Executive Committee. GSS Directors WHAT WE BRING TO OUR MEMBERS. GSY Directors

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1 JANUARY 2011 WHAT WE BRING TO OUR MEMBERS Diwali Celebrations (Signature Events) Valentine Dance Events Navratri- Dandiya Dhamaal Gujarati Movie, Lunch & Dinner Summer Picnic/ Food/Carnivals Golf Outing Holi Concert- Dance/ Music/ Masti Youth Activities River Cruise Kids Activities Educational (SAT/ACT/MCAT) Seminars Seniors Activities Gujarati Music/Dairo concerts Samaj Darshan Subscriptions Social and Business Networking Members Directories Family trips and gathering Temple tours Information seminars Medical Camps Executive Committee Vipul Patel (Vice President, & Acting President.) Devang Sheth (Secretary) Pathik Mody (Joint Secretary) Bharat Patel (Treasurer) Girish Patel (Joint Treasurer) Nayana Patel (Director) Ketaki Tikewala (Director) Vipul Shah (Director) Board Of Trustees Raju Patel (Chairman) Shailesh Jain (Vice Chairman) Vinay Patel (secretary) Jatin Desai (Trustee) Dr. Velji Kansara (Trustee) Darshan Parikh (Trustee) Asha Vora (Trustee) Hitesh Parikh (Trustee) Dear Members, Since the inception of Gujarati Samaj of Detroit in 1975 it has offered a great platform to member to interact in a vibrant social environment. Current 2011 GSOD operating team is fully committed to the platform paved by 2010 which included unprecedented successes mentioned below. As true with any organization, members support is crucial to make it even stronger. We are one team and would like to work together. We appreciate all the support that we have received from our community, sponsors, donors and volunteers during all past years. And, we look forward to get same support during exciting Let the festivity begin! Vipul A Patel (Acting President 2011) Gujarati Samaj Operating team Festivity of Gujarati Samaj Functions for 2010 was a spectacular display of a community spirit from participation, execution, cooperation and celebration. On behalf of Gujarati Samaj Of Detroit, we thank you for Making 2010 a benchmark year with Increasing membership trend 10% increase over previous years Record Participation (Over 550 participants at Holi, 1100 at picnic over 2000 at Navratri) Cultural activities at affordable price ($15 Diwali dinner, attended by 1300 people) Financial surplus for Samaj over $9000 GSS Directors Suresh Shah Kanu Desai GSY Directors Megha Patel Nirali Makim

2 JANUARY 2011 SAMAJ DARSHAN: A GUJARATI SAMAJ OF DETROIT PUBLICATION Page GSOD Events Calendar Sr. No Event Day Proposed Date Location 1 General Body Meeting Sunday Jan 9 th Days Inn 2 GSY Valentines Day Friday Feb 4 th Club Inferno 3 Raangberangi Holi Saturday April 2 nd Grooves High school th 4 GSS Gathering Sunday Apr 10 Movie/Natak Canton Imagine 5 Information Seminar Sunday April TBD 6 River Cruise Saturday June 11 th Detroit River 7 GSY SAT Seminar Sunday May TBD 8 GSOD Picnic Sunday July 24 th or 31 st Stoney Creek 9 GSS/GSY Picnic Sunday July TBD 10 GSS Outing Saturday Aug. 13 th TBD 11 India Day Parade Sunday Aug Rock Financial Show Place 12 Golf Sunday Sept TBD 13 GSY Election Sunday Sept TBD 14 Seniors Bingo Gathering Sunday Sept TBD 15 Navratri Dandia Saturday Oct 1 st U of M, Dearborn 16 Diwali Saturday Oct 29 th or 22 nd Ford Performing Arts 17 GSS Diwali Dinner Sunday Nov TBD 18 General Body Meeting Sunday Dec 11th TBD

