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Sunday, September 14, 2003


HASANAAT CREW- Volunteers WANTED!

1. Members Volunteers
a. The spine of this branch, needed for all projects as volunteers
b. Should be trained down the road in basic da’wah and foundations of Islam
c. Will be asked to fulfill a 50-hour service requirement in order to ensure their membership. If they do so successfully they may put MAPAC Hasanaat as an extracurricular on their resumé or college application or use it to fill their service quota for school if they have one.
d. Will be asked to complete atleast one service project a month and encouraged to take up leadership for projects as well.

2. Project leaders
a. Be effective recruiters in order to fill volunteer requirments for their specific project.
b. Will provide details/specifics to each project (i.e. directions, dates, times, procedures, contact information of projects, work out logistics, be responsible for transportation)
c. Project leaders will need to communicate effectively with Sondes, MSA reps, the secretary, members at large, and myself.
d. Will be responsible for logistics of project and the main source and fact-finder for the specific project.
e. Project leaders will be required to write at least one e-mail to everyone involved with Hasanaat with all necessary information pertaining to their project.

3. Bulletin Board Editor/Webmaster : Sondes Karoui currently holds this position. Basically she maintains a calendar of events, updates the webpage, creates a scrapbook with pictures of our activities and summaries of each activity as well as posting sign up sheets of all the activities up on a bulletin board in the masjid so people an sign up.

4. Secretary : The secretary will be responsible for attending every meeting, taking attendance and contact information of all the members and take minutes of the meeting. He or she will be responsible for getting the contact information in an e-mail group, sending out the minutes to myself, Sondes, and the members at large. They will also occasionally be asked to find phone numbers or contact information of specific projects. (NEEDED! ASAP!)

5. MSA Representatives : MSA reps will be the spokesmen and women of Hasanaat in schools. We will ask each MSA to inshaAllah appoint a representative who will be a member of Hasanaat and will be a liason between Hasanaat society and the MSA in order to publicize events, recruit additional volunteers if needed and provide service activities that MSA members can engage in as well. All interested highschool MSAs an College MSAs will be encouraged to participate. MSA reps are responsible for knowing the happenings of hasanaat including the project leaders, dates, number of volunteers needed, directions etc. and be effective communicators to their MSAs. They are also responsible for recruiting potential new members and getting their contact information.
Wouldn't that bee too much overhead effort to maintain reps in all High schools? (MORE NEEDED, BE A REP FOR YOUR SCHOOL!)

6. Adult/College-Aged Advisor : An advisor is necessary to maintain order at meetings, oversee all components of the crew making sure each is fulfilling their duty. Advisors will be asked to accompany as many projects as they can, be a driver, support the group, advise it and make sure the ebb and flow of the organization maintains its focus on the mission statement as well as fulfilling its objective in the most effective way as possible. (NEEDED ASAP!)

Let me know if your interested, or have any comments!

nadia_khan@caryacademy.org
bathameezlarki90210@hotmail.com
9196055364
aMiRanGel99

MAPAC HASANAAT
The outreach branch of Muslim American Public Affairs Council

NOTE: this is a drafted outline with comments, subject to change...

Mission Statement
The Hasanaat Society will strive to create a network of young Muslims who will work together to effect positive change in our community for the sake of Allah.
[only young Muslims?]
[positive change in which way? (e.g) by spreading the spirit of volunteerism]

Objectives
InshaAllah, Hasanaat Society will encourage its members to serve Allah by serving the people, enhancing the community by giving from what it has, and using the prophetic model to become trustworthy, inspiring agents of such change for both Muslims and Non-Muslims.

On-going Activities
We decided that we would do 3 service projects a month for this school year and chose leaders for each of the projects. If we keep these small projects up for the entire year inshaAllah we will make our presence known in these organizations and in greater Raleigh. The three activities we are trying out are as follows


Soup Kitchen/Feed the Hungry
Sophia Malik
First week of the month

Habitat for Humanity
Amaani Asad
Second week of the month
CONTACT LIASON: (for administration purposes only)
Pete Farquhar, Resource Development CoordinatorHabitat for Humanity of Wake County2400 Alwin Ct., Raleigh, NC 27604pete@habitatwake.org(919) 833-1999 x223 office(919) 795-0961 mobile(919) 833-8256 fax

Ronald McDonald House
Sara Haddad
Third week of the month
CONTACT LIASON: (for administration purposes only)
Durham : 919-286-9305

Adopt-A-Highway
Saja Hindi
When necessary (i.e. quarterly)
18006284394 (hotline)www.ncdot.org/~beautification


Comments: Isn't that too much every month? Willyour team be able to sustain that considering that all of them are HS students?


