"Two years ago, as part of The American Ireland Fund’s delegation to its annual Worldwide Conference, I visited the Hazelwood Integrated College, a secondary school, located in a heavily sectarian section of Belfast, that educates both Catholic and Protestant children.

A decade earlier, a grant from the AIF was used as seed money to establish the school—the first of what has become a thriving alternative to traditionally segregated education in Northern Ireland—and an effective grass roots response to the generations-long “Troubles.” Thanks to Fund’s support of integrated education, thousands of children like those we met at Hazelwood have been able to overstep the deep divisions that still abound in Northern Ireland.

This experience, and scores more like it, continues to galvanize my belief in and support of The American Ireland Fund. I have long supported the AIF annually and most recently with a special gift to the Hope & History Capital Campaign.

So when it came time to arrange my financial and estate plans, I decided to become a member of the Heritage Society by remembering the AIF in my will. It was extremely important to me that my estate plans also include the AIF in order to reflect my lifelong dedication to its mission.

My intended bequest will be used to fund projects like the Hazelwood School. It gives me great joy to know that The American Ireland Fund will continue its important work for many years to come."
- A.W.B. “Billy” Vincent, President, The Ireland Fund of Monaco

For more information, please contact Kingsley at the Boston office.

Kingsley Aikins
President & CEO
The American Ireland Fund
211 Congress Street
Boston MA 02110
P - 617-574-0720
E - info@irlfunds.org