Dinner

The evening also paid tribute to three people or organizations that inspired hope in Interfaith’s staff, Board members and clients. They were:

Fidele RuhumurizaRecipient of the Special Achievement Award, Fidele, a single father, was honored for his strength, courage and optimistic and resilient attitude as one of the first refugees from Rwanda to be resettled in Chicago.

Sarah PooleRecipient of the Outstanding Service Award, Sarah is a stalwart Refugee Youth Program volunteer. She has played key roles in the success of Inter-faith’s annual fundraiser. In addition to her work with youth, Sarah served as a volunteer English teacher for adults.

The First Congregational Church of Western SpringsRecipient of the Outstanding Service to the Community Award, “First Church” began serving refugees in the early 1960s. The church regularly co-sponsors refugees and supports Interfaith’s work as part of its mission giving.

On April 17, 2008, Interfaith kicked off its Journeys of Hope theme at its annual dinner at St. Andrew Greek Orthodox Church in Chicago. Board member Ross Lyman and his wife Kathy co-chaired the event that hosted 335 guests who contributed $53,000 to Interfaith. The dinner included a silent auction of gifts from local businesses and art created by refugee youth.

Dave Kerner hosted the program that included performances by the Pan-African Dance Ensem-ble, Interfaith Refugee Youth Program participants and the Burmese Dancers.

The Pan-African Association Dance Ensemble dazzled guests.

Executive Director, Gregory Wangerin, presents the Outstanding Service Award to Sarah Poole.


Our Community of Support

Financial contributions from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008We thank the following supporters who have contributed financial and personal assistance to Interfaith’s work for refugees and immigrants. Although space restrictions do not allow us to list every donor, please know that we deeply appreciate your support—whether it be in the form of a monetary donation, an in-kind gift, or time through volunteering. Your support is invaluable to us and to the work we do on behalf of Chicago’s newcomers.

Illinois Conference of the United Church of ChristInterfaith Youth CoreInternational Capoiera Angola Foundation - ChicagoIrving Park Christian FoundationThe International Bazaar of LuxembourgKraft Employee FundLemont Township High SchoolLevine & Reid Inc.Logan Square Pest Control, Inc.Loyola UniversityThe Manigua CollectiveNortheastern Illinois UniversityNorthern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist ChurchPark Ridge Community WomenThe Polk Bros FoundationPresbyterian Disaster AssistanceQuilombo Cultural CenterScott D. Pollock & AssociatesSeminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral EducationUnited Church of Christ, Wider Church MinistriesUptown Service Station, Inc./Uptown Car WashUrban Muslim Minority AssociationWheat Ridge Ministries

Foundations, Corporations and Organizations

Andrus Realty Group, Inc.Arcadia KnittingThe Asia FoundationBalbianello, Inc.Bigston FoundationBorderbend Arts CollectiveBridgeview Bank GroupChicago Tribune Charities, a McCormick Foundation FundChicago Wu ShuChicagoland Lutheran Educational FoundationConnectForceDisciples Home MissionsThe Enterprising KitchenEpiscopal Diocese of ChicagoExodus World ServiceFireworks for Kids FoundationFull Circle Family FoundationGiancola Family FoundationFrank and Helen Gofrank FoundationHighland Park High School and North Shore AcademyHawthorne Property ManagementHomeland Ministry of the Christian ChurchIllinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights

Episcopal Migration MinistriesLutheran Immigration and Refugee ServiceIllinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity

Government and Voluntary Agencies

Illinois Department of Human ServicesU.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement/HHSChicago Department on AgingChurch World Service

First United Methodist Church of Arlington Heights First United Methodist Church, EvanstonFirst United Methodist Church, Downers GroveFourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago Glenview Community Church, GlenviewGloria Dei Lutheran Church, Downers Grove Grace Community Christian Church, Naperville Grace Lutheran Church, River ForestHighland Ave Church of the Brethren, ElginHoly Trinity Lutheran, Chicago

