Assalam Alaikum Wa Rahmatu Allahi Wa Barakatuh,

Alhamduillah, all praise and thanks are due to Allah Almighty who has blessed HalfDate with a productive year in 1430/2009. With Allah’s help, thousands of HalfDaters like you have decided to be part of the solution.

YOU + HalfDate.com = getting things done: Putting smiles on children’s faces in Houston, paying the heating bills for needy Muslims in Philadelphia, protecting the environment through recycling, encouraging Muslims to give Halal loans for worthy causes, and other projects.

So, may Allah reward you with the sweetest date in Jannah.

Future Plans:

InshaAllah, We are going to form a HalfDate Advisory Board, which we hope to be something beneficial and different Because, not as your typical board that includes celebrity “shaikhs” who are out of touch with what’s going on in real life, HalfDate will seek the advice of “real” members of the communities, such as single-parents, teachers, students, community organizers, farmers, and children; as well as, professionals, like lawyers, accountants, journalists, …

We are also seeking proposals for upcoming drives.

http://halfdate.com/2009/06/04/house-keeping-drive/

Committed members for HalfDate Donor Club who agree to give from 100-1,000 in total.

HalfDate Budget:

• HalfDate tried to cover its costs thought Kalimaat sales. Alhamduillah, 108 boxes were sold and only 2 1 box(es) are left.
• During the DVD Drive, many of you have pooled collectively $300

Update #7

DateDrive of Jumada Al-Awal 1430/May 2009

Type of DateDrive: Monetary & Intellectual
Drive Target:

1. Collecting 7 ideas for how to generate money/moola/dates for worthy causes
2. Raising $900 seed money (which will be used to generate more income for monthly DateDrives, dividends are donated and the principal is re-invested.)
3. Finalizing 3 projects for next round of support


We have combined different submitted ideas into three categories, please vote for the one that can generate most benefits and excitement.
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

Deadline: 6/15/2009

Results:

• Organized Coach Zohra’ class collected $355 (recording is available for sale, click here)

Submitted Ideas: (first come first list)

1. Baitul Salaam iGive: by Help a non-profit while surfing
2. CharityBook: a Ramadan cook book to raise funds for an Orphanage. Looking for sponsors who would get advertising space in the book to help pay for the costs, all the profit goes to the orphans, Insha Allah
3. Community e-commerce store: A non-profit will ask its beneficiaries to do some handmade products and the rest of the HalfDaters promote the store
4. Donate your expertise: by coach Zohra
5. Elephant ride (Event on June 6th): Looking for $5K to invest in an elephant ride fundraising event, which in the past two years have raised $14,500 on average
6. Fresh & Noble: Selling fresh produce to help the unemployed
7. SISTERS Club and Affiliates: The SISTERS Club is the new direct selling network, established by SISTERS Magazine, the magazine for fabulous Muslim women. Raise funds for charity or earn some halal income by working where and when you want – it’s your show, you call the shots. Join the SISTERS Club and see what a difference you can make!
8. Halal Farm: Buy dry halal organic beef and part of the profit is donated
9. HalalBuzz.com: Donating 1/3 of its revenue to HalfDate.com
10. GoodShop of Almaun

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.

Handmade artwork from ZamzamDesign.com

KMC, for shoppers in Malaysia?

Cards for Halal occasions

A Suggested Proposal

We will implement two concepts 1- donate your expertise 2- social entrepreneurs

Coach Zohra Sarwari will teach:

5 Ways to Make Money From Home

It’s a 2-hours online/phone class, if you sign up through HalfDate it’s $30, regular price is $97.

We get 30 signups for this teleclass. Coach Zohra will donate all the money, so that’s $900 less paypal fees. We get another 4 donors/investors to invest in Al-Madina School elephant ride fundraising event at $1000 each, that’s $4900 total. We then all promote the elephant ride event and hopefully after June 6th, that $4000 will be return to the investors, and remaining donations will be reinvested into new projects.

Al-Manidah School is a registered not-for-profit organization, Tax ID 51-0179919.
3510 Exposition Place
Los Angeles, CA 90018
(323) 296-5961

*30 days full refund if not satisfied with the class* Click to join

Want to spread the word?

• Blog about this drive. Click here
• Post the http://halfdate.com link on your email or forum signature.
• Buy an ad on Google or social media ads on Facebook, MySpace, …
• Donate for publicity fund for DateDrives.
• Tell your local media about this drive.