Care For Refugees

Update # 19

Note:There are several donors who offered to donate but their payment methods didn’t work or the transaction fee is higher than the donation, so we would like to acknowledge their effort and may Allah reward them for their intentions, they are from Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, UAE, UK, and USA.

DateDrive of Rabie A-thani 1430/April 2009
Type of DateDrive: Monetary & Awareness

Drive Target:

1. Collecting $4,977 USD (rent about $750 + educational programs for $500)
2. Getting 70 support comments and dua, click here to post a pleasant word (Put, your city/state/country, so we feel the sense of one global family)
3. Getting 12 groups/individuals to write support letters/cards to these 50 families in Houston, mail them to this address

Current highest donation is $700, smallest $1, click here to read more interesting facts.

Combined total of Paypal, Authorize.net, and offline

The above total includes Al-Amaanah locally raised $2141

“I’m currently an unemployed student! ALhamdulilah I gave $40 to this great cause. I hope HalfDate can match I remember when our family were refugees, how many generous people helped us with everything: clothing, food, education, etc.” -Sister A

To donate (online or by mail) click on “Donate Now”

Write to these families

We are looking for 12 groups/individuals to write to these 50 families in Houston.

So far, the following brothers/sisters/groups have promised to write:

1. Sunday school, TX, USA made 50 cards Allahu Akbar!
2. BuildingBlocks, MN, USA
3. Sydney youth, NSW, Australia
4. Bengali tigers, CA, USA
5. Ladiedee, MI, USA
6. Poetry Sisters, CA, USA
7. Coach Zohra, IN, USA will collect from her community and send in Hijab and other gifts
8. Baitul Salaam, GA, USA will collect and send gifts, giftcards, and cards
9. Calgary Sisters, AB, Canada
10. Northside College Prep Jamaah Club, IL, USA
11. Miriam, NY, USA will send a Hijab and a note
12. Bebo’s parents, NJ, USA
13. Abu & Umm Omar, CA, USA
14. Dulles High School Muslims, TX, USA

Al Amaanah, Inc.
8181 Fannin, Suite 337
Houston, TX, 77054

Or email tamra at halfdate and we will print/convey your email to Alamaanah volunteers.

There are about 50 families, lots of kids, about 10 widows, and a few sisters living on their own. If your school/masjid want to ask your kids to make cards for these families, please try to make 50 cards and let the kids write their names and their city.

Sample Letters & Cards

All the info they gave was that it was from Sister Yafa and her class (Imam, Yusuf, Ahmed, Muhammad, Iman, Amal, Yasmine, and Hosna). May Allah reward the teacher, students, parents, school admin, and all those who helped with the sweetest date in Jannah

If you want to write to a specific person, you can write to the following:

Kids:
you can ask them to write to Hassan and Ibrahim, asking them to take good care of their mother, of each other, and their younger brother.

Or Mustafa:

Adult:
Abu Mais
A father of 7 kids, eldest is 14 yrs old. He takes his kids to and from school everyday, runs all the errands during the day and then works at night as a security guard.

Pharwin
A Burmese girl, mashallah very very smart, she serves as our guide every time we go to the Burmese complex because she is the only one that can speak English there. She is still in school, learning fast and likes school.

Some of you asked about giving these families some gifts. Here are some suggestions:

Prayer rugs, Qurans (especially, in Burmese language) and scarfs/Abayas, school supplies, household items and appliance, and clothes.

The following are some example of these families (Al-Amaanah sponsors about 50 families):

Family #1 (Iraqi)
Single woman, lives on her own, doesn’t speak English. Wallahy she has been waiting all week for our visit, she hasn’t been here for long and doesn’t know that many ppl. Has no one to talk to, and thats her main problem, she wants to learn English so bad. I suggest some sisters make it a habit to visit her twice a week. Maybe get some dessert or something and just go spend some quality time with her. She will be having surgery in April so won’t be able to work this month until she gets the surgery and recovers. She also needs pocket money during this period until she starts working again. Please visit her, call her on the phone, make her know that she is not forgotten!

Family #2 (Iraqi)
Single woman living with her mom and she is the one that has to pay the bills, her mom is too old to work. She was in dire need of finding a job last week and alhamdulillah she just got one a couple of days ago. She hasn’t been working for a month though and her rent has to be paid before the end of the month!!! She also is planning to move closer to work because she takes 3 buses just to get there from where they live. So we promised to help her move, but rent still has to be paid for this month!!!

