For those interested in providing material goods directly, rather than
money, for the tsunami victims, here is a relevant message.

Mary Anne

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Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 12:30:51 -0800 (PST)
From: amina@...
Subject: Tsunami victims help them airlift from seattle (fwd)

Hi. Happy new year.
I just returned form Ecuador and thought you might like to view the email below.
Please feel free to forward to the rest of NIHAC sterring committee and members
if you like. Amineh

Assalamu Alaikum, Due to the overwhelming request form local individuals;
there will be ONE AIRLIFT from Seattle next week organized by leadership of
the Indonesian community. The cut-off to drop-off items off (to be put in
boxes, clearly labeled with type of items and their approximate value) is on
January 10, 2006 at the following locations.

Drop-off locations:
ISS Islamic School of Seattle, 720 25th Ave, Seattle, 98122
IPTN North America, 1035 Andover Park W., Seattle;
Islamic Center of Eastside 14700 Main ST, Bellevue (1:15 - 1:45 PM, Saturday
& Sunday only)
Tonny Sueharto residence, 15618 S.E. 10th St., Bellevue;
Islamic Center of Everett, 818 W. Casino Road, Everett.

Again the cut-off date for collection for the first batch (AIRLIFT) is
January 10, 2005 and there are some requirements for the collection: The
donated items have to be put in boxes, clearly labeled with type of items
and their approximate value.

Items can include:
1. Tents
2. Thin blankets and sleeping bags
3. Children and adults' clothing and women's underwear and sanitizing pads
4. Ready-to-eat foods and drinks.
5. Ziploc bags with bandages, aspirin, disinfectants
6. Baby Food
7. RELIEF KITS FOR TSUNAMI VICTIMS How to put a kit together...
4 bars of soap
1 plastic bottle of shampoo (13 - 24 ounce size or 450 - 830 milliliters).
Place in plastic bag.
1 tube of toothpaste (minimum 8 ounces or 100 milliliters)
4 adult-size toothbrushes (leave in packaging)
1 hairbrush
1 wide-tooth comb
1 finger nail clipper
1 box of adhesive bandages (minimum 40, assorted preferred)
Please package each kit individually in either 2-gallon Zip-loc bags or
plastic shopping bags.

Current Totals of money locally collected (as of 01/02/05) of the
fundraising for Aceh.
Bellevue Area $ 3,135.00
Bellevue Masjid $ 5,027.00
Cham Masjid $ 745.25 (collected by br. Adron)
Everett Masjid $ 3,110.00 (collected by br. Irfan)
Olympia/Lacey Masjid $ 2,636.00 (collected by Imam Joban)
Kent Masjid $ 1,200.00 (collected by br. Rashid)
T o t a l $ 15,853.25

We encourage all brothers, sisters and children to participate in this local
relief effort. This can be a great vehicle for all of us to come together as
communities, families and neighbors. Involve your children's school
teacher, or Islamic school to be a part of this great and noble effort to
help our brothers and sisters.
JazzakumAllah KAhirun
AZIZ JUNEJO

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