Mother`s day 2006 - Indian Association Of The Space Coast

April 2006
Mother’s Day Issue
IASC TIMES
President’s message
Executive Officers for 2006
Manhar Shah
727-3932
President
Rekha Vyas
727-0844
Vice President
Mehul Barucha
777-7539
Treasurer
Kumkum Pandit
768-0284
Secretary
Pravin Asar
984-0457
Director of Publication
Pravin Gandhi
253-2497
Director of Operations
Committee Members
Ajit Amin
729-8439
Manhar Gandhi
777-1147
Sejal Ghayal
Manikant Lodaya
Nancy Mehindru
676-4608
254-1337
726-0702
Nita Patel
728-2693
Sangita Patel
Smita Patel
779-2593
752-6230
Sonal Patel
255-5755
Tulsi Patel
Varsha Patel
267-0546
768-8725
Nilesh Shastri
Nishith Shah
Pragati Shah
255-2125
633-7472
676-5727
I hope that everyone enjoyed
Holi and that the colors have
been washed away by now. The
next event is Mother’s Day Picnic
which will be held at Kiwani's
Island Park on May 7, starting
from 1pm. You will be welcomed
with grilled corn, watermelon
and other snacks, followed by
dinner.
We have organized
some games which you may
participate as a family and all
mothers will be honored with a
rose. Please come and join us in
appreciating and spending quality time with our mothers.
Plans are already in the offing
for Indiaday, which now is in its
second year. This year again the
venue is Cocoa Expo Sports
Complex (directions on website)
time: 10 am – 6 pm. Indiaday is the periences.
biggest event IASC undertakes and it We are happy to work for
involves large funds and volunteers.
our community but request
The recent success of Indiafest car you to please leave the
raffle gave us incentive to do like- premises as clean if not
wise in order to: a) generate interest cleaner, after Holi celebraand publicity, b) defray cost and c) tions we paid a fine of $150,
give back to the community, which to clean pillars and walls that
this time will be benefiting the well were covered by a non redeserving Brevard Humane Society a movable tint. We most defi501c(3) organization. Our culture nitely do not want a tainted
respects and dignifies life in any form reputation!
and this will be our way of appreciat- Please come and celebrate
ing what they do for animal life.
Mother’s day at Kiwani’s
The theme for Indiaday is “2 suc- Park. Information regarding
cessful democracies: USA and India” participation, sponsorship,
we have received tremendous sup- raffle is included in this
port from various organizations in newsletter, be mindful of due
the community and invite and en- dates, respond ASAP to the
courage you to participate in buying various committees of your
and selling raffle tickets as well as interest
pledging sponsorship. We would not With best regards
be nor can aspire to be the success
Manhar L Shah
we are today without the valuable
support of our sponsors, participants,
Asian Pacific Islander Event
volunteers and patrons.
We appreciate our sponsors and in Date: May 12, 6pm—8pm
future functions will encourage them Place: BCC Moore Multicultural
Center
to make presentations highlighting
their interests, business or life ex- Contact: Wendy Perez
Phone: 321-433-7355
Participation invited!
Advisors
Minal Desai
951-1965
Dinesh Gandhi
729-6439
Ghanshyam Patel
459-1649
Sangiv Patel
779-2593
Mahesh Soni
777-7233
Sunday, May 7th 2006
Start time: 1.00pm
Kiwanis Park,
Merritt Island
APRIL 2006
MOTHER’S DAY
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Fundraiser for
Mandir
Inviting Participation
Date: March 12, 2006
Place: Melbourne Auditorium,
M e l b o u r n e
Drs. Sumant and Snehlata
Pandya helped raise 8196 Dollars to benefit Brevard Hindu
Mandir in a party given for their
2 grandchildren. Instead of gifts
guests were encouraged to donate for the maintenance of the
Mandir
Children donating $500 to Candlelighters of Brevard.
Under the guidance of Mrs. Jabeen Nelappana these
children made crafts and sold them at the Indiafest on
Feb18th and 19th. It was a way for them
to be a part of giving to a worthy cause. Thank you
Jabeen for involving the young citizen of our community in such a worthy cause!
Consignment news………
Ladies: Out with the old, in with the new!
Naren and Neena Shah (above)
were blessed with a grandson
Shaan on April 12, 2008. 7lb 9 oz.
Closets overflowing with garbs from the 60s, 70s,
80s and 90s? Clean up and make room for the Rani
Mukherji and Preeti Zinta styles! Fill bags and report
to the Consignment Colonels: Nita and Uma
Nita Patel: 728-2693 8
Uma Shah 727—3932
United Space Alliance (USA), one of
the world's leading space operations companies USA is responsible
for the day-to-day operations of
NASA's Space Shuttle Program under the Space Shuttle Flight Operations Contract. USA is inviting IASC
community to participate in Pacific
Heritage celebration to be held on
May 30, 2006 from 12:oo pm to
1:30 pm
Diana S. Navas
Diversity & Compliance Administrator
United Space Alliance
8550 Astronaut Blvd
Cape Canaveral, FL 32920
MC: USK-N37
Phone: 321-799-7278
Fax: 321- 799-7271
www.unitedspacealliance.com
With heartfelt sorrow
Timothy Mahon an immigration Attorney and an active sponsor passed
away in January. IASC offers heartfelt
condolences to the bereaved family
APRIL 2006
MOTHER’S DAY
I cannot remember my mother
By
Gurudev Rabindra Nath Tagore
I cannot remember my mother
only sometimes in the midst of my play
a tune seems to hover over my playthings
the tune of some song that she used to
hum while rocking my cradle.
I cannot remember my mother
but when in the early autumn mornings
the smell of shiuli flowers floats in the air
the scent of the morning service in the temple
comes to me as the scent of my mother.
I cannot remember my mother
only when from my bedroom window I send
my eyes into the blue of the distant sky
I feel the stillness of my mother’s gaze on my face
has spread all over the sky.
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Records show that Julia Howe in 1872 is
the first name associated with Mother’s
day; however Ana Jarvis of Philadelphia
in 1907 aggressively canvassed that a
day be set aside for honoring all mothers. Ana’s mother’s death anniversary fell
on the 2nd Sunday of May which seemed
the best day of choice for her and her
followers to pursue as Mother’s day. The
official seal came in 1914 when President
Woodrow Wilson proclaimed this day as
a national holiday.
Mother’s day is observed all around the
year in several countries interestingly
though; Belgium, Demark, Finland, Italy,
Turkey and Australia also celebrate it on
the 2nd Sunday of May. Warm, bright and
nurturing seems like a logical parallel (is
it still sunny down under?)
So ladies remember this is your day!
Hold on to your comforters! Resist the
urge to jump into a day of chores, let
someone else bring you the coffee / tea.
God forbid you lift a finger to do anything but pretty yourself! 24 hours is a
very short time, sit back and relax, come
to Kiwani’s Park and bond with other
great mothers like yourself.
See you all there
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April 2006
Mother’s Day Issue
IASC TIMES
Indian Association of the Space Coast
PO Box 361184
Melbourne, FL 32936-1184
Editor:
Kumkum Pandit
E-mail: kumkumpandit@gmail.com
info@iascbrevard.com
www.iascbrevard.com
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