President’s Message – June 2022
Lets reconnect, communicate and grow stronger
Dear Samaj Members,
First of all, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the members of Panchal Samaj of Ontario for electing me as a President for the year 2022 & 2023. I am greatly honored for the opportunity given to me to serve this vibrant Samaj as President for the 4th term. This year almost 150 members attended our AGM meeting/ Bhajans event on April 30th. It was the best attendance ever and it was great to meet everyone.
I would like to congratulate the newly elected Board of Directors (BOD) and Board of Trustees (BOT). I am glad to have new, as well as experienced and committed team members in the Boards. I look forward to working with all of you in the coming years.
I would also like to thank the last committee members for their hard work and dedication in the last four years, having served an additional 2 years due to the Pandemic. Last year we were fortunate to organise several Zoom events (Bhajans and Youth event) to support our Samaj members during difficult times and isolation due to the pandemic.
Panchal Samaj of Ontario was established in 1986. Since then the Samaj has grown steadily with the addition of new members year over year. This year is our 36th anniversary. Last year was our 35th anniversary, and we will be celebrating this important milestone at our upcoming Diwali event this year as we did not have it last year.
Once again this year we would like to focus on engaging our youth. They have amazing ideas on how to enhance our communications and grow our Samaj using new technology platforms. We have very talented youth in our community, lets recognise them and support them. They are the future of our Samaj, and it is my wish to have a youth committee again.
We have all had difficult times during the Pandemic. We lost some of our near and dear Samaj members and we need to find ways to support each other and the our global community.
Let’s all reconnect, and I urge all members to participate in our events and come forward with ideas/ suggestions to enhance our programs so that everyone is having fun. Please contact myself or any of the BOD’s/ BOT’s with your suggestions. To this end I would also recommend that everyone visit our Samaj website. There is a lot of informationabout the Samaj, together with a lot of pictures of past events. www.panchalsamajofontario.com
I would like to extend my sincere thanks to all Samaj members who have continually supported the Samaj by participating, volunteering, and providing financial support for all the events organized by the Samaj.
We have come a long way in the past 35 years and credit goes to all the Members and past committee members who have dedicated their personal time. Let’s pave the path for the next generation to embrace our roots and explore the full protentional of our
community.
Yours sincerely,
Rekha Panchal.
President 2022- 2023
Panchal Samaj of Ontario.