Family #3 (Iraqi)
A man in his mid 30s, can’t work because he has a lot of medical problems, needs help paying his electric bill (inshalla is in the process of being taken care of). He doesn’t speak English and therefore is isolated in this big world! We should start making it a habit to visit him every week too. He says he could use some furniture around the house so we need to go visit him and find out how can we help him more.

Family #4 (Iraqi) *update 4/19 He found a job, Alhamduilllah*
The father used to work as a barber in Iraq, he had another job here but got laid off because of the economy. He said he is waiting on his papers to come from Iraq this week so that he can start working his normal job (cutting hair). He is having trouble paying the bills and rent till he starts working again.

Frequently Asked Questions:

• Can I give Zakah?
  Yes, you can click here to give Zakah
• Do you spend my Zakah in administrative or operational cost?
  No, Zakah is strictly and totally giving to end beneficiaries.
• Can these brothers and sisters work?
  Yes, they are looking for jobs and a few do have part-time jobs, but that’s only enough to pay for food, utilities, etc.
• What about government assistance?
  Government rent assistance to refugee families cover only the first four months.
• I saw on TV that non-Muslims organizations (e.g. churches) are helping them?
  Yes, there are other refugee service organizations. However, Al Amaanah provides unique services that Muslim families need, e.g. educational programs for their children.
• What is Al Amaanah?
  Al Amaanah is refugee service organization based in Houston, Texas, USA. The word Amaanah means trust or duty, because Muslims believe that taking care of our brothers and sisters who happened to be refugees is an amaanah on everyone’s shoulders.
• What other services does Al Amaanah provide?
  Other than financial support, our services include English classes, homework help for children, and physical and emotional support for many widows, injured, and disabled refugees.
• I want to know more about your volunteer interaction with these families, where can I find that?
  Visit Al-Amaanah blog http://alamaanah.wordpress.com/

For more information, visit http://www.alamaanah.com/ or listen to this interview.

To keep updated, visit Al-Amaanah blog http://alamaanah.wordpress.com/

Interesting Facts

• All early donors are from Australia (Sun does rise from there )
• Smallest contribution is $1 (half a date )
• Biggest contribution so far is $250 from Pennsylvania $400 from California $500 from Texas $700 Calgary, Canada
• A laid off mother of three donated $20, a brother who lost his job gave $40 (please make dua for them)
• Several unemployed students gave, one gave $7.29 because that’s what she had in her account.
• Youngest donor she doesn’t even have a credit card or bank account Rehan and Heba (7 & 4 children donated from their own money).
• Alhamdulillah, Over 10 blog posts for this drive, may Allah reward all bloggers.
• Alhamdulillah, over 17K views on YouTube alone (not counting other sites), may Allah reward all views and promoters.
• The donor who gave $7.29 later gave another $77 from tax refund.
• A sister found a job after giving.
• A mother found her sick child improving after giving.
• Several donors gave multiple times, one sister gave again because she didn’t have enough to give the first time, another sister gave whenever she felt pain or inspirations.
• Alhamdulillah, over 100 gift items (cards, letter, gift card, scarf, clothing) have been mailed to Al-Amaanah
• Several groups have raised for the drive, namely Northwestern University, Calgary medical students, and Organic HalfDate Club

If you know any media or Khateeb wants to talk about this drive. Let them contact us (tamra -a-t- halfdate.com)

Drive Sponsors

HalfDate promotion costs are sponsored by the following sponsors and by HalfDaters like you.

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, …
• Chip in for flyer printing and distribution.
• Tell your local media about this drive.

Pictures:

Recycle Drive

Okay, after discussing with a brother who did a tote bag before. The conclusion is with the budget we have we will end up doing one color printing.

