Charity Week ‘09
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In the Name of Allaah, the Most Merciful, the One Who Bestows Mercy
Ideas for Charity Week ‘09
These are a few ideas to start people off… Let your imaginations go wild - suggest as many things as you can think of, staying within the limits of al-Islaam without delving into that which leads to haraam. If there is anything wrong in the following, do let us know.
For all of these we need participants. Most of these listed sponsorships are related to brothers though… unless you want to shave off your head… Sisters are welcome to suggest ideas for their own activities and we will put it up inshaa’Allaah.
Please please please take part and help raise money for the projects… we would love it even more if you can come up with your own activitiy/sponsorhips…
Info on the Charity projects will be added soon, in the form of presentations and writing inshaa’Allaah.
Start saving the pennies now ! ! !
Saving £5 a week means by Charity Week you will have a tenna to give! A fiva’s too much? No problem… 50p a day or even less… anything please?
Imagine if just those 84 members saved £10 by that week… we have £840!
Please do not let down your own brethren… just asking you to spare a tenna for the sake of Allaah, one-off.
Last year we raised £20,000 - £30,000 … this year we are aiming for FIVE times the amount to get the project completed…
IF ANYONE HAS ANY PHOTOS OF CHARITY WEEK ‘08>>> SEND THEM TO US>>>
Sponsorships
- Zorbing!
- Abseiling down a university building (with uni permission)
- Mountain climbing/rock climbing
- Bungee Jumping
- Shut up for the day [or more politely, "sponsored silence"]… [Got a few names in mind, other people just got one... don't cry - "he's talking about me ammi jeeeee"... am not... well maybe]
- Shave off your head
- Wax the legs… very weird and very very disgusting, I know. So this is banned.
- Dress up in a costume… I heard someone got rushed two years ago for dressing up as some Hermit the Frog… if the hermit is reading this - LOOOOOL ! [We should aim to get these costumes for tube collections]
- Attending ALL or even one lecture of the day and staying till the end… that’s gonna be a toughie. I might do this… any sponsors?
- Sprinting around Northampton Square… once… twice… ten times… got what it takes?
- Any more?
Fun Activities
- Chilli Eating Competition
- Mass Bleep Test [the quicker you give up, the more you pay!] [this can be sponsored too]
- Pro Evo Tournament [charge per entry/game... winner stays on]
- Throw stuff at the Ameer [heavier the object, the less you pay :P... ask before you start throwing bricks... !]
- Wrestling Tournament
- Kabadi Tournament
- Gluttony Competition [just don't choke]
- Bulldog… maybe too old for this.. maybe not!
- SLAPBAAALLLLLL ! [charge per game]
- Rush “Abu Ibraheem” [i seen videos of the past... be jooookes] [charge per session... target is very rarely spotted... so take whatever opportunity you can get...!]
- What else??
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How about something Different…Like abseiling down one of the buildings @ uni?? Dunno if it’s feasible to sort out…(Dunno if anyone would ‘man’ enuff to do it!) but I’m sure it’d get lots of sponsors, climb a mountain?? Bungee Jump?? Zorbing?? chilli eating competition?
Charity Week ‘09 has been advertised by the City University Press Office, alhamdulillaah:
http://www.city.ac.uk/news/archive/2009/10_October/281009_2.html
Money can still be raised outside of Charity Week for the three projects inshaa’Allaah… maybe not in terms of going around campus with buckets, but sponsorships etc.
Bake sale. Bake sweet treats and sell them. Or if its slightly ambitious/time consuming for people to make cakes/pastries etc..Perhaps whip up some cookie mix, make a dozen trays of chocolate chip cookies and sell them for 20p or 50p (considering the S.U sells (not so nice) cookies for £1 each..Its not such a bad idea). Or Charity football match.
I being in the Name of Allaah, the most Merciful, the One Who bestows Mercy
Charity Week ‘09 Results
City ISoc Raised £4231.91 !
Alhamdulillaaah. City ISoc raised £4231.91 as part of Charity Week, more than a fifth of the total collections, maashaa’Allaah. A little bit more is still left over to be handed to UWT, so the total would be around £6000-£7000 inshaa’Allaah.
The total for all five Islamic Societies (including Greenwich, Kingston, Queen Mary and University of East London) was around £20,000. Alhamdulillaah! All of this was collected for the medical aid projects in Gujarat. Pakistan and Somalia.
Thank you ALL for your donations. May Allaah add whatever donation you made to your scales on a Day when you will need it most, may Allaah increase your eemaan and grant you the blessed Abode. Aameen.