Congregational Support

All Saints Lutheran Church, Palatine Beth Emet, the Free Synagogue, EvanstonCathedral of St James, ChicagoChrist Church, WinnetkaChurch of the Atonement, Chicago Christ Lutheran Church, Valparaiso IN Community Christian Church of LincolnshireEdgebrook Community Church, Chicago First Congregational Church of Western SpringsFirst Presbyterian Church of Des Plaines

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Individual Donors $10,000 and Above

Robert O. Carlsen Adam J. Gleich & Sarah PooleDaniel & Juliet GoldsteinDoug and Lynn Roberts

Individual Donors $1,000 to $9,999

Sam BaileyRon & Karin BalsbaughBruce & Carole BravermanGabrielle M. BuckleyBrian Chapman & Carolyn NortonJosh & Dawn DenbergMargaret Gadon & John Riley

Gayle Lynn Hill & Jeffrey UrbinaMurray & Diana JohnsonAyman & Nadeya KhalilRoss & Kathy LymanGregory & Eliza WangerinDavid Wescott

Individual Donors $250 to $999

Gabi Aelabouni & Meghan JohnstonThomas & Joyce AllenEdwin & Barbara BennettCharles & Marjorie BentonMarilyn Briscoe & Roger HertelRichard F. BulgerPatrick & Rebecca CahillRoger & Mary Beth CastyJerry DigilioKeith & Sue DrenglerEmily DriverMary EnglishMichael & Colleen EvansKarl & Kelly FrantzGeorgianna GleasonWarren GrimsleyJim & Jamie HaneyDonald & Franca HartmanSchuyler W. HendersonWilliam & Elizabeth HintchKristin HollenbachJohn & Pamela HultgrenJennifer JacobsAaron & Tiffany KramerPaul Littlepage & Ceclia PerezJohn & Linda Lyman

Mark & Jane MarcusAdrienne Meisel & Rand SparlingSusan & Charles MelidosianEardley MendisMalcolm & Lynda Minnick, Jr.Lorraine MitchellRichard & Lea MurrayCarlton & Laura OlsonScott & Judith PollockGail & Charles PriceRichard & Charlotte RakBefekadu Retta & Lily MemuDavid & Stacy ReynoldsJohn & Deborah RushSteve & Gick SchmidtManal & Yaser ShihadahIbrahim & Amani ShihadehPaul & Janice SpringbornMark & Jean StasikFredrick & Nikki SteinCaesar & Peggy SweitzerMyrtle WangerinPaul & Linda WangerinVirginia S. WangerinRuthanne & Walter Wangerin, Jr.Jim & Louise Yao

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Congregational Support

Kenilworth Union Church, Kenilworth Lutheran Church of the Ascension, Northfield Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Prospect HeightsMayfair Lutheran Church, Chicago Parkway Garden Christian, ChicagoPrince of Peace Lutheran Church, Palatine Pullman Christian Reformed Church, ChicagoPurna Jiwan South Asian Church, Chicago Shepherd of the Lakes Lutheran, GrayslakeSt. Alphonsus Liguori Roman Catholic Church, Prospect HeightsSt. Elias Christian Church, ChicagoSt. Hilary’s Episcopal Church, Prospect Heights

St. James the Less Episcopal Church, NorthfieldSt. John’s Episcopal Church, Mount ProspectSt. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church, Glen Ellyn St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Park Ridge St. Luke United Presbyterian, Downers GroveSt. Michael’s Episcopal, BarringtonSt. Paul’s Church by-the-Lake, ChicagoTrinity Episcopal Church, Chicago United Church of Rogers Park, ChicagoWillow Creek Church, BarringtonWinnetka Covenant Church, WinnetkaZion German Lutheran Church Ladies Aid Society, Brooklyn Heights, NY


