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gopio Manhattan organizes a virtual Musical evening
to raise Funds for the covid-19 relief in india
Our Bureau ident GOPIO-Manhattan;
thanked the singers for making
New York, NY the evening lively and support-
he GOPIO-Manhattan, ing the charitable event. He
NYC and SwarTaal Mu- shared few pictures and slides
Tsicals organized a Virtual of health kiosks to be set up in
Fundraising Musical Evening to five villages in India that will
raise funds for “The Covid-19 be supported from the dona-
Relief in India”. tion proceeds collected by GO-
PIO-Manhattan.
Professor Rajasekhar Van-
The fundraiser was initi- gapati, EVP GOPIO-Manhat-
ated by Ms. pallavi ver- tan; spoke about chapter activ-
ma Belwariar of swarTaal ities and motivated everyone
to donate generously towards
Musicals & Founding Life Program initiator Pallavi Verma Belwariar of SwarTaal Musicals & Found- the noble cause. Mr. Chitran-
Member of gopio-Man- ing Life Member of GOPIO-Manhattan chapter. jan Sahay Belwariar, Founding
Life Member GOPIO Manhat-
hattan. tan; provided technical support
with Zoom streaming and re-
Ms. Pallavi was joined by cording.
Ms. Bhargavi Naidana, Mr.
Kaushal Sampat & Ms. Smi- priced at $10 for the tick-
ta Sinha served as the MC for
the evening. The singers chose et, the fundraiser netted
soulful romantic songs of the over $1,000 from ticket
yester years of Bollywood mu-
sic for the evening mesmeriz- sales and other donations.
ing the attendees. Additional-
ly, few paintings by Ms. Pallavi In accordance with its mis-
were exhibited and sold to sup- sion to serve the larger soci-
port the noble cause. ety and those in need, GO-
Dr. Thomas Abraham, GO- PIO-Manhattan Chapter has
PIO Chairman; said “GOPIO taken several initiatives in the
International has been raising recent past.
funds and GOPIO Connecticut A Community Feeding is
and Manhattan chapters have organized by the Chapter pro-
sent Oxygen concentrators to viding vegetarian lunch for the
India while other chapters in Program organizers and singers at the GOPIO-Manhattan Virtual Fund- homeless and needy at Tom-
the US and around the world raising Musical Evening for Covid-19 Relief in India. Top row L to R: Pallavi, kins Square Park in Manhattan
are providing medical supplies Smita, Bhargavi; Middle Row L to R: Kaushal, Shivendra Sofat, Dr. Thomas on the last Monday of every
and food for the needy.” Abraham; Bottom Row: Chitranjan Sahay Belwariar month. The chapter appeals to
Dr. Abraham compliment- the community to support the
ed GOPIO-Manhattan, NYC organizing several other pro- in the last one year. initiative by being a volunteer
grams during the covid period
Mr. Shivender Sofat, Pres-
for taking this initiative and and or a sponsor.
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