MEET OUR STUDENTS AND CORNERSTONE AWARD

These two sisters are like a wondrous yin and yang.

The younger sister is a witty, energetic girl, pranking tutors while diligently getting all her work done, with gusto. She runs to FORA every day, wanting to make it here by the start time of 7:00 p.m. sharp. Her favorite thing about FORA is the community and the people “I love loving all of you, ” she precociously proclaims. When asked to name her favorite tutors, she starts with Julia and Simran…. and then continues to name nearly every tutor at FORA! Her enthusiasm is infectious.

The older sister is the kindest, most gentle of souls. She is an avid reader. She loves her Kindle account, and her favorite books are The One and Only Ivan and Awkward. When asked what her favorite thing about FORA is, she states “I get to work with amazing and hardworking tutors. ” She says she cannot pick a favorite tutor because she loves everybody. That response sums her up well; her generosity of spirit shines through in all she says and does.

The day the Khan family found FORA three years ago was an incredibly fortuitous moment for our organization. In the time that has passed since then, the Khans have volunteered more than 1500 hours of their time...but it is not just this number that has made their family a true cornerstone of our community. Rather, it is in the way that they each contribute to making us a better and brighter organization, with Abdullah making FORA a place of laughter, Naba making FORA a place of goodness, and their mother making FORA feel like a home, with her loving, maternal eye often watching over the youngest of our students as they learn to read. The Khan family is a guiding light within FORA, modeling to us all how we can best welcome our neighbors, and we are so proud to call the Khans our colleagues, our friends, and our family. So it is with utmost gratitude that we grant them this award, for all that they have done and continue to do to change the lives of the West Ridge refugee community.

CORNERSTONE AWARD