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A weekly dispatch from Dallas · Fort Worth |
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The Welcome Table
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Issue № 001 · Sunday, April 19, 2026 |
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| Chapter I |
Arrivals & Welcomes |
A family of seven arrived Tuesday — and you were there.
By Zeenat Khan, Founder · Photographs withheld at the family's request
When Amira* walked through our doors on Tuesday morning, her five children trailing behind her, she carried 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 children.
On Thursday, Amira brought coffee for our case manager. Before she left, she paused at the door. "In my country I was a nurse," she said. "Here, I want to learn so I can be one again."
We're already working on it.
*Name changed for privacy.
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| Chapter II |
The Receipts, by the Numbers |
A week, counted & kept.
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i.
547
hot meals served
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ii.
23
families welcomed
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iii.
$8,420
given this week
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iv.
12
new ESL students
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| Chapter III |
From the Kitchen |
Lentil kofta, the Afghan way — a recipe from Chef Hiba.
This month, Hiba trained seven women to roll kofta the way her mother taught her: red lentils, cumin, a whisper of saffron, the kind of turmeric that stains your fingertips for two days. She sent us the recipe this week to share with you — "so your table tastes like ours."
Serves four · Thirty minutes · Halal
Read the full recipe
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| Chapter IV |
On the Calendar |
Where to find us next.
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April · Fri
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Hope Kitchen, East Dallas
11a–2p · Two volunteer seats remain.
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26
April · Sun
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ESL tutoring — Beginners & Intermediate
3p–5p · Walk-ins welcome.
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03
May · Sun
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Our Tenth Year
A Decade of Impact.
Our annual gala · Richardson, TX · Fourteen days out.
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| Chapter V |
This week's specific need |
One family needs $600 for April rent — by Friday.
A single mother, two children, her husband hospitalized. The landlord has granted an extension through Friday. As of Sunday, we are at $340.
Give $60 — Close the Gap
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شكراً · Shukran
With gratitude, this week, to —
Sarah · Muhammad · Zainab · Omar · Leila
Priya · Khalid · Aisha · Tariq · Fatima
David · Huda · Noor · Samir · Layla
and twenty-seven 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 · Sura al-Baqara · 2:245
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