One-time Events
These are events that would only occur once in a year and be more large-scale than regular MAPAC hasanaat activities but would require more resources, more volunteers, and more work overall but would effect more publicity as well.

1. Blood Drive with IAR
2. Women’s Fundraiser for Islamic causes overseas
3. Ramadan or Eid Service events for the Muslim community
4. CROP walk (fundraising walk in Cary for the Hungry)- Ayesha Ali is heading this activity

Comments:Would a big event in Ramadan be suitable, considering that most volunteers like to limit activities during Ramadan and concentrate more on worship?



Here are our projects for this month, contact project leaders if your interested in helping! Please if everyone could just sign up for ONE thing we'd get everything accomplished inshaAllah!

1. Habitat for Humanity
Project Leader: Amani Asad (412-9029)
Date: Saturday, september 13th
Time:7:45am-2 pm

2. Ronald Mcdonald HouseProject Leader: Sarah Haddad (852-5730)/Omnia Radwan (8599130)
Date: Thursday, september 25th
Time: around 6 ish/evening

3. Adopt-A-Highway Project Leader: Saja Hindi (858-7600)/Omnia Radwan (8599130)
Date: Saturday, september 20th
Time: 9-11 pm

4. Crop Walk
Project Leader: Ayesha Ali (363-0840)
Date: Saturday, October 5th
Time: TBA
see ayesha ali for forms


5. Feed the Hungry/Soup Kitchen
Project Leader: Sophia Malik
Date: TBA
Time: TBA

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Saturday, August 16, 2003

Salaam,

Alhamdulillah we got the two wanted muslims actually three

Wanted Muslim #1- Sarah Yasin & Sondes Karoui
Job Description: Someone minimally artistically qualified to run a bulletin board type thing at the masjid, get approval for it from the management committee and post MAPAC outreach events, times, directions, project heads, contact numbers, dates, and a calendar and update it weekly as well as updating our website http://hasanaat.blogspot.com. It's really not that hard of a job and should only require at most 1 hour a week after it's initially set up.

Wanted Muslim #2- Saja Hindi & whoever wants to help her
Job Description: I need a project head for the Adopt-A-Highway Program to keep cleaning our street which is roughly 1.5 miles, located on Blue Ridge Road on the eastern part of Crabtree Valley Mall up to Rax Hospital. Wake County will provide us with gloves, bags and safety instructions. I'll put you in contact with Br. Khodr Zohrour who will provide all necessary logistics. Basically this good muslim will need to recruit about 10 people to go cleanup this part of the highway every 3 months and i can assist with the recruitment process as well, we just need 1 person in charge and taking responsibility for this.

JAK guys!

Thursday, July 24, 2003

LONG TERM MAPAC OUTREACH-HASANAAT SOCIETY PLANS
Alhamdulillah, Last night I had the opportunity to meet with Br. Iyad Hindi and Sr. Samar Shawwa to discuss this year's plan for MAPAC Outreach Hasanaat Society. We came up with a realization that we need a long-term plan with well defined goals and timelines on what we want to achieve. We came up with the following goals/objectives in addition to the mission statement of Hasanaat. The need for an adult/college graduate counselor to this branch of the organization was discussed, if anyone is willing to and fits this criteria, please e-mail me.

1. Goals/Objectives
a) Muslims should be seen and work to be active participants in community service as decreed by their faith
b) Members of Hasanaat Society/MAPAC Outreach should work to mobilize community members in the efforts of such community service.
c) We need to come up with numerical objectives to measure our successes such as 4 major activities in a timely manner or 2-3 articles of our work in local newspapers/media of greater Raleigh, though all our work is ultimately fi sabilillah.
d) Our goals and objectives ultimately need to be Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Timely

2. Proposed Consistent Activities (monthly)
These areas are amongst those that might be selected if they proved to be based upon our goals/mission statement:
A) Working with the homeless (maybe 1/month) via Soup kitchens/Habitat for humanity
B) Environmental i.e. Adopt a Highway (once every three months)
i. I need the information for this- contact info/instructions/directions/10-15 ppl needed
ii. iA if someone could put me on the MAPAC lists so I could get the word out for necessary Muslim volunteers
iii. iA it would be August 23rd where 10-15 males and females are needed as well as adult volunteers

