Seniors Program

With an increasing population of seniors in Montgomery County, MCMF felt the need to develop facilities to help the seniors live purposeful and productive life. To start this program, MCMF rented out an office with a spacious hall that could accommodate a large gathering of people. MCMF then equipped the hall with furniture, speaker, picture projector, exercise equipment and reading material. It also bought a bus to add to the mobility of those who did not have transportation or could not drive.  A bus driver and a bus coordinator were hired to arrange for transportation and field trips for the seniors. The services of a professional fitness instructor and a Yoga exercise expert were acquired to arrange for a regular one hour exercise classes four times a week. Seniors of every faith, sex or ethnicity are welcome in the program. 

These initiatives have borne fruit and 20-40 seniors regularly take part in one hour Yoga class on every Monday and a physical fitness classes for three times week. Bus transportation is provided for exercise classes and for Friday prayers at ICM to those who have no transportation. In addition, a lecture series on subjects of interest to the seniors is arranged every Wednesday followed by a social get-together that includes an informal lunch. The field trips arranged in 2019 included Cherry Blossom Festival, a visit to African American Heritage Museum and Richmond Virginia War Museum, Islamic Heritage Museum Turkish Mosque, Gettysburg and  agricultural farms.

This program takes a lot of time of volunteers and Board and Council members. It is estimated that about 900 volunteer hours were used in 2019 to arrange for various activities.

We have initiated coordination of our senior programs with Muslim Community Center (MCC), another non-profit origination, where we exchange on-line speeches presented by famous authors and specialists in different fields.  

This program has become so popular that at times we are faced with capacity constraints in exercises classes and for bus transportation. The program is led by Mr. Ramzan Shah assisted by Miss Shugfta Shah.