Kachchhi Oswal Jain Association In North America 2013 Website: www.kojain.org A non-profit Organization Tax Exempt No: 06-1442444 Volume 18, Issue 1 March 2013 Board of Directors - Officers: President: Navin S. Dedhia (408) 629-1723 INSIDE THIS ISSUE [email protected] Vice President: Dinesh K. Chheda (973) 394-1701 [email protected] Seq SUBJECT Secretary: Nitul S. Haria 1 President’s Message (650) 714-0668 [email protected] Treasurer: Piyush J. Vora 2 KOJAIN Membership Form (203) 967-3807 [email protected] 3 2013 KOJAIN Directory Project Regional Directors: Region 1: AZ, CO, HI, NM, So.CA, UT 4 Advertisements in KOJAIN E-Newsletter Niketa Dedhia Shah (719) 244-3428 [email protected] 5 KOJAIN Regional News Region 2: AK, ID, MT, NV, No.CA, OR, WA, WY 6 Mansi School for Mentally Challenged Girls Sarla Chheda (Kansara) (510) 226-8450 7 Aawas Yojna – Kutchi Jain Foundation (KJF) [email protected] Region 3: AR, KS, LA, MO, OK, TX 8 Songadh Ashram, Songadh, Gujarat Geeta Gala (281) 398-7402 [email protected] 9 Sheth Dhanji Devshi K.V.O. Kelavani Fund Region 4: IL, IN, IA, MN, NE, ND, SD, WI 10 85% eyes, 95% skin donated by Gujaratis, Louis K. Shah (630) 670-6039 [email protected] 11 Bidada International Foundation Region 5: AL, FL, GA, MS, TN Vinay L. Tejani (423) 842-6463 12 Shri KVO Seva Samaj, Mumbai [email protected] Region 6: KY, MI, OH, W.PA, WV 13 Life History of Sheth Shri Keshavji Nayak Chirag L. Shah (551) 580-8355 14 Historical Perspective of Bhat Bazaar Fountain [email protected] Region 7: WA. DC., MD, NC, SC, VA, 15 KOJAIN Get-Together – July JAINA Convention Kanti N. Gangar (301) 598-3093 [email protected] 16 2013 Directory -- Advertisement/Sponsorship Region 8: DE, E.PA, NJ 17 KOJAIN Merit Scholarship Program - 2013 Shailesh K. Gala (908) 547-3153 [email protected] 18 KOJAIN Foreign Donation Policy Region 9: NY Kusum Kenia (914) 309-8394 [email protected] Region 10: CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT New Look KOJAIN eNewsletter. Chandrika Shah (978)794-3028 [email protected] Please send me your feedback regarding the Region 11: Canada newsletter look at [email protected] Pradip V. Savla (416) 292-9302 [email protected] 1 Kachchhi Oswal Jain Association In North America 2013 Website: www.kojain.org A non-profit Organization Tax Exempt No: 06-1442444 Volume 18, Issue 1 March 2013 Board of Directors - Officers: President: Navin S. Dedhia (408) 629-1723 PRESIDENT’S [email protected] Vice President: Dinesh K. Chheda MESSAGE (973) 394-1701 [email protected] Secretary: Nitul S. Haria (650) 714-0668 [email protected] Treasurer: Piyush J. Vora Dear Fellow Kachchhi Oswals, (203) 967-3807 [email protected] Regional Directors: Pranam, Jai Jinendra & Happy Spring Season!!! Region 1: AZ, CO, HI, NM, So.CA, UT Niketa Dedhia Shah (719) 244-3428 [email protected] It is my pride and privilege to be part of KOJAIN Board. Region 2: AK, ID, MT, NV, No.CA, OR, WA, With your love, trust, loyalty and confidence, I am able to WY serve our community in North America to the best of my Sarla Chheda (Kansara) (510) 226-8450 ability. [email protected] Region 3: AR, KS, LA, MO, OK, TX Geeta Gala (281) 398-7402 We have almost completed one third of 2013 year. This is [email protected] our first issue of 2013 and was delayed due to vacation Region 4: IL, IN, IA, MN, NE, ND, SD, WI and other priorities. Louis K. Shah (630) 670-6039 [email protected] This year we have launched KOJAIN Directory project and Region 5: AL, FL, GA, MS, TN our dedicated team is working to collect fresh data for the Vinay L. Tejani (423) 842-6463 Directory. If you have not filled in your data ON LINE, [email protected] please do so immediately without delay. We want data Region 6: KY, MI, OH, W.PA, WV from each and every KOJAIN person residing in North Chirag L. Shah (551) 580-8355 [email protected] America. See the Directory Project Section in this issue. Region 7: WA. DC., MD, NC, SC, VA, Kanti N. Gangar (301) 598-3093 We also need your generous support in sponsoring the [email protected] Directory project with your advertisement and becoming Region 8: DE, E.PA, NJ a Grand Sponsor. Shailesh K. Gala (908) 547-3153 [email protected] Please do contact me or your Regional Directors for Region 9: NY questions. Thank you for your support and cooperation. Kusum Kenia (914) 309-8394 [email protected] Region 10: CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT Chandrika Shah (978)794-3028 Navin S. Dedhia [email protected] Region 11: Canada Pradip V. Savla (416) 292-9302 [email protected] 2 Kachchhi Oswal Jain Association In North America 2013 KOJAIN MEMBERSHIP FORM Last Name First Name Middle Name Email Phone