Salaam Everyone!

With your help let's install a new, clean and more durable floor providing better traction, brighter colors and professionally painted lines for all sports and community and Crescent Academy activities - this floor will be an upgrade for all!

This current floor has been the foundation of our community ; ) and now its time we show it some love - let's upgrade our floor and upgrade our game!

You know who you are - bballers, volleyballers, badminton slammers, field hockeyers and community members: Show your love for your mosque, community and Canton by supporting this small project that will last another quarter century! 

Below are some sample pictures of a similar gym floor - scroll down for more details about this project!

 

Background:

In 1991 the Muslim community in Canton, Michigan built a mosque (MCWS) and gym to serve a full-time school (Crescent Academy International), dinners, fundraisers, basketball tourneys, and even as a voting precint!

Every week you can play volleyball, badminton, field hockey or basketball - check out the schedule at www.mcws.org under "Campus Events"!

Now in its 23rd year of service, the gym floor is old and gray. Years of service and the commnity's increasing athleticism have created the need for a better flooring system.

Details:

1. 3850 sq. ft = total square footage of new floor installation
2. Costs:
   • 3850 sq. ft @ $6.25/sq. ft = $24,062.50
   • Installation and incidentals = $1937.50
   • TOTAL: $26,000
3. All regulation lines for basketball, badminton, volleyball and field hockey will be accommodated (see graphic below)

4. Any and all contributions matter and it shows! With a project cost of $6.75/sq. ft (installation included) look at the impact your donation will make! (approximations):

$35 = 5 sq. feet

$67 = 10 sq. feet

$135 = 20 sq. feet

$340 = 50 sq. feet

$675 = 100 sq. feet

$1350 = 200 sq. feet

$3400 = 500 sq. feet

 

  Vendor:  

<span id="cke_bm_144S" none;"=""> The vendor chosen for the MCWS-Crescent gymnasium is Sport Court (sportcourt.com).

Sport Court is also the vendor of choice for professional athletic associations such as: 

Product Options (updated 8/6/2014):

Due to community interest expressed in the product selection for the MCWS-Crescent gym floor, we now have three options for the new gym floor: 

1. 'Response HG' is the initially planned flooring product upon which this crowdfunding campaign was based @ cost of $26,000.  Response HG is a plastic polypropylene tile floor system. Specifications for Response HG are shown below:

 

2. Elastiplus is the new and second option being considered. Elastiplus is a seamless rubber and polyurethane floor sandwich system. The cost of this system is similar to option #1 plus a premium of $300 for the floor and an additional $500 for installation for a total of an $800.00 increase in cost.

3. Elastiwood is the new and third gym floor option. Elastiwood is also a seamless rubber and polyurethane floor sandwich system and has a similar specification to option #2 above (see variations below),  but Elasitwood provides the premium appearance of a hardwood floor.  The cost of this system is similar to option #1 plus a premium of $5475 for the floor and an additional $500 for installation for a total of an $5,975.00 increase in cost.

While the two new flooring options require more funding, private contributors from the community are sponsoring the upgrade to one of these two premium options if the initial crowdfunding campaing of $26,000 is achieved! 

Remember:

• Upon completion of the campaign, a final update will be provided to the community regarding finalization of the flooring product and installation timing.

• This is only a 35-day campaign, let's get this done by the end of Ramadan and before the beginning of the next school year!  If you have further questions, please contact:

• Imran Shafi: imran.n.shafi@gmail.com

• Shamael Haque: shamaelhaque@gmail.com

• Nauman Afzal: nafzal80@gmail.com