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What can you buy at the grocery store for $5?

Today, a loaf of bread and some cheese is about all you can get for a five-dollar bill.

At Building Blocks, we can buy so much more with your donations—five times more, in fact! Thanks to our partnerships with groups like Second Harvest Heartland and local food distributors, we are able to buy $25 worth of food for just $5. That’s more than enough to feed a family for a day.

Give from your heart and help us feed families in need during our annual food drive.

• Your $1,000 can buy food for 100 families.
• Your $500 can buy food for 50 families.
• Your $100 can buy food for 10 families.
• Your $50 can buy food for 5 families.

Donate now and multiply your reward: http://thebuildingblocks.org/donate-now/. You can also donate non-perishable food items at participating locations.

The Prophet (saw) advised us: “Take benefit of five before five: Your youth before your old age, your health before your sickness, your wealth before your poverty, your free time before you are preoccupied, and your life before your death.” (Narrated by Ibn Abbas and reported by Al Hakim)

Of these five, our health always seems to be a low priority. We have so much going on, we don’t think about taking care of our bodies until it’s too late, and we become ill. Or, it is difficult to see a doctor because of our busy schedules.

Now you can get a FREE health screening without even making an appointment. 

Through a partnership with the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire, Building Blocks will be offering biweekly checks of blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar as well as other common screenings. The screenings will be every other Monday, Oct. 16 through Dec. 11, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Please see the flier below for details and sign up at sign up here: http://tinyurl.com/BBHEALTH2017. Walk-ins are also welcome.

The Prophet (S.A.W.) said, “Give charity without delay, for it stands in the way of calamity.” [Reported by Al-Tirmidhi]

These are trying times for our brothers and sisters around the world as famine spreads, wars continue, and fear of the unknown leads to hatred of Muslims. These examples would certainly qualify as calamities—now is the time to protect your community from the injustice of hunger.

Give food at one of our participating locations through April 30 during our annual Food Drive. Even better, donate funds and help us stretch each dollar to buy more food through our partnerships with Second Harvest Heartland and local retailers. Our goal this year:
– To raise $15,000, which will help us run our monthly food shelf all year long
– To collect at least 10,000 pounds of non-perishable food items

When and where:
– Entire month of April
– Masaajid (mosques), grocery stores, schools (full-time and weekend schools) and local restaurants. See the locations below. Thank you to our community partners for your support!
– Online on our website.

Tag us in your photos and use the hashtag #FeedTheNeed and #NeedtoFeed when you’re out dropping off food or donations for Building Blocks this April. We’re also on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and SnapChat.