raised of $65,000 USD goal
Giving is better together! Your share could raise over $77.
https://www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/love_through_play__make_a_smile_today
“Whoever guides someone to goodness will have a reward like the one who did it.”
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
This campaign will collect all funds raised by May 3, 2017 at 1:00 PM EDT
Masaajid all across the nation have the unique ability to provide a powerful impact on their surrounding community. We believe when others are in need, it is our responsibility to respond to their call within our capacity. This is part of the beautiful prophetic vision. Jami Masjid is continuously looking for ways to give back and respond proactively. Our donors and supporters deserve to know that we work hard to live up to their expectations and we do not ever plan to give up striving for positive change. 
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Let's keep it going! Donate today!
Due to such a high response and demand for the project, we have reached our goal in record time!!! We would like to thank each and every one of those who have contributed. From such a great community response, our team understood that we need to keep going, we can't stop here! We are going to set out for phase two, which will include a full swing set and will help us cover a high galvanized chain link fence with two gates to surround the playground. With your increased support, we will be able to take our project to the next level and enhance it further to be one of the best outdoor play spaces in the city! Let's keep it up!!!
Jami Masjid and Universal School have been blessed to serve GROWING numbers of underprivileged, inner-city and refugee children. The amount of kid traffic on our property has increased by at least 50% in the past year! Increasing numbers of children come out to shoot hoops and play on our property because they know it is safe. To some, it is their second home We are ready to take the next step!
Join us as we embark on a "Make a Smile" campaign to spread love through play. We are working with landscape architects to design a large, high-quality playground. This is what our children need!
We intend to build an innovative and state-of-the-art playground that will give our children a chance to gain back their childhood through play. Due to the positive experiences through our outreach and community programs, we have established a strong relationship with local children and teens. They come to play, while respecting and preserving the property. We are confident that this play space will be loved, valued, and maintained.
LOVE THROUGH PLAY! HELP "MAKE A SMILE" TODAY!
Providing a unique play opportunity for our children, unlike any other in the neighborhood, is a great way for us to show our love and care for our future of tomorrow. Our play space will serve underprivileged children who are at risk of getting involved in detrimental street culture ( i.e., drugs, violence and/or gang involvement), which persists in the inner-city streets of Buffalo, NY. Involvement with street drugs, violence, and/or gangs leads to depression, anxiety, addictions, and even death. It is our responsibility to protect future generations of children from the negative impact of today's societal diseases and pressures. InshaAllah (God willing) , this playground will have the potential to act as a safe haven.
Moreover, with the advent of technology, it has become even more crucial that we offer children healthier ways to play! According to Digital Trends, approximately 91% of the children today are at home playing video games, surfing on the computer, and watching television.
Lastly, this is an opportunity for all of us to help bring a bright and shining smile to the faces of the increasing population of refugee children, many of whom may have lost their homes and/or their family members.
We need your help to succeed! Let's create a new outdoor play space in order to build a better America for our future generations!
Support us as we strive to replace unhealthy outlets to healthy play coupled with love and smiles. YOU can be a part of the change!
This project is in memory of Ilyas Abdulle, a recent graduate of Universal School. Ilyas was known to always have a smile. May the smiles that this project brings be a source of an everlasting smile on Ilyas. - Ameen.
100% of funds raised will go towards the building of our outdoor play space.
Our goal of forty thousand will pay for a large, solid play structure featuring two slides, a bridge and multiple climbing features and three additional freestanding play add-ons. The play-space ground will be complete with poured in place rubber surfacing to ensure innovation, quality and safety.
It is our hope that with your help we will have our new playground up and running by this Eid, as our gift to the children!
Finishing pictures of the playground bi'ithnillah will be posted to our website for all donors to view, inshaAllah!
To see examples of the work and service we have led in the past for our local community please watch these videos! Support the good and donate today!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOZTJxMCnEw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP1XlLdeMfo
https://www.youtube.com/user/NomadsMedia
To view our website please see jamibuffalo.org
We thank you in advance for your generosity and support, may it be accepted in the highest of courts as a great Sadaqa Jariya! - Ameen
Smile Friend
You're a great friend! Your donation builds 1 square foot of the community playground.
91 claimed
Smile Advocate
You are an advocate for joy! Your donation covers 2 square feet of the community playground.
56 claimed
Smile Supporter
You are a supporter of happiness! Your donation builds 3 and-a-half square feet of the community playground.
74 claimed
Smile Contributer
You contribute to the happiness of our city! Your donation builds 9 square feet of the community playground!
39 claimed
Smile Builder
You build people up! Your donation builds 18 feet of the community playground!
23 claimed
Smile Champion
You are champion of the community! Your donation builds 36 square feet of the community playground!
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Smile Sponsor
Your sponsorship brings endless joy to our city! Your donation builds 108 square feet of the community playground!
1 claimed
Smile Partner
You are a partner of our community, our city, and the residents young and old! Your donation builds 180 feet of the community playground!
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Giving is better together! Your share could raise over $77.
https://www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/love_through_play__make_a_smile_today
“Whoever guides someone to goodness will have a reward like the one who did it.”
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
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Thank You Video!!!!!
