Nominations Open for 2025 Welcoming Fort Wayne Awards
Have someone you would like to nominate for a Welcoming Fort Wayne Award? Nominations are accepted through Monday, August 18, 2025.
Submit completed forms to Rui Gui, Mission Advancement Specialist, at ruigui@amanifamilyservices.org.
If you need assistance filling out the nomination form, please contact Amani Family Services at (260) 484-1414.
Welcoming Fort Wayne Award ဆုအတွက် သင်သိသူတစ်ဦးကိုအမည်စာရင်းတင်သွင်းလိုသူ တစ်ဦးရှိပါသလား။
အမည်စာရင်းပေးသွင်းမှုများကို ၂၀၂၅ ခုနှစ်၊ ဩဂုတ်လ ၁၈ ရက်၊ တနင်္လာနေ့အထိ အဆိုတင်သွင်းခြင်းများကို လက်ခံပါသည်။ ruigui@amanifamilyservices.org. လျှောက်လွှာဖောင်ဖြည့်သွင်းရာတွင် အကူအညီ လိုအပ်ပါက Amani Family Services (260) 484-1414 သို့ ဆက်သွယ်ပါ။
¿Conoces a alguien a quien te gustaría nominar para un Premio de Welcoming Fort Wayne? Las nominaciones se aceptan hasta el lunes 18 de agosto del 2025.
Enviar formularios completados a ruigui@amanifamilyservices.org. Si necesitas ayuda para completar el formulario de nominación, comunícate con Amani Family Services al (260) 484-1414.
Welcoming Fort Wayne Awards
SAVE THE DATE
Date: Friday, September 19, 2025
Time: 8:30 to 10:00 a.m.; doors open at 8:30 a.m.; program begins at 9:00 a.m. Includes a light breakfast.
Venue: International Ballroom, Purdue Fort Wayne Walb Student Union, Union Cir Dr, Fort Wayne, IN 46815
Join us for a free community event to honor this year’s nominees and award recipients.
The 2025 Welcoming Fort Wayne Awards celebrate the achievements of exceptional immigrants and refugees, native community individuals, organizations and companies that have demonstrated a strong commitment to multiculturalism, and others who have shown dedication to creating a welcoming community. The awards are presented by Welcoming Fort Wayne, a chapter of Welcoming America and an initiative of Amani Family Services.
There are four categories:
Individual Nomination:
Lifetime Achiever: Honors an experienced leader who has devoted a significant portion of their career and volunteer work to the immigrant and refugee community. Their service has deeply impacted multiculturalism in Allen County for a decade or more.
Emerging Leader: Honors a newcomer to the multicultural community who has demonstrated exceptional resilience and commitment to improving the community and lives of immigrant/refugee families through their burgeoning career or volunteer work.
Welcoming Organization: Recognizes a for-profit or nonprofit organization that has made a lasting effort to be inclusive and welcoming through engagements with the refugee and immigrant community. In addition to its external efforts, the organization demonstrates multicultural representation at various levels of leadership and has taken initiative in hiring immigrants and refugees in Allen County, Indiana.
Non-profit
For-profit
