MAFS fundraiser held in celebration of Asian Heritage month
Chicago IL: On June 8th, 2013, MAFS celebrated Asian Heritage Month by organizing a grand fundraiser event at their Naperville office located at 1032 E. Ogden Avenue, Naperville, IL- 60532. Elected officials, community members, agency staff and seniors participated in this colorful event and showed their support for MAFS. The program began with the welcome address delivered by Mr. Naren Patel, CEO of Medstar Lab Inc. and current MAFS Board member. He extended his warm welcome to all the dignitaries and the audience present. Next, lamp lighting was performed by State Rep. Darlene Senger and the invocation prayer was recited by Ketan Maharaj of Jalaram Mandir. A devotion Bhajan was performed by special guest singer, Ms. Shaila Khedkar. Shree Gurusamy and Neelam Desai served as MC’s for the program and they invited each dignitary to speak on this joyous occasion. State Senator Tom Cullerton, State Rep Michelle Mussman, Mayor of Naperville, George Pradel, and Commissioner of Chicago Water Reclamation, Mr. Frank Avila addressed the gathering and offered their deep appreciation for MAFS and the community service it has been providing to the Asian community. Next, the Executive Director of MAFS, Mrs. Santosh Kumar spoke about the hardship faced by social […]
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