Namaskar Mandali,
Marathi Association of Minnesota
Proudly presents
Ganapati Bappa
Moraya
Traditionally "Ganesh Festival" is hosted by
Marathi Association of Minnesota for all the communities. MAM
is happy to host this
year's Ganesh festival at the Hindu Mandir in Maple Grove. We are
anticipating a large turnout for this festival, especially for
“Sthapana” and “Visarjan”.
In order to make this community event successful
your participation and help is needed. We need volunteers for
different activities as well as contributions in various ways. RSVP is
preferred for planning the event better so please send your RSVP as it
stated at the end of the mail.
Volunteers
Needed
| Activity |
Stapana |
Visarjan |
Daily Pooja |
|
Cooking @ temple
(11 – 3PM
Wednesday 3rd Sep)
( 7- 11 AM
Saturday 13th Sep)
|
10 |
10 |
|
|
Serving food/water/cleanup (8 PM
Wednesday 3rd Sep)
( 12-2:30 PM
Saturday 13th Sep)
|
10 |
10 |
|
|
Pooja
Sep 3-13 daily at 7 PM
& Sept 6th morning 10 AM |
|
|
Minimum 1 sponsoring family every
Pooja. |
Material/Monetary help needed:
| Item/Event |
Stapana |
Visarjan |
| Basmati Rice bags 10 Pounds |
3 |
6 |
| Toor Dal 5 Pound bag |
3 |
|
| Pickle cans |
3 |
6 |
| Regular Plain Yogurt 32 Oz. (Dannon) |
15 |
30 |
| Red potatoes 5 pound bags |
18 |
30 |
| Mango pulp cans. (Cash donation as per
can $ 3.00) |
40 |
|
| Gulabjamun (Cash donation required as
per can $ 4.50) |
|
100 |
| Prepared Pooris (100 pieces)
May be prepared
a day earlier.* |
1000 |
|
| Canola oil 4.8 Gallon container |
1 |
2 |
|
Cash donation: Instead of raw material
you can give donation to cover the cost. Write check payable to
MAM and mail it to Samir Junnarkar
6698 Urbandale Lane N, Maple Grove, MN 55311
or handover
to committee member.
|
Any |
Any |
*Subject to change the count by RSVP
Note:
·
To facilitate smooth operation, only MAM prasad will be
distributed upstairs. All other Prasad items will be distributed in
Lunch hall along with the food.
·
Devotees are encouraged to bring customary Modak or
Saran (coconut/Good mixture) as Prasad. Of course, other types of dry
Prasads /whole fruits are fine.
·
Please bring all the prepared prasad and food to the
temple in aluminum trays or other disposable containers. Mandal will
not be able to return the containers.
·
Raw Material for Sthapana should be delivered to
one of the following members by August
31st
·
Raw Material for Visarjan should be delivered to one of
the following members by Sept. 9th.
Material to be delivered
to either of the following members:
·
Suhasini Taskar (952)
941-5928, Eden Prairie
·
Varsha Kandlikar (952)
942-2790, Chanhassen
·
Anupa Pradhan (952),
223-1378, Edina
·
Abhay Phadke (763)-494-5560
Maple Grove
·
Alka Dabade (763)-424-0679
Brooklyn Park
·
Sujata Apte (952)-831-9551,
Burnsville
Please send RSVP by 20th
August 2008 as
follows to Varsha Kandlikar
varsha_kandlikar@yahoo.com
(952)-942-2790
Sthapana : Attending # of Adults
and Kids
Visarjan : Attending # of Adults and
Kids
Please contact us if you plan to
volunteer in the above activities or if you have any questions
by August 30th. Your active
participation will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Organizers:
Taskar family:
Suhastaskar@yahoo.com
(952)
941-5928
Kandlikar family:
varsha_kandlikar@yahoo.com
(952)-942-2790
Pradhan family:
anupa.pradhan@gmail.com
(952)-223-1378
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Anyone interested in sponsoring this
or any other MAM’s event please contact
alkadabade@yahoo.com
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