So, it boils down to what slogan to print on the bag.
Text will be: HalfDate.com Recycle Drive
then a slogan: … so suggest your slogans.
Please choose your three most favorite slogans:

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Allah’s Messenger (peace and prayers be upon him) said: “Removing a litter from the road is charity.” -Sahih AlJamea

“This [student learning about recycling video] makes me feel good! Very good!” -Hadayai, Atlanta, Georgia

“This [recycling drive] is exciting, MAshaa’Allah. May Allah reward you for putting these together, ameeen.” -Umm Zahidah, Anchorage, Alaska

“I am a senior in high school. I recently started a youth group called the Youth Muslim Fortress. My mom showed me your e-mail and this task looked very interesting. Insha’allah my group will take responsibility for this task. Thanks for this opportunity and hope there will be more to come!” -Zuhra, Bloomington, Minnesota

DateDrive of Muhharam 1430/Jan 2009
Type of DateDrive: Non-monetary

What: Benefiting Muslims organizations by recycling unwanted your mobile phone, ink cartridge, etc. while saving the environment from toxic waste!

DateDrive Goals: Have 20 masjids/schools as collecting points

Collection Points:
So far, the following fine organizations are participating in the collection, may Allah reward them. (See comment section for their address and contact, if you don’t find the address, post your question as a comment)

1. Bait Salaam, Atlanta, GA
2. Maidah, Atlanta Food Consortium, GA
3. Ella Johnnaber, Pine Lake, GA
4. AlMaun Fund, NJ
5. Muslim Community Bloomington, IN
6. AlMadinah school, Los Angeles, CA
7. North Hollywood Islamic center, CA
8. Masjid Quba, CA
9. Girl Scout, Raleigh, NC
10. Millennium Pharmacy, Brooklyn, NY
11. Life Maker at Foundation for Islamic Education, PA
12. Life Maker at Devon Mosque, PA
13. Temple University-MSA, Philadelphia, PA
14. The Bridge @ Baabun Nasr, PA (address in the comment section)
15. George Mason University MSA working with the Mustafa Center, VA
16. AlHuda Masjid, Worcester, MA
17. Youth Muslim Fortress/BuildingBlocks @ Masjid Ar-Rahman, Bloomington, MN
18. BuildingBlocks @ Masjid Dar Al-Farooq, Minneapolis, MN
19. BuildingBlocks @ Islamic University, Robbinsdale, MN
20. BuildingBlocks @ Mesjid Al-Huda, Minneapolis, MN
21. BuildingBlocks @ Masjid Abu Bakar al Sadiq, Minneapolis, MN
22. Dawah Institute, St. Paul, MN
23. Masjid As Sabr, Portland, OR
24. Masjid Bilal, Portland, OR
25. Masjid Beaverton, OR
26. Halal Market in Tigard, Portland, OR
27. Muslim community of Anchorage, Alaska
28. STTAR Consultancy Services, Lewiston, ME
29. Evelyn Roberson, Atlanta, GA

What’s in it for you:Rewards from Allah, in-sha-Allah for benefiting women shelter and needy Muslims with recycling income. Also, you are protecting the environment and cleaning your house

Also, HalfDate is giving away Amazon gift certificates.

1. $57 for the most collected items (according to Baitul Salaam evaluation)
2. $57 for the most number of participants (how can we tell? Ask them to post a comment with the masjid/school name, or send activity pictures)
3. $57 for media coverage by your local media

And the winners are….

1. Most collected items: Weekend school of Islamic Foundation, 35 phones. 9 ink cartridges, 4 MP3 players and 1 camera.
2. Most participants: Weekend school of Islamic Foundation, about 40 students
3. Media Coverage: Temple University
4. And Extra Category, the most collection points: Building Blocks in Minnesota

Deadline: Jan, 31, 2009 (extended to Feb 10th for reporting purposes)

Action Required:

• If you are outside the US, simply send the link of this drive to your friends

http://halfdate.com/2009/01/01/recycle-drive/

To give an equal opportunity for HalfDaters outside the US to participate, we will accept their donations to cover part of the costs of the drive. Notice your donation will help promoting HalfDate in various communities, so we can do more in the future, in-sha-Allah.

Contributors to the costs of this dateDrive:

1. Fatimah, Singapore (new HalfDater, gave trice :p)
2. Clothing Store, Florida, USA (new HalfDater)
3. Ifrah, Ontario, Canada
4. Jamie, Massachusetts, USA
5. Rached, California, USA
6. Hannah, Cardiff, UK
7. Mohima, Essex, UK
8. Caynan, Oregon, USA (gave twice)
9. Abdalfattah, North Dakota, USA (new HalfDater)
10. Qamar, West Yorkshire, UK (gave twice)
11. Lina, Ontario, Canada (new HalfDater, gave twice)
12. Shazia, Ontario, Canada (new HalfDater)
13. Zabeen, London, UK
14. Nadia, Illinois, USA (new HalfDater)
15. Anisa, California, USA
16. Saira, Tuscany, Italy
17. Rahmah, Quebec, Canada
18. Hoda, Ontario, Canada
19. Cynthia, Romania
20. Aishah, Maryland, USA
21. Mustaque, Illinois, USA
22. Arif, Ohio, USA
23. Mohammed, Texas, USA
24. Latoya, Florida, USA
25. Tanweer, California, USA
26. A sister who wanted to donate, but the drive is closed

