Alhamdullilah, we appreciate all the donations received from families and businesses during the 2019 year. Many families have received furniture, appliances, food and clothes as a result of everyone who donated items needed for families.
We are revising our list of acceptable items and ask that anyone wishing to donate furniture, household items, or clothes review this list before contacting us. Our needs are based on requests from families, so at different times we may need some items more than others and some items we do not accept at all. We recommend in these cases, that you contact your local charitable organizations (Goodwill, Salvation Army or local thrift stores) to donate items we cannot accept.
We do not accept the following items:
Furniture or appliances that are broken, damaged or in substandard condition;
Used underclothes (any underclothes that are donated need to be new);
Clothes that are not clean, have holes or stains (anything in poor condition that cannot be given to families in need);
Old, worn out shoes or sneakers;
TV’s or any older appliances (older computers, printers and/or electronics equipment);
Microwaves;
Expired food items, or food cans with dents and any food that has been used or opened cannot be accepted for donation.
We request photos of any items anyone might wish to donate (in particular furniture and appliances)and we reserve the right NOT to pick up any items scheduled for pickup that are in poor condition or that we cannot give to families in need. Our objective is to help families in need by giving them donations that they can use. If we pick up items that are in substandard or poor condition we cannot give them to families and are left to have to dispose of them. We will no longer pick up any substandard items or items in poor condition, so please carefully look over any items that you may wish to donate.
Anyone having further questions about donations, please contact us.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim
Wa Sall Allahu ta ‘ala Sayyidinaa wa Mawlaana Muhammadin wa ‘alaa Aalihi wa Sahbihi wa sallim
Qaala Nabiyyu Sall Allahu ‘alaihi wa Aalihi wa sallim “al majaalisu bil amaana.” The Holy Prophet Sall Allahu ‘alaihi wa Aalihi wa sallim is reported to have said; “The Majlis is a trust.”
In accordance with the above cited hadith and the social services code of professional standards Madinah Food Pantry and Family Services which is a social services organization, protects the identities of both client and donors. Just as there is doctor/patient and lawyer/client confidentiality so too there is social worker/client confidentiality.
There are those who have donated to Madinah Food Pantry and Family Services who wish to donate directly to some of our clients. There are others who are hesitant to donate because they cannot donate directly to our clients. The information our clients give us concerning their particular condition is given in confidence trusting that we will not divulge their personal information to others. The Holy Prophet Sall Allahu ‘alaihi wa Aalihi wa sallim said; “The majis is a trust.” The information we gather when interviewing clients and filling out an intake form for them is treated with strictest confidentiality.