DC/Maryland/Virginia Chapter
ICNA DMV would like to announce a great new program! Free Online Tutoring Service Assalamo Alaikum, ICNA DMV area chapters are excited to announce a new free program for our area students. Under the current circumstances, we recognize a need many parents have to offer some additional help to their young students. Alhumdulillah, our […]
Mosque opens first-of-its-kind food pantry
One man, an Uber driver from a community near Valley Stream, was in a car accident and lost his job, which left him wondering how he would find money to feed his children. Another, a woman from Queens living in a shelter with her two children, was unsure where they would find their next meal. […]
Police, Muslim Community Join Forces to Distribute Backpacks to 400 Jersey City Children
JERSEY CITY, NJ – Volunteers from Islamic Circle of North America Relief (ICNA) joined with Jersey City police officers Saturday to give out 400 backpacks filled with schools supplies as well as 500 slices of pizzas.
Queens lawmaker partners with AAFE urging full census participation at Flushing food pantry
With 21 days to go before a federal deadline to end the count for the 2020 Census, Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE) and Council member Peter Koo joined with ICNA Relief at its weekly food distribution in Flushing on Wednesday, Sept. 9, to help community members complete their census questionnaires.
September is National Preparedness Month
National Preparedness Month (NPM) is recognized each September to promote family and community disaster planning – for now and throughout the year. As our nation continues to respond to current disasters (pandemic, fires, floods, hurricanes), there is no better time than now to create your preparedness plan.
As the Islamic Year Begins: Hijri 1442 AH
By Shaykh Abdool Rahman Khan The Muslim New Hijri Year of 1442 began on August 20th, 2020. This year both the Common Era (CE) and the Al-Hijrah (AH) have a lot to record that later generations would wonder how did how did humanity cope with so many calamities? Calamities that have never been witnessed in […]
PPP a ‘bridge’ for North Shore nonprofits in a dry time
Nonprofit organizations across the North Shore said that loans from the Payroll Protection Program (PPP) helped sustain them as streams of revenue were cut off.
Teen-founded Nonprofit Helping Through COVID-19
Brianna and her family then came together to help others in need: The Subins were soon collecting gift cards, clothing, and toys for families who had been hit hard by the pandemic, and Bake Back America was officially born.
Transition home offers solutions for women with no place else to go
Muna had only been in the U.S. for a few years when she and her husband decided to separate. A refugee from Iraq, Muna spoke little English. Other than her children, she had no family in the country and had never lived on her own before. “Where can I go?” she thought. She called the […]