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FOR MAKING THIS YEAR'S CELESOIREE A HUGE SUCCESS!

For the fourth year in a row, ILAP volunteers transformed The Portland Company warehouse into a hip gallery space with wonderful work contributed by over 100 individuals from Maine’s talented art community.  Jordan Benissan and Sankofa opened the party with lively African drumming and dancing, followed by the dynamic rhythms of the Cajun Aces.  Greater Portland’s premier international restaurants donated delicious hors d’oeuvres from every corner of the world. 

With the combined support of over 400 attendees and so many local artists and businesses, ILAP raised more than $25,000 that will directly support the desperately needed legal assistance and advocacy that ILAP provides for Maine’s low-income immigrants.  Thank you for supporting ILAP through CeleSoirée!

Mark your calendars for CeleSoirée 5 on Friday March 27, 2009!

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2008 eVENT SPONSORS

CeleSoirée is made possible by our generous sponsors and by the many local artists, businesses and restaurants who contribute to the evening's festivities. We simply can't thank them enough! Check out this year's wonderful CeleSoirée corporate sponsors:

 

Friend Level
Drummond Woodsum
Perkins Thompson
Pierce Atwood LLP
Spinnaker Trust


CONTRIBUTOR LEVEL
Bernstein Shur
Council on International Educational Exchange
Coffee By Design
Developers Collaborative
Hannaford
Kelly, Remmel & Zimmerman
La Bodega Latina
Landis & Arn, P.A.
Ocean Gate Realty, Nan Sawyer, Partner
TRSS Wealth Management

If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, donating food, artwork or another item to CeleSoiree 2009, please contact Bree at 780-1593 or email at blacasse@ilapmaine.org.

 

Recent Client Success Stories
We are proud of our record of success on behalf of our clients. Since becoming an independent, staffed agency in 2000, 98% of our full representation clients have had their cases approved. Examples of our cases follow (all are pseudonyms).

Please check back periodically for the most recent client success stories.

Paul was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer when in his 50s and was subsequently forced to quit his job.  He applied for Social Security disability payments only to learn the shocking news that he had been living undocumented in the U.S. his entire life and thus did not qualify for Social Security. 

Born in Canada to a Canadian father and a U.S. citizen mother, Paul had lived in the U.S. since he was two weeks old.  At the time of his birth, however, his mother was too young to transfer U.S. citizenship to him.  Desperate to receive benefits that would allow him to seek treatment for his cancer, he came to ILAP. 

ILAP helped him apply for residency under a special law for those who can prove they have lived continuously in the U.S. since before 1972. His case was approved and he is now a legal permanent resident in the U.S.  As a result, he has been able to obtain the disability payments and Medicaid needed to help him through his cancer treatments.


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