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| Walaa Al Dabbagh |
On December 27th, Maine was struck with a fierce blizzard. Some offices even began issuing cancellation notices the day before. The morning of the blizzard, while the rest of the state was still sleeping soundly, blanketed with over a foot of snow, Walaa Al Dabbagh went above and beyond the call of duty. She awoke early and began digging out her car. Scheduled to interpret for a surgery at 6:30am that morning, she called Malvina at 6:35am to tell her that she was very very sorry, she was going to be a few minutes late to her appointment. She arrived only 10 minutes late and then when she got there interpreted for not one, but two patients who needed interpreters that morning. A gold medal for reliability!
Thank you Walaa! On that snowy morning and every day, you are always a paragon of responsibility and dedication to the field. We thank you for all your hard work.
Walaa has earned herself a chance to win a registration for the IMIA Annual Conference this fall, and a Catholic Charities Maine messenger bag to carry her planner, dictionaries, and timesheets!
And a thank you to all of you who venture out in these snowy months, second only to the U.S. Postal Service are the Catholic Charities Interpreters! :)
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