NEWSLETTER– NOVEMBER 2015
*Formal Attire
Wishing all Ankur members and the
community a Happy Diwali ……
Ankur Members and the Community celebrated
Diwali on November 8
th
2015 . Special thanks to
community for their involvement , Jay Bedi of
Elements Event Center, Naren Patel of Tandoor
Restaurant, and performance participants for their
effort, help and generosity in making this event a
memorable one.
ANKUR members celebrated
Navratri and Sharad Poonam with
great fanfare. Here are some
pictures that speaks for itself….
Thanks to all the Sponsors & Attendees for joining us
in Navratri celebration, providing flowers , prasad
and contributing generously to this years Navratri &
Sharad Poonam event .
Our special thanks to Bhartiben &
Nayanbhai Noticewalla for their
exemplary contributions and efforts
in organizing the navratri event and
making it a grand success.
List of Navratri sponsors & details of collection
cont…..
Names of the Donors Amount Names of the Donors Amount
Virendra and Uma Asher 191.00 Sub total b/f… 2,575.00
Minalben Patel
151.00
Jaydeep and Ketki Modi
35.00
Monal & Kausha Mehta
151.00 Jaykumar & Binita Desai 35.00
Padmasen & Krishna Kanani
101.00
Kalpesh & Jagruti Khandihadia
35.00
Anil & Shobhana Marfatia
51.00
Kishore & Sushila Mehta
35.00
Chhotubhai and Madhu Bhakta
51.00 Kartik & Shweta Desai 35.00
Jagdish & Meena Mistry 51.00 Krishanakumar and Kirti Parikh 35.00
Jagdish & Savita Patel (KY) 51.00
Kusumben Doshi
35.00
Jayesh & Jyoti Mehta 51.00 Lilam Stanley 35.00
Ketan & Mala Patel
51.00 Mulraj and Rekha Gandhi 35.00
Manubhai and Daviben Patel 51.00 Mehul and Nita Parikh 35.00
Narendra & Panna Patel 51.00
Nalin & Ila Mehta
35.00
Rashmikant and Jyoti Patel 51.00
Nalin & Taruna Damani
35.00
Sunita & Anita Pema 51.00 Narendra and Sarla Parikh 35.00
Vijay and Asha Parikh 51.00 Natver and Bharti Noticewala 35.00
Names of the Donors Amount Names of the Donors Amount
Jayant & Kapi Patel 50.00 Natubhai & Neela Patel 35.00
Kishore & Kusum Patel
50.00 Niranjan & Vina Shah 35.00
Pradip and Kumud Patel 50.00 Nitin and Kashmira Bapat 35.00
Chitu and Hema Shukla
45.00
Nutan & Pushpa Shah
35.00
Abhijit and Julie Desai 35.00 Pankaj & Dipti Joshi 35.00
Ajitkumar and Nayana Trivedi 35.00 Prakash and Parul Dalal 35.00
Ajay and Daksha Munsif 35.00 Pramod and Veena Jhaveri 35.00
Ambrish and Mona Bansal
35.00 Triguna Jani 35.00
Ajay and Veena Bansal
35.00
Pravin & Rajal Bhutta
35.00
Akshay & Kalpana Buch
35.00 Raj & Sheela Mehta 35.00
Amitabh & Anita Raturi
35.00 Rajan and Shilpa Desai 35.00
Amul and Smruti Shukla 35.00 Ramesh & Induben Patel 35.00
Anami & Hansa Patel
35.00 Ramesh & Savita Patel 35.00
Anil & Kanchan Rajadhyaksha
35.00
Rashmi Aparajit
35.00
Arun Karnik 35.00
Ravi Berry
35.00
Arun and Sudha Mehta 35.00
Rupak & Shweta Swali
35.00
Atul & Jolly Purani 35.00
Sagoon & Sushmi Patel
35.00
Babu & Bharti Lengde 35.00 Shashank and Pallavi Patel 35.00
Bhaidas & Usha Patel 35.00
Shwetal & Sangita Deasai
35.00
Bhal & Jyoti Desai 35.00 Sudhir and Geeta Matani 35.00
Bharat and Meena Shah 35.00 Suresh & Jyotsna Patel 35.00
Bhupen and Dorothy Joshi 35.00
Tushar and Jignasa Desai
35.00
Bhupen Joshi 35.00
Tushar and Rasila Parikh
35.00
Neha Joshi 35.00
Tushar N Thakor
35.00
Bhupen & Kalpna Joshi 35.00
Sushila Patel
35.00
