A welcome dinner, twice a year
In the first weeks of each semester we host a home-cooked dinner for students: mantı, börek and baklava, and families from the community who were once new here too. No ticket, no speeches, just names and phone numbers exchanged.
Bayram when you cannot go home
Ramazan and Kurban Bayramı rarely fall on a school break. Member families open their homes for bayram breakfast, and the society hosts a dinner for anyone without a place to go. You will not spend a bayram alone. The same goes for Thanksgiving.
A mentor in your field
Our members work in medicine, engineering, finance, academia and small business across Rhode Island and Boston. Tell us what you study and we will introduce you to someone who has walked the path: internships, graduate applications, the first job, the first visa question.
The student fund
A small fund, built from member gifts, for the things that go wrong: a lost laptop before finals, a flight home for a family emergency, a textbook that costs more than a week of groceries. Requests are confidential and decided by two board members within a week.
Give something back
Students run our Saturday play group, teach folk dance for the Republic Day show, and help at the Children’s Day picnic. Volunteer hours count on your résumé, and the kids will remember your name for years.