Leaders Advancing & Helping Communties Annual Report

LAHC LEADERS ADVANCING & HELPING COMMUNTIES

ENRICHING LIVES- EMBRACING DIVERSITY

ANNUAL REPORT

FY 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Message from LAHC Leadership ……………………………………………………………………………………..Page 3

Mission ……………………………………………………………………………………..Page 4

LAHC Board of Directors ……………………………………………………………………………………..Page 5-6

Programs Overview ………………………………………………………………………………….….Page 8 Educational Programs ……………………………………………………………………………………..Page 9-15 Public Health ………………………………………………………………………………….... Page 16-17 Social Services ……………………………………………………………………………………..Page 18-25

Demographic ………………………………………………………………………………….….Page 26

Donors ……………………………………………………………………………………..Page 27-30

MESSAGE FROM OUR LEADERS

Ali Jawad Wassim Mahfouz Sam Salamey Founder Executive Director President

LAHC has experienced a year of great achievements and we are excited to share them with you, our family, friends, and supporters. It has been a long journey and the LAHC continues to remain involved, active, and focused on providing residents within the State of Michigan with sustainable programs. It is with pride that we continue to look ahead and plan for the future of the LAHC, ensuring that we maintain quality programs, viable humanitarian aid initiatives, engaging educational activities, and meaningful relationships with our partners.

As we began our strategic planning efforts and mapped the next five years of the LAHC, we realized the need to expand our offices and made the decision to move. We found a new home, located in heart of downtown Dearborn. The new office space provides our organization with a classroom, offices, food pantry and a conference room. Additionally, we hired several new, qualified staff members to the LAHC team, expanded our public health department by incorporating a substance abuse and smoking cessation program, became licensed by the State of Michigan to provide substance abuse prevention services, started a community garden initiative at the Global Heights Academy, reached out to new foundations and funding sources, and revisited the curriculum we use for our programming by enhancing it with evidence based research, opportunities for engagement and interaction, and ensuring we meet our goals in a timely and constructive manner.

As the Arab American Scholarship Foundation continues its efforts in providing students of academic distinction with funding to pursue their educational endeavors, in 2015 the LAHC awarded $103,000 in scholarships at the Annual Awards Gala in May. Ensuring we assist students in their higher education has been a priority for the LAHC. We are pleased that we have established partnerships with additional higher education institutions, helping the LAHC to offer more scholarships to students in the State of Michigan.

As the economy continues to fluctuate, we witness, daily, as many in our nation suffer as a result of homelessness, unemployment, and lack of basic resources. The LAHC recognizes the needs of our community members and expanded our social service engagement by increasing the number of people we are able to serve through our Turkey Drive, and monthly clothing and food drives by 35% while also increasing the LAHC food pantry, which helps families with food items during difficult times.

The LAHC takes great pride in the foundation laid by its founders who embraced their new home in the USA and the heritage and culture of their motherland, creating an organization to serve the community. With over 32 years of service under the name, Lebanese American Heritage Club, the LAHC Board of Directors decided to have an important conversation and this year, in order to reflect the rich and diverse demographics we serve, they decided to change the name of the organization to LAHC-Leaders Advancing and Helping Communities. As 2015 comes to a close, we are thankful for another year of success, engagement, and opportunities to serve the community. We look forward to continuous growth and hope that you will be there, to support, encourage, and advise us.

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MISSON

TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL, HEALTH AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS OF THE COMMUNITY.

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LAHC BOARD OF DIRECTORS

EXECUTIVE BOARD

Ali Jawad Founder Honorable Sam Salamey President

Honorable Helal Farhat Vice President

Suehaila Amen Mohamed Jaber Treasurer c Secretary

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Fouad Ashkar Allie Berry Bridget Hurd Director Director Director

Stanley Jensen, PhD Samuel Fawaz, M.D Hassen Hammoud, PhD Director Director Director

Stanley Henderson Kallil Kazan, DOC Director Director

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PROGRAMS & SERVICES

Who We Serve? EDUCATION & YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LAHC is proud to offer its programs and services to the greater community in Southeast Michigan, regardless of their ethnicity, nationality, gender, PUBLIC HEALTH race, religion, age or sexual orientation.

We do not discriminate against any groups and welcome all who SOCIAL SERVICES are interested in the LAHC to participate in our efforts and join us in serving the community at large.

