Danville Twins Receive Contra Costa MLK Student Humanitarian Awards

DANVILLE, CA — Danville twins Soha and Imran Sohail Guller were awarded the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award by the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors in recognition of their many years of community service.

Soha and Imran began giving back in elementary school, when they helped their sister organize book drives for the Monument Crisis Center in Concord. Before embarking on family trips around the world, they organized local drives for art supplies that they delivered to children in need.

In middle school, Soha and Imran continued organizing various charity drives. During the pandemic, they made and sold candles, and used the proceeds to help those most affected. They also partnered with local supermarkets to help provide essential food supplies for a local women's shelter. They continued organizing blanket and clothing drives for the shelter. Recently, they also led a blanket-making drive to support babies in the NICU and ICU across the country.

Soha and Imran have recently started a program called Nourish, which provides book and food donations to those in need. They also started a high school club called "Baking the World a Better Place," which brings together baking enthusiasts to prepare baked goods to sell online for different social causes.

They've supported the Lazarex Cancer Foundation in Danville, which aims to improve care and equitable health access for cancer patients. They partnered with the Lazarex Foundation and children's author Carmen Bogan to distribute her book "Willis Watson in a Wannabe" to their sister elementary school.

The twins continue to plan future service projects. Soha is currently working on a cookbook of nutritious recipes that will be donated to food pantries. They are also working with Recipe4Health to replicate this initiative in other communities.

Soha and Imran are also members of the Danville Youth Council, where they help advise the Town Council and government on youth-related issues, and organize community-building and volunteer events.