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Gopio-manhattan’s event on valentine’s day

Raises Funds for community Feeding

Our Bureau

NEW YORK, NY
S warTaal Musicals and GO-

PIO-Manhattan
chapter
organized a Valentines Day
Musical Evening to raise funds
for the chapter’s new initiative
‘Community Feeding’ in New
York City. The fundraiser was
initiated by singer Pallavi Ver-
ma Belwariar of SwarTaal Mu-
sicals who is also Founding Life
Member of GOPIO-Manhattan (Left) Program organizers and singers at the GOPIO-Manhattan Musical Evening. (Right) GOPIO Chairman Dr. Thomas
with active coordination by Dr. Abraham, Indian Deputy Consul General Shatrugna Sinha from New York and GOPIO-Manhattan President Shivender Sofat
Jaya Daptardar, Vice President
of GOPIO-CT. The Manhattan by singers Kedar Godbole, Lee- complimented GOPIO for its spoke on the new initiative and
chapter’s new initiative sponsors na Damle and Kashyap Jani. Dr. new initiative. Consul for Com- then introduced the chief guest.
the Interfaith Services providing Daptadar compered the pro- munity Affairs A.K. Vijayara- GOPIO-Manhattan Executive
food to homeless and the needy gram and served as the MC. The ghavan was also present at the Vice President Rajasekhar Van-
on every last Monday of the evening program was filled with event. gapati spoke about chapter activ-
month at the Tompkins Square love and romantic songs of the GOPIO Chairman Dr. ities and requested everyone to
Park in Manhattan. The chapter yester years of Bollywood music. Thomas Abraham said that the become member of the chapter
started supporting this program New York based India’s Dep- GOPIO-Manhattan chapter has while President Shivender Sofat
since December 2020. uty Consul General Shatrugna done exemplary work since it was thanked all singers for support-
Singer Belwariar was joined Sinha was the chief guest who launched in September 2020. He ing the new initiative.

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