Sahara Home Care Annual Staff Meeting 2025
Sahara Home Care proudly hosted its Annual Staff Meeting, bringing together team members from all 12 locations for a meaningful day of reflection, recognition, and celebration. This year’s meeting highlighted the tremendous progress we’ve made as an agency this past year, and honored the individuals and teams whose dedication continues to strengthen our organization.
This year, our administrative leaders gave away over 30 prizes to their dedicated staff. Staff members won prizes such as iPads and Apple Watches in a company wide raffle. This was a token of appreciation for the hard work and commitment put in throughout this past year.
Leadership shared key updates on agency wide growth, operational improvements, and successes achieved over the past year. From strengthening internal processes to expanding services, our progress is a direct result of the hard work, collaboration, and commitment of our team.
Here at Sahara Home Care we value recognizing our staff for their efforts. We were proud to award our excelling staff and assure them that their hard work does not go unnoticed.
The first awards we had the pleasure of announcing were the Outstanding Performance Awards. This award recognized individuals who consistently demonstrated excellence, leadership and dedication in their roles. This year’s Outstanding Performance Award recipients were:
- Rabia Khan– CCP Supervisor- Chicago Branch
- Hina Arshad– CCP Supervisor- Albany Park Branch
- Hetal Mahadkar- Office Support- Hanover Park Branch
- Tehmina Khan- CCP Trainer- Skokie Branch
- Alia Abuoudeh- CCP Trainer- Justice Branch
- Shahad Al Imari- CCP Supervisor- Lombard Branch
- Afshan Ali- CCP Supervisor- Mount Prospect Branch
- Gabriela Najera- CCP Supervisor- Melrose Park Branch
- Hafsa Fatima- CCP Supervisor- Elgin Branch
- Charlyne Claudio- CCP Biller- Skokie Branch
- Shazia Somani- TTP Coordinator- Skokie Branch
Of our CCP Staff we recognized those whose work reflected accuracy and compliance with a Quality Work Award. This award was presented by our internal auditor Fatima Bojornavic to CCP personnel honoring their work excellence, accuracy and compliance. This year’s Outstanding Performance Award recipients were:
- Farheen Sohail- CCP Supervisor- Hanover Park Branch
- Unsur Azhar- CCP Supervisor- Justice Branch
- Mary Dismuke- CCP Supervisor- Rockford Branch
In the year of 2024 we had the honor of welcoming many clients into our Sahara family. The growth of the agency would not be possible without our team’s marketing efforts. The next award presented was honoring the team members that brought the Most Referrals in the year of 2024. This year’s Most Referrals Award recipients were:
- Humema Zainuddin- TTP Coordinator- Lombard Branch
- Azmath Unnisa- CCP Supervisor- Bolingbrook Branch
Our excelling staff contains individuals that go above and beyond and whose contributions are deserving of special recognition. This year’s Above and Beyond Award recipient was:
- Humema Zainuddin- TTP Coordinator- Lombard Branch
The Special Recognition Award acknowledges staff members whose contributions make a meaningful impact every day. This years recipients were:
- Chhaya Chitalia- CCP Supervisor- Chicago Branch
- Jennifer Reyeslovos- CCP Supervisor- Albany Park Branch
- Asma Razvi- CCP Supervisor- Hanover Park Branch
- Naveera Khalid- Receptionist- Skokie Branch
- Mustafa Ismail- Bookkeeper- Skokie Branch
- Bridget Montei- Office Support- Justice Branch
- Piyushabahen Vyas- Receptionist- Bolingbrook Branch
- Saima Karim- CCP Trainer- Lombard Branch
- Nipaben Patel- CCP Supervisor- Mount Prospect Branch
- Sophia Khan- CCP Supervisor- Elgin Branch
- Anelly Munoz- CCP Supervisor- Crystal Lake Branch
Every office has their share of individuals that keep the environment of the office positive and uplifting. Here at Sahara we like to recognize these individuals that are an asset to their team.
This year we decided to award these personalities that bring positivity and teamwork to our workplace, through the Most Likely To Award.
This years Most Likely to Be Everyone’s Best Friend Award recipients were:
- Farhath Shereen- CCP Trainer- Chicago Branch
- Kenia Merino- CCP Supervisor In-Charge- Albany Park Branch
- Nashrinbanu Patel- CCP Supervisor- Skokie Branch
This years Most Likely to Go the Extra Mile for Other Staff Award recipients were:
- Marcela Frausto- Outreach Coordinator- Justice Branch
- Azmath Unnisa- CCP Supervisor- Bolingbrook Branch
- Karina Carillo- CCP Trainer- Rockford Branch
- Shakira Grear- CCP Supervisor- Melrose Park Branch
- Janette Anguiano- CCP Biller- Skokie Branch
This years Most Likely to Make Everyone Laugh Award recipients were:
- Jigarkumar Shah- Outreach Coordinator- Mount Prospect Branch
- Zion Massey- CCP Supervisor- In-Charge- Elgin Branch
Each year as our team grows, we encourage our staff to aim to excel at their roles. This year we had several promotions recognizing these excelling individuals and honoring their hard work towards the growth of our agency. This years promotions were:
- Saba Kazi- Promoted to Office Manager- Chicago Branch
- Uraibah Ghogha- Promoted to CCP Supervisor In-Charge- Chicago Branch
- Zoobi Sameer- Promoted to TTP Coordinator- Bolingbrook Branch
- Sahar Iqbal- Promoted to TTP Coordinator- Albany Park Branch
- Syed Muneim Rizvi- Promoted to EVV Coordinator- Lombard/Bolingbrook Branch
- Sejal Fatima- Promoted to CCP Supervisor- Lombard Branch
- Mustafa Ismail- Promoted to Bookkeeper- Skokie Branch
We would like to extend a special shoutout to our Employee of the Year! This individual has displayed continuous commitment to her role and has proven her abilities time and time again. We are delighted to announce this years Employee of the Year:
- Faiza Shakil- Office Manager- Skokie Branch
We would like to extend a special shoutout to our Location of the Year! This location has shown excellent growth and success throughout the year. We are excited to announce that our 2025 Location of the Year is:
- Melrose Park
This year’s Annual Staff Meeting was a powerful reminder that Sahara Home Care’s success is built on the dedication, compassion, and teamwork of our staff. We are deeply grateful to every team member across our 12 locations for their continued commitment to excellence.
Together, we look forward to another year of growth, collaboration, and outstanding care for the communities we serve.
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