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Haji's Story: The Kroc Center Offered a Safe Place for Me to Be a Kid
March 12, 2019
Haji Salad was only 6 when he and his family moved from the Kenyan refugee camp where he was born to Hartford, Connecticut.
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Two Lives on Similar Paths Intersect at D.J.'s Hero Awards Luncheon
August 16, 2018
Abdinur Muqtar was just 4 years old when he fled war-torn Somalia with his family.
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D.J.'s Hero Awards Luncheon Celebrates 20 Years
August 10, 2018
Nearly 1,400 community members gathered May 8 for the 20th annual D.J.'s Hero Awards Luncheon.
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