Individual Donors $100 to $249

Mohammad & Elizabeth AkhtarJames ArndtHayelom AyeleZiba AzizDavid & Nzanu BamlangoBrian Barov & Karen ShermanDavid & Amy BeckRoyal F. BergClaire BettleRebecca Blank & Johannes KuttnerCharles BonillaJean Michel BouchardyJohn & Judy BrossClara BrownJames ButschG.G. CappellinoJacqueline R. CameronJacqueline ChalosRobert Chapman Buckley, Jr.Anne CordesPhilip & Angela DebushBurtis DolanJulie Dorfman & Jerry HurstBruce & Jan DouglasMark Dreessen & Sara SayighChristine EspositoJanis FrenchakAnn-Marie GallagherRobert & Mary Ann GottliebRobert & Sherrie HagedornMary HansonMarie HeinrichsMarilyn HennessyAimee Victoria Hilado

Jane & Steve HoffmanM.K. & Thomas HoffmanDonald & Ernestine HopkinsMaurine HuangSargon & Hilda IsaacRobert Israelite & Mary NesselerCaryn Jacobs & Daniel CedarbaumMark & Dawn Jeglum BartuschKelley JohnsonPatricia & Mayme KallioKanesapilai KandeenpanJoe & Marcia KellnerMoeen KhalilQusai KhalilGhassan KhouryTarik KishtaJill KnopicJody Kretzmann & Ingrid ChristiansenMichael & Diane Krier-MorrowKenneth & Charlene JohnsonJeffrey & Lisa LeeJennifer LeslieHope LeoneMatt & Emily LangPeter & Joan LeechJames & Susanne LenzRoberta LordJay Maitland YoungMarty MaxDale McClearyDon & Ann McCordTricia McGannDeborah MercerLawrence & Gail Mied

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Refugee resettlement is not all hard work! Here, staff and volun-teers of the Refugee Youth Program intro-duce youngsters to the American traditions of Halloween.


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Memorial Fund Contributions

During Fiscal Year 2008, Interfaith was honored to receive contributions to two Memorial Funds. These funds have been invested in order to provide for Interfaith’s long-term capital needs. Our gratitude and sympathies remain with the many donors to these funds.

The Stephanie Rooney Memorial Fund honors the life of our former Interfaith colleague.

The Dr. Walter M. Wangerin, Sr. Memorial Fund honors the life of the noted theologian and father of Interfaith’s Executive Director.

In-kind Donors The businesses and individuals listed below provided goods and services for Interfaith’s “Journeys of Hope” Dinner:

Abracadabra Video ProductionsAfrican Harambee RestaurantA. Patrick AugustinApart Pizza CompanyThe Bottle ShopChicago BullsCriswell DesignDrake HotelFresh Farms of Wheeling, ILThe James Hotel

Dave KernerLe Salon Day SpaMayuThe Northwest PassagePepitone’s Restaurantredtwist theatreThe Signature Room at the 95thStarbucksStawski ImportsZanies Comedy Nite Club

Interfaith would like to thank photographer Beth Rooney for use of her photographs in this report.

We regret any errors or omissions in acknowledging our supporters.

continued Individual Donors $100 to $249

Camila MontoyaTom & Mary Jo MulcahyTajma MutilovicErrol & Louisa NarainBarbara NewmanJohn NordlohJohn & Rebecca NoyesTim & Lynda OlanderAngel & Marie OlmedoTy & Mary OlsenLynn Pearson & Thomas GrahamAnne PorowskiArun PrabuFidaim QorriPaul & Sharon RanieriMark & Barbara RecklingJames & Leslie Ritter-JenkinsNed & Marsha Robertson

Robert RominePeter RowenSiram & Tanya SadagopanSteven Shorney & Lisa IliffePaul & Carol SoderholmDavid & Dee SponholtzRichard & Carol SpreitzerJeffrey StasikJames & Joyce StockerBruce & Jan StruckmanRhonda TelferPaul & Elizabeth Trost-ShahataMr. & Mrs. Theodore Van ZelstAdam WangerinMJ WittGeorge Woodcock & Bruce HuetonChristopher & Jacqueline WuellnerTenley Ysseldyke & Lance Hornaday


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Financial Summary

Note: Decrease in net assets directly attributed to the difference between actual costs of housing for refugees vs. per capita government funding for refugee support.

