It’s been a while since I posted any news about Zanfhas’ activities.
All members have been really busy with their work commitments and this year we decided not to take up a particular project, but having said that, we’ve still managed to raise awareness of our organisation and raise monies for worthwhile causes.
I was personally asked by the British Muslim Heritage Centre in Manchester, to speak as a keynote speaker at the launch of the “Friends’ of the British Muslim Heritage Centre.” This was well received and raised awareness of not only the BMCH, but also our organisation.
During the month of Ramadan, I collected over £2300, at our local mosque, Altrincham Muslim Association, for the Islamic Reliefs’ ‘East Africa Appeal’. This donation was achieved through the dedicated efforts of all the ladies of Hale, Hale Barns and Altrincham, who attended the Quranic readings/lectures everyday throughout the month of Ramadan and kindly donated their zakat and sadaqa funds.
A kind donor has raised over £230 for the Zanfhas’ funds, to use in a project which we deemed to be worthwhile, of which £100 was donated to UWT / Team Casablanca for a sponsored 215km bike trek in the atlas mountains in Morrocco, to raise money for various projects in Africa and East Asia. I will keep you posted as to where the other £130 is used.
And finally, the £10.000 we raised for a sensory room at the Seashell Trust, doing various fundraisers, the highlight of which was our teams’ 84mile walk along Hadrians’ Wall, has just been finished and opened and used by the children at the Seashell Trust. We all went along to see it, and let me tell you, we were thrilled with the outcome. It’s a really nice room, well equipped, and to see the children using it and enjoying it makes all the hard work worthwhile. Well done to everyone! Zanfhas’ teams’ heartfelt thank you to each and everyone who donated to make this possible, THANK YOU.
Photos of the room will be uploaded as soon as we have permission from parents of children who are in the photos.
Glad that you walked Hadrian’s wall – this is such a good walk for people who want to raise money and need a challenge but perhaps aren’t ready for Snowdonia! Do you have any pictures yet following asking parents? Hope the weather and road was kind to you.
We don’t sponsor yet sadly, but if you have the bug for walking and getting out there or just need some inspiration – perhaps a skydive?
Then have a look at our site?
We are on http://www.goactivities.co.uk
Well done again on your efforts and I hope to see you all tackling the outdoors again soon!
GO Activities xx
Posted by GOactivities | December 9, 2011, 1:02 pm