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    NORTH AMERICAN Newsline                                                   MAY 02, 2025     |  The Indian Eye 19

             Scott Wehrli (Mayor or Naperville and Chief Guest) with key Doctors at the FIA Medical Camp

                                                                                From Left to Right Anu Malhotra (President), Sunil Shah (Founder and Chairman FIA), Dr. Dilip
                                                                                       Shah (President IAMA), Scott Wehrli (Mayor of Naperville and Chief Guest)

                                                                                           Free Yoga Session led by Anu Malhotra (Certified Yoga Teacher)
             Anu Malhotra (President) and Sunil Shah (Founder and Chairman FIA) with SWEA Volunteers

                Behind every successful event is  accommodated comfortably.
            an army of silent warriors. And at this   On April 19, 2025, something
            camp, it was a Team of 34 dedicated  beautiful happened. Not just a health
            FIA volunteers — now collectively  camp, but a movement of empathy,
            honored as FIA Heroes — whose  empowerment, and elevation, a place
            passion, grit, and relentless hard  healing, humanity, and hope.
            work made the impossible feel effort-  Federation of Indian Associa-
            less. They coordinated logistics, man-  tions (FIA) is one of the oldest and
            aged registration, guided patients,  largest umbrella organizations in
            and kept the event running like a  the Midwest, dedicated to serving,
            well-oiled machine. And then came  uniting, and empowering the In-
            the SEWA Volunteers — over 40 of  dian  American  community.  From
            them, who arrived early and stayed  promoting cultural heritage, to civic
            late, giving six continuous hours of  engagement, to community health
            sweat and service. From carrying  and wellness, FIA continues to serve    From Left to Right Nilabh Dubey (Secretary General), Hitesh Gandhi (Past President FIA), Anu
            supplies to comforting patients, they  as a pillar of strength and progress  Malhotra (President), Sunil Shah (Founder and Chairman FIA), Kamlesh Kapoor (Jt. Secretary),
            embodied the very soul of “SEWA”  for generations. Visit its website for                 Falguni Sukhadia (Joint Secretary).
            —  selfless  service  without  expecta-  more details.
            tion. “I saw angels in every corner
            of this camp, they didn’t have wings,
            they wore volunteer badges”, said an
            85-year-old patient Sarah Khan
                Special acknowledgments go
            to:  Neal  Patel  (CEO  Medstar)  for
            providing the medical supplies and
            fir lab testing, Ramesh Punatar and
            Salim Siddiqui for capturing the day’s
            moments through their brilliant pho-
            tography, DJ Mahesh Kumar for pro-
            viding audio and video equipment,
            enhancing the event’s ambiance, Vi-
            noz Chennamolu for sponsoring the
            use of a spacious hall, at Mall of India   Doctors, Volunteers and FIA Leadership, IAMA Leadership, AAPI Leadership, and FIA Heroes who organized and led the Medical Camp
            and ensuring 600 plus attendees were

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