Occupation Village in Kachchh Spouse – First Name Spouse – Email Spouse – Phone Spouse – Occupation Spouse – Village in Kachchh (Before Marriage) Home Address – Street Home Address – City Home Address – State, Zip Code & Country Child 1 Name Child 1 Year Born (if Married do not enter year born) Child 2 Name Child 2 Year Born (if Married do not enter year born) Child 3 Name Child 3 Year Born (if Married do not enter year born) [ ] Family Life Membership (US $250) [ ] Family 2 Year Membership (US $40) [ ] Individual Life Membership (US $200) [ ] Individual 2 Year Membership (US $40) We urge every KOJAIN family to send the duly completed form to maintain KOJAIN Database. Help us make the database as complete as possible. Thank you for your support and cooperation. Signed by: Date: Make your check payable to KOJAIN. Mail the above form completely filled to the Treasurer of KOJAIN: Piyush J. Vora, 603 Morehouse Hwy, Fairfield, CT 06825, USA Tel: 203-967-3807 (email: [email protected]) 3 Kachchhi Oswal Jain Association In North America 2013 2013 KOJAIN Directory Project All Kachchhis living in North America and KOJAIN Life Members living outside of North America will be listed in the 2013 Directory. Each and every one must fill in the form and provide fresh data. Data entry form is Online and the link is http://www.kojain.com/KojainDirectoryUpdateForm.html http://kojain.org/KojainDirectoryUpdateForm.html Note: 1. Everyone, whether KOJAIN Paid member or not, must fill in the Online Directory form in order to stay connected and be part of the Kachchhi Community in North America. 2. Only KOJAIN Life members living outside of North America will be listed in the Directory 3. Parents should encourage their children, not living with them, to fill in the Directory form. Parents may send the form on behalf of their children, if children are not living with them. 4. Information for Parents (Father, Mother, Father-in-Law, Mother-in-Law) living with the main householder should be entered in the comment Section. 5. Data entry updates due to error, addition or change can be send out by filling in the form again. Only the last received entries will be used to update the Directory. 6. Directory will be NOT be published ONLINE 7. Directory will be published only in the hard copy wire bound format. 8. Directory will be mailed to the LIFE MEMBERS ONLY This is the benefit of becoming a Life Member of KOJAIN. 9. Non-Life Members have to buy the Directory by paying to KOJAIN $ 60 for each Directory International request will have to pay $ 75 for the Directory 10. A Wire Bound Directory Size will be approximately 5.5” wide x 8.5” long Everyone must help by contacting their friends, relatives, acquaintances and other known KOJAINs to send their fresh data entry form. [Contact: Nitul S. Haria, Cell: 650-714-0668, email: [email protected]] 4 Kachchhi Oswal Jain Association In North America 2013 Advertisement/Sponsorship for 2013 KOJAIN Directory KOJAIN is requesting you to generously sponsor 2013 Directory Project by advertising in the Directory. KOJAIN directory advertisement/sponsorship rate are given below: Advertisement Location Adv. ID Price Type Grand Sponsor Front Cover ½ Page FP $ 5,000 Back Page Back Page BP $ 3,500 Front Inside Page Full Page FIP $ 2,000 Back Inside Page Full Page BIP $ 1,000 Inside Full Page Inside Pages IFP $ 500 Inside ½ Page Inside Pages IHP $ 300 Size of Front Cover Grand Sponsor Ad = 5.5” wide x 4.25” long Size of the Full Page Ad = 5.5” wide x 8.5” long Size of ½ Page Ad = 5.5” wide x 4.25” long Check Payable to ‘KOJAIN” along with Camera Ready (Microsoft Word or PDF) File should be forwarded to: Nitul S. Haria. 4221, Norwalk Drive, # BB101, San Jose, CA 95129, Tel: 650-714-0668, email: [email protected] 5 Kachchhi Oswal Jain Association In North America 2013 KOJAIN REGIONAL NEWS REGION 1: AZ, CO, HI, NM, So.CA, UT Sarvodaya Trust medical camp, Bidada, Kutch. She hiked to the summit of Mount Whitney, Engagement: tallest peak in the contiguous United States at Engagement of Vaibhav Rasila Gulabchand 14,505 feet! [Contact: Jill Savla, Tel: 805-807- Shamji Haria. Gaam Naredi, Wadala-Mumbai 3333, email: [email protected]] WITH Richa Veena Vilas Talakshi Gala. Chiyasar gaam, Entrepreneurship Spirit of Anand Gala of Nallakunta-Hyderabad. Southern California: Anand Gala, son of Dinesh & Rajul Gala (Cerritos, CA, Village: Navinar), was praised by the Orange County Register Newspaper for his entrepreneurship spirit. Anand owns Costa Mesa-based Gala Corp., franchisee of 18 Applebee's and nine Famous Dave's restaurants. Almost three decades of experience have not dimmed his enthusiasm for his career.