Statement of Activities

Year Ended June 30, 2008 with Comparative Totals For the Year Ended June 30, 2007

Support and Revenue

Individual and Board Contributions

Government Agencies

Foundations and Corporations

Special Events

Congregations/Religious Organizations

Client Fees

Interest

Other Income

Total Support and Revenue

Expenses

Program Services

Management and General

Fundraising

Total Expenses

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

Net Assets at Beginning of Year

Net Assets at End of Year

2008

90,079

1,793,091

145,865

74,159

73,328

76,205

2,965

29,292

2,284,984

2,358,773

50,935

88,115

2,497,823

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456,505

243,666

2007

65,823

1,405,665

106,450

47,943

147,273

121,452

2,852

16,605

1,914,063

1,703,461

67,381

75,932

1,846,774

67,289

389,216

456,505

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Board Members Ken JohnsonPresident

Georgianna GleasonVice President

Pamela HultgrenSecretary

David BeckTreasurer

Gabi AelabouniRon BalsbaughHakan BerberogluJudy BrossBrian Chapman Margaret GadonAyman KhalilRoss LymanEardley MendisErrol Narain

Staff

Mohamed AbdurahmanYussuf Adan AliAnne Timothy Aroste Mayom Ashien Linda Baezo Malii Brown Theresa BurridgeJoe Carroll Clara Castle Aicha Cooper Walter Dankanich Aldijana Deumic Varmuyan Dulleh Elizabeth Fulmer Jackie Giron

Ermias Ghiliazghi Hodan Abdi Habane Nic HalversonGloria Harabyama Tom Hartman Amy Hill Kimberly Hillebrand Hannah Hoover Maria Helena HoyosEden Isaac Arijana Jusufovic Melineh Kano Renovat Kenese Umar Khan Judy Khorn

Alla Kolesova Yvette Kyaw Joan Leech Oksana LexellLaura Lonneman Susy Madrigal Emina Mahic Oleg Malskiy Alice Marogil Lyndy Meister Abdirashid Mohamed Claire Mukundente Maria E. Olmedo Zlata Paratusic Ajshe Qorri

Carolyn Rapando Kate Robertson Edisa Rogonja Emily Rose Richard Rybak Zehra Sarajlic Hadgu TarekeWilson Shino Bethany Showalter Jennifer StaffHelen Sweitzer Greg Wangerin Michael Wolven

Scott D. PollackBefekadu RettaJohn C. Rush, Sr. Zaki L. Zaki

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MissionThe mission of Interfaith Refugee and Immigra-tion Ministries, in partnership with congregations, organizations, and others in Illinois, is to provide direct services to refugees and immigrants, and to encourage involvement in world and domestic refugee issues and immigration concerns.

National PartnersChurch World ServiceEpiscopal Migration MinistriesLutheran Immigration and Refugee Service

Contact Information Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Ministries4753 N. BroadwaySuite 401Chicago, Illinois 60640

Phone: (773) 989-5647Fax: (773) 989-0484Web: www.irim.org

Employers for FY2008Allyu SpaAmerican Taxi Co.Au Bon PainBarnard, Ltd.Best Western HotelBig Jones RestaurantBlackstone HotelCentral DuPage HospitalChicago Park DistrictChicago Public SchoolsChina Spring RestaurantChristy Webber LandscapesChurchill CabinetsConrad Hilton Chicago Dana Hotel and SpaThe Drake HotelEmbassy Suites HotelEmbassy Suites LakefrontErva Tool and Manufacturing Co., Inc.The Fairmont ChicagoFour Seasons Hotel ChicagoHilton Chicago at O’Hare AirportHMS HostInterfaith Refugee & Immigration MinistriesThe James ChicagoJewel-OscoLionsbridge Interpretation ServicesMadly PoppinManufacturer’s News, Inc.MK RestaurantOak Street BeachstroThe Palmer House HiltonThe Peninsula ChicagoPresbyterian Homes Prospect Airport Services Inc.Red Roof InnsThe Ritz CarltonScrub, Inc.Seneca HotelSodexo EducationStarbucksTargetTiffany Kim Institute and SpaTJ MaxxTravelodge Trump International Hotel and TowerTyson/Bruss Foods, Inc.Wilmette Public SchoolsWilshire Nursing Home

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