AMERICAN DRUZE SOCIETY الجمعية الدرزية الاميركية

Photo album

 March 27^th 2010  

  J.W. Marriott Houston

Honoring

Mr. Nijad I. & Mrs. Zeina Fares

 

President Message  

 

 

 November 2009

 

I would like to extend my appreciation and gratitude to each one of you for your continued support.

It is an honor for me to be elected to serve our beloved ADS community as the President of the Houston Chapter for almost four years. I am blessed with a homogeneous, hard working team of board members, eager to work diligently in order to achieve our goals.

The ADS Houston Chapter has been hard at work to accomplish its goals of bringing the community together and enhancing its livelihood. 

In 2007, we have observed Eid El-Adha on December 15th, 2007 with a religiously educational lecture and commemorated the Eid with an annual celebration held at the Sheraton Suites the following day.  We also celebrated with friends and families the welcoming of the New Year at our 6th Annual New Year Eve Party that took place at the Hilton Post Oak Hotel on December 31^st, 2007.  Several picnics were held, community members and friends were invited. Thanks to your continued support the ADS Houston were able to sponsor all the picnics held. 

We hosted The American Druze Society 2008 Thanksgiving Convention that was held from November 26 to November 30 2008 at the J.W Marriot Houston, the net proceeds from this convention was the seed needed to launch the ADS Houston Druze Center Fund and the establishment of the ADS Houston Exhibit that will preserve the history and heritage of our unique culture.

November 6 - 8 of 2009 we had our first ADS Family Weekend Campout

The ADS Houston Chapter, continues to perform charitable and civic programs for the betterment of the home, family, and community relations. For example, the Chapter has contributed assistance to Hurricane Katrina evacuees in 2006, supported families affected by the California fires during the Summer of 2007, and funded medical costs and assistance for needy families. The organization also supports fundraising efforts of other non-profit organizations such as

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital program.

We have been matching funds that were raised to help and support many charitable organizations, both nationwide and abroad. In 2007 the ADS Houston Chapter matched the funds raised by The Helping Hands to a total sum of 5,000 USD. This amount was sent to Ain WaZein Hospital Elderly Care Center to be used for the benefit of the elderly residents at the hospital. 

I proudly would like to summarize the achievements that we accomplished due to a great team and of course all of this because of your generous support.