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Edison Public Library and GOPIO-Edison organize a

successful Diwali and Thanksgiving Celebration

OUR BUREAU Hall was beautifully decorated with gar- and another event on November 6th ber Chitranjan Sahay Belwariar giving
lands, photobooth and welcome desk. for “Investment and retirement plan- vote of thanks to all the participants,
Edison, NJ
The Diwali Event Started with reg- ning” with experts. The community Library staff, media partners, and au-
lobal Organization of People istration networking with tea that had had very enthusiastically participated diences. He also thanked Dr Thomas
of Indian Origin Edison NJ generated lots of interest and people in both the events and was fully sub- Abraham, Chairman GOPIO Inter-
GChapter (GOPIO-Edison, started coming from the Tristate area. scribed. Emcees for the Diwali event national for his guidance for the GO-
NJ) hosted the “Diwali & Thanks- Many came with their families to join were Srishti Agrawal and Anumegha PIO-Edison.
giving” celebration at North Branch the celebration and cultural event at Saxena and both conducted the pro- Ritesh Agrawal managed the
of Library in Edison, NJ. The event the Edison Public Library. Before the gram very well, engaging the audienc- registration desk and guided the au-
was fully subscribed, and the audience start of the event, audiences enjoyed es with games and bringing each par- dience for the event and provided
came with family and children to par- the tea and snacks and the opportu- ticipant to stage. the benefits of becoming a member
ticipate. This was the third successful nity for attendees to interact freely. The cultural celebration event of GOPIO-Edison Chapter. The link
event organized by GOPIO-Edison GOPIO–Edison Chapter Presi- participants were Mohita, Arhan, for membership is tinyurl.com/GO-
since it was relaunched in March 2022. dent Pallavi Verma welcomed every- Dyksha, Verchas, Verad, Kaivalya and PIO-EDISON-MEMBERSHIP.
The program started with light- one. She appreciated the community Hanshit. The event also saw singing The president of the chapter, Pal-
ening of lamps by dignitaries includ- coming together for the two major cel- by Pratibha, Yogesh, along with Pal- lavi Verma and GOPIO Edison team
ing Edison Councilman Ajay Patil, ebrations. She gave a brief about GO- lavi singing some popular Bollywood were very encouraged to see audience
GOPIO Edison Chapter President PIO-Edison which was relaunched in numbers for entertainment. turnout of the event and they have
Pallavi Verma Belwariar and GOPIO March 2022 and successfully conduct- At the end, all participants were lined up some more events in Edison
Life member Dr. Ramesh Pandey. ed a “India Book Launch” event on given appreciation certificates for Public Library which they explained
GOPIO-Edison Team members also April 10th in the same library in part- their participation. The program end- in details and can be found on GO-
joined to light the lamp. The Library nership with Indian Consulate, NY ed with GOPIO-Edison Board mem- PIO-Edison Facebook page.

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