MY Project USA Has Made An Impact of $38 Million in Columbus 

Together We Built A Legacy of Hope & Prosperity For All. We served More Than 300,000 People In 9 Years

Your Continued Support Will Enable Us Protecting & Empowering More

Dear Family, 

Salams & Peace! 

Due to technical problems with our email software, I have not been able to send a newsletter since the first week of Ramadan. This has been resolved and I have so much to share with you. 

During our time away, we celebrated Easter and Eid Al Fitr and we are now getting ready to celebrate Eid Al Adha in just three weeks. This has been a unique time of celebration along with grief. While many in America and around the world were celebrating Easter, our Christian brothers and sisters in Palestine were not able to celebrate due to ongoing bombing on them. And our Muslim brothers and sisters were fasting while in a famine due to food and water shortage during Ramadan. This will be the case again at the time of Eid Al Adha since we are still not seeing any sign of ceasefire in the Middle East. 

As we are hurting and praying for our children and families in Gaza and throughout Palestine, unfortunately, we are also dealing with some serious issues here in our local communities. As you choose to support families abroad, I would also like to request you to please remember the unfortunate kids and families here in your local community as well. 

MY Project USA saw significant growth in programs and served over 125,000 individuals just in the last year. See the video above about our full impact. While mostly funded by grants, there are four areas where we are in serious need of community support:

• Hot meals for kids in our youth programs and community
• Rent & utilities for families in need to save them from being evicted
• Workforce development/job training for unemployed, marginalized women and single mothers
• Indoor recreation and community space for at-risk youth & families a.k.a. Issa Jeylani Memorial Recreation Center 

Please give as much of you can. Your investment will go a long way. We are zakat eligible and tax exempted.

May God bless you more with His bounties and accept all your prayers and charity always.

In solidarity with youth & families,

Zerqa Abid

Founder, President & Executive Director

Sponsor Summer Meals!

Looking for a way to help out this summer? Our summer programs are kicking off soon and MY Community Cafe strives to feed all the kids that come through our doors. We are anticipating a need of serving at least 4500 meals this summer. When you donate to sponsor a meal, you are sponsoring so much more - you are sponsoring a child, a future. Donate today. 

MY Helpline:

MY Project USA Saved Two Families From Being Evicted This Month

Your Helps Us Keep Families In Their Homes

Thanks to your generous donations, we were recently able to help two families avoid eviction! We also were able to pay their utility bills and get them set up with necessary essentials. Thank you to all who pitched in to help! Please continue to donate so we can help more families in need.

We have been working very hard in securing grants and building collaboration with other partners to help our clients, but none of the grants or agencies are helping with this need currently. If you or someone you know needs help, please ask them to contact us at (614) 905-0977 or help@myprojectusa.org.

Shop At MY Deah's Warehouse To Support Local Families

Saturday May 25 - Saturday June 1, 10 - 4 PM

Come shop at MY Deah's Warehouse during our week long blowout Memorial Day Sale! We have tons of items for sale, including clothes, furniture, appliances, decor, baby supplies, lawn mowers, and more! Buy everything you need while knowing that your money is going toward helping local children and families in need. That's a Win-Win! Don't need to buy anything, but would like to help out? Donate items or money to MY Project USA! 

Amazing Opportunity For New American Youth In Central Ohio

Learn How To Be An Advocate And A Leader In Your Community! 

Are you frustrated by the lack of change around you and feel passionate to do good and make a difference? Do you want to do something but don't know where or how to start? This program is for you! Learn how to be a leader in your community and advocate for the policies and change that you want to see implemented. Sign up today! Registration for the summer program is now open! 

U10 Hilltop Tigers Win OCL League Tournament! 

Congrats to our U10 and U12 Hilltop Tigers teams, and their Coaches Mohamed Ahmed "Speedy" and Bashir Ahmed for winning the Ohio Champions League (OCL) tournament this week! Each team played a total of 4 games and their hard work and dedication made this win an easy reality! 

