Jai Jinendra to all the members of the Jain Center of Greater St. Louis.
With your blessings and support we completed the year 2006 with a lot of religious activities
and excitement. This would not have been possible without your ongoing and the very hard work
by the 2006 Executive Committee. On behalf of the members of the Jain Center of Greater
St. Louis I thank all the members of the 2006 Executive Committee. I would also like to thank,
outgoing treasurer, Shri Shaileshbhai Shah for his hard work in 2006. We also wish the very best
to Somil Ghelani, our outgoing V.P. Youth Members.
The committee would not have been able to make 2006 a great year without your support &
enthusiasm. It makes it worth our time to know that our work is well received, appreciated
and acknowledged. Thank you all
for the ton of volunteering in hosting the guests, hosting the
programs, organizing & supporting food preparation and in many different & hidden ways.
This year we had great success food catering by group sponsorship and individual sponsorship.
Please continue to provide your open & honest feedback to the committee for new ideas &
ways to improve our Sangh.
Please feel free to contact myself or any members of the executive committee, we are always
on the look out for ideas and suggestions.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO LET THOSE IDEAS AND SUPPORT COMING.
I would also like to extend my sincere appreciation to the 2006 Election Commissioner Shri
Deepakbhai Kapadia.
I would now like to welcome Amit Kothari, our new treasurer and Keval Shah, V.P. Youth
Members to the 2007 Executive Committee.
We had the honor of hosting and the opportunity to dip into the knowledge of Shri Pulkitbhai
(Boston) for Mahavir Jayanti, Dhirubhai Panditji, Rajnibhai, Rajendrabhai (Bombay) for
Paryushan Parva and Tarlaben for Mahavir Nirvan.We were honored to host the Jain Sangh
of Columbus for their Chaitya Parpathi. Bhavana & Snatra pooja. This year we had two Atthai
during the Paryushan - by Jigisha K Shah and Priyank S Shah. Other programs included
Dhwaja ceremony
in May, Youth & adult pathsala, snatra pooja, chaumasik pratikraman and
monthly bhavana.
The members of the Jain Center also thank
the continued support of Raj Vora for their
accounting and auditing expertise in managing the Jain Center’s accounts. We also thank
Minaben for her support to the Jain Center for several years in the past. We all wish her
a complete recovery.
We all appreciate the continued cooperation & support of the Hindu Temple and its management.
I also thank and look forward to working with the executive committee and members of the
Hindu Temple, the Gujarati Samaj, JAINA and all the Jain Centers of North America.
We have to appoint two directors to JAINA. Please give me a call if you are interested in
volunteering for these positions.
We have an exciting and eventful year ahead filled with lots of activities.
Wishing you all a very happy & prosperous 2007
Hemal Sanghvi
President
Jain Center of Greater St. Louis