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4 JANUARY 2011 SAMAJ DARSHAN: A GUJARATI SAMAJ OF DETROIT PUBLICATION Page 4 GSY 2011 It s the beginning of a new year for GSY, and already they ve had successful events that are worth remembering. Before the New Year, GSY had gone and participated at Focus Hope, like they have done in the past years, but had a new experience this time around. Instead of packaging food into boxes, they packaged boxes into cars. And this definitely wasn t the easiest job. Running into a few difficulties with the weight of the boxes and the weather, in the end, they were able to supply boxes of food to 700 families, and this would not have been possible without the help of the generous parents who took their time to bring GSY to Focus Hope and even help distribute boxes. Even the weather wasn t able to stop GSY from making a difference. After a wonderful Christmas break and New Year s, GSY did something completely new, that they hadn t done in past years. This year, GSY held a lock-in with JOY at the Holy Cross Evangelical Lutheran Church. Starting at 8:00 pm on Friday, January 14 th, GSY and JOY bonded with each other till 8:00 am on Saturday, January 15 th. Both GSY and JOY were separated from their own groups and put into groups with other GSY and JOY members they didn t know too well, and throughout the night spent time to get to know these new faces. Throughout those 12 hours together, GSY and JOY boards had put together activities that required teamwork, but also kept a fun and welcoming atmosphere for all. With wonderful help from the parent chaperones, everything stayed organized and everyone got home safe the next morning. GSY board is extremely happy with the outcome and feedback of the lock-in and is even happier to see their GSY members broaden their horizons to get to know new people. Along with all these activities, GSY and JOY are still thinking about others, by collecting old clothing that members brought in and spending these clothes to a charity in Gujarat. After such a successful event, GSY is looking forward to working with JOY again in the near future. As of now, GSY is working hard towards their annual Valentine s Dance. Tickets have been distributed between members and sales have already started for the dance, on February 4 th from 7:00-11:00 pm at Club Inferno. GSY is also started to occupy themselves in Holi Program plans and getting ready to have another remarkable performance at Holi Program, like their past years.

5 JANUARY 2011 SAMAJ DARSHAN: A GUJARATI SAMAJ OF DETROIT PUBLICATION Page 5 Did you activate your 2011 GSOD Membership? RENEW YOUR 2011 GSOD MEMBERSHIP Sign-up Online or Mail FORM (Details on PAGE# 3) We ll take it from there and give you a year full of GUJARATI MAZO!

6 JANUARY 2011 SAMAJ DARSHAN: A GUJARATI SAMAJ OF DETROIT PUBLICATION Page 6 GSOD PRESENTS ANNUAL HOLI PROGRAM RAaNGBERANGI HOLI SATURDAY APRIL 2ND, 2011, 12:00 P.M. FOR CHOREOGRAPHER INFO, TICKET PURCHASES, HOLI BROCHURE ADVT., AND MEMBERSHIP FORMS. VISIT: OR HOLI@GSOD.ORG Venue: WYLIE E. GROVES HIGH SCHOOL WEST 13 MILE ROAD BEVERLY HILLS, MI High Energy Dance, Music, Masti... Have your kids/youth participate in singing USA and Indian National Anthems on the stage before the concert starts. Due to the performance and stage setup requirements, this item will be OPEN FOR ALL to participate with prior registrations only. For details, us at Holi@GSOD.org NATIONAL ANTHEMS at the Annual Holi Mahotsav : CHOREOGRAPHERS : Contact HOLI@GSOD.ORG to REGISTER Choreographer Registration Ends on February 15, 2011