Total collected for the drive cost (gifts, printing, and tote bags): $469 – Paypal fees $23.21 – gifts $171 (3x$57) – $50 (pizza party for BuildingBlock for having the most number of collection points) = 224.79 left for designing tote bags.

• If you are in the US, talk to your masjid/school to be a collecting point (it’s a good way of developing relationship between organizations). Click here for instruction.
• If you have participated in the drive (volunteered or recycled), please enter your name and email.

Beneficiary Organizations (why only two? Because only two applied on time):

• Al Maun Fund (sadaqah fund for Muslim families)
• Baitul Salaam (women shelter)

More About Recycling/Fundraising

Your donation may be tax deductible. (ask your tax specialist).

Did you know that one cell phone can pollute up to 132,000 liters of drinking water. Your unwanted Cell phones and inkjet cartridges will be recycled in accordance with EPA regulations or Refurbished and reused.

Every time we throw electronic gadgets in the trash we hurt our environment. The casings do not biodegrade and the metals (lead, gold, lithium and others) eventually find their way into our ground water. Heavy metals in our rivers and creeks kill fish, plants and other forms of life causing an imbalance in nature. We can stop this from happening and support a worth cause at the same time.

This project is perfect for students and others who need to earn Community Service hours. It is also a good project for Girl/Boy Scout Troops, service organizations, masjid/Islamic centers and other places of worship. Each item donated is like cash to us. Please do not alter the shipping label. All the information is there for it to go directly where it needs to go and we (e.g. Baitul Salaam) get the credit for the shipment, insh’Allah.

If your employer has not contracted with someone to dispose of toner packs from copiers let us know right away, insh’Allah. We will contact them to show them how they can properly dispose of the toner packs.

How To Be A Collection Point?

As Salaamu Alaikum,

We recycle in Atlanta all the time.  Let’s keep it easy.  I am going
to lay out the steps for an easy recycling drive.

Step 1

Secure permission from the leadership in your community to collect
items listed:  old cell phones (can work as well as non-working),
empty ink jet cartridges and toner packs from copy machines, iPods,
mp3 players, game consoles, digital cameras, digital video recorders
and laptops. Get a large box and get some children to decorate it.
Give them some paper, scissors, bright color paper and let the have
fun.  Someone older can go over the box to make sure everything is
pasted on it is secure.

** Please use this flyer

Step 2

Check the box once or twice a week to make sure only electronic items
are going into he box.  When it fills, or close to filling or at the
end of the month (January 31) whatever happens first email
haleem1@aol.com (me) for simple directions on how to ship.  You will
receive postage paid labels from me to use (no cost to you).  Collect
some old boxes to ship (do not buy new ones).

Now if you are going to support both Al Maun and Baitul Salaam
organizations at the end of the drive check with Al Maun and see what
items they are collecting, insh’Allah.  Donate some or all of those
items to them.  We will take the balance, insh’Allah. Baitul Salaam is
collecting more items than Al Maun.

The main thing is to not over think it.  Keep it simple.  If you need
me to send you an annoncement that can be made to your community after
Salatul Jumuah, etc., will be glad to do so, insh’ Allah. Also if
people in your community need to talk to me directly fine they can
email me at haleem1@aol.com or call me at (404) 608-8649.

Thank you for wanting to assist.

May Allah continue to bless you.

ma salaam
Hadayai Majeed
Baitul Salaam Network, Inc.
www.baitulsalaam.net

You can earn the rewards of this hadith without having to do like this man!

Special Thanks

All praises and thanks are due to Allah, Alhamduillah. Having said that, we would like to follow the teaching of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and prayer be upon him) when he said, “Whoever did not thank the people, he did not thank Allah.”

