Muslims For Life

US Capitol Hill: Give Blood Tomorrow in Honor of Victims of 9/11

saima — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:26:03 +0000

From: The Honorable Jackie Speier
Dear Colleague:

Please consider participating in a Capitol Hill blood drive tomorrow hosted by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, in partnership with the American Red Cross and in recognition of the victims of 9/11. The blood drive will take place in the Rayburn Foyer from 9am to 3pm. I hope you will take this opportunity to donate blood and help save lives.

Muslims for Life & the American Red Cross
Honor 9/11 Victims: Give Blood – Save Lives

Rayburn House Office Building Foyer
September 7, 2011
9:00am to 3:00pm

“Muslims for Life” is a nationwide campaign to honor the victims of 9/11 on its 10th anniversary and uphold the message that Islam values the sanctity of life. During the month of September, Muslims for Life will hold blood drives at all its mosques and prayer centers in the United States in collaboration with other community organizations. Its goal is to collect 10,000 units of blood – which can help save 30,000 lives – during the month.

For more information, please contact Qudus Malik at qudus.malik@ahmadiyya.us or (202) 640-2028, or Chris Palmer atpalmerc@usa.redcross.org.

Sincerely,

Jackie Speier
Member of Congress

“Muslims for life” campaign at Maryland State Fair

saima — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 05:13:09 +0000

The Baltimore chapter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA rented a booth at the Maryland State Fair as a venue to publicize the Muslims for Life campaign. The Muslims for Life booth was a great way for us to show the patriotic aspect of the Muslims for Life campaign, to introduce the name of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to residents of Maryland alongside the name of the American Red Cross. Our booth was in the exhibition hall – beside booths for non-profit organizations such as the Obama-Biden campaign, whose representatives incidentally were some of the first to sign up to give blood – to hand out pamphlets to the attendees of the fair.

Thousands of Marylanders visited the booth, but many visitors to the booth came from out of state. Muslims for Life volunteers spoke to people visiting from places as varied as Pennsylvania, Virginia, Missouri, South America, England, and Azerbaijan.

All visitors were encouraged to sign up on the spot for blood donation, and as of today over 200 people have signed up and received Muslims for Life t-shirts. Many more visitors came by and, though they didn’t sign up immediately, they picked up flyers, business cards, and received other information to look at and pass on to friends.

The Maryland State Fair took place over 11 days, with an estimated 500,000 attendees from August 26 to September 5. Men, women, and children all volunteered alongside each other at the booth, handing out flyers to fair-goers. Not only were two large banners on display for passersby, but a video presentation was set up on a TV screen. The Baltimore chapter successfully sold and distributed Islamic literature, including a Holy Qur’an with translation and short commentary, several copies of “The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam”, and even books on Islam in Russian and Azerbaijani to one very pleasantly surprised visitor.

ABC News Chicago

Mohsin — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 03:10:10 +0000

The Muslims for Life Campaign was covered by a Chicago ABC affiliate.

Muslims for Life TV Commercial

saima — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:19:27 +0000

We will have a 30 sec “Muslims for Life” TV commercial playing insha-Allah ten times a day for the next one month starting today on the following TV channels: Express News, DAWN, HumTV, TV-One, Masala, and Aaj TV. The idea is to reach out ALSO to the Indo-Pak communities and invite them to participate in the nationwide Muslims for Life Blood Drives. It would be good for all of us to try and reach out also personally and invite these community members to join us in this wholly good, life-giving endeavor. Some chapters have started to utilize this video ad with local cable access and university tv free of charge. We encourage all local Chapters join in this effort and try air this 30-second video clip as often as possible on your cable access channels.

Watch online: http://youtu.be/tgpBqq1TVsI
Download: [Download HD version here]

Muslims for Life Campaign Update

saima — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:13:07 +0000

Campaign Update

130 blood donation sites have been arranged in the Country – many in collaboration with other organizations and at their own premises.
90+ have been listed already on www.MuslimsForLife.org and others are being added as we move forward and clarify all arrangements.
President Obama was told about “Muslims for Life” and we were given an opportunity to mention its details to the Muslim leaders gathered at the White House for the Iftar dinner.
300,000 Muslims for Life Flyers have begun to be distributed all across the nation.
10,000 “Muslims for Life” T-shirts are beginning to arrive at all chapters and will be worn as the Campaign gets ready to kick-off.
16,000+ letters are being sent to leading legislators throughout the US and some 9,000 mayors introducing the Campaign. A letter was delivered in same vein to the President and one is being delivered to the 9/11 Memorial Chairman shortly in NY – Mayor Bloomberg. These are personalized individual letters that shall arrive at their desks soon.
Awareness is being created to gain media publicity for our blood drives – through Radio, TV, Internet and Print media coverage

Muslims for Life Campaign Stuff

saima — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:08:05 +0000

T-Shirts: 10,000 have been printed and shipped to blood drive locations with estimated arrival by 8/20/2011. Contact your local president for more details.
Banners: 101 4ft x 8ft banners have been printed, estimated arrival date is 8/24/2011.
Billboards: 14ft x 48ft in major US cities: NYC, Chicago, Los Angeles, Indianapolis, Dallas, San Francisco, Houston
Buses and Trains: Washington D.C., Chicago, San Francisco
Chicago Air Show: Airplane with a banner will fly above the show with Millions expected to attend over the day show.
Bus Shelters: 17 Bus shelters in NYC
TV ad: (DAWN, Express News, TV-One, Masala TV, Hum, Aaj) for the next 30 days
Labor Day parades, September 5th: multiple jamaats will be participating with Muslims For Life t-shirts and Banners
African American Day Parade, Sept 18, 2011: in New York City: we will be participating with Muslims For Life t-shirts and Banners

Muslims for Life – U.S. Capitol Hill Blood Drive

saima — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:06:44 +0000

Muslims for Life Campaign Partners

saima — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:05:25 +0000

American Red Cross – Supporting our efforts nationwide
MedStar – Helping us with blood drives in the DC METRO
American Islamic Congress (AIC) - working to set up Blood Drives Nationwide in support of Muslims for Life Campaign
CAIR Houston – partnering with us to promote the local blood drives
Chairman, Human Rights Commission of Nassau County, NY endorses and supports our muslims for Life Campaign
Many Churches, Synagogues are also supporting the Muslims for Life Campaign throughout the Country

For a full list of partners, visit: http://muslimsforlife.org/partners

Muslims for Life Ads on Washington D.C. Buses

saima — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:03:40 +0000

Muslims for Life campaign on DC Bus ads have started.

Muslims for Life Bus Shelters Ads in New York

saima — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 02:59:52 +0000

Bus Shelter ads in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn have been installed on 17 such shelters.