Thank You! Annual Gala Recap
All of us at PfP would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who attended and supported our annual gala this year. We are grateful to our fabulous and very funny emcee, Amer Zahr, who kept the evening both lighthearted and substantive. Speakers Adam Abel and Kenny Reed spoke at length about the SkateQilya project that PfP continues to fund in order to establish and proliferate skateboarding as a viable sport and recreation activity for youth in Palestine, particularly for girls. The project was established by Mohammad Othman, who, unfortunately, could not travel from Palestine to be with us, but Adam showed us video footage of him, interviews with the kids benefiting from the project, and action shots of kids on wheels flying in the air. Salah Ajarma, who came all the way from Palestine, talked to us about Lajee Center, what the playground there …