So, on behalf of HalfDate family from New Zealand to Hawaii and from Alaska to Australia, we would like to thank all of you who participated as collection points, turned your unwanted eWaste into charity, chipped in for the expenses, posted pleasant words, spread out the words, created lesson plans to teach about recycling, uploaded pictures, involved your children or students, designed posters, created videos, or made Duas.

As always, we pray that Allah reward you all with the sweetest date in Jannah.

Drive Fruits:

• 27 entities including Masjids, schools and businesses are joining the drive.
• Over 107 students, teachers, parents, imams, business owners, and children are either recycling, learning about it, or teaching it.
• 15,478 people have noticed that we Muslims DO CARE about the environment (this number is an estimate based on YouTube, Facebook, comments, and email responses). This estimate does not include the free Facebook ad that was displayed over 24,000 times (thanks to br. Ahmed from Silicon Valley for free ads coupons).
  
• Temple University Radio covered the drive:

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• A teleseminar to show how individuals and organizations can cover its utility bills by recycling.
• A lesson plan for teachers to teach recycling, with a sample video.

How to Turn eWaste into Charity: A Guide for Organizations and Individuals

Reporting Your Numbers:

To enter the contests, please submit a list of the items collected and a list of the volunteers (so we can send you certificates), if you have any pictures of the items collected or picture of collection activities please include them too. For contest number 3, you can send us the contact and the name of your local Muslim newspaper.

Email all your submissions by Feb 1st, 2009

As for shipping your items to AlMaun and Baitul Salaam, please email them (scroll down for their contact).

Al Maun is only collecting cell phones and empty ink jet cartridges. Baitul Salaam is collecting cell phones, empty ink jet cartridges, iPods, mp3 players, empty toner packs, laptops,digital cameras, digital video recorders and game consoles. Do an inventory of your collection: total number of each item. Decide how you want to split your collection. Then contact each group to receive further instructions. Warning: When you pack your items do not use air pillows, peanuts or other fancy packing materials just use newspaper. Please do not buy shipping boxes use old ones remember we are recycling. You will receive easy to follow detail instructions from the organizations. If you need a tax letter let them know in advance of them shipping you the postage paid labels. When the labels arrive use as instructed please do not alter (unless instructed).

If groups want to continue to collect on their own contact each group separately. Baitul Salaam recycles all the time and can give you tips on how to sustain a collection drive in your community. If a masjid wants to start recycling Sr. Hadayai will be glad to act as a consultant. She only ask that your community makes a donation to the Baitul Salaam Network, Inc. at least once a year, in-sha-llah.

Ramadan Generosity Drive

DateDrive of Ramadan 1429/Sept 2008

Alhamduillah, this dateDrive is successfully completed.

Show Allah your generosity.

“Ramadan is already sweeter to me this year as HalfDate has led me to the good works of the Baitul Salaam Network and in sealing my envelope containing my donation, we are all made grateful.” -Br. S

Matching Challenges: To respond to a match, post in the comment the match # and how much (anonymously is fine)

Match #1: Brother Sam from California will match $20, if a $20 is donated during Ramadan to help homeless Muslims (women shelter).

Match #2: Ibn Halal will give $3 for every $1, for the first 3 high school students who can ask their family members to donate $20 to any of HalfDate listed causes. Post a comment once you donate, so we give the matching

Match #3: Brother Ahmed will give $2 for every $1 up to $100, for donations from students to any of HalfDate listed causes. Post a comment once you donate, so we give the matching

Match #4: Sister Mina will match $50, mashallah, if $50 is donated to BaitulSalam during Ramadan.

Match #5: A sister will match donations up to $500 to Naseeha Youth Helpline.

Match #6: A UK sister will donate a £1 for every £4 donated for the Dawah Booklet project.

Match #7: Coaching Duo will donate $2000 if 10 clients joined by Sept 30. Contact them for a free sample session. Sisters can contact their sister coaching service.

Match #8: Sister anonymous from Australia will match up to $100 if anyone working in high tech sector donates $100 during Ramadan. Post in the comment section to confirm this match.

Match #9: A software engineer will donate $100 if any hardware engineer donates $100

Match #10: Br. B Inshallah will match every dollar (upto $100) for any current undergraduate college student that donates to any of the causes listed!

