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Radio Show – The Hizmet Movement and the Importance of Social Dialog

On 21st of October, Imam Mujahid Ramadan, Officer Misael Parra and Y. Alp Aslandogan came together at Power 88 radio station to discuss the essence of the Hizmet movement and the importance of social dialog.

The talk show was presented by Silver Sage Foundation and hosted by Imam Muhajid Ramadan who is the co-chairman of Multi-Cultural Advisory Council of Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD). Even though it was a short 30-minutes discussion, the participants talked about the important issues related to the disparity between different social communities and how we can use dialog to bring an understanding between peoples from different or even opposing backgrounds.

LVMPD Public Information Officer Misael Parra talked about how the police department works hard to establish order by taking special care at reaching out to people, listening to their problems and try to solve them.

Y. Alp Aslandogan, PhD who is the executive director of the Alliance for Shared Values (AfSV) narrated his tale of getting into the Hizmet movement. He talked about how the movement turned into a global social organization from a small local community in Turkey. He stated that the movement’s ultimate aim is to bring people from different races, religions, backgrounds, ideologies together and establish harmony in the society.

We offer our thanks to KCEP Power 88 for this beautiful opportunity to discuss such important matter on air.

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‘Thank You’ Cards for Healthcare Workers

Henderson Libraries’ Teen Service department organized a beautiful initiative as they provided ‘Thank you’ card kits for children between ages 11-17 so that they could express their gratitude to the healthcare workers who risk their lives to help others during these harsh pandemic conditions.

Silver Sage Foundation rallied our community’s parents and children to get the kits, write fill them up with best wishes and thanks, and send our best wishes to the doctors, nurses and other healthcare personnel. Fortunately, our children were greatly enthusiastic about this initiative and they prepared beautiful and heart-felt cards to be distributed to the healthcare workers all around Henderson.

We would like to thank to all healthcare workers around the world. We also would like to thank Henderson Libraries for this precious initiative. Lastly, we gave thanks to the children participated in this effort to share love and support during these demanding days of COVID-19 pandemic.

For more information, please visit: https://hendersonlibraries.com/

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Eid al-Adha 2020 – Pop-Up Project Homeless Connect

In accordance with the meaning and spirit of Eid al-Adha, we donated meat to various organizations and communities during the Eid al-Adha 2020.

As our final event for the Eid, we participated at Pop-up Project Homeless Connect event held on 4th of August by distributing meals. We would like to thank to Nevada Homeless Alliance for organizing this event and also for giving us an opportunity to spread goodwill and love. Special thanks to our donors and volunteers on-site.

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Eid al-Adha 2020 – Meat Donation to Helping Hands of Vegas Valley

In accordance with the meaning and spirit of Eid al-Adha, we donated meat to various organizations and communities during the Eid al-Adha 2020.

On the 4th day of the Eid, we visited Helping Hands of Vegas Valley. We donated 220 pounds of meat to support the seniors of our community. We would like to thank to the executive director of Helping Hands, Marcia Blake for their co-operation. Also special thanks to Beril Berk, US Halal Meat, donors and our volunteers.

After the event, we received a very special letter from Helping Hands of Las Vegas Valley’s Director of Senior Necessities Program, Diana Barrett.

We applaud Helping Hands of Las Vegas Valley’s efforts on supporting the elderly population of Las Vegas.

Also special thanks to Beril Berk and our donors for giving a hand in this honorable effort of spreading goodwill and love.

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Eid al-Adha 2020 – Meat Donation to Masjid Ibrahim

In accordance with the meaning and spirit of Eid al-Adha, we donated meat to various organizations and communities during the Eid al-Adha 2020.

On the 2nd day of the Eid, we paid a visit to Masjid Ibrahim. There, we shared some meat and lots of love with the local community. We would like to thank to Imam Shamsuddin Waheed, donors and our volunteers.

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Eid al-Adha 2020 – Meat Donation to Catholic Charities

In accordance with the meaning and spirit of Eid al-Adha, we donated meat to various organizations and communities during the Eid al-Adha 2020.

We paid a visit to Catholic Charities of Nevada and shared meat, goodwill and love. We would like to extend our thanks to LVMPD as Captain Patrick Spencer and Deputy Chief Jim Seebock gave a helping hand in this charity event. We also thank to Imam Mujahid Ramadan, Sara Meyer, donors and our volunteers.

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Eid al-Adha 2020 – Meat Donation to Masjid As-Sabur

Acting true to the meaning and spirit of Eid al-Adha, we donated meat to various organizations and communities during the Eid al-Adha 2020. Our first stop was Masjid As-Sabur. We would like to thank Imam Fateen Seifullah, Imam Mujahid Ramadan, donors and our volunteers.

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Eid al-Adha 2020 – Drive Through Event

We celebrated Eid al-Adha 2020 with a special drive-through organization at our location. We gifted surprise gifts to the children and shared meals to the families of our community. We adapted to the pandemic conditions by organizing a drive-through with social distancing.

Children felt the spirit of the Eid with the surprise toys and gift cards. Families greeted each other and celebrated the Eid together as they waved at and fist-bumped each other according the social distancing rules. Even though we could not embrace each other, we felt the warm and friendship all around the air. There were some cars with special decorations and they bring a joy to the festivities.

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Online Summer Courses for Children

Due to the pandemic, Silver Sage Foundation had to migrate the Summer Classes for children to online and organized Zoom meetings to bring our volunteer mentors and children together.

Between 14-26th of June, Silver Sage Foundation mentors gave classes to the children ranging from kindergarten to high-school. Classes included Turkish language learning, English reading, Arts and Crafts, Kahoot contests, Quranic teaching, Character education and Coding.

It was a great opportunity for our children to use the quarantine time efficiently as they had fun, socialize with their friends and learned new things.

We pray that 2021 will be better in terms of the pandemic and we will be able to organize these Summer courses on-site in our building. We also would like to thank our volunteer mentors, participating children, financial donors and supportive parents as all of them made these courses possible.

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Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Briefing on George Floyd’s tragic death and the protests

Silver Sage Foundation was invited to the LVMPD briefing on May 31, 2020 as one of the several community leaders of Las Vegas. Our executive director Asim Budak represented our foundation in this important public declaration. We wholeheartedly agree with the idea that the protests should be made in peace. We pray that the latest developments will result in improvements in all areas of our social, legal and political structures.

Read our statement on the tragic death of George Floyd here:

Statement on the death of George Floyd
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