This year’s event is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27 at the Northbank Center, 432 N. Saginaw St., in Flint, made possible with a $1,000 grant from the Stella & Frederick Loeb Charitable Trust, administered by FirstMerit Private Ban.
Sisters Carol Weber and Judy Blake of St. Luke’s N.E.W. Life Center have been chosen to receive the Community Contributors of the Year award.
“This is our chance to thank and honor those who lead our remarkable community in Flint,” said Dr. Abd Alghanem, event co-chairperson, in a news release. They are on the front lines, making changes and lives better.”
“What I hope they remember in 10, 20 years is this disaster happened in Flint, but they came together as a community and they were creative and innovative and proactive and look how much brighter their tomorrow, their future is.”
A scholarship will also be awarded during the event to a local student funded by contributions and fundraising events held throughout the year. Scholarships are open to eligible high school juniors and seniors as well as college students of Arabic heritage.
The Arab-American Heritage Council is a non-partisan, non-sectarian, nonprofit organization that strives to preserve and celebrate Arabic heritage, as well as support and unite all Arab-Americans in the Greater Flint Area.
For additional information about the AAHC, visit aahcflint.org or the organization’s Facebook page.