{"id":6363,"date":"2017-06-18T10:28:20","date_gmt":"2017-06-18T10:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/?p=6363"},"modified":"2017-06-18T10:28:20","modified_gmt":"2017-06-18T10:28:20","slug":"make-a-difference-at-city-centre-mirdif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/make-a-difference-at-city-centre-mirdif\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Make A Difference&#8217; At City Centre Mirdif"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Majid Al Futtaim&#8217;s<strong> <\/strong>City Centre Mirdif invited people to make a difference by donating to families in need on June 16 and they received a free personalised stuffed teddy bear.<\/p>\n<p>As part of Majid Al Futtaim&#8217;s &#8216;Make a Difference&#8217; Ramadan campaign this year, residents and tourists donated books, toys and clothes for people in need from 2pm until 10pm in return for a token to build a bear of their choice for free. Visitors dropped off donations at the collection stand located in the Central Galleria on the ground floor of the mall and received a token that was valid for the day. They also recorded a message in their own voice to insert into the bear.<\/p>\n<p>Majid Al Futtaim has partnered with Red Crescent for the eleventh year for the &#8216;Make a Difference&#8217; campaign, which aims to encourage people to donate to charity during Ramadan. The campaign is in line with the &#8216;Year of Giving&#8217;, an initiative by UAE&#8217;s President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan to develop programmes that celebrate the virtues of giving and create a spirit of philanthropy among residents of the country.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/d1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6364\" alt=\"d1\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/d1-1024x684.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/d1-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/d1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/d1-624x417.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/d1.jpg 1484w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/d2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6365\" alt=\"d2\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/d2-1024x684.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/d2-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/d2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/d2-624x417.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/d2.jpg 1484w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/d3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6366\" alt=\"d3\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/d3-1024x684.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/d3-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/d3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/d3-624x417.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/d3.jpg 1484w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>People can donate at the collection box located in the mall or schedule a free pick up of their donations by using the Fetchr app during Ramadan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Majid Al Futtaim&#8217;s City Centre Mirdif invited people to make a difference by donating to families in need on June 16 and they received a free personalised stuffed teddy bear. As part of Majid Al Futtaim&#8217;s &#8216;Make a Difference&#8217; Ramadan campaign this year, residents and tourists donated books, toys and clothes for people in need [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6363"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6368,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6363\/revisions\/6368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}