Upcoming Programs
**UPDATED**
Our upcoming
programs include the following:
Saturday
March 20th - Youth Program: Speaker - Shaikh Shafiq
Hudda
Friday March 26th - Commemoration of Wiladat of Imam
Hassan Askari AS: Speaker - Sayed Mohamed Baqri
Friday April
2nd (Good Friday) - Madrasah Program for the
Community including Salaatul Jamaa
Saturday
April 10th - Al-Mahdi Centre Community Members
Meeting
Saturday
April 17th - Wiladat of Sayyida Zainab AS (Note:
Program on Saturday)
April 10th Al-Mahdi Community Member's Meeting
**UPDATED**
In preparation for the Al-Mahdi Centre Community
Members Meeting planned for Saturday April 10th
beginning at 7pm, you are encouraged to
submit your questions in advance of the meeting by
no later than Friday March 19th. This date
provides community members sufficient time to submit
questions and the Board adequate time to review the
questions and prepare responses for the meeting.
Your
questions can be submitted as follows:
2. Handing
your questions in person to Abu Bilal.
3. Dropping
off questions in the Box that will be placed at the
entrance of the Centre during all programs.
If you have
any questions regarding the meeting, please contact
Abu Bilal at 519-455-1555. Further details
including the agenda and ground rules for the
meeting will be communicated closer to the date of
the meeting.
Al-Mahdi Teams - Call for Volunteers
**NEW**
In an effort
to better organize ourselves, provide opportunities,
spread the work load and seek greater involvement
from the community, the Board of the Centre would
like to call for volunteers to assist in the areas
identified below. Please
take a few minutes of your time to review these
areas and respond by replying to this email or
alternatively you can sign up on the listings posted
on the Ladies and Gents Notice Boards at the
Centre. Please provide your first and last name as
well as telephone contact number.
Please do this by Friday April 9th. We need
your help. Please commit some time to helping out
your community and in doing so earn the blessings of
Allah SWT.
- Audio /
Video: Performing Audio / Video tasks in the
Centre.
-
Website: Maintaining the Website for the Centre.
-
Community News & Archives: Writing newsletter
articles, taking pictures and building an archive.
-
Decorations; Decorating the Centre during Wiladats
and Muharram / Safar.
- Library:
Assisting with the operations of the Library.
-
Answering Service: Weekly updates of the Answering
Service (English / Arabic).
- Funeral
and Burial: Providing funeral and burial rites for
our deceased (male and female).
-
Interfaith & Outreach: Organizing programs with
other faiths groups as well as conducting outreach
programs to benefit the needy.
- E-mail
Communications: Sending out email communications to
the community.
- Ladies
Volunteers: Assisting in the kitchen, serving of
food, clean-up etc.
- Men
Volunteers: Assisting with serving of food, clean-up
including outside, parking etc.
- Ladies
Programs: Organizing Ladies Programs for the
community.
-
Supplies: Tracking, ordering and purchasing of
paper, cleaning, food supplies etc
-
Welfare: Assisting with identification of those in
need and helping them accordingly.
- Sports:
Organizing sports activities such as soccer,
volleyball, basketball etc
- Tabligh
Store: Operating a tabligh store selling books,
Cd's, Dvd's etc during programs.
- Youth:
Assist with organizing events for the youth aged 13
to 17 and 18 and over age groups.
Jazak'Allah Khayran for your assistance.
Becoming a Connected Community
In order to become a
connected community, we need to update and publish a
Al Mahdi Islamic Community Centre Directory. This
would contain a list of all our families and individuals
that reside in London, St. Thomas and the surrounding
areas as well as all the businesses that are being run
by our community members.
The directory will Insha'Allah contain:
1. A listing of all community members with their mailing
address, phone numbers and e-mail address.
2. A listing of all businesses run by our community
members containing the services provided, contact names,
address, telephone, email, website address etc.
3. Other useful information such as the Salaat and
Fasting Timetable, What to do when a death occurs, etc.
