I Have The Pleasure Of Volunteering My Service At Bilal...

Over the past semester, I have had the pleasure of volunteering my services to Bilal Oromo Dawa Center in Fridley, Minnesota as a tutor and person of influence to children ages 6-18. Bilal Oromo Dawa Center’s (BODC) mission statement is as follows: Bilal Oromo Dawa Center is a charitable, religious, social, cultural, educational nonprofit organization dedicated to serve the Muslim community. As I have come to find out, BODC is a community center that offers many different services for all its community members. The services range from tutoring services, weekend school for Islamic studies, funeral services, Friday congregational prayers, family and marriage counseling, youth sports, and general community services. BODC is a relatively new organization; however, they stem from Tawfiq Islamic Center in North Minneapolis. Tawfiq Islamic Center (TIC) has been open to the community since 2004 and is still open. TIC and BODC share a similar community member base and actively cooperat e to better the community. I have been aware of TIC since it was opened on inaugural day and practically grew up in that facility as I attended practically every event they have set up. I attended weekend school during my adolescence, and I eventually became a teacher’s assistant for the program. It would be an understatement to say that I always felt indebted to the community for playing a large role in my childhood. I continued to teach Arabic and Islamic studies there for a couple of years before