Muslims for Life How do we go about collecting thousands of pints of blood?
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)
How to Start? Pray for success – Encourage jamaat and team members especially Write to Hazur Offer extra prayers
Think ahead Need lead time 4 months beforehand
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
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
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
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
Organizations Colleges and schools are great locations – Week long blood drives at larger colleges Religious Centers Civic centers Fire and Police Departments
How to get the high numbers Average blood drive will collect units Multiple blood drives Large blood drives – Stadium – Logistics
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