5/18/16

ALHAMDULILLAH, ANNUAL DAY 2016 WAS A GREAT HIT

15th Annual Day program brought 16 Islamic schools together from 3 states including Indiana,

Kentucky and Ohio. Annual Day brings together youth from regional Islamic schools for a weekend of

competition and fun. We had total 32 basketball teams, 70 Quranic reciters and many guests from

across three states.

A sincere thank you from the heart for Sr Tilat Rizvi, Brs Faris Ghani, Nadeem Qureshi, Munam Sayeed,

Gulame Asif, Sr Fatima Emlemdi for their leadership and the entire Annual Day team of volunteers that

supported hundreds of youth and their families in the basketball tournaments and hundreds of additional

youth and families in the Quranic competition. In addition, an incredible team of donors both provided

and served lunch for over 600 people. The ice cream truck was a tremendous addition and a big hit. They

all dedicated countless hours to help make one of ICGC's signature events a tremendous success.

Annual Day weekend and everything leading up to it is a critical part of reaching Muslims locally and

hundreds across surrounding states. As we are tremendously blessed to have a very successful model in

our Tours & Talks program for external outreach, Annual Day weekend serves as an exemplary model

for internal Muslim community outreach and engagement.

Congratulations to all the Quranic competition and basketball winners and to all the participants for their

truly valiant efforts in all areas. Jazzakallah Khair for every volunteer’s sincere efforts and excellent

results. May Allah swt bless you, your families and our community with all of his mercy and goodness.

Acknowledgments: Program on such a large scale is impossible without the help of 100s of volunteers

from our community. Sr.Tilat Rizvi (overall organizer), Br. Gulame Asif (Principal), Br. Nadeem

Quraishi, Br. Faris Ghani, Br. Munam Syed would like to thank each one of you who helped us to

make this program successful. May Allah SWT bless these dedicated volunteers and their families. Our

Sincere apology if we missed anyone.

Results of Quranic Recitation Competition Group A

First Place: Maazin Shamim, Sunrise Academy, Columbus, OH

Second Place: Taha Sattar, and Bilal Akhtar Sunrise Academy, Columbus, OH

Third Place: Ayesha Firdous ICGC, West Chester, OH

Consolation Prizes: Hana Ghobril, INTAC, West Chester, O

Aisha Moien, Islamic Center of Mason, OH

Results of Quranic Recitation Competition Group B

First Place: Hadiya Akhta, Sunrise Academy, Columbus, OH

Second Place: Noura Tulimat, INTAC, West Chester, OH

Third Place: Iman Sattar, Sunrise Academy, Columbus, OH

Hafiz Zaid Badiger, ICGC, West Chester, OH

Consolation Prize: Abdallah Muhammad, Dayton mercy Society, Dayton, OH

WE ARE VERY PROUD OF 2 CHILDREN OF OUR SCHOOL WHO WON THE COMPETITION

Results of Basketball Tournaments

Champions Pee Wee Boys: Al-Ilm Weekend School, Indianapolis, IN

Runner ups Pee Wee Boys: Dayton Islamic School, Dayton, OH

Champions Junior Boys: Dayton Islamic School, Dayton, OH

Runner ups Junior Boys: Eman School, Fishers, IN

Champions Senior Boys: Clifton School, Cincinnati, OH

Runner ups Senior Boys: Eman School, Fisher, IN

Champions Junior Girls: Islamic Weekend School, ICGC, West Chester, OH

Runner ups Junior Girls: Dayton Islamic School Team A, Dayton, OH

Champions Senior Girls: Islamic Weekend School, ICGC, West Chester, OH

Runner ups Senior Girls: Dayton Islamic School, Dayton, OH

1): First, we would like to thank Sr. Shakila Ahmad, President of ICGC who not only supported the

program but also attended the Program until the last moment.

2): Thanks to the Administrative Staff including Sr. Amira Batal, Sr. Huma Khan and Sr. Faiza Abid.

They offered great help as they did everything we needed in no time.