Chandu and Manju Budev
35.00
Vaishali Shah
35.00
Devas & Meena Desai
35.00
Vasudha Kale
35.00
Dilesh and Neeta Patel 35.00
Vikram & Nayna Parikh
35.00
Govind and Lata Gupta
35.00
Vijay Sanghvi
35.00
Harshad and Asha Mehta
35.00
Vijay & Purnima doshi
35.00
Hardas & Asha Rathod
35.00
Vinayak & Anuradha Kulkarni
35.00
Haresh and Geeta Hemani
35.00 Vinod & Bharti Rawal 35.00
Hari & Rekha Budev
35.00
Yogesh Sudevi Shah
35.00
Hansa Thakkar
35.00
Bharat & Pravina Bhakta
25.00
Indravadan and Jyotika Parikh 35.00 Raghavan & Bhargavi Pandalai 21.00
Itishree Panda 35.00 Total dontations from Sponsors 4,266.00
Jaykumari Thaker 35.00 Total Aarti Collection 429.00
Jayant & Nayana Patel 35.00 Dassera Havan Dinner 450.00
Jayesh & Meena Ruparel
35.00
Sharad Purnima Dinner
435.00
Sub Total C/f… 2,575.00 Dandia Rental 250.00
Total Navratri Collection 5,830.00
List of Navratri sponsors & details of collection
cont…..
Uncle A.C Sekhar on his 96th Birthday this
November has shared a lovely Poem
expressing his feelings on turning 96.
Pramod Jhaveri a founding member of Ankur Gujarati Samaj
defeated 20-year councilman Rick Bryan for the Blue Ash City
Council Ward 3 seat. Mr. Jhaveri received 54 percent of the
votes.
Pramod Jhaveri came to USA in December of 1968 for further
education in mechanical engineering and worked in Chicago's
Ethicon company as project design engineer. He has been living
in Blue Ash since1980 and is married to Vina (Shah) Jhaveri. He
is blessed with a daughter and a son who, now manages his
diamond jewelry business. In the spirit of giving back to the
community he contested the Blue Ash City Council elections
and was elected.
Ankur Gujarati Samaj and the community is very proud of this
achievement and wishes him success in this endeavor.
2015 ANKUR CALENDAR
Add these dates to your calendar
The board of trustees and the operating committee
hereby gives notice of the annual general meeting of
Ankur Gujarati Samaj which will held on Sunday
December 20, 2015 at 4.00 pm at Ankur Gujarati
Samaj, 9502 Highland Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio, 45242.
Board of Trustees and the committee members and other
interested members of the Organization are invited to
participate.
Agenda for the meeting:
1) Report on the activities of the organization during the year
2) Discuss draft /Preliminary annual accounts
3) Appointment of New Committee and any other matters
that the board and committee intends to discuss
If you are interested in volunteering and be a part of the
Operating Committee or BOT Committee Please email
at anknewsletter@gmail.com or Call Bharti Noticewala (513-
563-2007), Rashmi Vyas (513-368-1668), Ajay Munsif (859-
803-4432) ,Nita Parikh (513-237-3757)
ANKUR GUJARATI SAMAJ ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Ankur Activities
Yoga with Herman Ranpuria
(Monday 6:30 to 8:00 PM)
Yoga for all levels and abilities from complete beginners to the
most advanced – All are welcome
“Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind
and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and
mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.”
”Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and
endure what cannot be cured.”
“Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be
experienced.”
