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IANH Diwali Festival and Garba 2023

We are very excited to invite you to join us to celebrate the spirit of Diwali and Navratri as a community and to spread the joy of our culture! We have loads of fun lined up - from cultural performances to family fashion show to Dandiya Ras Garba for all age groups to participate and show their talents.

We invite talented children, youth and adults to participate in music, dance and other performances. We invite kids and adults to be creative and participate in Diwali Art and Banner Display. Stay back to participate in Diwali Fashion Show at the end of the cultural segment and then after the cultural segment, participate in the high-energy Ras Garba.

Register to participate in IANH Diwali Festival: Registration is now open for music, dance and other performances (skit, comedy, mime or special). Please read the PARTICIPATION GUIDELINES very carefully before you register. To register, please click on the following link Diwali Registration Form 2023 

Sponsorship Opportunities at the 2023 IANH Diwali Festival and Garba: Diwali Festival and Garba is the biggest event of the year for IANH. It showcases the finest talent of the Indian-American community in the region. The festival has attracted audiences in excess of 500 in the past. This year the Diwali Festival and Garba will be held on Saturday November 4, 2023 from 3 to 10 PM at Nashua High School North. On this occasion, we are offering several sponsorships opportunities. Please refer to this document for more details IANH Diwali Sponsorships 2023.pdf

Booths for Selling Merchandize or Services at the 2023 IANH Diwali Festival and Garba:  Please refer to this document for information related to Booth setup at IANH Diwali Festival  IANH Diwali Booths 2023.pdf

IANH Invites Applications for 2023 IANH Youth Service Awards: The purpose of IANH Youth Service Awards is to recognize the contributions made by the IANH Youth members by volunteering at IANH and other community service activities. Deadline for Applications: Saturday October 22, 2023. Please refer to this document for more details IANH Youth Service Awards Announcement 2023.pdf

IANH Soup Kitchen Service

Nashua Soup Kitchen Service

IANH sponsors the soup kitchen service at Nashua Soup Kitchen on the third Sunday of every month. In most cases, the even-numbered months are taken by the Sai Group. IANH and the Sai Group, cook and serve at the Soup Kitchen. If you would like to volunteer, please let us know.

We would like to thank the generous sponsors listed below for sponsoring the soup kitchen service for the years 2022 and 2023. Some spots are still available. We invite you to sponsor one of the remaining spots. Normally, the sponsors cook and serve the food on their designated days. if you are not able to cook and serve, you can sponsor the lunch service for $500 (full sponsorship) and $250 (co-sponsorship).

Sponsors for Year 2023

January 15: Prasad Dabbi, Jyoti Sharma and Janet & Suresh Masand

Februay 19: Sai Group and Kala Kumar

March 19: Anand Thippeswamy and Gautami & Venu Rao

April 16: Sai Group

May 14: Vani Thilagar and Gautami & Venu Rao

June 18: Sai Group

July 16: Sneha Jacob

August 20: Sai Group

September 17: Anmol Wadhwa and Anand Thippeswamy

October 15: Sai Group

November 19: Sud Family and Deepa Mangalat

December 17 Sai Group

Sponsors for Year 2024

January 21: Sponsors welcome

February 18: Sai Group

March 17: Sponsors welcome

April 21: Sai Group

May 19: Sponsors welcome

June 16: Sai Group

July 21: Sponsors welcome

August 18: Sai Group

September 15: Sponsors welcome

October 20: Sai Group

November 17: Sponsors welcome

December 15: Sai Group

 

Manchester Soup Kitchen Service

IANH sponsors the soup kitchen service at Manchester Soup Kitchen on the fourth Saturday of even-numbered months each year. The cooking is done by the Soup Kitchen staff and the IANH volunteers serve the food. If you would like to volunteer, please let us know.

We would like to thank the generous sponsors listed below for sponsoring the soup kitchen service for the years 2022 and 2023. Some spots are still available. We invite you to sponsor one of the remaining spots. The full sponsorship amount is $500. You can cosponsor for $250.

Sponsors for Year 2023

February 25: Gohel family and Vijay Nagaraju

April 22: Sheshadri Dwarkanath and Sudhakar Tadepelli

June 24: Homai Khanna

August 26: Gohel family, Jasmine Pandit and Kalyan Ghanta

October 28: Umesh Rao and Dr. Shashidhar

December 23: Padma Mathur, Co-sponsorship Avaiable

General Sponsor for 2023: Chakravarthy Ghavini

Sponsors for Year 2024

February 24: Sponsors welcome

April 27: Sponsors welcome

June 22: Sponsors welcome

August 24: Sponsors welcome

October 26: Sponsors welcome

December 28: Sponsors welcome

 

Derry Soup Kitchen Service

IANH sponsors the soup kitchen service at Sonshine Soup Kitchen in Derry on the fourth Thursday of even-numbered months. The cooking and serving is normally done by the Soup Kitchen. If you would like to volunteer, please let us know.

We would like to thank the generous sponsors listed below for sponsoring the soup kitchen service for the years 2022 and 2023. Some spots are still available. We invite you to sponsor one of the remaining spots. The full sponsorship amount is $200. You can co-sponsor for $100.

Sponsors for Year 2023

February 23:  Narendra Aeron/ Gopi Govindarajan

April 27:  Nagendra Bhanu 

June 22:  Nagendra Bhanu 

August 24: Homai Khanna

October 26: Homai Khanna

December 28: Sponsors welcome

Sponsors for Year 2024

February 22: Sponsors welcome

April 25: Sponsors welcome

June 27: Sponsors welcome

August 22: Sponsors welcome

October 24: Sponsors welcome

December 26: Sponsors welcome

 

If you would like to volunteer for, sponsor or co-sponsor a service any of the above Soup Kitchens, please contact IANH Public Service at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.