Photo courtesy of Abbott House
The non-profit, Abbot House, is to honor Daanyal Agboatwalla with the Joseph M. Pastore, Jr. Difference-Maker Award for his work in the community. Agboatwalla is a senior at Horace Mann School in the Bronx and is fiercely committed to supporting marginalized communities and fighting inequality wherever it exists. His passion led him to Abbott House, where he spent a summer working with migrant children as a teacher’s assistant in its Transitional Resource for Children (TRC) school.
Abbott House is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization working with children, families and adults with complex needs. It supports nearly 2,800 children in foster care, unaccompanied immigrant minors, adults with developmental disabilities, and struggling families in the New York Metropolitan area and the Hudson Valley by providing safety, promoting healing and restoring hope.
The core of the organization’s work is helping people recover from deep trauma, or intervening to prevent trauma in the first place. The organization works hard to reunite families, create new ones, and make promising futures a reality for those entrusted to its care, giving them a sense of belonging, rooted in home and community.
Agboatwalla was one of a number of volunteers who helped the organization build a new playground, and he continues to bring hope to children at Abbott House, most recently through ZOOM tutoring sessions with a young boy who needs a little extra help with his reading. “There is no purer type of joy than to make someone else feel important or cared for,” he said.
Meanwhile, Abbot House wrote, “We are so proud to honor Daanyal with the Joseph M. Pastore, Jr. Difference-Maker Award on Tuesday, October 20th during our Hooray For Our Heroes event! Make sure to mark your calendar and bookmark the live-stream so you can see Daanyal accept this deserving award.”
Anyone wishing to make a contribution in honor of Daanyal, learn about available sponsorships, or read more about what to expect during the Hooray For Our Heroes Event, can do so by clicking on the following link.
Proceeds from the fundraising event will support Abbott House in its mission, will keep its direct-care workers safe, and will enable it to provide all that is needed to bring a sense of safety, healing and hope to the children, families and adults entrusted to its care.
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