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GOPIO-CT Participates In The Ethinc

Festival To Celebrate Stamford Day

All dancers, parents and GOPIO-CT officials

OUR BUREAU from Southern Connecticut were at
the festival. Indian American com-
Stamford, CT
munity had the largest participation
lobal Organization of People with 40 dancers.
of Indian Origin - Connecti- GOPIO-CT’s Exec VP Mahesh
Gcut Chapter (GOPIO-CT) Jhangiani spoke about the chapter at
has been participating in the Annu- the event. Jhangiani spoke about the
al Stamford Day Celebration for the chapter which has been serving the
last three years. Stamford Day is a Southern Connecticut community
celebration of Stamford’s history and for the last 18 years. Which includes
diversity. Stamford was founded on raising funds for various charities,
May 16th, 1641, 383 years ago and sponsoring soup kitchens at the New
has grown into one of the most di- Covenant Center of Stamford and
verse cities in the country. raising funds by participating in the
annual walkathon for Bennet Cancer
Stamford Mayor’s Multicultural Center which provides help to Can-
Council and Mill River Park Col- cer patients and their families.
Stamford Mayor Caroline Sim-
laborative organized the Stamford mons spoke at the event thanked all
Day 2024, as a free, fun, fami- community groups for their partici-
ly-friendly event celebrating the pation. GOPIO-CT Officials with Stamford Mayor
Stamford Mayor Caroline Sim-
rich history and cultural diversity mons with GOPIO-CT officials, from
of Stamford through presenta- l. to r.: Exec. VP Mahesh Jhangiani,
tions, activities, art, music, and Advisor Dr. Thomas Abraham, May-
or Simmons, Trustee Prasad Chinta-
dance on Sunday, June 2nd at Mill lapudi and Jayashri Chintalapudi
River Park in Stamford. Mill River Park is located in the
Downtown Stamford and is like a
GOPIO-CT put together a fab- Central Park for Stamford. A large
ulous program of dances from India crowd attended the celebration
performed by five dance groups and which had ethnic dances from differ-
coordinated by Program Chair Mrs. ent communities.
Yaashi Jhangiani. Most non-profit Gujarati Folk Dancers >
civic, cultural and educational groups

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