Welcome to Gujarati Samaj

Fellow Members of Gujarati Samaj of Baltimore,

Happy New Year! As this new year starts, I want to take a moment to give Khubh Abahara to everyone for placing their trust in me to lead our wonderful community to new heights. I am looking forward to working with our trusted board volunteers and, the community at large to bring even more cultural events and opportunities for us to gather and grow. This year we added 2 additional board members, one Youth advocate and Legislative committee.

2025 was a standout year with so many well executed events. Highlights include:

• 50th Anniversary Celebration- A whole day event filled with Anand Mela, Games, and Dairo in the evening.
• Annual Navratri Celebration- 4 Garba nights highlighting the talents of local and international singers and bands.
• Superstar Little Champs- A night of musical excellence from the youth superstars of Little Champs.

Thank you to all volunteers.

This year I would like to take a special focus on growing our youth presence! It is only with the help and mobilization of our youth that we can continue to pass down our culture and grow our community. We will work to have specific youth focused events like Youth Sports Day, volunteer opportunities, Cricket Day, Yoga day, Navratri workshops, and a special focus at our existing events to engage and educate the children of our community!  If you want to help please sign up for volunteer opportunities. With your help and support I would like to have our own facility, where we can host our programs. This is big project, which can accomplish with your support.

I look forward to seeing you on :

• February 21 for Snow tubing
• April 4th for Drama (Sanjay Goradia)
• June 21 at our Annual Picnic.
• Subscribe to our newsletter for additional important dates and times, especially for our epic Navratri celebration in October.
• Diwali celebration and dinner on November 14.

As always, the board and myself have an open door policy. Only with your help and suggestions can we continue to foster this wonderful sense of community that we have. If any of you have ideas for new events or opportunities to serve our community here or internationally, please bring them to our attention. I hope to see each and every one of you as volunteers and attendees at the many events we have planned this year! Thank you again and let's work together to make 2026 our best year yet!