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2024 Emur Award Winner
Lexi attends a Day Habilitation Center and was nominated by the director of the center. Lexi is loving and caring. She always has a smile on her face and brings smiles to everyone she meets. At home, she loves to help with household chores, like unloading the dishwasher, dusting, tidying her bedroom, and sorting her dirty laundry. Lexi also loves to travel, walk her dog, go to the gym, go shopping, and just being outside. Her greatest strengths are friendliness and helpfulness.
2024 Emur Award Winner
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Nabeel attends a Day Habilitation Center. Nominated by the director of the center, Nabeel is a very friendly and kindhearted individual. He always gets along with his peers and staff at the center. At home, he loves to help his parents with household chores around the house. His greatest strength is kindness and Helpfulness. He loves playing vintage video games on his PlayStation and watching funny videos on YouTube. His Favorite restaurant to eat is IHOP.
Nabeel attends a Day Habilitation Center. Nominated by the director of the center, Nabeel is a very friendly and kindhearted individual. He always gets along with his peers and staff at the center. At home, he loves to help his parents with household chores around the house. His greatest strength is kindness and Helpfulness. He loves playing vintage video games on his PlayStation and watching funny videos on YouTube. His Favorite restaurant to eat is IHOP.
2024 Emur Award Winner
Nahla is a 2nd grader that makes strides in school. She frequently checks in on her teachers and fellow students. She knows when someone in the class is absent and asks about their welfare to ensure they are okay. She often tells the teacher she misses the absent students or staff.
Nahla is a role model in gym class because she is a good listener and dancer. She is kind to everyone and loves to make people laugh. She makes new friends easily. Her teachers nominated her and are proud of her.
Nahla is a role model in gym class because she is a good listener and dancer. She is kind to everyone and loves to make people laugh. She makes new friends easily. Her teachers nominated her and are proud of her.
2024 Emur Award Winner
Nominated by his teacher, Ayden, a 4th grade student, has grown into a kind, helpful, and compassionate person. He often helps his classmates, teachers, and other staff in his school. Everyone knows Ayden! He has taken on the “big brother” role among his classmates, especially the little ones. He makes sure they have what they need in class and is often the first one to volunteer to help them.
2021 Emur Award Winner
In 2021, Noah received the Emur Outstanding Citizen Award. His teacher, who nominated him, described Noah as a great helper, an outstanding leader, and an exceptional role model for his peers. He sure is excited about his award!
2020 Emur Award Winners
In 2020, three outstanding recipients from a local Center, received the Emur Outstanding Citizen Awards. The proud recipients pose with two directors of the center and the founder of Emur Awards, Dr. Goretti Rerri, on the extreme right.
Meet Cole, our 2018 Emur Award Winner!
Cole received the Emur Outstanding Citizen Award in 2018 for his excellent work as a shopping Cart handler at a local LOWE's store.
Cole's passion for his work as a shopping cart handler is exceptional. According to his stepmother, Cole was off duty one day and the family was driving past the LOWE's store where Cole worked. Cole, ever so protective of his parking lot, turned over to survey the parking lot and what he saw upset him. He saw abandoned carts all over the lot and some were been blown by the wind and rolling randomly. That would not happen under Cole's watch! In anguish, Cole turned to his stepmother and said, "They should have called me!" He was ready to sacrifice his off day to go and handle the out of control shopping carts in the parking lot! What a guy! The LOWE's store manager, said this about Cole, " I wish all employees can have half of the enthusiasm for work that Cole has. He is simply a remarkable worker! We are lucky to have him at our store!"
Cole's passion for his work as a shopping cart handler is exceptional. According to his stepmother, Cole was off duty one day and the family was driving past the LOWE's store where Cole worked. Cole, ever so protective of his parking lot, turned over to survey the parking lot and what he saw upset him. He saw abandoned carts all over the lot and some were been blown by the wind and rolling randomly. That would not happen under Cole's watch! In anguish, Cole turned to his stepmother and said, "They should have called me!" He was ready to sacrifice his off day to go and handle the out of control shopping carts in the parking lot! What a guy! The LOWE's store manager, said this about Cole, " I wish all employees can have half of the enthusiasm for work that Cole has. He is simply a remarkable worker! We are lucky to have him at our store!"
Presenting Jairo, our 2017 Emur Award Winner!
Jairo received the 2017 Emur Outstanding Citizen Award. His teacher, who nominated him described him as extremely kind, responsible, a cheerful helper, independent, and took care of his peers who were less able than him. Everyone in the room was moved to tears when the teacher read the remarkable attributes that Jairo possessed at such a young age. We are very proud of Jairo!
Photo shows Jairo's dad, his aunt, and Emur Award founder Dr. Goretti Rerri, to the left.
Photo shows Jairo's dad, his aunt, and Emur Award founder Dr. Goretti Rerri, to the left.
2016 Emur Award Winner
Our 2016 Emur Award recipient was Alex. His teacher who nominated him described him as "having the biggest heart and loved helping others." A great example to his classmates, Alex made his teacher and parents proud.
His parents pose with Alex shortly after he received his award.
His parents pose with Alex shortly after he received his award.
Meet the 2015 Emur Award Winners-They were the first recipients of the Emur Award.
Emur was founded in 2015 and these children where the first to be honored. They were nominated by their teachers for exceptional deeds in their classrooms. We are very proud of them!
Food Packages Distributed to Families in Nigeria
This is one of the different kinds of food packages that we distribute to impoverished families living with developmental disabilities in Nigeria. We encourage you to support this project by clicking on the denote button. Thank you.
Food Packages Distributed to Families in Nigeria
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