Aug 3, 2014

Let's Walk for Wellness. March 2014

To spread awareness about the importance of exercising and to encourage people to walk, New Dawn organized a short walk around Bahrain Fort on March 29th 2014 at 9am. Members enjoyed the lovely weather and view and it was and agreed to make that walk a frequent activity.

Ramadan boxes 2014

As we do every year, Ramadan boxes were distributed to the families in need around Bahrain a week before Ramadan. 86 boxes were donated this year in addition to Eftar Saem and donating food and water to mosques around Bahrain.

Yoga for members. June 2014

As a part of our monthly sport classes, we organized an outdoor Yoga session which was given by our member Eman Hussain (certified yogi). It was a very relaxing and enjoyable session.

Book Drive to Kenya. May 2014

For the 2nd year in a row, New Dawn organized a Book Drive to build libraries in schools and community centers in Kenya.

Three huge boxes were placed in three different locations around Bahrain from May 1st to May 9th: Al Aali Shopping Complex, Riyadat Mall and AlOsra Supermarket in Amwaj where people were able to drop their books throughout the week.

In addition to that, three presentations about how books can change the life of Kenyan students were given by Nicola Miles from Charles & Rita Field-Marsham Foundation to Al Bayan school, Discover Islam Center and Zain Bahrain. We have also received hundreds of books from AlBayan School, Ibn Khuldoon School, Zain and Discover Islam.

On May 10th 2014, thousands of books were donated to our Book Drive which was held in Riyadat Mall for one whole day. Additional activities included a calligraphy corner (design your own bookmark), Storytelling corner by Hazawi and tea&bun package from Obun. All kinds of books were donated; kids books, text books, novels, magazines etc. Society members sorted out all the books which were shipped to Kenya free of charge by ARAMEX.

Over 5000 books were shipped in addition to school bags and stationary which was donated by Zain.

Donation.

With the proceeds of the Food Festival that was organized in December 2013, a customized wheelchair was designed and donated to 16 years old Fatima.

New Dawn was connected with Fatima through Bahrain Association for Parents and Friends of the Disabled.

2014 Football Tournament

After the huge success of our Football Tournament back in 2007, New Dawn decided to plan a 2nd tournament as one of the major events of the year under our Sports theme.

The tournament took place at The Football Academy in AlMahd school on April 11th 2014. 10 teams played against each other for around 6 hours and the winner was team Hazawi. Beast Mode took the second place.

Questbar was sold for a special prize and the profit was donated to the society. Redbull was also distributed for free to all players.

Golf for Members. February 2014

Our second sports activity for the year was Golf. Members were taught the basics of golf by PGA Teaching Professional Chris McDonnell at the Royal Golf Club on 22nd February 2014.

Tennis for Members. January 2014

Under our 2014 theme "Sports & Physical Activities", we started our first activity this year with a tennis session for members with coach Mohammed Al Dosari at Durrat AlBahrain.