Nursing homes and assisted living facilities are important meeting places for people from diverse cultures: many new immigrants are on the care staff at such facilities, and the residents may not be well prepared to engage with people from different cultures. The center of the ICU projects in Springfield, Minnesota was St. John's Circle of Care. Residents there came to a new appreciation of the newcomers to their community; they also assisted in organizing the World Market, a multi-cultural event open to the whole community.
