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Alhamdulillah it was a beautiful and blessed Ramadan. Inshallah you had a wonderful Ramadan, rich with Ibadat and a very Eid Mubarak. May Allah swt accept all of your fasting, prayers and charity.
This note goes out with the help of so many including Amira in the office. It is on behalf of the Executive Committee and the entire IEC Board to let you know that we are thankful to Allah swt for all his blessings which include community members such as you and to thank you for being a part of the ICGC community. Your engagement and generosity, Alhamdulillah, has allowed us to raise over $435,000 during Ramadan and Eid towards ICGC's over $1,300,000 budget expenses. We are still processing your donations as many of you have pledged and yet to give. Please note that these pledges are highly relied upon to be fulfilled as quickly as possible, as it will be critical to helping us to achieve our stretch goal for Ramadan. If you get a call from the office, please do get back to them right away with whatever additional information might be needed to help process your commitment. Be fully assured, every penny of your donation is utilized for needs at the Center and betterment of the community. All donors for whom we have any record will be getting a personal note of appreciation and I would like for you to let me know if you do not.
In addition, $26,480 was collected and 100% distributed of Zakat ul Fitr to feed and help 163 Muslim families in need in our region. $3,225 in food coupons was distributed to 34 families.
I truly feel we are blessed to be in this community and Allah swt has challenged us to live up to this blessing bestowed upon us. In addition to your generous donations there was much planning and many volunteers involved in Ramadan preparation and implementation. We had yet another year of record number of attendees and Alhamdulillah record number of volunteers!
By reaching out to board, initiative and task leaders we have tried to capture as many of the Ramadan activities and volunteer names as possible. We are sure to have missed many and ask you to forgive us in any inadvertent oversight as each and everyone added value and contributed to a beautiful Ramadan.
We are most thankful to Allah swt and thank every one of you who made this Ramadan and Eid an enjoyable one! May Allah swt bless you, accept your generosity in your book of good deeds and bless your families and our Islamic Center and community. We humbly ask you to keep these thing and all of us in your prayers as well.
Shakila T Ahmad
President ICGC
On behalf of IEC Board of Directors
Please watch these amazing shots and videos showcasing our community.
I AM ICGC
A Sincere Thank You to all our Volunteers
We would like to extend our apologies in advance if any names are misspelled. We would also like to mention that many on-the-spot volunteers assisted and not all of those names were documented. A special thank you to Amira and Nadia and all the team leaders for providing as many names as they could. So, for anyone whose name may have inadvertently been excluded we would like to say thank you and May Allah reward you!
The office would love to know of anyone else who volunteered that is not listed here so please email
[email protected]
2017 Ramadan Planning Committee
Thank you Amir Izhar, Ashraf Traboulsi, Fatima Emlemdi, Samina Ahmed, Faiz Sherman, Munam Syed, Imran Khan for spearheading this Ramadan.
Let us start by thanking our Staff. This time of year puts strain on an already busy ICGC staff. We would like to say thank you to them for all their hard work, extra time put in and dedication to the Center and its community. We just want to say to our staff- Ali Salahudin along with Fatima Salahuddin, Amira Batal, Nadia Hidayatullah, Faiza Abid, Huma Khan, Leanna Allouch, Jackie Othman, Samira Jaweed and Ahmad Saqr and our Imam Sheikh Hossam Musa;
you guys are the best!!
Ramadan Prayer Schedule & Technology Assistance by Nauman Mysorewala
Beautiful, uplifting recitation and moving Duaas were led by our Imam, Sheikh Hossam Musa, joined by Hafiz Zohaib Bakali, Hafiz Haseeb Bakali, Hafiz Zaid Badihger, and Hafiz Zain Siddiqui during Qiyam and Ashraf Traboulsi and young kids for qiyam ul Lail and vitr prayer.
Taraweeh Kids Program & Girls Qiyaam
Fatima Emlemdi, Urooj Amir, Javaria Usmani,
Nasreen Fathima
(also helped with Livestream Taraweeh and khatirah)
and
Khloud Alalwani
with Samreen arshad, Maria Munir, Asia Ahmad, Kaukab Shinwari, Nasreen Zafar, Saba Junaid, Riz Raja, Nadia Nazim, Sara Faris
the great team of volunteers did an incredible job by managing the kids program that helped parents and people pray taraweeh prayer inside the masjid very peacefully. They organized and arranged their volunteer team into 3 different categories, the girls who ran the program, the moms who helped with signing in and out table, and a few other kids helped with the clean up afterwards.
The girls included
:
Nina Emlemdi, Nuha Syed, Salwa Syed, Sarah Chaudhry, Shanza Adhami, Aleeza
Ansari, Maariyah Ahmed, Maham Usmani, Noor Amir, Lujain Jamous, Zaynab Syed, Nadia Alam, Mariam Farooqi, Leila Al-Amouri, Luna Alamouri, Noor Guneim, Sara Hassan, Fatima Durani, Myra Ansari, Emaan Asghar, Sadia Malik, Emaan Chaudhry.
