Parking Lots Expansion Project

1. Our Dire Need for Parking: The Islamic Center of RI owns 150 parking spaces and rents another 150 parking spaces from an adjacent company.  The current owner is selling all assets and offering us a chance to purchase the rented parking lots.  Our ability to hold events and Friday prayer would be hindered without enough parking.

2. How Much is the Acquisition: The cost of the parking lots is $400,000.  We must come up with $200,000 by June 30, 2017 and the rest will be financed interest-free for the next three years.  We currently have $50,000 in saving leaving a balance of $150,000.

3. Why Must We Buy: Without purchasing the lots, we would have no guarantee that a new owner would even rent to us.  We could also potentially face high rental fees if we are given the option to rent it.  Having more land will also allow us to build a GYM for the youth in the future InchaaAllah

InshAllah, we must take advantage of this offer to own the entire parking area and secure crucial parking spaces for the house of Allah.

Please donate generously and spread the word among your family and friends during this limited opportunity for perpetual charity.

Standing Strong

By the grace of Almighty Allah and your unwavering support, we have made tremendous progress to date. But we also recognize that today more than ever we need to join hands, strengthen faith, change hearts, and spread goodness. We can not play the role of victims but rather we must play the role of leaders. Following the Sunnah (tradition) of our beloved Prophet (pbuh), leaders spread goodness by virtue of their actions and deeds and thereby improve the lives for one and all. Through the beneficial and active contribution to society, we change the hearts and minds of people towards our noble religion. ICRI made the explicit decision to accelerate the spreading of what we term “goodness”, to improve the lives of all around us and in the process to change the hearts of those who misunderstand our religion.

Upholding Values

This year is a critical year where we are focused on laying the foundation of ICRI for next decade. We will be working hard on paying off Loans, expanding on our programs, and looking for future expansion.

Following the example of the Prophet Muhammad (pubh), the ICRI community is committed on“Deepening faith, Standing strong, Upholding Values and Building bridges”

Deepening Faith

A few glimpses of impact results of ICRI:

Launched 4 new initiatives:

            1) Parking Lot Expansion

            2) Weekend School

            3) Daily Quran School

            4) Gym/Youth Center

Served the Islamic needs of more than 500 families

Financially assisted more than 100 families

Reached out to over 1000 persons through inter-faith programs.

Served hot meals in Providence.

Enrolled 250 students in various classes.

Received over 20 media coverage pieces.

Performed janazah ghusl & prayers

Building Bridges

We thank Allah for all we achieved so far. We, however, recognize that we have a long way to go. We need to capitalize and build on the foundation we have laid. And, we can only do so with your assistance.

May Allah The Most Exalted shower His unbounded blessings on you and your family. Thank you for your gracious help for ICRI to continue its journey of spreading goodness, improving lives, and changing hearts!