Dear Supporters,
Asalamualaykum,
We would like to share with all of you our Thank You Video. We could not have done it without you! If you are local, please stop by and visit what true teamwork can accomplish!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t8gYpbr9G3Y&feature=youtu.be
As the blessed days of Dhul Hijjah are still upon us, we encourage you to donate to our next project. During these days rewards for giving sadaqah are multiplied. Let's take full advantage of this and come together once again to help a dear community build their First Masjid. They need our help and we are not going to let them down! Please give whatever you can, if you are not in the position to give please find someone and urge them to support this project, share it with your contacts and most of all pray for its success. More details are on the page! Check it out and go ahead and click support...trust us, we bring projects of POSITIVE CHANGE to completion!!! Stay tuned for the video!
Jazakum Allahu Khairun
A Golden Opportunity!!
Salamualaykum wa rahmatullah,
We hope and pray everyone's Ramadan is full of blessings and ease so far.
We have some exciting news to share with our supporters. Alhamdulilah, Jami Masjid and Universal School have been given a golden opportunity. WE are in the top ten finalists to win 20 thousand dollars for our playground!!! Woohoo!!
How it works: Five out of the ten finalists that have the most public votes will win the 20K!! All we need to do is vote, vote and vote! AND, you can vote once every 24 hours until June 24th! How easy it th
at?? Let's not pass this opportunity to make our playground the best it can be - for our masjid, for our school, and for our children!
Our four point GAME PLAN: Here is all you need you to do!
1) Go to: voteuniversal.org
2) Like the page and hover over the videos to find Universal's, and vote with one click!
3) Set your daily personal alarm labeled 'vote' so you can remind yourself to vote every day!
4) Share this 4 point game plan with the world! Well if not the world, at least everyone you know!!!
InshaAllah, the playground build will begin on July 28th, 2017. Ready for play summer 2017!! Initially, we were going to begin the build in June, however, when we were blessed with this golden opportunity we decided to wait and shoot for the stars!! With the extra funds we can make it even bigger and better!!
Bismillah, let's do this!!!
On FB you may use the hashtag #LetsPlayVideoContest
Follow us through FB at Jami Buffalo for further updates!
Jazakum Allahu Khairun
With you.....
Dear Friends and Family,
With your support, Universal School and Jami Masjid has reached its goal!!! We cannot thank you enough for realizing the importance of this project and for your generosity. We have no doubt your contribution will leave a lasting imprint on the lives of children.
We are very excited to bring, what once started as a small idea, into reality. Now the fun part begins! Look out for us online as we share details on the surface prep, building days and ribbon ceremony! We hope you will share in our excitement and pray for its final success. We could not have made it without you.
Important Playground Update # 3!!!
Dear Friends,
Last week, we received new updated plans of our design!! These plans show a vibrant rubber surface pattern, a fence, a matching swing set and more! We are continuously working to enhance and improve our play space to the utmost best space it can possibly be! Please take a look at the updated photos on the page. We hope you like the progress so far! They are not final. We are still constantly working to add equipment and make it even better!
Masaajid all across the nation have the unique ability to provide a powerful impact on their surrounding community. We believe when others are in need, it is our responsibility to respond to their call within our capacity. This is part of the beautiful prophetic vision. Jami Masjid is continuously looking for ways to give back and respond proactively. Our donors and supporters deserve to know that we work hard to live up to their expectations and we do not ever plan to give up striving for positive change.
All people should find peace, happiness, love and care when they visit a place of worship. Refugees and others who may feel hopeless, should feel a sense of hope when they take their first steps into a new masjid.
"Make a Smile" for our little neighbor, four year old, Sham, who is named after her home city. "Make a Smile" for her three brothers who sometimes still look up into the sky in fear when a plane is overhead. Moreover, "Make a Smile" for their mother who found new friends at Jami masjid, for all the other children of refugee families in our community, and for all children who have stories and with a little hope, they smile again.
You can check out the updated photos on the page at:
www.launchgood.com/play
We are close to the finish line!! Please continue to donate whatever you can and continue to share widely! Only just over 10K left, let's come together, give again, and finish off this campaign to make it happen for Eid2017!!
#makeasmile
Could not have done it without you!!!
On behalf of Jami Masjid and Universal School we would like to thank you for your support!!! It is only when the community works together that dreams can come true! The amount of support was truly inspiring to see.
Update: Due to such a high response and demand for the project, we have reached our goal in record time!!! We would like to thank each and every one of those who have contributed. From such a great community response, our team understood that we need to keep going, we can't stop here! We are going to set out for phase two, which will include a full swing set and will help us cover a high galvanized chain link fence with two gates to surround the playground. With your increased support, we will be able to take our project to the next level and enhance it further to be one of the best outdoor play spaces in the city! Let's keep it up!!!
Please do continue to share and secure support from friends and family!
May God bless your contributions and may He spread light, love, happiness and peace into your lives.
Giving is better together! Your share could raise over $77.
https://www.launchgood.com/v4/v4/campaign/love_through_play__make_a_smile_today
“Whoever guides someone to goodness will have a reward like the one who did it.”
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
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Giving is better together! Your share could raise over $77.
https://www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/love_through_play__make_a_smile_today
“Whoever guides someone to goodness will have a reward like the one who did it.”
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
