On Saturday, February 15th the Muslim Students Association at SFU had a successful fundraising dinner alhamdulillah. SFU MSA puts on several events throughout the course of the year for Muslim students and the community. They provide an open and safe space for Muslims on campus to foster a sense of community with one another. As one of the biggest clubs on campus, they have two to three events a month.
It was a very successful fundraiser alhamdullilah. The fundraisers goal was to raise funds for the expenses that the MSA had to cover on a yearly or semesterly bases like multiple iftaars in the month of Ramadan costing around $5000-$6000, United Islam Awareness Week consisting of five inspiring and captivating lectures conducted by internationally flown speakers also costing around $6000, and other resources like prayer mats, dawah material, & speaker honorariums. Their shared goals with the community included dawah work, offering prayer spaces to Muslims on campus, creating community leaders, ilm, and fostering the Muslim identity. The fundraiser helped with not only covering the expenses that the MSA had but also with spreading exposure to what the MSA does and the importance of having such an environment in a university setting. It was a night full of laughter and meaningful discussions
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The MSA would like to thank everyone for their support at their fundraising dinner. They were happy to see the community come out, see what the MSA is all about, and support the youth. It meant a lot to the team to see all this support from everyone and would like to thank those who came out for their investment in the youth! Below are their social media pages if anyone would like to see their future events and stay in touch!
