Khuddam USA Souvenir 1989 — Page 29
I I The first National Khuddam Cabinet Meeting or Con- ference was held on April 25. 26 , and 27, 1969. at Dayton, Oh10. some Khuddam branches represe" nted were Chi- cago. St Louis, M 1lwaukee, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Waukegan A list of expectations of every Khadim was made with such items as: offering five daily prayers. weekly service and propagation. and attendance of every meeting Also, the previously mentioned national officers laid out their programs Just one example is that of Social Services which was as follows. (1) Undertake quarterly, at least one service proj ect for your community. (2) The Zaim should compile a list of brot hers, ages, and marital status, indicating those who want to marry. (3) Perform some regular service for mission buildings within your branch (4) Develop useful skills such as first aid, fire control or such things as to be helplul to others. There were other excellent programs set up in propa gation, finan ce, and boys training (Atfal) Also around this time, a newsletter/ bulletin started being published under Hussain Abdul Aziz. It was called K/1adim and contained A sect10n of the khuddam from 1977 11tema held in New Jersey (Photo by samr 1'haliqJ articles on Islamic topics, news items, a letter from the Qaid, and other features such as a serial wnlten for Atfal called Alfa/ Hi Lights. In February 1969. circulation of Khad1m was eighty and grew from there. ljtemas annual camp-outs for reltg1ous and physical training and to foster brotherhood were initiated and two were held in Dayton, Ohio. Most meetings held were on a national level in that every current active member m various branc hes was invited Dunng this time, local branches were being al"tivated slowly It was a period when individual Khadims were being called on to take up local offices and implement national programs. The first local reports came to center from Baltimore, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Chicago, Mil- waukee, Dayton, St. Louis and others Early Seventies Between the period of 1970 and 1975 two national Qa1ds succeeded Munir Hamid Mu zafTar A. Zafr concen- trated heavily on tabligh, organizing Tabligh Days such as one held in Flint, Michigan He also carried out National Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya U. S. A. - 29