On the holy beginning of this blessed new Islamic Year 1426 Hijri, the United Muslim Foundation would like to extend wishes of Peace, Unity and Solidarity to all.

By the grace of the Almighty, we have accomplished much over the last year. We would like to thank all those who contributed with time and money for all our events and drives - from collections of about $7000 for Tsunami Relief to projects closer to home helping local needy Muslim families for Eid in the form of clothes, toys, money for medicine and groceries and Qurans with translations.

This year too, we aim to strive with God's guidance to attain our objectives to Promote Unity, Clarify misconceptions about Islam and to Serve Humanity as best as we can.

We are excited to begin this year with a very special project called 'House that Faith Built 2005' that we will be working on with Habitat for Humanity in Seminole County, Florida to help a family in need. For a successful build, we would like to raise money for the building materials, recruit volunteers to build the home alongside Habitat's homeowner partners and other faith based organizations, and have lunches prepared for other groups as well. It is a fun build and churches of all faiths will be involved in working together on this project. Please contact us for more information if you would be interested in participating with UMF on this exciting project.

Our supporters and members nationwide are our backbone and pleasing Allah alone our inspiration to keep doing what we do. The sacrifices of those holy and noble laid before us to uphold our religion drives us to make a positive impact on the communities we live in, thereby portraying Islam's true spirit of Caring and Peace for all.

We urge you to visit our website at www. unitedmuslimfoundation.org to learn more about United Muslim Foundation, a registered non-profit organization, and to make a donation or sign up to work with us, so that together we can make a difference.

May God's Peace be with you always.