BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//NONSGML Sandhills Development\, LLC//NONSGML Sugar Calendar Fe eds v3.6.1//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Threads of Giving Gala 2023 X-WR-CALDESC:Center for Arab American Philanthropy X-WR-TIMEZONE:UTC BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 DTSTART:20230324T050000 TZNAME:UTC END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 DTSTART:20230324T050000 TZNAME:UTC END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Threads of Giving Gala 2023 DESCRIPTION:FIFTH ANNUAL THREADS OF GIVING GALA\nHonoring this year's Ou tstanding Arab American Philanthropist of the Year\, Rania Succar\n\nEve nt Information:\nFriday\, Sept. 22\, 2023 at 5 pm\nGuglielmo Winery\n148 0 E. Main Ave. Morgan Hill\, CA 95037\n\nThe evening will include a coc ktail reception followed by a seated dinner and a classical Arabic music al entertainment program. Suggested dress is semi-formal.\nABOUT RANIA S UCCAR\n\n\nRania Succar is a life-long social entrepreneur and an accomp lished business leader. She is the co-founder of Jusoor\, a global non-p rofit that has provided education opportunities to over 10\,000 Syrian c hildren and youth.  She is also the CEO of Intuit Mailchimp.\n\n \; \n\nRania is passionate about closing the opportunity gap that exists fo r children and youth in the Arab world.  She co-founded Jusoor in 2011 with that purpose in mind.  Facing one of the worst humanitarian crises in history\, Syria stood to suffer from a lost generation.  Rania and the Jusoor team were determined not to let that happen.\n\nOver the past 13 years\, they have developed and scaled education programs around the world that have created tremendous hope and impact among Syrian youth.   Through these programs\, they have directly educated over 10\,000 youn g people and impacted the lives of thousands more.  To achieve all of t his\, Rania and team have galvanized a community of thousands of support ers from around the world to come together.  Prior to founding Jusoor\, Rania co-founded the Harvard Arab Alumni Association\, which has grown to become one of the most thriving alumni organizations in the world\, w ith the ambition of accelerating economic development in the Arab World. \n\nRania has pursued her non-profit work alongside a very successful bu siness career.  She is a mission-driven leader and is passionate about the role technology can play in accelerating economic development.  She is currently the CEO of Intuit Mailchimp and\, through her work at Intu it\, is focused on powering prosperity for small businesses around the w orld.  During her time at Intuit\, Rania has led teams to launch severa l highly innovative offerings\, enabling small businesses to get paid fa ster\, access capital when they need it\, improve cash flow visibility\, and increase sales.\n\nRania received her MBA at Harvard Business Schoo l\, an MPA in International Development from the Harvard Kennedy School\ , and an AB from Harvard College.  Rania lives in the Bay Area with her husband Kourosh and their two children\, Salma (5) and Dara (3).  They love to cook together\, travel together and spend time with the kids’ grandparents\, cousins\, and aunts and uncles!\n\n\nCENTER FOR ARAB AME RICAN PHILANTHROPY (CAAP) \nThe Center for Arab American Philanthropy ( CAAP)\, a national institution of ACCESS\, is a national community found ation with the objective to unite and empower the Arab American communit y by demonstrating the impact of giving together. CAAP improves communit ies through grantmaking\, serves donors by providing smart charitable gi ving tools\, and shapes perceptions about Arab Americans by highlighting their exceptional contributions to society.\n\nProceeds from this yearâ €™s Threads of Giving Gala will support CAAP’s mission to improve comm unities through grantmaking by supporting Arab American human services a nd arts &\; culture organizations across the country.\n\n\nThank you to our generous sponsors:\nUnderwriters: \n\n\nBenefactors:\nMr. and Mr s. Basem and Muna Hishmeh\n\n\nPatron: \nMr. and Mrs. Ghassan and Manal Saab\nMs. Rania Succar and Mr. Kourosh Vahabzadeh\nSupporters: \nMr. P eter Farah and Ms. Jennifer CaldwellDr. and Mrs. Walid and Rasha Demashk iehMr. and Mrs. Reyad and Maya FezzaniDr. Kamal M. Itani and Mrs. Gheed Amara Itani\n \;\n\nSPONSORSHIP AND TICKET INFO\n\n\nTickets are no longer available for this event\n\nAccommodations: \n\n\nFor your conve nience\, a block of rooms has been reserved at the Courtyard by Marriott San Jose South/Morgan Hill for a  discounted rate of $149 per night fr om Thurs. Sept. 21 to Sun. Sept. 24. The deadline to book is Aug. 30. Cl ick here to make your reservation.\n\nWe also would like to offer some l ocal hotel recommendations for those wanting to stay near downtown San J ose. We do not have a room block at these hotels.\n\nSan Jose Marriott ( 25-minute drive from gala venue)\n\nSignia by Hilton San Jose (25-minute drive from gala venue)\n\n\n\n\n\n \; URL;VALUE=URI:https://centeraap.org/events/threads-of-giving-gala-2023/ UID:urn:uuid:624efc88-a298-4469-b42a-599cb2bdcd0e STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20261111T231832Z DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230922T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230922T213000 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR