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experience to provide relief to these people who havetruly lost everything. Seeingthem walk away with smileson their faces was priceless.Thank you to all who do-
nated to Thaakat’s flood
relief efforts.
Thaakat’s global volunteers in
Pakistan coordinated a relief mission to the Badin region of Sindh (located about 100 mileseast of Karachi), earlier thismonth. Hundreds of families were given food packagesand bottled mineral waterin the flood ravaged vil-lages of Badin.There was a large Hindupopulation in this area who received help and ourmighty volunteers recalledit being an incredible
Thaakat Continues to Help Flood Victims in Pakistan
2nd Annual “Hoops for Hunger” Basketball Tournament
Thaakat’s 2nd An-
nual BasketballTournament this weekend was a greatsuccess! It could nothave been possible without the supportof some gener-ous sponsors, in-credible volunteers,and dedicatedteams and fans!The two day event, which took place at the Oak Brook Park District in Oak Brook, IL, brought together 16 teamscompeting to win all whileplaying for a good cause.Several spectators came to watch the event and a few lucky ones walked away with some pretty sweet raf-fle prizes! A bags tourna-ment and free throw contestfor the girls and boys also brought on a few more lucky winners who also walkedaway with very cool prizes.
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Much To Be Thankful For
But perhaps the most excitingaspect of the event was whenour very own Secretary of StateMr. Jesse White strolled in with his Tumblers foran eye-catching per-formance of the mostthrilling acrobatics
we’ve ever seen!
The Jesse WhiteTumblers
put onone spectacular show during half-time of final game day, leav-ing all of us pretty amazed.Congratulations to
“TeamRuckus”
on a staggering winthis weekend and to the
“DFLBoyz”
who came in a very close 2nd place!
“Slammin’ to End Famine” for
fundraising.Thaakat Rutgers New Brunswick :Held a ThaakatMixer to benefit our 11/11/11campaign.Thaakat Rutgers Newark : Up-coming Event -
“Thaakat So-cial Dinner” on 12/6/11.
Thaakat Baruch : FundraisedThaakat Atlanta:Fundraisedfor the 11/11/11 campaign.Thaakat UIC:Held a bake saleon 11/19/11.Thaakat Loyola:Participated in
“Hoops for Hunger” on
“Paintballing for UNITY” in
for the 11/11/11 campaign.Thaakat TCNJ : Founded inNovember 2011. Congratula-tions to The College of New Jersey members!Northwestern University Tha-akat : Founded in November2011. Congratulations to theNorthwestern University mem- bers!
Thaakat Bradley
: Recently
held “Buy a Date to Educate”
fundraiser.
Thaakat Past & Present - A Timeline View
Thaakat Chapters Around the Nation: What’s New
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Much To Be Thankful For
As poverty continuedto engulf regions of Pakistan and India,Thaakat launched asa Facebook group with hopes that itcould help alleviatethe circumstances of those sufferingaround the world.On a calm summerevening, six youngsters(many of which werestrangers to oneanother) came togetherfor a meeting of minds.The goal was to makecharity a social act. They wanted to create asocial network for goodthat crossed boundariesand showed youth how easy it was to give back to our communities.Thaakat wasrecognized as a 501c3Non Profit
—
a giantleap!
Fall 20062007
Oct ‘08
In our first operating year, wearranged for almost
15 local
volunteer service projects at variousnursing homes and HamdardCenter in Chicago, celebrating thesimple joys in life through laughterand conversation....recognized by theIllinois Secretary of State Jesse White, City of Chicago, and the Aga Khan Foundation, with awards forOutstandingCommunity Service
‘09
-
‘10
2010
Massive floods hitPakistan. Thanks to your support, we raisednearly
$20,000
andorganized our ownrelief efforts in thedamaged areas of Punjab and Sindh,providing care tothousands.
2011 - Present Day
What started as a boardof six members hasgrown to 14 university chapters nationwide, all working together in ourmission for poverty alleviation and socialawareness. We hope toexpand our reach incoming years.Thank you all for youreverlasting support. We work with every ounce of heart wehave to ensure your charity dollars help those who need itmost.To view information on ourcurrent and past globalprojects please visit www.thaakat.wordpress.com/
Earlier in the week I had theopportunity to interview theThaakat AtlantaChapter President and FoundingMember, Ayesha Lodhia.
Q:
How did you hear of Tha-akat and what inspired youto start your own chapter?
A:
I heard about Thaakatthrough Facebook and Word-press. Thaakat was growingfast and the differences it wasmaking really inspired me. My cousin, Uzma Ali Bawany be-came my role model and Ireally wanted to walk in herfootsteps. I wanted to dosomething in life where Icould help people in need. Irealized that all the littlethings we do together can cre-
ate big differences in people’s
lives across the world. All the
pictures on Thaakat’s page
really inspired me, all the pro- jects they were working on were fascinating! It changedmy heart and I started my own chapter in Atlanta to be apart of the Thaakat team andhave fun while helping out agood cause! Definitely, the best decision of my life!
Q:
What was one of the first events you held and how did you market it?
A:
Our first big event wasThaakat Delight, to raise
money for Plumy’nut pro-
ject. We were aiming togive a taste of Indo-Pak food to the students atschool. However, we hadmore than just food; wehad a henna artist and In-dian music. We decoratedthe whole room with color-ful scarves and gave theevent an Indian theme. Tomarket this event we putup posters around campus, we verbally invited people,and we also made a Face- book event. It was very suc-cessful and all the studentsenjoyed our event!
Q:
What are some of the projects you've been work-ing on this year and howmuch have you raised?
A:
Our kick-off event was afundraiser at Pinkberry,this was our first exposureof Thaakat to our friends atschool. On Halloween, we went trick-or-treating forchange around campus. Wepassed out candy and many professors and studentsdonated their change to us
for Plumpy’nut. So far Tha-
akat Atlanta has raisednearly $6,000 since sum-mer 2011!! We are very thankful to all the support-ers we have in Atlanta andthe encouragement we getfrom all the other Thaakatchapters!
Q:
Do you have any ad-vice for other Thaakat chapters - whether theyare just starting up or have been around theblock?
A:
My advice to other Tha-akat chapters is to have fun with everything you do forThaakat because at the endof the day, the effort youput into your work helpedsomeone across the world.Teamwork is key because asa team we create strength, working together helpssolve problems we run into.Put your heart into every-thing you do and never giveup! There will be obstaclesevery chapter may encoun-ter but remember we havesuch great members youcan go to for advice. So
don’t worry! Thaakat Foun-
dation contains the most wonderful people I haveever met in my life! Startinga Thaakat chapter is so worth it!
Q:
What has been your most memorable Thaakat memory?
A:
My most memora- ble Thaakat memory is when we had a Tha-akat booth at the stu-dent activities fair oncampus. At our booth we were able to spark interest about Thaakatand see the excitementstudents had towardsour new venture. Wegot many compliments fromthe student organization onour well-organized boothand the colorfulThe support fromour fellow peers was unimaginableand it helped en-courage our teamto accomplish ourgoals for the se-mester.
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“It really changes
your life and gets you to think outsideof the little world you live in. Thaakatprovides peace,love, and happinessthroughout theirorganization,
guaranteed!”
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