The Friends of Irish Women

Pari Livermore and Kathy McGee Burns founded The Friends of Irish Women to support women in need

With a mission to share joy and hope with deserving women from the Philadelphia Area Irish Community during the holiday season, The Friends of Irish Women have been raising funds for women in crisis since 2021.

For their first year the Friends identified 5 women who needed support and distributed the funds they raised to them. Motivated by their first successful year the group continues to expand its membership to ensure their work continues and increases their ability to brighten the holiday season for the Irish women who need it most.

Friends of Irish Women Holiday Luncheon

Friends in the press

“The Top 100 Irish Women event was a huge success not only for the donations it raised for the Irish Center but for bringing back to the Irish Center many women and their friends and families who had not visited in many years.”

Top 100 Irish Women, by Lisa Maloney, Irish Edition

“I’ve seen these women and they knock themselves out. They spend so much of their energy, time and devotion to the Irish community that they should be honored.”

Top 100 Irish Women, by Denise Foley, Irish Edition

“This is a huge tribute to women and a gift of a remarkable woman, Pari Livermore.”

Irish Heroes: Pari Livermore, by Kathy McGee Burns, Irish Edition