Derek,
Gary Price,
Mujahid,
Ahmad Sheikh,
Halim Atadiallo,
Hosam Mawas, Faiz Sherman, Ahmed Sheikh, Nauman Mysorewala, Munam Syed, Imran Khan, Faris Ghani, Khalid Inenhe, Shahzafar Khaja, Tilat Rizvi, Br. Ashraf Traboulsi, Junaid Malik, Saif Ahmed and many other brothers and sisters who helped.
Munam Syed,
Imran Khan,
Dr Junaid Malik,
Saif Ahmed,
Khalid Inenhe,
Racine Diallo, and
Zahid Javaid.
Juma'ah Traffic Control
Marwan Hujeij for his hard work on Fridays as he directed vehicles, often by himself, for the safety and ease of flow for the community during these very busy Ramadan juma'ahs.
ICGC Community Potluck Iftars
Rubina Quraishi, Ghazala Nasir, Kamal Jamous, Saif Ahmed, Gias Amin, Nazim Fazlani, Shahid Malik led the with a team of volunteers including Nissar Hingora, Fuad Bengali, Masih Anwar, Abdul Mujahid, Mubasshir Ahmed, and many others.
Tariq Khan managed a nightly tea tent and a suhoor tent the last 10 nights of Ramadan with the help of many generous volunteers and donors with the full support of Dr. Sumera Khan and family.
Youth Activities In Ramadan
30 Days of Fajr:
Khitam Abuzeyada, Ahmad Sheik,
Faiza Abid,
Ahmed El-kady,
Hosam Mawas,
Saif Jaweed,
Samina Sohail,
Mohammad Alsalti
Youth Interfaith Iftar:
Fatima Emlemdi,
Umama Alam, Waleed Othman,
Noha Ali
Youth Initiatives Dinner:
Shaimaa Dahman
Youth Ramadan Programs
:
Abdurahman Tarabousli,
Abdusalam Tarabishi,
Ahmad El-Shiek,
Albraa Tarabishi,
Aseel Hasan,
Ashraf Abdou,
Ayman Elsheik,
Basma Garadah,
Faiz Sherman,
Fatima Abouelalla,
Fay Alwattari,
Fouad Bouso,
Hamza Birjawi,
Hosam Mawas,
Javeria Usmani,
Junaid Malik,
Laith Shehadeh,
Lein Ghuneim,
Mariam Soliman,
Melat Mahamoud,
Muhammad Munir,
Mukaram Khan,
Munam Syed,
Omar Al-Bayer,
Rahaf Hamdan,
Rashma Faroqui,
Seema Quadri,
Shymaa Minkara,
Sondos Hasan,
Umar Dhurani,
Yusuf Saeed,
Yusuf Sheikh,
Zaiba Malik,
Zain Siddiqui,
Zara Ahmed,
Zohabe Bakali
Quran Connections Program
Nehad Omara and Hoda Elgamal continued to manage the super active program during Ramadan, assisted by many teachers and volunteers.
27th Night Community Fundraising Dinner
Camellia Noor led the hosting of the community fundraising dinner doing an amazing job as always.
Volunteers included: Camellia Noor,
Elsa, Wali & Reyyan Khan, Samina Rehman, Ghazala Nasir, Tariq Siddiqui (pastries & fruit display) Maliha Omar, Shahar Omar, Israa Malik, Sarah Sheikh, Khadijah, Nuzhat Chaudry, Rizwana Raja, Rubina Qureshi, Mai,
Rumana Khan, Bushra Ali, Molly Shamma.
Donation of dinner items:
Farheen Bakali, Ambreen Saeed, Shehzadi, Samina Rehman, Luna Sakl, Samina Sohail, Susan,
Nasreen, Ghazala, Israa, Khadijah, Rubina Qureshi,
Nabila Nisar, Wajiha Shamsi, Faiza Abid, Shahla Malik, Ruhksana Savani, Maria Munir.
Teens helped with paypal
:
Nunu Emlemdi, Zaid Syed, Natiq Fazlani, Mustafa Najeed, Waleed Amir, Hasan Samad, Saidou Abu,
Maariyah Ahmed, Nina Emlemdi, Hanna Qureshi, Ahyan Shahzafar, Iman Chaudhry, Salwa Syed, Mehak Bakali,
Funds Collection team
: Saif Ahmed, Junaid Malik, Gulame Asif, Nauman Mysorewala, Shahzafar, Nazim Fazlani, Munam Syed, Marwan Hujeij and Khalick Tayeb.
#IamICGC Volunteers: Saif and Rumana Ahmed, Amir Izhar and Urooj Amir, Saira Noor, Ali Usmani, Enrica Sow, Junaid Malik, Sawsan and Bashar Bouso did an amazing job kicking off our new membership campaign #IamICGC.
