Nearly one year ago we were contacted by members of the Tampa community who were interested in starting a chapter of Radiant Hands. Their specific goal is to guide families from instability to stability with the use of counseling services and referrals to support agencies. After hours of review, planning, and meetings we, the Radiant Hands Executive Board, decided to move forward with the expansion. We are excited to say that this means that the charity will now serve both Tampa and North Central Florida, providing much needed support for even more families!

Understanding that this expansion significantly increases the number of clients served, we have decided to meet the additional need by expanding the Executive Board and shifting responsibilities. In particular, the founding members of the charity will remain on the board to continue to serve North Central FL and help guide the organization through future decisions. The roles of President, Secretary, and Treasurer, however, will now be held by Magda Elkadi-Saleh, Lailah Rahim, and Osama Kayali, respectively. These officers and their team have already begun working to establish a physical office in Tampa where they will see clients, offer counseling and referral services, and hold meetings. They are working hard so that they can be up and running before the end of this summer. 

The financial operations of the charity will now be managed by Mr. Osama Kayali, who has been working as a Certified Public Accountant in Florida for 16 years. He will work with with Mrs. Patricia Khan (former treasurer and acting president of Radiant Hands) to track and manage the donations and expenses for each chapter. In this way, donations for each region will be used to meet the needs in that particular area. In other words: donations made in NCentral FL will be used to serve NCentral FL with guidance from the NCentral FL directors, and donations made in Tampa will be used to serve Tampa with guidance from the Tampa directors.