The Muslim community will be going skating this Friday. Info follows. Don’t forget to support the sponsors by giving them your business
Archive for the ‘Good causes’ Category
Reminder: Muslim Family Fun Skate
Posted in Good causes, Muslim issues on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Charity project: winter scarves
Posted in Good causes on October 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My blogging guru and hyper-loyal reader Aaminah has posted info on a neat idea for a charity project: supplying scarves to the homeless in downtown Grand Rapids, MI.
Muslim Community Family Fun Skate
Posted in Good causes, Muslim issues on October 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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This has become a winter staple here in the western end of the GTA. Check it out and support the sponsors too! (Villa Madina make the BEST shwarma in town!)
Vote for the environment
Posted in Armchair activism, Good causes on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a nifty website for those who are still trying to make up their minds. Anyone but the Conservatives, you say. But what if a split vote will result in the election of You Know Who?
This site offers comprehensive, up-to-date riding by riding information on how to defeat Harper and his anti-environment policies.
Enter your postal [...]
Corporate behemoth vs. the little guy
Posted in "Underdogs", Good causes on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Toronto Star’s Joe Fiorito is one of my favourite columnists. He find the most incredibly moving, human stories in the big bad city. His latest column is about the “little guy” faced with thoughtless competition by a huge multinational corporation. I know many of the big corporations also give to charities and community causes, [...]
Appeal for South Asian (and other) donors – stem cell and bone marrow
Posted in Good causes on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There is currently an appeal to find a suitable bone marrow donor for a well-known and well-loved doctor who is suffering from leukemia. His name is Dr. Abhijit Guha. I don’t know him, but people I know speak very highly of him.
A bone marrow transplant may save his life, but the registry for bone marrow [...]
Baby Yussuf
Posted in Good causes on September 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
One of the things I want to do with my blog, in sha Allah, is give readers a “heads-up” for good works and spread the word about great causes. I received this in an e-mail this morning. Please check out this site and help if you can.
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Assalamualaikum everyone,
Alhamdulillah Ramadhan has begun, and this is [...]