C) Medical Assistance via Blood drives (once a year)
D) Education via Boys/Girls Homes/Tutoring/Tammy Lynn Center
E) Doing projects with the neighbors of the Masjid/Method Community

3. Proposed Major Activities
A) Blood Drive- for this I propose the date of Friday the 30th of January to begin at 4:00 pm and end at isha using the venue of the activity hall at the masjid. Br. Iyad Hindi- could you please speak with Br. Samy Abdel-Baky about this issue before we can proceed, and let me know? Jak...
B) Eid Toy Drivedetails were not discussed but I think we should aim for eid ul adha as that time is usually less occupied for the general popn.
C) Ifthar during Ramadan for the neighbors/NonMuslims to enjoin in
D) Join with Jamaat-At-Taqwah to work at the Feed the Hungry program, proposed idea of doing this daily during Ramadan but needs more thought as to how it would work. Br. Iyad- could you please get me the contact information for this organization as well?
E) Continue with the Sisters fundraising event next year

All of these are very premature ideas. What we will have running inshaAllah are the projects from the former post which will be conducted regularly and inshaAllah we will begin planning the blood drive later this fall. Questions, comments, concerns? E-mail nadia_khan@caryacademy.org, I should be back by August 10, 2003, inshaAllah. JazakmuAllahu Khayran.

Thursday, July 17, 2003

plans for the year...

Ø We decided that we would do 3 service projects a month for this school year and chose leaders for each of the projects. If we keep these small projects up for the entire year inshaAllah we will make our presence known in these organizations and in greater Raleigh, You will be hearing from the leaders of these projects for more details and specifics. Please sign up for at least one a month!

1. Soup Kitchen- Salvation Army first week of each month
a. LEADER = JULIE ABDELRAHMAN
b. CONTACT INFO (for leaders/assistants only)
Shepard’s Table (Raleigh) 919-831-2010 (lunch)
Salvation Army (Raleigh) 919-832-6918 (dinner)

2. Habitat for Humanity (Raleigh) second Saturday of each month
a. LEADER = AMANI ASAD
b. ASSISTANT = YASMIN SADIQ
c. CONTACT INFO (for leaders/assistants only)
http://www.habitatwake.org/volunteergroup.htm

Pete Farquhar, Resource Development Coordinator
Habitat for Humanity of Wake County
2400 Alwin Ct., Raleigh, NC 27604
pete@habitatwake.org
(919) 833-1999 x223 office
(919) 795-0961 mobile
(919) 833-8256 fax

3. Ronald McDonald House 3rd week of each month
a. LEADER = SARA HADDAD & RESHMA MOHAMMAD
b. CONTACT INFO
Durham: 919-286-9305

***All Group Leaders, including those working for the dinner, please call me to discuss your jobs! My number is 605-5363*** JAZAKAMUALLAHU KHAYRAN!

FYI

Here are some phone numbers for organizations in North Carolina for future reference

Food Banks
o Durham: 919-956-2513
o Raleigh: 919-875-0707
o Interfaith Food Shuttle: 919-250-0043
· Food Masters, Inc. (Raleigh): 919-876-0957
Ronald McDonald House
o Chapel Hill: 919-913-2040
o Durham: 919-286-9305
Make-a-Wish (Raleigh): 919-821-7111
Meals-on-Wheels (Raleigh): 919-833-1749
Soup Kitchens
Shepard’s Table (Raleigh) 919-831-2010
Salvation Army (Raleigh): 919-832-6918


What is the Mission of the Hasanaat Society?
The Hasanaat Society will strive to create a network of young Muslims who will work together to effect positive change in our community for the sake of Allah.

What are some HS's objectives?
InshaAllah, Hasanaat Society will encourage its members to serve Allah by serving the people, enhancing the community by giving from what it has, and using the prophetic model to become trustworthy, inspiring agents of such change for both Muslims and Non-Muslims.

What are potential needs of HS?
Training in the Da’wah, disciplining advisors, minimal monetary aid, and most importantly dedicated Muslim youth with the best of intentions are needed to accomplish the mission of the Hasanaat Society

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