What's Coming Up?

Our meeting yesterday was very exciting and productive, alhamdulillah.  With each committee focused on a separate job, we were able to get a lot done.

We are pleased to announce that we have begun an effort to help foster children in Delaware in addition to our 99 orphans.  We are collecting coloring books, crayons, books, toys, and duffel bags and will give these gifts to the less fortunate children in Delaware.  We are grateful to those who have already brought donations to the center.  Please remember to bring new items. 

We have two separate events planned this month, insha Allah.  The first is still in the processing stage and will be announced once it's confirmed.  Believe me when I say it's totally exciting!  And while we let you live in suspense for a while...

The 99 Orphan Team is pleased to announce...Couple's Night Out, on Saturday, April 26th.  This will be an excellent opportunity for parents to enjoy a few hours to themselves while we take care of your kids.  Spots are limited, so register now!

We hope you and your children will look forward to this event with the same intensity that we are.  Don't hesitate to contact us for any further information.

Thank you for supporting us in our efforts to help orphans.

- Nur Kose
President

From the Video Committee

My name is Zaid and I am a part of the video committee. We have only made one video so far but we are working on one right now. We will be posting our videos about upcoming events that we will have to raise money about these 99 orphans. Some events we may post a video on are an ice cream social, movie night, and a video game party. We will keep you guys posted about upcoming events.

-Zaid Ahmed

Video Committee 

Preparations

Each committee of our team was busy working on something during our meeting yesterday.  Alhamdulillah, we were able to make headway on our preparations for our upcoming MIST event, where the 99 Orphan team will give a presentation.  We were also able to come up with ideas for future events and have already scheduled an exciting event that I will keep secret for now.  :)

Stay tuned to find out details from each committee within the next week.  And don't forget to help the orphans!

- Nur Kose
President

Video Committee Update/ CAIR PICS

So far we have made one video.  The video was basically and introduction to what we are doing this year and it advertised the bake sale.  We want to be able to make a video once every 3 weeks.  Some ideas we have are a statistical video,  more videos advertising different events we have, and maybe some skits.  To make a statistical video we have to do some research online and on the ZF website.  In the adverting videos we could advertise events like the video game party,  ice cream social, and other things.  We need some ideas for skits.


  As you probably already know we went to the CAIR fundraiser  and set up a table to let more people know about our project.  Here are some more Pics:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cair-pa/13394636554/in/set-72157642882263014/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cair-pa/13394173245/in/set-72157642882263014/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cair-pa/13394658004/in/set-72157642882263014/


-Furkan
  Video Commitee

Visual Arts Committee

I, Yousuf Ahmed am a part of the 99 Orphans Visual Arts Committee. Our role in the 99 Orphans team is to make Visuals, such as posters to advertise upcoming events that will be later held to raise money for our orphans. Each meeting we come up with new ideas to raise money, and then the Visual Committee makes posters about or advertising our upcoming event. So far the 99 Orphans group has raised money for 10 Orphans and we're definitely not done yet. At our next event you could donate some money and put a smile on the face of an orphan.

- Yousuf
Visual Arts Committee

Message from the Events Committee

Assalamualaikum, we have been taking the different events that we discussed in our last meeting, and assigned jobs to them. For the ice-cream social there would be people who serves the food, takes the order, collect money, make the ice-cream, and someone to check off the orders that have been made. For the cookie day, all we need is for people to bake the cookies and bag them. Then for movie night we will need people to set up the chairs, make popcorn (shifts throughout the movie), and clean up. For bowling, roller skating, and Chuck E Cheese there isn't much to do. All we need to do is plan a date and advertise. The Kohl's gift card we just have buy a card and put money in it (each give $5-10).

- Rania
Events Committee

10 Orphans and Counting

The 99 Orphan team concluded our third official meeting yesterday with a positive attitude.  Discussing ideas for future events and analyzing the results of our recent bake sale, we excitedly prepared to continue raising money for orphans.  After a few calculations, our treasurer informed us that, alhamdulillah, we have raised a total of $6,148 so far, not counting pledges from generous donors and eager youth teams.  We have already sponsored ten orphans and need only $452 left for our eleventh orphan.  Will you catch this chance to earn reward from Allah?  Will you be the one to put a smile on the face of an orphan?  You can view options for donating on our Donate page. 

Alhamdulillah, our bake sale for our Palestinian orphans was very successful, thanks to all those who supported us.  We are grateful for everyone who cooked, brought their families to eat, spread the word about our cause, and donated.  Check out some pictures below of the great evening.

These yummy Turkish rolls were made by two 99 Orphan members. 

This mouth-watering potato and cheese dish was also made by a 99 Orphan member.

These tasty cookies were homemade by 99 Orphan members.

Doesn't this delicious array of food just make your mouth water?

Unique Palestinian dish

Delicious cupcakes designed in the shape of the Palestinian flag.

 

long lines for food

Alhamdulillah, we were able to raise over $2,000 from the bake sale, enough for more than three orphans!  May Allah reward everyone who helped to make it a success.

- Nur Kose
President