Juma'ah Traffic Control
Marwan Hujeij for his hard work on Fridays at Juma'ah as he directed
Iftar Food Distribution
Rahma started the program to donate leftover Iftar food to homeless at the Over-The-Rhine masjid and received an overwhelming amount of support for sending excess Iftar food to those who need. The OTR masjid was appreciative of the food. Thank you to Uzma Siddiqui, Warda Safdar, Javaria Usmani, Hina Moin, Seema Arif who helped taking the food to OTR.
Rahma Community Services
Alhumdulillah Rahma was able to serve our community by helping individuals find jobs, provide ESL classes, Refugee integration, Support Health, Counselling and DV clients.
Through our community generous donation, we were able to
1) provide gift cards to 250 kids across different masjid/ethnicities
2) provide food baskets for more than 100 families
3) PCRF Collaboration -
Volunteers sorted and packaged 120 kits for local refugee families in need.
We appreciate and are thankful for our staff and volunteers who helped touch so many lives Alhumdulillah:
Samira Jaweed, Leanne Allouch, Jackie Othman, Samina Rehman, Rubina Dosani, Naveen Mysorewala, Ambreen Saeed, Sarwat Aftab, Samreen Arshad, Nadia Hotiana, Sabouhi Adhami,
Riz Raja, Farheen Bakali, Ayra Abid, Aleena Arif, Alisha khan, Zara Asghar, Salwa Syed,
Mehek Bakali, Manahil, Nabiha Alam, Fatima Abouelalla, Fay, Nuha syed, Maham Usmani, Sarah choudhry, Noor Amir, Rayyan Khan, Munam Syed, Zain Jaweed, Safwan Jaweed, Musa Jaweed, Zaki Jaweed
Rahma Food Drive Collaborators
Rahma Community Services has collected and distributed more than 2,000 lbs of non-perishable food. Every week a team of volunteers would, transfer, sort, weight and make grocery bags. Grocery bags of food were distributed to many Muslim families including Mason, West Chester, Middletown, Lockland and Harrison areas.
Special thanks to
Reyyan Khan who took the food nightly from the masjid to Rahma storage room.
Thanks and duas to other volunteers:
Sr. Nasreen Fatima, Sr. Riz Raja, Sr. Samina Rehmaan, Sr. Ayesha Baig, Sr. Saba Ansari, Sr. Wafa Ali, Sr. Dima, Sr. Khuzama, Sr. Hina, Br. Munam, Br. Tariq Sultan, and Br. Ameen Ansari. Among kids we had a lot of helpers Rayyan Khan, Elsa Khan, Wali Khan, Nuha Syed, Sarah Chaudhary, Noor Amir, Emaan Asghar, Albaraa Tarabishi, Serene Tarabishi, Salwa syed, Israa Malik, Amina Malik, Khalid Malik, Safwaan Jaweed, Zain Jaweed, Ameen Jaweed, Nabeel Jaweed, Jihad Khan, Saad Khan, Farhan, Mohammed Markamallah and many more.
Fitra Distribution and Fundraising Support
:
This program is led by Gulame Asif
Volunteers for Zakat Ul Fitr distribution are
:
Dr Tariq Sultan,
Munam Syed,
Yaser Shamsi,
Ashraf Traboulsi,
Sadruddin,
Ali Salahuddin,
Rafeeq Badiger,
Huma Khan,
Faiza K Abid
Eid Day
Munam Syed, Saif Ahmed, Shamila Malik, Tilat Rizvi, Ashraf Traboulsi, Ghulame Asif, Mohammed Sadruddin, Mohammed Bahri, Ghazala Nasir, Samina Ahmed, Shehla and Ghazala Malik, Homa Yavar, Inenhe Khalid, Hicham Benkabbou, and many others who stepped up to lend a hand.
Shahzafar Khaja and Nasreen Fathima for bringing livestream technology to the Mirror Hall and Academy areas.
Unified Eid Carnival
Camellia Noor & Amr Moait did an amazing job with carnival of this magnitude and had the following amazing volunteers:
Camellia Noor,
Amr Moait,
Anila Zindani,
Junaid Malik,
Reyyan, Elsa, Wali, Arif Khan and 50 additional volunteers and many donors combined from all of the masjids participating in the Eid Carnival; Islamic Center of Mason, Clifton Masjid, Ihsan Masjid, and Islamic Center of Greater Cincinnati.
It was a huge success due to the leadership and efforts of Majid Dosani, will great support from Aamir Hayath, Zumair Hayath, and Ahmed Samad and great participation from 18 vendors and booths.
Thanks Ismata, Fatima, Bolor & team who worked to keep the facility clean.
May Allah (swt) shower his blessings on all of these volunteers and their families. Ameen.
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