🏆 We WON 1st Place and the $5,000 bonus for Gaza—now let’s blow past $150,000 tonight

Our real goal is 10x bigger. Help us surge past $150,000 and keep feeding families.

As-Salaam-Alaikum my sisters and brothers,

We won today’s contest. Alhamdulillah.

That means LaunchGood is adding an additional $5,000 to our Ramadan Iftar meals campaign for Gaza.

I need you to understand what that is: it’s not a badge, it’s not a brag, it’s not a scoreboard moment.

It’s warm meals. It’s families breaking their fast with dignity. It’s the kind of relief that doesn’t show up in headlines but changes everything for the people living it.

And I want to start by saying thank you—to every single person who gave, shared, forwarded, texted, and pushed with me today. You showed up.

Now I’m asking you not to stop.

Because our goal was never $150,000. $150,000 is a checkpoint. We need 10 times that. Our goal is $1.5 million this Ramadan so we can provide warm Iftar meals nightly to as many Palestinian families in Gaza as humanly possible.

Right now we’re at $145,372 with 1,412 supporters.

Let’s blow right past $150,000 tonight and keep building the kind of daily momentum Gaza actually needs.

Please donate right now: support the people of Gaza this Ramadan

And as I promised to keep crystal clear all month:

• This fundraiser is tax-deductible.

• It is Zakat-eligible / Zakat-verified.

• And I do not receive a percentage or a single penny from this fundraiser—I take $0.

Family, I’m going to say this as plainly as I can:

Gaza doesn’t get to pause hunger because we hit a number. The sun is going to set again tomorrow. And families are going to need food again tomorrow. And the next day. And the next day.

That’s why this has to become bigger than a one-day win.

So tonight, if you can, I want you to do one of two things:

1. Give right now, whatever you can.
   $10. $25. $50. $100. $250. $1,000. Anything. The point is to keep the meals coming.

2. If you already gave today, bring one more person with you.
   Forward this email. Text the link. Post it. Ask someone you trust to join you.

Here’s the link again: support the people of Gaza this Ramadan

Ramadan is the month where Allah multiplies the reward of giving—especially feeding people. The Prophet ﷺ taught that whoever feeds a fasting person receives a reward like theirs.

So if you’ve been waiting for the “perfect time” to give… this is it. Not later. Not when it’s convenient. Now—while families are breaking the fast under devastation that has been ongoing for over two years.

Please donate now: support the people of Gaza this Ramadan

And here’s a simple text you can copy/paste to 3 people right now:

We just won a $5,000 bonus for Gaza Iftar meals—Alhamdulillah. We’re at $145,372 and trying to blow past $150,000 tonight, but our real goal is $1.5M this Ramadan. It’s Zakat-eligible + tax-deductible and Shaun takes $0. Please donate: https://www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/support_the_people_of_gaza_this_ramadan_w_shaun_king

Family, thank you for helping us win today.

Now let’s keep going—because Gaza needs more than a win. Gaza needs consistency. Gaza needs food every night.

Love and appreciate each of you.
Your friend and brother,
Shaun

PS - That’s me as a sophomore in high school!