Insha'Allah once this has been updated, we plan to
distribute copies to all the community members. This
will have several benefits as follows:
-
Allow members to keep in touch and more easily reach
out to other community members
-
Increase the awareness of the business services
provided by our community members
-
Supporting our community businesses will mean more
job opportunities for community members and
Insha'Allah greater financial support for the Centre
In order to have a directory that is accurate and as
up to date as possible,
we need YOUR
help.
Please respond to this email that will only go to the
Centre Email Address and provide the following
information for you and your family for everyone in your home aged 15 and over:
Last Name of each person:
First Name of each person:
Full Mailing Address:
Home Telephone #:
Cell Telephone # for each person:
E-Mail Address for each person:
Please respond
even if you provided your information in a previous
request that was made last October. This will allow
us to verify the accuracy of the information in our
records.
In addition, Sr. Marzia Datoo will be
contacting all the families listed in our current
directory to verify the information which will be
particularly beneficial for those that do not have
access to email.
Becoming a Community - Phase 2 which will
involve gathering information for the businesses run by
our community members will Insha'Allah begin within the
next several weeks.
If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please
reply to this e-mail.
Jazak'Allah Khayran for your assistance.
Becoming a Connected Community - Update Your
Information Now!
In order to become a
connected
community, we need to update and publish a Al
Mahdi Islamic Community Centre Directory. This
would contain a list of all our families and
individuals that reside in London, St. Thomas and
the surrounding areas as well as all the businesses
that are being run by our community members.
The
directory will Insha'Allah contain:
1. A listing
of all community members with their mailing
address, phone numbers and e-mail address.
2. A listing
of all businesses run by our community members
containing the services provided, contact names,
address, telephone, email, website address etc.
3. Other
useful information such as the Salaat and Fasting
Timetable, What to do when a death occurs, etc.
Insha'Allah
once this has been updated, we plan to distribute
copies to all the community members. This will have
several benefits as follows:
-
Allow
members to keep in touch and more easily reach
out to other community members
-
Increase the awareness of the business services
provided by our community members.
-
Supporting our community businesses will mean
more job opportunities for community members and
Insha'Allah greater financial support for the
Centre
In order to have a directory that is accurate and as
up to date as possible,
we need YOUR
help.
Please respond to this email that will only
go to the Centre Email Address and provide the
following information for you and your family
for everyone in your home aged 15 and
over:
Last
Name of each person:
First Name of each person:
Full
Mailing Address:
Home
Telephone #:
Cell
Telephone # for each person:
E-Mail Address for each person:
Please
respond even if you provided your
information in a previous request that was
made last October. This will allow us to
verify the accuracy of the information in
our records.
In
addition, Sr. Marzia Datoo will be
contacting all the families listed in our
current directory to verify the information
which will be particularly beneficial for
those that do not have access to email.
Becoming a Community - Phase 2 which
will involve gathering information for the
businesses run by our community members will
Insha'Allah begin within the next several
weeks.
If
you have any questions, comments or
concerns, please reply to this e-mail.
Jazak'Allah Khayran for your assistance.
2009 Charitable Donation Tax Receipts
The 2009
Charitable Donation Tax Receipts are ready for
distribution. You can pick these up from Abu
Bilal. You are encouraged to use these when
filing your tax return. The Government of Canada
recognizes these donations and gives you additional
money back when you file your return; the amount
depends on your income.
Preauthorised Donations - Giving Regularly to
Your Centre
Alhamdulillah, as of March 1, 123 families /
individuals are participating in the monthly
preauthorised donation program including credit card
donations raising approximately $3,681 per month.
Our goal at this point is to reach $4,000 per
month. Families who have not joined are urged
to support this great cause by giving to your Centre
- just $1 per day; more if you can afford to. It's
easy and effortless once you are set-up. No need to
remember to bring donations to the Centre. As for
all the students out there that are working part
time you are encouraged to consider donating $10 per
month to the Centre. For parents of young children,
some families have also opted to contribute $5 each
month from the child's bank account, in the child's
name. Jazakallah Khayran to all of you that
contribute whether through preauthorised donations,
credit card or by cash donations.