Match #11: Sister Muslimah will match $200

What: Appreciating Allah’s generosity by being generous with others

DateDrive Goals: Collecting $10,000 for several causes, one cause at a time (in-sha-Allah, throughout Ramadan, we will be listing new causes once the requests of the current cause are met)

What’s in it for you: Rewards from Allah, and getting things done, in-sha-Allah

Deadline: Oct 7th, 2008

Actions Required:

Individually or as a group,

1- Donate or raise $100, $20, $10, or $5 from your family and friends.
2- Post a personal message to that cause.
3- Email your friends about this drive

Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was the most generous of people, and he was at his most generous in Ramadan when he met Jibreel; he used to meet him every night in Ramadan and review the Qur’aan with him. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was more generous than the wind.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari (6) and Muslim (2308)

عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رضي الله عنهما قَالَ : كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَجْوَدَ النَّاسِ ، وَكَانَ أَجْوَدُ مَا يَكُونُ فِي رَمَضَانَ حِينَ يَلْقَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ ، وَكَانَ يَلْقَاهُ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ فَيُدَارِسُهُ الْقُرْآنَ , فَلَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَجْوَدُ بِالْخَيْرِ مِنْ الرِّيحِ الْمُرْسَلَةِ . رواه البخاري  6  ومسلم  2308

Your brothers and sisters are waiting for you.

ACT NOW. Show Allah your generosity.

Completed Requests

AlMaun Fund

Requests:

cr.605 Sister needs food, prescription medication and transportation assistance. $200.00

cr.611 Family seeks aid with utility bills. $200.00

cr.616 Mother with health issues seeks help with food. $125.00

*Special* HalfDate recommends that you contribute for Almaun Fund non-profit registration cost, $400 and you can share the rewards of this Sadaqa Jaria (continuous charity). The official registration status will qualify them to apply for more public/private grants, bulk mail discounts, and other benefits.

cr.617 Mother of (5) recently began working, needs assistance with utility bills. $200.00

cr.619 Father currently out of work, seeks aid with pending cancellation of car insurance. $200.00

cr.624 Mother of (2) who also cares for five siblings needs food/personal items/transportation costs. $200.00

cr.625 Mother needs aid with back rent and electric bill. $200.00

Donations can be given by Paypal, google checkout, or postal checks.

Click here to donate, the first donation form is for Paypal, and the second is Google Checkout.

Almanu Fund’s email is maunfundorg [at] yahoo.com (it’s also their Paypal account email). If you prefer to mail in your contribution that supports the poor and needy of the ummah (our request for assistance are ongoing), please send to: (please post a comment so we update the progress)

Al Maun Fund
PO BOX 7691
Atlantic City, NJ 08404-7691

No-Riba-Movement by LivingHalal, oonly $69 needed

Go to http://ilovehalal.com and enter your email, name, and payment info

Care for abused sisters and children, $2000 needed for emergency fund

The Baitul Salaam Network, Inc. a national domestic violence awareness organization is fund raising to expand its services to families struggling due to some form of abuse.

Since Nov 1999, this organization has housed 608 women and children, answers hundreds of calls monthly, provides educational workshops and advocates for those who temporarily can not advocate for themselves. We work with the entire family when asked.

Click here to donate. If your donation is Zakah, PLEASE SPECIFY that in the paypal note.

You can also donate by check or money order, send to (please post a comment so we update the progress)

Baitul Salaam Network, Inc.
PO Box 11041
Atlanta, GA 30310

“If n e sisters from my state [RI] register with baitulsalaam and need a place to crash for a couple weeks with her kids i have a small room in my apartment i just gotta move some stuff out of, i live with my husband and kids so if the sister doesnt mind we dont either!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” -Sr. M

Advice is an Islamic right

Naseeha.Net is a Muslim youth helpline, based in Canada, but serving North America.

Requests:

1- 2000 heroes who care about Islam’s future (easy payment plans, can be $20 every 6 months)
2- Link to us http://naseeha.net/heroes.asp
3- Upload this video to video sharing sites, and tell all your friends.

http://www.4shared.com/file/63194079/d9ce998f/Naseeha_IPOD_YouTube_MP4.html

Click here to invest in future generations

Post a comment to encourage others to donate

Help My School

Al-Manidah School is a US registered not-for-profit organization, Tax ID 51-0179919.

Requests:

-Pay my teacher, $2500 (zakatable because teachers are low income)
-Protect my school, $1,195, commercial fire alarm control panel (sadaqa jariya, not zakatable)
-I need textbook, $3,479.85

Pay by check, bank transfer/deposit, or credit card.

