Muslims for Life

1. Muslims for Life How do we go about collecting thousands of pints of blood?

2. Why do a Blood Drive? • Khilafat and Nizam-i-Jamaat • Wakes up jamaat members (internal) • One of the best ways to introduce jamaat to community (external)

3. How to Start? • Pray for success • Encourage jamaatand team members especially • Write to Hazur • Offer extra prayers

4. Think ahead • Need lead time • 4 months beforehand

5. How to Form Teams? • Involve members by having many teams • Appoint team leaders with 2-6 people working with them • Have a core team of 3-4 team leaders

6. Follow Up Work • Frequent meetings-face to face/teleconference • Lead and guide discussion but involve everyone in decision process • Develop plan • Assign tasks • Be the driver in the process • Follow-up with team leaders frequently

7. Sponsorship • Set up meetings with blood collection agencies, sponsors • Core team • Involve them in the collection effort • Try to set up sponsorship with blood collection agency, prominent organizations • Adds credibility • Use sponsors to help you

8. Meetings with sponsors • In meeting briefly explain • Ahmadiyya Muslim Community • Aim of MFL • Obtain suggestions of other potential sponsors • Find out about existing blood drives • Ideas for new blood drives

9. Organizations • Colleges and schools are great locations • Week long blood drives at larger colleges • Religious Centers • Civic centers • Fire and Police Departments

10. How to get the high numbers • Average blood drive will collect 20-50 units • Multiple blood drives • Large blood drives • Stadium • Logistics

11. Jazakallah