Beyond winning the tournament, the true victory for all of the players in the Hilltop Tigers Club is staying away from gangs, drugs, guns, violence and other troubles on their streets. We are so proud of each of them and are so grateful to all of our funders and donors. This year the Hilltop Tigers Soccer Club is made possible partially by grants from the Ohio Department of Education, Franklin County, and State of Ohio. Donations from the community and smaller grants from several foundations and charity funds help us cover all the turfs. Thank you for being a part of our Village. 

Our Hilltop Youth Soccer League is starting on June 11th. We hope to recruit more than 300 youth in Hilltop this year through our league. Your support to this league will go a long way in protecting and empowering each one of them. Please donate generously. If you own a business, please check the sponsorship opportunities as well. 

Hilltop Youth Soccer Summer League Starting Soon!

Registration Closes Today!

Register to join the Hilltop Youth Soccer Summer League TODAY! You don't have to be part of a team to register. All are welcome! Don't want to register? Consider supporting the team by sponsoring or donating! Sponsorship details are in the flyer below. Contact Soccer@myprojectusa.org with any questions! 

Adult Education

Adult ESL Classes At The Hilltop Youth Empowerment Center Serving More than 25 Adults in Current Session. 

ESL classes are going strong with dozens of students in attendance every week! Classes are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 - 7:30 PM and are open to anyone who would like to attend. This session ends on June 18th. 

After School Program Fun! 

Your Support Will Help Us Continue This Through The Summer!

Our after school program has been super busy with fun and educational activities for kids every week! Pictured above are field trips with Starling and BINNS Elementary Schools to Highland Youth Park, a nutrition and cooking class run by Local Matters at Starling Elementary, and a trip to the Franklin Park Conservatory with West High School and Girls Empowerment students! Keep an eye out for updates on all of our fun summer activities coming up! Donate below to help keep these programs going! 

MY Deah's Warehouse:

12 Locations In Columbus To Drop Off Donations – Truck Pick-Up Available For Large Donations

We Are Looking For More Locations

You can now drop off your donations of new and gently used clothes, shoes, books, toys and other small non-breakable items in a donation box near you. These locations include: 

   • Ahlul Bayt Society – 2580 W. Dublin Granville Rd. Columbus, OH 43235
   • Bethel International United Methodist Church – 1220 Bethel Rd. Columbus, OH 43220
   • Covenant Baptist Church – 5100 Dierker Rd. Columbus, OH 43220
   • Heritage Christian Church – 7413 Maxtown Rd. Westerville, OH 43082
   • MAS Youth Center – 4615 Northtowne Blvd. Columbus, OH 43229
   • Masjid Nimrah – 4501 Refugee Rd. Columbus, OH 43232
   • MY Deah's Warehouse – 4004 Fondorf Dr. Columbus, OH 43228. (Business Hours Only)
   • Noor Islamic Cultural Center – 5001 Wilcox Rd. Dublin, OH 43016
   • Omar Ibn El-Khattab Masjid – 580 Riverview Dr. Columbus, OH 43202
   • The Destiny Center – 1561 Old Leonard Ave. Columbus, OH 43219
   • The First Congregational Church – 444 E. Broad St. Columbus, OH 43215
   • Turkish American Society of Ohio (TASO) – 2885 W. Dublin Granville Rd. Columbus, OH 43235

MY Project USA is searching for more locations across central Ohio where people can leave their donations of new and gently used clothes, shoes, books, toys, and other small non-breakable items. We need your support!

We will collect the items from the bins weekly (or more frequently as needed) and sort them in our warehouse. Once organized, we offer the items for free to clients in the communities we serve. Some items are also sold at Global Gifts & Thrift, a retail location in Hilliard that is based on the Goodwill model. All proceeds of these sales go toward funding our programs.

Our organization will ensure that the area around the bins remains clean. Please contact Noorullah Shinwari at (614) 817-9159 with questions or if you are interested in partnering with us. Thank you!

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