After losing two sons to violence, an Arlington woman turns to service
‘I just want to keep my children’s names alive,’ said Donna Tusan, whose foundation awards scholarships to students and is now organizing food giveaways during the pandemic.
In this 2015 file photo, Donna Tusan sits in son Terrence Tusan s bedroom at her home in Arlington. After losing both of her sons to violence, Donna and her ex-husband started a foundation that supports young people with scholarships and mentoring.(Rachel Woolf / Staff Photographer)
For several years, Donna Tusan’s Arlington-based foundation has been awarding scholarships to high school students. Now, she wants to help even more members of her community with a food giveaway.
Teen brothers in Southlake have raised more than $3K for charity through mask-making enterprise
Farjaad and Sajjaad Azam started Mask For a Cause when the pandemic began last spring.
Brothers Farjaad and Sajjaad Azam have donated more than $3,500 to local charities through Mask For a Cause.(Courtesy Saeeda Nasreen)
But they knew they wanted to give back to their community, says their mom, Saeeda Nasreen.
With personal protective equipment scarce at the time, the brothers, 18 and 14, settled on making masks. The only issue? Again, like most kids, they didn’t know how to sew.
Nasreen helped them get started at the sewing machine and soon, they weren’t so bored anymore. Orders began pouring in from the Southlake area and beyond.