YMCA Calgary community remembers youth participant lost in the Iranian plane crash tragedy

This week a plane crash in Tehran, Iran killed 176 people, including 63 from Canada.
 
YMCA Calgary has since learned that one of the victims, a 19-year-old Western Canada High School student named Arshia Arbabbahrami, was a member of the YMCA Calgary family.
 
A participant in the YMCA Achievement Program (YMAP), Arshia was a valued and loved member of the program that provides leadership and teamwork opportunities for newcomer youth in our community.
 
For two years, Arshia faithfully attended every YMAP session and was known as a young man that always made an impact with his smile and positive attitude.
 
Since learning of this loss, YMCA has provided Arshia’s fellow YMAP youth, volunteers and staff with resources to help them cope with this difficult news.
 
YMCA Calgary extends our deepest condolences to Arshia’s family and friends and everyone affected by this profound tragedy.
 
Yours sincerely,
 

 
Shannon Doram
President and CEO
YMCA Calgary