email appeal

While working at EMBARC, I wrote the emails to drive event turnout to the year-end fundraiser.

I was born in a refugee camp in Thailand. I lived there until I was 19. In 2008, when accepted by the US after a long wait, I joined my family in Iowa. We faced many challenges of resettling in a new country. The language and cultural barriers made even setting up medical appointments difficult.

In 2014, I became a United States citizen. As an individual that was born displaced, I personally consider my citizenship to be one of my greatest accomplishments. In 2015, I passed the last of my HiSET (GED) exams and I am looking forward to earning a college degree. I have a family, a job that serves my community as a staf member at EMBARC, and I teach English classes on Saturdays.

Hear more from my story at An Evening with EMBARC.

In 2011, I was part of the board of ethnic community members that founded EMBARC, along with Henny Ohr, our Executive Director. We knew we needed to address the quality of life refugees had. And that’s exactly what we’ve been doing for the past seven years! Since our first meeting, we’ve provided crucial support to refugees from Burma with our various programs. And today, we’re also helping extend our model of refugees helping refugees into other communities that were forced to flee their home country and are seeking a new life here.

We have so much to celebrate.

I hope you can join us on October 11 for our biggest fundraiser of the year, and our chance to acknowledge how far we’ve come, which we could not have done without you. Purchase your tickets for An Evening with EMBARC and learn more about the event, here. My own accomplishments would not have been possible without my community supporting me, and our community’s achievements would not have been possible without our fellow Iowans standing by our side.

I hope to see you in a few short weeks!