B.K.S. Iyengar
1918 - 2014
Ankur Book Club
Monthly:
The book club will meet on December 10
th
2015 at 2.00 PM at
Ankur to discuss the book “The Wordy Shipmates” by Sarah
Vowell
Please contact Minal Patel at 234-0569 to join Ankur Book Club or
for more information.
BRIDGE
Weekly – Wednesday 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Anyone who enjoys Bridge is invited to come with a partner
and play on Wednesday nights at ANKUR.
Interested in learning Bridge? Please contact Bhupen Joshi
at 489-1077 ( bhupenjoshi1@gmail.com) for more
information.
DEC 10th,
2015
2:00 PM
Ankur
The Wordy Shipmates”
by Sarah Vowell
Drop-In Center – Homeless Shelter Lunch
Monthly: Second Wednesday every month)
For over 12 years, Ankur volunteers have quietly and consistently
served at The Drop-In Center monthly lunch, traditional Thanksgiving
meal, winter wear at Christmas as well as donations to those who are
homeless in Cincinnati serving society and those in need.
A group of truly devoted Ankur volunteers led by Bharti Noticewala,
Induben Patel , Neelaben Patel with help from Mehul Parikh donate,
prepare and serve lunch to over 150 homeless people every month at
The Drop-In Center which is Greater Cincinnati's largest homeless
shelter, located in Over-the-Rhine.
Special thanks to Shilpa Desai, Julie Desai, Geeta Matani, Uma Shah,
Mehul Parikh Induben & Neelaben Patel & Raji Prasad for their
continued help and support to the community
To help serve lunch or donate food items or money, please
contact Bharti Noticewala 513- 563-2007.
2015 Ankur Annual Membership
Membership fee for January to December 2015 is
now due.
• Annual Membership:$35
• Life Membership:$501
Members other than life members are requested to send
their annual membership check payable to “Ankur Gujarati
Samaj” and membership form* to: ANKUR, c/o Jagruti
Khandhadia, 4446 Wilderness Way Mason, OHIO 45040.
Please contact Jagruti Khandhadia at 513-253-9004 or email
*2015 membership forms can be downloaded from Ankur web site @
http://ankurcinci.com/images/2015_Ankur_Membership_Form.pdf
Fully renovated Ankur Facilty @
9502 Highland Avenue, Cincinnati,
Ohio 45242 is now available on
rent for parties and other
occasional events
Please Contact Building Rental Manager for information
Bhartiben Noticewala @ 513 -563-2007
bnoticew[email protected]
2015 Operating Committee
Rashmi Vyas 513-520-5347
Ajay Munsif 859-803-4432
ajaymunsif@yahoo.com
Kashmira Bapat 513-677-9637
Knbapat1@yahoo.com
Nita Parikh 513-237-3757
nitamehtaparikh@yahoo.com
Jagruti Khandhadia 513-253-9004
Parul Dalal 513-349-4637
Prakashparu[email protected]
Building Rental Manager
Bharati Noticewala 513 -563-2007
Board of Trustees
Bharati Noticewalla 513 -563-2007
Rasila Parikh 513- 247-9404
Shashank Patel 513-733-8838
Vijay Parikh 513-733-0245
What would you like added to Ankur community?
Would you like to submit a recipe, activity idea, interesting
article etc. to Ankur newsletter?
Please email your ideas and suggestions to Parul Dalal at
anknewslet[email protected]
If you or someone you know, is not receiving Ankur News letter or your address
has changed , please contact Parul Dalal at anknewsle[email protected]om
9502 Highland Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242. www.ankurcinci.org
Please step up , get involved
and volunteer to be a part of
the 2016 Ankur operating
committee or Board of
Trustees.
Please contact
anknewslett[email protected]
Family & Senior Portraits, Proms, Weddings, Memorable & Milestone
Events, Nature & Landscapes.
Thanks to Godly Mathew Photography for taking
Pictures at the Diwali celebration. We will inform
you as soon as the pictures are available for
downloads.
