american muslim volunteers omer zobairi january 19 th, 2011
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American Muslim American Muslim VolunteersVolunteers
Omer ZobairiJanuary 19th, 2011
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AgendaAgenda
Mission Statement History and Objectives Two Volunteering Events: Thanksgiving Day &
Christmas Eve Images Accomplishments Vision Going Forward How You can Help Elevate the name of
American Muslims
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Mission StatementMission Statement
The mission of American Muslim Volunteers is to unite and facilitate community service efforts of ALL Americans. American Muslim Volunteers is committed in helping to improve the lives of ALL people regardless of race, religion, age, gender or ethnicity.
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History and ObjectivesHistory and Objectives Formed in October 2010 with the idea to help elevate the
name of American Muslims by: “Offering a Helping Hand to Those in Need”
Objectives for 2010 were: Serve the less-privileged in the Houston community and be visible
doing so Get-out-the-word about the organization to a select few mosques
and the community in Houston and generate interest amongst all people of all ages
Website: www.AmericanMuslimVolunteers.org and through Facebook Email to various Masajid groups Announcements after Jumaa and Sunday School Radio Stations Posters
Deliver 2 Volunteering Events
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Two Volunteering Events: Two Volunteering Events: Thanksgiving Day & Christmas Thanksgiving Day & Christmas
EveEve Collaborated with City Wide Club of America to assist with the “Big Feast”
Held at George R Brown Convention Center – full day events. 25,000 less privileged people served hot meals and given clothing,
shoes and toys for kids AMV: largest organized group present
~ 500 Volunteers on Thanksgiving Day; ~ 200 Volunteers on Christmas Eve All volunteers given free blue AMV t-shirts Several non-Muslims registered with AMV to volunteer Volunteers assisted in all aspects of the Event
AMV table visited by: Houston Sheriff Adrian Garcia and Congressman Al Green – show of support to AMV
American Muslims Volunteers extremely visible doing fantastic work for the Community!
Huge Success!!!
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AccomplishmentsAccomplishments Able to pull off a large volunteer effort in a
short amount of time inception to 1st Event: 6 weeks 1st event to 2nd Event: 4 weeks
Up and running: Website, facebook page, e-mail blasts, radio announcements, logo, posters and banners; 800 t-shirts designed and printed.
Great work done by All Volunteers. Special Thanks to them.
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VisionVision Get our ~800+ volunteer base engaged in various
community projects big and small across Houston Collaborate with the various groups on different
projects: Bangladeshi, Indonesian, Malaysian, Arab and Iranian
community Ismaili, Shia, Christian, Jewish
American Muslims improving the lives of fellow citizens
Expand the current model to other cities
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Going Forward….Going Forward….Habitat For Humanity
Target HungerBlood Drives
Fort Bend Family PromiseVisiting Retirement Homes
Visiting Cancer Patients in HospitalsThanksgiving Day Event
Christmas Eve EventVolunteer Picnic
Dragon Boat Race
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How You can Help Elevate How You can Help Elevate the name of American the name of American
Muslims Muslims Sign up at www.AmericanMuslimVolunteers.org to volunteer your time. We will send out an email with the upcoming events.
Bring your family, friends, neighbors to volunteer events – Muslims and non-Muslims
Make a tax deductible donation to American Muslim Volunteers AMV is a registered 501(c) non-profit charitable organization Please make checks payable to:
American Muslim Volunteers6161 Savoy Drive, Suite 904Houston, Texas 77036281.671.4456
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Special Thanks to:Special Thanks to: All the Volunteers who gave their precious time to come out and
help The entire AMV team that worked tirelessly to organize the events
in such a short amount of time ALL PRINTING for the Banners (www.all-printing.com) Hassan Studios for the electronic poster design (www.hassanstudio.com) Cobait for Website setup (www.cobait.com) US Team for printing t-shirts in a short turnaround time (
www.usteaminc.com) Islamic Society of Greater Houston (www.isgh.org) for their support Islamic Dawah Center (www.islamicdawahcenter.org) for their
support Amy Hanson for labels
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Parting Thought…. How can MPA and AMV work together to achieve common objectives?