Published on Mar 27 2010 by Yousaf Aftab

 Charity Collection in response to MKACC 2010 supporting Macmillan

MKA Newcastle is proud to announce that, the first supermarket collection in response to MKACC 2010 has taken place in supporting Macmillan Cancer Support. On Saturday 20 March 2010, four Khuddam from Newcastle Qiadat went to Morrison’s supermarket in the Killingworth Centre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, collecting funds for Macmillan Cancer Support.

Three volunteers started the fundraising session at 10:00am and one volunteer joined this session at 2:00pm. The sessithis session with Du'a (silent prayer) and each Khadim started with his own contribution of £1.

The charity representative Kelly Knighting-Wykes (Fundraising Manager), who met us at the venue, provided each of the volunteers with collection buckets and stickers.
 
By the Grace of Allah, a very successful fundraising campaign was undertaken by the Khuddam present and the event was enjoyed by all. The Macmillan Cancer Support was very happy with our enthusiasm and fundraising efforts on the day. Kelly Knighting-Wykes, the Fundraising Manager, said:

“A huge thank you again to the boys and their dedication on the day. Also thank you to Faheem for coordinating the volunteers, you were fantastic!”

The fundraising session finished at 6:00pm and all the buckets were returned to the Macmillan Fundraising Manager. Special thanks to Kelly Knighting-Wykes who arranged such a fantastic and good natured event for MKA Newcastle. Special thanks to volunteers for sacrificing their time to volunteer towards this noble cause.

The following volunteers participated in this session:
 
Faheem Ahmad Tahir
Awais Ahmad
Muhammad Akram Anjum
Muhammad Ehsan

Most of all, each Khadim thoroughly enjoyed the experience of collecting for the charity, which not only deepened the sense of brotherhood amongst the Khuddam but also raised a total of £655.42 for the charity.

Once again a big thanks to all the volunteers for pulling this off. May Allah (swt) shower His Blessings on them without measure, and enable them to keep up the good work Ameen.
 
Please remember all of those who helped make this a successful session in your prayers and we hope to keep up the good work in the future.

We sent the letters to other superstores along with the MKACC 2010 brochure and also several phone calls have been made with the help of Macmillan to help enable us to organise similar events in the future. We are just waiting for the green light from them.

Additionally, we have just had confirmation of a collection at Asda in Benton but it is on 8^th May.