Al-Madinah School
3510 Exposition Place
Los Angeles, CA 90018
(323) 296-5961

Duaa, six, and her family suffered serious burns due to a gas explosion a year ago. Many non-Muslims have been gratefully helping them, yet many Muslims in NY don’t know about their case.

Their mom was completely unrecognizable at the hospital. Before she died, she removed all of her gold (jewelry) and asked for it to be given to charity, because she knew her death was coming, subhanAllah. At the day when sister Lazeena visited them for Eid, the children, one by one sat on their father’s lap and repeated after him, making du’a for Allah to place their mother in Jannah and to reunite them all together there with her, Ameen.

Watch this video and help them.

“Yes! I just showed my kids the video, and they are writing letters to Duaa and her sisters during homeschool today. We made it a lesson on caring about others. Jazak Allah khair for passing this along to us.” -Sr. Amina

Then Leena came home. SubhanAllah it was much more emotional seeing her because of her being blind. She walked into the living room, her arms stretched out feeling around. Her father told her she had guests and she was beaming. She felt around the livingroom hugging us, kissing us and giggling. No doubt she was the one who laughed and smiled the most out of all of them mashaAllah. However, it’s obvious she still needs time to get comfortable with her condition. Eating is very difficult for her to do on her own, she also seems to get really irritated and emotional whenever she’s playing with her sisters and they take something from her or even get up and leave without telling her. She starts wailing right away and throwing a tantrum. I can only imagine how she must feel. Remember she wasn’t born blind, she remembers the world of sight I’m sure, subhanAllah, and so now being trapped in a world of darkness will take her a lot of time to get used to, but overall she’s very happy mashaAllah.

Update: Read about the Eid visit to Al-Ghaithi family at http://alghaithigirls.com

Requests:

A sister has been collecting for them, so we just want to add an Eid gift package for the children $400.

And if you have kids, please ask them to send cards or letters to this family. Of course, make dua!

If you have any questions or comments, you can email lazeena.hosain[AT]yahoo[DOT]com (this is the same email for Paypal, please specify HalfDate Eid Gift, otherwise it goes for general donation)

We’d like you to also thank the firefighters and the hospital that took care of them, as the Prophet (SAW) said, “Whoever did not thank people, did not thank Allah.”

Click here to contact the hospital

The firefighter link

Thrift Shop

Since 2005, Baabun Nasr has been helping Muslims women and families in Philadelphia, PA and surrounding areas.

Requests:

(not zakatable, but sadaqa jariya, in-sha-Allah)

In need of about $800.00. $500 to file non-profit status and $300 to repair the location rented for the community thrift shop. The cost covers:

Store Supplies, cash register, office supplies, desk, chairs, file cabinets, and building supplies
1- five gallons of paint

2- sheets of dry wall sheet rock
3- bio fold doors

Baabun Nasr accepts monetary donations, via Paypal at baabunnasr05@yahoo.com , money orders, cashiers-checks or non-monetary donations.

Baabun Nasr Inc. 3522 N 16TH ST PHILADELPHIA PA 19140-4104

Dawah Booklet

IslamBradford is an UK Islamic Dawah organisation and registered charity (no. 1105942) established in January 2004.

Requests:

Printing dawah material for non-Muslims. As currently they have a book at the publishers produced by IslamBradford entitled: What Is Islam?

The publisher was originally meant to print the book for free as it had only been five pages. However after revising and expanding the whole booklet, it ended up as 17 pages and the publisher just last week contacted us stating that he would have to charge for the project.

A5 Booklet – What is Islam? – Cover, 4pp printed full colour on 250gsm gloss, 16pp printed black throughout on 100gsm bond, saddle stitch and delivery to one address.

1,000 copies – £788 (1,464.60 USD)
2,000 copies – £907 (1,685.32 USD)

When you donate, notice the amount is in British Pound (roughly £1 GBP = $2 USD)

Donate using checks, bank transfer, credit cards, or PayPal.

Checks payable to: IslamBradford, PO BOX 835, Bradford, BD9 6WW, UK.

Bank transfers account: Lloyds-TSB Plc. Hustlergate. Bradford. Sort Code: 30-91-12 Account No: 04752431.

Bismillah, O Allah, for you, I give

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