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EDUCATION

Scholarship Program

LAHC is proud to be recognized as a leading advocate of higher education and to have the distinction of offering one of the largest scholarship assistance programs in the area. Throughout the past twenty seven years, the Arab American Scholarship Foundation Program has awarded over 1,200 students of high academic distinction nearly $1.5 million dollars in scholarships.

In 2o15, LAHC Awarded $103,000 in scholarships to 47 students assisting them in their pursuit of higher education.

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Youth Leadership & Diversity Education Program

The Youth Leadership and Diversity Program- YLDEP is an innovative solution to equip high school juniors and seniors with invaluable 21st century skills that will allow them to change themselves and the world through service. Using GoLead, an evidence based curriculum, the YLDEP extend learning opportunities to the youth by providing various seminars and activities that are focused on leadership & life skills, diversity education, job readiness, college access education, educational and career goal setting, strategic planning as well as empowering them to make a difference in their communities.

225 Youth graduated from the Youth Leadership Academy

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Youth Development

Area youth participated in a panel discussion comprised of the Special Agent in Charge of the FBI, David Gelios; United States Attorney, Barbara McQuade, Representatives from the CIA among other State & City Leaders.

CIA Recruiter, Kimberly J; Unites States Attorney Barbara McQuade; SAC-FBI Detroit David Gelios; Dearborn Council President Susan Dabaja; FBI Outreach Coordinator Bushra Alawie; State Senator David Knezek

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Back to School Program

In an effort to encourage and assist area students in their academic journey, LAHC provides backpacks filled with school supplies and reading materials. To date, over 6000 backpacks have been distributed in local schools throughout Wayne County. This year, LAHC teamed up with the Dearborn Police Department serving 1500 students.

1500 Students LAHC Annual Report I 2015 9 Served

LAHC members joined by Dearborn Police Chief Ronald Haddad & Dearborn Public Schools superintendent Glenn Maleyko serving area Youth at Salina Elementary & Intermediate.

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Youth Lead

The Lebanese American Heritage Club is the youth extension of the LAHC. A network comprised of youth, they work unremittingly to establish programs that provide leadership training, team building skills, and engagement opportunities in various projects in order to give back to their community. From social, educational, cultural, and service based programs, the Lebanese American Heritage Club is committed to providing quality programs for all to benefit from. With mentorship, tutoring, feeding the needy, clothing and food drives and other initiatives, the Club seeks out opportunities in southeastern Michigan to give back to the community and partner with local student groups and organizations to increase their efforts.

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PUBLIC HEALTH

Healthy Living Program

The Healthy Living Program is focused on empowering children in underprivileged communities to take control of their own health at the earliest age possible. Through a combination of cooking and fitness classes, children learn hands-on about the nutritional content of food and how diet directly impacts their health. Also, children are taught about the critical connection between diet, fitness, and school performance. Participants of this program will learn how to identify certain foods that have been scientifically shown to improve memory, learning, mood and behavior.

970 Youth & 750 Adults Served

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Mobile Health Clinic

LAHC Teamed up with Garden City Hospital providing free medical services in the community

235 PEOPLE LAHC Annual Report I 2015 13 SERVED SOCIAL SERVICES

We the People- Feed the People

FOOD, CLOTHING & SHELTER ASSISTANCE

LAHC multilingual staff works around the clock to provide comprehensive assistance to clients in need, aiding them to move to self-sufficiency. Using a holistic approach, our emergency services team provides a wide array of vital services, with direct focus on hunger and homelessness prevention; by providing food and clothing, rent assistance (upon availability of fund), translation, holiday meals and referral services.

12,500 PEOPLE SERVED LAHC Annual Report I 2015 14

Mobile Food Pantry

LAHC Volunteers serving the homeless in Detroit

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Turkey Drive

1000 Turkeys and backpacks filled with nutritional & food supplies distributed in observance of thanksgiving.

4000 PEOPLE LAHC Annual Report I 2015 16 SERVED LAHC In The News

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Clothing & Coat Drive

Surviving the cold winter without proper clothing is unbearable. LAHC organizes a clothing, blanket and shoes drive, providing assistance to those in dire need in preparation of the winter season.

2500 PEOPLE LAHC Annual Report I 2015 18 SERVED

Holiday Homeless Event

Every child should have the blessing of welcoming in the season with a smile and good spirit. With all the global suffering, it is our duty to ensure that those within our community, who have a restriction of means, are given the same respect and love that each of us would expect from our fellow brother and sister in humanity. In this spirit, LAHC members organize an Annual Holiday Celebration at a local homeless shelter, serving a warm meal and gifts to all those in attendance.

