This semester the UMBC MSA will be hosting the biannual Football Tournament. The tournament will be held on April 24, 2010 on UMBC's Erickson Field. There will also be a concurrent barbecue and inter-MSA sisters' picnic, Insha'Allah. These three big inter-MSA events will all be focused on raising funds for Muslimat Al Nisaa, a Muslim woman's shelter that is in need of such types of fund-raisers and awareness campaigns. We would like to invite the MSA at John Hopkins University, Towson University, and College Park to participate in these inter-MSA events. Below are more details about each of the three events,

*Flag-football Tournament.*
Begins at 10:30 am
In order to participate please have a minimum of 7 brothers on your team. If you need more players please contact Br. Abubakr or Br. Yousuf and arrangements can be made Insha'Allah.
Each team may have a maximum of 14 players with a maximum of 7 players on the field.
Their will be a registration fee of $6.00 per player.
The winning teams will be awarded a trophy, Insha'Allah.
For more information, please contact the Tournament Coordinators, Abubakr Shafi, (abubakr1@umbc.edu) and Yousuf Ahmad, (yousuf1@umbc.edu)

*Sisters' Picnic at Erickson Field*
Begins at 11:30am
This is an Inter-MSA sisters' event.
Participation is free, but food will cost $6.00 per person.
For more information, please contact Asmaa Khatib (akhatib2@umbc.edu).

*MSA-BBQ
*Begins at 12:00pm
Food will cost $6.00 per person.
(for those who have paid the player registration fee or the picnic fee,
the BBQ fee will not be charged.)
For more information, please contact Zabir Khan (z90khan@gmail.com).

Even though we are charging fees, none of the proceeding will be going into our MSA account. Everything we make will be going towards Muslimat Al-Nissa. So even if you don't like football, barbecues or picnics, please come to support our sisters at the shelter and encourage others in your MSA to do so as well. If you would like to donate more than your $6.00 fee or learn about other ways to assist the shelter, you will also be able to do that at this event. This is also a great opportunity to strengthen our bonds of brotherhood and sisterhood, and to ensure future inter-MSA event like this, Insha'Allah.

We will be sending out more information as it becomes available, including a flier to email to the members of your MSA.