DateDrive of ذو العقدة of 1430/Nov 2009

Type of DateDrive: Half a date (financial)

Drive Target:

1. Getting 7 people each give $500 loans for 6 months and 7 people each give $500 for one year, to help:
   1. A US women shelter/food bank to purchase a truck ($1000 needed)
   2. A Canadian medical “doctor” who graduated and is applying for practicing license in the US (he had some hardship and needs a $4000 loan). You are going to send most of the money directly to the school. Click here for more info
   3. A Malaysian family who is having hard time to feed their children because they are in debt to haram loan “sharks” and needs $1000. (pending her proofs)
   4. A Finnish needy Muslim. (her local community covered her need)
2. Three local groups of Muslims to form a Qard club and collect $500 (want to encourage personal Qard Hasan in your local communities). Once your local groups are formed, please post a comment.

To participate, post a comment (your email won’t be public) and we will contact you. Please answer these three questions: 1- How much can you lend ($500 or $1000)? 2- For how long (6 month or 1 year)? 3- For which project (women shelter or medical student)?

HalfDate assumes no responsibilities. Both borrowers have their personal guarantors and will pay you back with monthly installments.

Canadian “Doctor”

“I know this brother personally and he is a good person, honest and trustworthy. He was studying to be a doctor in the US, but sadly his Dad ran into financial troubles and his Mom had a stroke. Due to financial constraints he is unable to pay his fees to do his final exams and clinicals. He has been looking for a halal Islamic loan from a Muslim who he could sign a contract with and pay back. So far he has only gotten no’s from his local community when he has asked them for help.” -A community member of this brother.

School paper 1
School paper 2
School paper 3
School paper 4

He can pay back around $250-$300/ month inshaAllah, starting in February 2010.

Donation:

Brothers and sisters, if you can, please give a donation instead of a loan. Deposit/wire to:

TD Canada Trust (detail removed)

Paypal is (detail removed)

Cost of the Drive

• Unpaid time by several HalfDaters, may Allah reward them

Drive Sponsors

The following sponsors have either helped HalfDate before with free services or have bought a sponsorship package. To sponsor a drive, please contact us.

Fresh Date Sponsors(Platinum)

DateDrive of Shawwal 1430/Oct 2009
Type of DateDrive: Awareness

We have this vision to compile inspirational stories about generosity, kindness, and giving. You can write about others or you can write your own experience. We hope within a month we can publish an ebook (something similar to Chicken Soup for the Soul), which motivate and inspire others to give and act kindly.

Drive Target:

1. Getting 12 volunteers (got 9 needs 3) to work on Sadaqah book, work include reading, editing, categorizing, etc.
2. Collecting 36 (got 25 needs 11) Sadaqah stories at http://sadaqahstories.com
“I donated $7.29 because that’s all I could afford without making my bank account empty.” -Sister T

Cost of the Drive

SadaqahStories project, inshaAllah, will be run to support HalfDate on-going expenses. If you want to contribute towards this project. Here are the costs so far.

• $60+ variation of SadaqahStories.com domain names
• $75 software
• $50 paid volunteers from Almaun
• Unpaid time and expertise by several HalfDaters, may Allah reward them

Drive Sponsors

The following sponsors have either helped HalfDate before with free services or have bought a sponsorship package. To sponsor a drive, please contact us.

Fresh Date Sponsors(Platinum)