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LAHC members joined by Special Agent In Charge of the FBI David Gelios and Joe Bazzi of Byblos Banquets serving lunch at the Wayne County Family Shelter in Westland

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200 PEOPLE SERVED

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CLIENT DEMOGRAHICS

Clients by Race Arab American………………………. 50% African American …………………... 30% White …………………………………. 10% Hispanic …………………………….…10%

Clients by Gender Female……………………………….. 55% Male……………………………….…..45%

Clients by household income Under $20,000 …………………… 71% $20,000 - $49,000……………….... 25% Over $50,000……………………… $4%

Clients by Program Social Services…………………... 19,200 Youth & Education…………….. 2,154 Public Health……………………. 1,955

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OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO OUR DONORS

Aline Underhill Orton Foundation

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1st Care Transportation INC ATP Tutoring LLC CENTURY 21 Curran & Christie AAPAC Awad, Mr. Hassan Chammout, Mr. Kassey Abbas, Ms. Nawal Azar, Dr. Ghassan Charara, Mr. Ali Abdallah, Mr. Wassim Barney's Convenience Mart Inc Cheaitli, Ms. Maya Abdel-Hak, Dr. Hussein Baruah, Ms. Sandy City of Dearborn Abdoulah, Ms. Colleen Basha Diagnostics, P.C. Clark-Foos, Dr. Arlo Abouljoud, Dr. Marwan Baydoun, Mr. Sam Clements, Mrs. Shannon Abouljoud, Mrs. Mary Baza, Ms. Mary Comerica Bank Abueida, Mr. Mohamed Bazzi, Dr. Khadije Community Foundation For Southeast MI Access Bazzi, Mr. Hassan Consumer Energy Foundation ACRL Bazzi, Mr. Joe Costco wholesale Adams, Mr. Mark Bazzi, Mrs. Abbie Creative Image Beauty Salon ADC Michigan Bazzi, Mrs. Mariam Daniel, Ms. Denise Ahmad Family Enterprise INC Bazzy Investments LLC Darany, Mr. George Alaziz, Mr. Richard Beaumont Health System Darwiche, Ms. Batoul Alcodry, Mrs. Amal Becker, Mrs. Roberta Davis, Ms. Jerry Jones Al-Fasih, Mr. Wael Ali Bedoun, Mr. Ed Dearborn Bistro Alhashemy , Dr Esra Berry, Dr. S. Dearborn Dental Group Alhersesh, Mr. Abdelrahman Berry, Mr. Abdel Dearborn Family Pharmacy Aline Underhill Orten Foundation Berry, Mr. Allie Dearborn Heights Pharmacy Aljanaby, Mrs. Wasan Berry, Mr. Thomas Dearborn Public Schools Ajrouche, Dr. Hussein Best Buy Foundation Darwiche, Fouad M Alkhafaji, Mrs. Athra H Beydoun, Mr. Abboudi Debouk, Mr. Rami Allen Brothers PLLC Bint Jebail Cultural Center Dermatology Specialists Allie, Mrs. Zinab Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Driden, Mrs. Racquel Alwerafli, Dr. Daw Boulus, Mr. Michael Drug Max Amen, Mr. Ron BP Service Station DTE Energy Amen, Mrs. Lila Brown, Ms. Elizabeth DTE Energy Foundation Arab American and Chaldean Council BSP Law Offices Dynamic Dry Cleaners Arab American Heritage Council-Flint Byblos Banquets Ebeid, Mr. Russell Armada Oil & Gas Company Cantu, Ms. Camilla Eby Brown Companies At Law Group Center for Women's Health Educare Students Services Atlas Oil Central Intelligence Agency Eida, Mr. Mike

