Join VIPIS
The Role of Founding Families
Muslims also have Family Values and through VIPIS we can share our values with America!
YOUR FAMILY can become a VIPIS Founding Family by deciding that the Muslim Community needs to stand up together and confront ignorance with teaching about the real values of Islam.
Put your family on the VIPIS Honor Roll among the Leading Families of Virginia.
YOUR FAMILY can become a VIPIS Founding Family by joining the movement to teach in our schools about peace and about Islam as a religion of peace, a culture of peace, a source of wisdom and learning in the world.
YOUR FAMILY can become a VIPIS Founding Family by giving part of your zaqat (2.5% of wealth) to this educational jihad. Commit to paying $20 per week - or just or $2.86 per day, which is the price of a cup of coffee down town. GIVE US JUST ONE CUP OF COFFEE each day TO TEACH AMERICA ABOUT ISLAM and PEACE.
YOUR FAMILY can become a VIPIS Founding Family by making five annual payments of $1,000 (tax deductible, and any schedule of payment is acceptable so that the subscription comes to the total of $5,000 over the period of five years). $20 per week or $2.86 per day for building community understanding so that our children will be seen by America as peace lovers and good citizens, not ÔterroristsÕ but American patriots.
One student will find $1,000 a lot of money to pay and even their father find think it is a high investment. But $1,000 x 5 years (tax deductible) is a sum any family to manage. Muslim life is based in the family, therefore we have chosen to create VIPIS with the support of Muslim Founding Families.
MAKE YOUR FAMILY BUSINESS a Founding Family of VIPIS.
Every family business can manage to pay $20 per week (tax deductible) and place their family on the VIPIS Honor Roll among the Leading Families of Virginia.
Join our educational JIHAD and make a difference by building communal peace in the USA. Muslim Founding Families will provide the seed money to make their Institute grow. With the demonstrated support of Muslim Founding Families, we will be able to request State and Foundation money to advance the cause of teaching Peace and Islamic studies. You have heard of Rockefeller, Carnegie and Ford: well this is YOUR CHANCE to join the Founding Families of VIPIS, honor your children and become an American educational philanthropist. Join the educational jihad of VirginiaÍs Muslim community - become a VIPIS Founding Family.
Print out and detach form below
To Dr Robin-Edward Poulton and Imam Shaheed Coovadia
President and Vice-President of the Virginia Institute for Peace and Islamic Studies
Dear Dr Poulton, Dear Imam Shaheed,
This letter is my commitment to make my family a Founding Family of VIPIS. I understand that my family's name will be inscribed on the Honor Roll in the entrance hall of the Institute and in the Honor Book that will be published by VIPIS and sent to all Founding Families.
I have checked one of the following boxes to become a Founding Family of VIPIS:
- [ ] I commit myself to giving a part of my annual zakat to VIPIS for a period of five years, in the amount of $1,000 per year, or $20 per week, to make my family a Founding Family.
- [ ] I wish to become a member of the VIPIS FOUNDING FAMILIES HONOR SOCIETY by subscribing the generous sum of $5,000 per year for five years.
- [ ] I wish to show exceptional support for this peace education initiative and to be one of the select VIPIS HONOR SOCIETY ADVISORY COUNCIL FOUNDING FAMILIES by subscribing the very generous sum of $10,000 per year for five years.
Signature of the Head of the Family Date:
Mail to: MSA, 907 Floyd Avenue, Richmond, VA 23284-2032