We are excited to announce the date

of the next IMRC convention.

Date: 06/30/2018 to 07/03/2018

Location: Santa Clara, Marriot, CA

Conveners: Vijayshri Choudhary,

Anand Daga and Vrushali Tapadiya

MMNA has centralized the member’

database and updated / upgraded the

mmna.org website. We need your

help to update your individual and

family profiles by logging in to the

mmna.org website and edit the

member profile. We are also

requesting everybody to upload there

family picture by choosing the

‘member photo albums’ tab

APPEAL TO ALL MEMBERS, PLEASE

GO TO MMNA.ORG WEBSITE AND

REGISTER YOURSELF SO YOU CAN BE

PART OF THE NATIONAL DATABASE

AND GET ALL THE EXCITING UPDATES

HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT

EVENTS HOSTED

GANGAUR: A festival that walks in with the colorful jibe of Holi and

unbeatable spirit of festivities. Celebrated at the Hindu temple,

Canton among the women who dressed up like Gaur to celebrate

their Shiv ‘Gan’. It was hosted on 3/26/2017.

GLEANER’S CHARITY: MMNA has always expanded the kindness

beyond just our community. 25 volunteers of various ages

participated and more than 5000+ food and miscellaneous items

were sorted and properly boxed so they can be reached to the

needy, on time. It was hosted on 5/6/2017

Annual Picnic

Date: August 5th 2017

Time: 10.30 onwards

Location: MarshBank Park, 2805 Hiller Rd, W. Bloomfield, MI - 48324

India Day Parade

Date: August 19th, 2017

Time: 10 AM onwards

Location: Suburban Collection showplace

Diwali Celebration

Date: October 29th 2017

Time: 5.30 onwards

Location: TBD

UPCOMING EVENTS

SAKHI EVENTS: A group of unstoppable women who strike a

remarkable balance between family, work and living it away. In that

effort, they organized many events this year under Yogita Sarada

and Smita Jajoo’s leadership, as follows:

New Year’s Lunch on Jan 7th, 2017

Women’s Day Dinner on Mar 8th, 2017

Mother’s Day Walk on May 13th, 2017

Yoga Retreat on June 3rd, 2017

There is never a dull day

in MMNA, please save

the date for (details to

follow)-

Picnic – 8/5/2017

Diwali - TBD

Gleaner’s Note - Thank

you so much for being such

a wonderful group of

volunteers from MMNA on

Saturday, May 6, 2017! We

are so grateful for the hard

work provided by groups

like yours. Through your

efforts, approximately 7,800

pounds of food were

sorted, impacting over

6,600 individuals! Great

job!

UPCOMING EVENTS AND

REVIEWS

BHAGWAT KATHA: This spiritual journey of 7 days was hosted

and organized by Bajaj family in Rishikesh, India. The holy book was

recited by Pujari Shyam Sundar ji Parasar. It was hosted from

3/12/2017-3/19/2017

EVENTS HOSTED (contd.)

Vihaan Chetan Rathi

Dec 24, 2016 - Vihaan was born

to first time parents Chetan

Rathi and Shweta Jaju Rathi to

fill the holiday time and life

ahead with joyous moments.

Riya Rathi

Dec 23rd

2016 - Riya was born to

first time parents Manoj and

Kosha Rathi and granddaughter

of Keshavlal Rathi.

Viraj Jindal

Jan 03, 2017 - Viraj was born to

parents Shailesh and Ruchi

Jindal and an excited sister

Aahana Jindal (5 Yrs. old) from

Ann Arbor, MI.

Rish Phaphat

Mar 1st

2017 – Rish was born to

first time parents Nikhil and

Poonam Phaphat from

Lombard, IL.

Mira Bharadiya

March 30th

, 2017 – Mira was

born to first time parents

Poonam and Anil Bharadiya.

Asreena Kella

April 10th, 2017 – Asreena was

born to Sandeep and Gunjan

Kella and grand-daughter to our

very own Shyam and Mina

Maheswari

Diva Somani

June 1st, 2017 – Shilpa and

Punit Somani are blessed with a

daughter and she was

welcomed by Dadaji, Dadima

and a proud sister, Prishaa.

WELCOME AND CONGRATULATIONS

Tiny feet, little angels who have brought priceless joy in their

warm feathers to many of our families in recent months

Riya Rathi

Viraj Jindal

Diva Somani

Rish Phaphat

Vihaan Chetan Rathi

Asreena Kella

Mira Bharadiya

Ben Rathi’s International Endeavor:

MMNA is proud to present Ben Rathi to you. Born to

Roger and Anuradha Rathi, Ben Rathi is, first and

foremost, an incredibly kind person. The friendliness

emanating is not the oozing or overwhelming kind, but

mild and genuine. While pursuing two degrees in business

and computer science, stopping just two classes short of a

third in biomedical science, Ben has had a wealth of

prestigious internships at software, finance and health

care firms; and founded a successful, now national-scale,

nonprofit organization that collects unused medical

supplies and delivers them to impoverished countries for a

fraction of their market value. Please find more

information here https://www.michigandaily.com/section/statement/student-year-ben-rathi

Shreya and Arsheya Bhattad’s Arangetram:

Shreya (16) is currently a sophomore at IA East.

She has been learning Bharatnatyam since the age

of 7 and Arsheya (9) Bhattad is a 4th grade student

at Wass Elementary and has been learning as far

back as she remembers. They are extremely

talented and responsible, with their hard work and

dedication, so of their family, under the tutelage of

Shrimati Sudha Chandrashekhar and Malini Sharma

succesfully performed Arangetram on Oct 15th,

2016.

Preeti Malani: Appointed as the Chief Health Officer at the University of Michigan

Preeti Malani, daughter of Narayanji Malani was born and grew up in Michigan. She is married to Mark Zacharek an ENT Surgeon at UM with two children Nicholas (16) and Sonya (13). MMNA is proud to announce her appointement as the Chief Health Officer at the University of Michigan. Preeti earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from U-M, a medical degree from Wayne State University and a master's degree in journalism at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. She completed her internal medicine residency and infectious diseases fellowship at U-M, where she also received a master's degree in clinical research design and statistical analysis

ACHIEVEMENTS