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Elabed, Mr. Rachid General Motors Company Jawad, Mr. Ali El-Ayache, Mr. Dan Ghafari Associates LLC Jorgensen Ford Elder, Dr. Maher Ghafari, Mr. Yousif Kadry, Mr. Ray Elhage, Mr. Hussein Global Educational Excellence Kassis, Ms. Nadia Elhassan, Mrs. Zena Greenland Market Kazan, Dr. Kallil Elkhoury, Mr. Henry Habib's Cuisine, INC Khanafer, Dr. Naim M. Elzein- Merhi, Mrs. Lola Hachem, Mr. Abdallah Kobeissi, Ms. Mariam Enterprise Rent A Car Hachem, Mr. Hussein Komaiha, Mr. Mohamad EnvisonTEC Haddad, Dr. Chadi Kulka, Mr. Mike Exxon Mobil-Safiedine Oil Co Hage, Mr. Chuck La Fontaine Honda Fadalllah, Mr. Majed Haidous, Mrs. Ghenwa A LACOM Fairlane Ford Halwani, Mr. Nasser Lapita Fairlane Town Center Hamadeh Educational Services Lartevi, Mrs. Afatsawo Fakih, Mr. Nabil Hamadeh, Mr. Nasser Law Office of Farhat & Associates Fardous, Mr. Ali Hamadeh, Mrs. Nawal Lawrence Technological University Fardous, Ms. Rania Hammoud, Mr & Mrs. Abed Lebanese American University Farhat and Associates, PLLC Henry Ford Health System Lebanese Collegiate Network Farhat, Mr. Helal Hammoud, Mr. Billal Lis, Ms. Bernadette Fawaz Insurance Agency Hammoud, Mr. Mazen Liv Lounge INC Fawaz, Dr. Samuel Harake, Mrs. Manal Love, Mr. Harold Fawaz, Mr. Ali - Hassan, Mrs. Sajeda Luxury Limousine INC Fawaz, Mr. Ned Hatem, Mrs. Shukrieh MAEngineering Fawaz, Mr. Tark Hazamy, Mrs. Z. Janet Mahfouz, Mr. Wassim Fawaz, Ms. Leila Health Alliance Plan Majzoub, Mrs. Mona Fayad, Mr. Ali Huntington National Bank Lebon Sweet of Dearborn INC Federal Bureau of Investigation Heart and Vascular Institute PLLC Mango's Cafe On The Hill, LLC First Wireless X Helal LLC Marathon Petroleum Company Ford Dental Henry Ford College Martinez, Mrs. Erica E. Ford Motor Company Hype Athletics Community Mashhour, Mr. Ibrahim Forrest, Mr. Robert Islamic Center of America Maya Pharmacy Forrest, Mr. Robert Islamic House of Wisdom MEA TV and Radio Frito-Lay, Mid America Region Islamic Institute of Knowledge Mehdi, Mr. Khalil GamesHeadz Jaafar, Mr. Hassane Meijer Garcia, Mr. Ricardo Jaber, Mr. Mohamed Merhi, Mr. Wissam Garden Food Distributors Jawad, Dr. Badih Michigan State University

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MGM Grand Detroit Schlissel, Dr. Mark Yemeni American Association Michigan Fuels Sassine, Mr. Salim Yogurttown INC Midwest Unity, INC Secure 24 Younes, Dr. Wassim Murray, Mr. Moheeb Sharp, Mr. Augustine Yono, Mr. Nabby NAACP Shatila Food Products Ziyad Brothers Importing NAAMA Shouhayib, Mr. Kamal Ziyad Brothers Importing Napoleon, Mr. Benny Shousher, Mr. Yehia NetcoATM Siblani, Mr. Ali New Yasmeen Bakery Siblini, Mr. Hussein Oakland University Siciliano, Mrs. Jennifer Oakland University- School of Engineering Sobh, Ms. Hebah Oasis Mediterranean Cuisine The Arab American News O'Reilly, Mr. Jack The Choice Group Thank Oscar Larson Corporation The Denver Foundation Pepsi Beverages Company The Lava Lounge Peterson, Mr. Eric The Ronald McDonald House PNC Bank Turfe, Mr. David Prime Care Medical Clinic University of Michigan Rodriguez, Mrs. Margaret UBC Food Distributors You Royal Matters & Futon LLC DBA Unanimous Saad Trading, INC United International Services Saber, Mr. Hussein Universal Led Sadr Foundation Venture Title Agency Safiedine, Dr. Ali Vindici, Ms. Judy Sajouna LLC Walmart Foundation Salamey, Mr. Salem Walterhouse, Mr. Lewis Saleh, Mr. Amer Watson, Dr. JoAnn Saleh, Mr. Emad Wayne State University Santana, Mr. Harvey WXYZ Channel 7 Sareini, Mr. Houssein Yasmine, Ms. Elias Sareini, Mr. Mike YABA

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Notes

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