3): Thanks to Br. Ali Salahuddin who was very helpful in everything at any time of the day. May Allah

bless him and his family (Inshallah and Aameen).

4): Thanks to Sr. Marie Marawi and Sr. Isra Haq for letting us use INTAC and some items from their

school, without which we could have not run this program.

5): Thanks to Sr. Fatima Emlemdi for Overseeing Girls basketball and running a youth Program the

night before our championship games.

6): Special thanks to Br Tariq Khan for supporting this program in many ways, e.g. bringing food for

Saturday night and bringing his cleaning crew for Sunday and was available for help anytime we needed

him.

7): Thanks to Sr. Sadiqua Rahman and Dr. Sheikh Abdur Rahman (Sponsor for Quranic Recitation

winners)

8): Thanks to Sr. Rubina Qureshi and her volunteers including Sr. Naureen Baig for arranging breakfast

for Sunday.

9): Thanks to Lunch Sponsors and their volunteers: Special thanks to Sr. Aneela Zindani (leader) for

organizing delicious lunch to all those who attended the annual day program. This year’s lunch sponsors

include, Srs. Aneela Zindani, Rukhsana Savani, Urooj Amir, Javeria Usmani, Sumeira Tariq,

Samreen Arshad, Sadia Najeed, Pakeeza Farhan, Shazia Chowdhry & Nabila Ahmad. Lunch

volunteers include; Rubina Qureshi, Zaiba Sadath, Shehnaz Basha, Naureen Baig, Dr. Saba Ansari,

Farheen Bakali and Dr. Nadia Yaqub

10): Thanks to Basketball coaches: Zahid Javi, Haseeb Bakali, Hasan Samad, Asad Anwar, Saad

Anwar, Mujtaba Khalid, Natiq Fazlani, Zaid Badiger (Pee Wee Boys), Zohabe Bakali, Umar Durrani,

Shuja Ghani, Samir Kassem (Junior Boys), Ahmad Saleh, Rameez Choudhry (Senior Boys), Fatima

Khan, Mra Ansari, Almas Malik, Mariam Soliman (Pee Wee Girls), Nina Emlemdi, Mariyah Ahmad,

Meryam Mysorewala, Ghafeera Malik (Junior Girls), Jahaan Maiden Senior Girls)

11): Thanks to Basketball Tournament volunteers: Haroon Choudhry, Saud Butt, Chernoh Bah

Abdulsalaam Bah, Daniyal Khan, Asfand Khan, Shahrez Khan, Hassan Ahmed, Zaki Khalid, Abid

Traboulsi, Omar Saeed, Yousef Saeed, Humza Sultan, Mohsin Sultan, Waqas Tanveer, Abrar Tanveer,

Saadiq Sayani, Sheroz Zindani, Wasi Sami, Armaan Hassan, Ayaaz Farooqui, Ibrahim Chaudhry, Zain

Siddiqui, Farris Zayed, Junaid Malik, Imran Arif, Naila Merchant, Fatima Emlemdi, Mariam Soliman

12): Thanks to Registration Volunteers: Tasneem Aijaz, Norhan Gomaa, Munazza Aijaz, Irfan Aijaz

13): Thanks to Opening Reciter: Zumair Hayath

14): Thanks to our Judges: Dr. Ashraf Traboulsi, Br. Yaser Shamsi, Sr. Fatima Emlemdi, Hafiz

Yahya Hansbhai, Hafiz Asghar Ali Dadabhai, Hafiz Aiyub Hansbhai

15): Thanks to Quranic reciter’s scores tabulators: Shehzad Jamil (leader), Ansar Ahmed, Saif Ahmed,

Mohsin Latif, Abdullah Shaikh & Zamir Shaikh

16): Thanks to Br. Nauman Mysorewala, who did all the badges for reciters, judges and volunteers and

certificates for reciters and photography & Sr. Naveen Mysorewala for girls’ basketball photography.

17): Thanks to Dr Sulaiman Sheriff who helped to line up the children for Quranic recitation in order.