7 JANUARY 2011 SAMAJ DARSHAN: A GUJARATI SAMAJ OF DETROIT PUBLICATION Page 7 GSOD publishes 4 to 6 Samaj Darshan issues every year and offers great advertising opportunity with multiple advertisement packages. *Printed copy will have B/W advt. Online copy will have Color advt. SAMAJ DARSHAN ADVERTISEMENTS RATES SIZE (Full Page option available. Please ask.) ONE Time* FULL YEAR B/W* (2 nd Samaj Darshan onwards) FULL YEAR COLOR (2 nd Samaj Darshan onwards) 1/4 PAGE $85 $355 $550 1/2 PAGE $135 $625 $1,100 Contact SD@gsod.org FULL PAGE COLOR: $1500 Event Sponsorship option Available ગ જય ત વભ જ વ ન અય દદલ ડ નય-અશ લ ર ત.૧૨ નલ મ ફ ય ૨૦૧૦,શ ક રલ યન સ શ ન વ જ શ ર ભત ઇન દ ફ ન ળ શ ન સ દય બજનથ શ બ ળર આત થઇ. વહ એ વ ગ ત, ય ગર ન બવ મ ક મયક રભ ઉત વ શ અન ઉભ ગથ ભ ણ મ. ય ગર ન પ ર ગ ર ભ ય ગ ય ખ મ. વ ગ તન અન ગ મન ન ક મયક રભ ફધ ન યવ ભગ ન ય ખ મ. વ થ વભ વ વલગ ય ન ભ જ ણ ભ ણ. શ ર જ લર ત ર ખ મ ત ભજ પ રમ ખ શ ર દળયન ય ખ ન પ રલચન મ દ વય અન ભ દશત થ બય ય યહ ય. ત મ ય ફ દ શ ર સ ય ળ ળ શ તયપથ ૨૦૧૦ન લયન ગવતવલવધન ય ર ય યજ કયલ ભ આવ મ. જ ફહ જ વયવ યહ ય અન આલક યલ ભ આવ મ. લધત જત વભ મ વ ખ મ અન અન ક વલવલધ ક મયક રભ ફત લ છ ર કવપ રમત વ ન અય ગ ર ન. ત ભન આળ વ મક ત કય ક લધ ન લધ વશક ય ભ યશ ળ. વ થ ડ ન વન ન અ ક ષ ણ યજ કય શત. લધ ભ કહ ક વભ જન ર ઈપ ભ મ ફય અથલ જનયર ભ મ ફય કઈ ણ પ રવ વ ભ ર સ ન વયળ આ ળક છ. વભ મ ન અ ક ષ છ ક આલત લ લધ ન લધ પ ર ગ ર ભ ભ ણલ ભ. અભ ય પ રમત ન યશ ળ અન વભ મ ન આસ લત કય એ છ એ ક ૨૦૧૧ ભ અન ક ભનગભત ક મયક રર ભ યજ કય શ. વભમ વ જ ગ, તથ અન ક ત પ રભ ણ, પ રલ વ, યભતગભત, ન ર ક વલગ ય ન આમ જન કય શ. તભ ય વ થ અન વશક યથ. અ તભ વલય વ ન અય વભ મ, સ ન વયવય, ડ નવયન અબ ય ભ ન મ શત. ત ભજ વભ જન ઈ. વ, ફ ઓ ર વભ મ ન વ ણય વ થ વશક ય ભ ર શ દદ ક અબ ય ભ ન ત ભન લક તવ મન વભ ન કય શત. શ ર સ ય ળબ ઈ ત ભન વ થ શ ર અવ ન વય મ અન કન દ વ ઈ ન અબ ય ભ નલ ન ભ લ મ નશ ત. અન અ ત ર ચચ ણય ડ નય રઈ એકફ જ ન નલ લયન શ બ ચ છ ઠલત ફધ મ વલદ ઈ ર ધ.

8 GUJARATI SAMAJ OF DETROIT DEVANG SHETH Scarborough Lane Novi, MI We apologize for any printing errors or omissions Happy Valentine Included Inside MEMBERSHIP FORM 2010 DIWALI GIFT COUPON Vision Preserve Gujarati cultural and linguistic heritage through diversity and sense of belonging for the upcoming and future generations of the membership Mission Preserve and promote Gujarati heritage by providing exposure and opportunity to the membership