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June 14, 2018 in the Council Agenda package on the city website at https://www.waterloo.ca/en/calendar/council/default.aspx At this meeting, Council will hear any person who wishes to speak to this issue and who has registered as a delegation with the City's Legislative Services Division. If you would like to appear before Council on June 18, 2018 regarding this matter, please contact Legislative Services at 519-747-8549 or clerkinfo@waterloo.ca no later than 10:00 am, June 18, 2018. Further information can be obtained by contacting Angela Schneider at 519-747-8508. P. 519-886-1550 TTY. 1-866-786-3941 waterloo.ca/publicnotices The Reception House in Kitchener assisted Ma- roush Kassabian when she was a new immigrant to Canada in 2016, and two years later, the 16-year-old is giving back. Kassabian and fellow St. David student Shealynn Coffee were named win- ners of their school's civics class competition, which resulted in a YPI (Youth Philanthropy Initiative) do- nation of $5,000 to the Re- ception House in Kitche- ner. "[I] haven't really pro- cessed it," said Coffee, as the two Grade 10 students presented the cheque to the Reception House's execu- tive director, Carl Cadogan, on May 29. Kassabian was a government-assisted immi- grant from Syria in 2016 af- ter Justin Trudeau ap- proved the entry of 25,000 refugees from the war-torn nation. Kassabian and Coffee, 15, both interviewed Cado- gan in January and com- pleted a plethora of online research regarding the Re- ception House and present- ed their case to classmates, and judges consisting of Grade 12 students, and a representative from YPI and principal Glenda Leu- sink on May 29. YPI is involved with a number of secondary schools in the region, pro- viding several $5,000 grants to the student's chosen cau- se.Kassabian shared her gripping tale of having to leave her home nation dur- ing the duo's presentation, as well when presenting the cheque to the Reception House later the same day. Kassabian described being forced to live away from home for months due to un- safe conditions before im- migrating to Canada in 2016. Cadogan was very pleased about the girls win- ning the competition and of course choosing the Recep- tion House. "When I got the call this morning, I had forgotten, this was five months ago when we had met," ex- plained Cadogan. "They re- minded me, and I said 'oh I remember you," we had chatted, and they said they were winners of this pre- sentation, and I think I was as much as excited as they were. It was great to hear they were successful be- cause they were really keen on it."Reception House, which has been running since 1985, welcomes gov- ernment-assisted refugees who stay at the settlement program for three to four weeks while helping them find their first homes in the region. It also connects new Canadians to other servic- es. "For two years, you haven't been here all that long, and you're already contributing back and you still kind of remembered us and the people that helped you along the way," said Marika Galadza, manager of community engagement at the Reception House, to Kassabian. "We really ap- preciate the clients that go out into the community and still remember us and we're also happy to see peo- ple living their lives, set- tling, going to school achieving their goals, once they arrive." "It's wonderful to stay in touch with people that come through here, so we really appreciate that." NEWS St. David students win class competition, earn donation for Reception House Maroush Kassabian immigrated from Syria in 2016 as refugee NAMISH MODI nmodi@waterloochronicle.ca St. David students Shealynn Coffee and Maroush Kassabian present the $5,000 cheque to Reception House Executive Director Carl Cadogan on Tuesday May 29. Namish Modi/Metroland