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— This week's story
A family of seven arrived Tuesday.
And you were already there.
When Amira* walked through our doors on Tuesday morning, her five children trailing behind her, she had two suitcases and a folder of paperwork. No winter coats. No groceries. No phone plan. Within forty-eight hours — because of subscribers and donors like you — they had all three, plus a warm apartment in Richardson and an ESL placement for the two school-age kids.
Amira made coffee for our case manager on Thursday. She said, "In my country I was a nurse. Here, I want to learn so I can be one again." We're already working on it.
*Name changed for privacy. Photo withheld at family's request.
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— The receipts
This week in numbers
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547
Hot meals
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23
Families served
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$8,420
Raised
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12
New ESL students
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— From the Kitchen
Chef Hiba's lentil kofta —
a recipe for spring
Hiba trained seven women this month to roll kofta the Afghan way: red lentils, cumin, a whisper of saffron. This week she sent us the recipe to share with you — "so your table tastes like ours." Serves four, thirty minutes.
Read the recipe
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— What's next
On the calendar
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APR 24
FRI · 11A
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Hope Kitchen East Dallas
2 volunteer slots open
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APR 26
SUN · 3P
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ESL tutoring
Beginners & intermediate
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MAY 3
SUN · 5:45P
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Celebrate a Decade of Impact — our annual gala
14 days out · Richardson, TX
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— This week's specific need
One family needs $600 for April rent by Friday.
Single mother, two children, husband hospitalized. Landlord extension granted through Friday. We're at $340 as of Sunday night.
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— Shukran · شكراً
Thank you, this week, to —
Sarah · Muhammad · Zainab · Omar · Leila · Priya · Khalid · Aisha · Tariq · Fatima · David · Huda · Noor · Samir · Layla
— and 27 anonymous donors who asked us not to name them. You made this week real.
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"Who will lend to Allah a goodly loan, so that He may multiply it for him many times over?"
QURAN 2:245
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