Zakat Foundation of America Opens New Chicago Community Center

While most of Zakat Foundation of America's (Zakat Foundation of America) programs are international, our Social Services Program was specifically created to help people in the Chicagoland area and across the United States. Alhamdulillah, Zakat Foundation of America recently opened a new Chicago Community Center at 1759 East 75th Street in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood to serve local community members.

Thanks to the enthusiastic welcome and involvement of local community members we had our first event: an evening tea honoring mothers.  Participating mothers received gifts and shared their wealth of knowledge as we talked about the community and our collective hopes and aspiration for it.

In the community garden we are growing cauliflower, summer squash, cucumber, onion, pepper, tomato, spinach, lettuce, and parsley, which is soon to be harvested and shared with our neighbors. Some of the volunteers come by every day to help in the garden or with the cleaning of the center.