Welcome to Gujarati Samaj

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Hello to all my GSB Members. I hope everyone had a great summer and I hope everyone enjoyed the Picnic on August 4th at the Centennial Park. We had over two hundred and thirty attendees and the perfect weather all day and the DJ made a memorable day for all of us. We would like to thank our caterer Pavan Foods for great food and of course all our members who supported us and our volunteers who did such an outstanding job serving our community and entertaining us.

We had arranged for a bus trip to Vraj Mandir on September 8th if you’re unable to make it, then please join us next year. It will be a great trip for us and our parents for a day out to worship. If you are interested in donating for the event, please contact any of the committee members for more information.

We are excited to bring you our premier program “Grand Navratri Dandiya” again this year starting with 1st Saturday September 28 with Parul Vaidya group Aashiq Orchestra, 2nd Saturday October 5th by Swaraanjali by Deeti & Kushanu Majmundar, followed by 3rd Saturday October 12th by Mayuri Patel group from India and 4th Saturday October 19 by Foram Shah from NJ at Meadowbrook Athletic Complex, Ellicott City. In addition, we will have great food vendors and a place to make this the biggest festival of the year. Please see elsewhere in the Newsletter for additional information.

We are working diligently to bring you an excellent music program for this year’s Diwali Program/Dinner evening live with Sanjay & Sharmi (Nights of Bollywood) scheduled for November 10th at the Temple Ohab Shalom in Baltimore. This is a great venue and I hope everyone can join us. For advertisements, please contact Raj Patel and for event sponsorship you may contact any one of the Board members or send us an email at contact@gsbaltimore.org.

We would like to thank all our members from the bottom of our heart who have stepped forward to help us celebrate our past events. And, we cannot express enough our gratitude and appreciation to all volunteers, committee members and spouses and children, and well-wishers. We humbly request you all to please continue to provide us your support and encouragement.

Sincerely,
Nilesh Desai
President

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