b'HurricaneSandywasdevastatingtoourregion.Intheinitialaftermathofthestorm,itwasprovidersofdirectserviceslikeourselves,theNewYorkIrishCenter,andoursisterIrishcentersEmeraldIsleImmigrationCenterandtheAislingIrishCenterthatwerequickesttorespondtotheenormoushumanitariancrisisthatwasrapidlyunfolding.Itisinsuchmomentsofcrisisthatweseethetruevalueoffrontlineservicesto thecommunity.ThesupportreceivedfromTheAmericanIrelandFundiscrucialtotheon-goingexistenceoforganizationslikeusthatprovidethosefrontlineservices.PaulFinnegan,ExecutiveDirectoroftheNewYorkIrishCenterconnect 2013 | 52'