India Association of New Hampshire
Nach Night, a dance party for all ages organized by the India Association of NH (IANH)Youth Group,
took place on Saturday, April 11th, from 7 – 10 PM at Nashua High School North. It doubled as a
fund-raising event and took a lot of planning and dedication from the members to plan everything
from decorations to food in under a month with only two meetings. Four groups were created to split
the tasks: Finance, Publicity, Decoration, Snacks, and Entertainment. Meghna Chandra, Amritha Mangalat,
Lekha Nair, and Rohan Vaswani, spent many hours working on the flyer and tickets, decorations,
banner and publicity, and the financial aspect of the event. Anirudh Dwarakanath along with his
friend Tony Travaligni were the DJs of the night and created some great remixes that mixed Bollywood
and American songs. The music ranged from Nach Baliye to the Macarena and Poker Face. They did a
great job managing the music and sound system.
The night's festivities included a dance-off and gift certificates for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners.
The grand sponsor was the Mexican restaurant in Nashua, La Hacienda Del Rio. Other sponsors who contributed
generously were India Palace in Nashua and Manchester, Food and Fashion of India, Nandita Agarwal,
Global Flavors, Gurnaam Catering, Mehmaan Restaurant, Mrs. Ina and Mr. Himanshu Desai, and Mrs. Vandana
and Dr. Tej Dhakar. None of this could have happened without the timely help of Chetan Chaudhari who
recruited the sponsors for the event. The Youth Group is also grateful to all the parents who came to
help manage the event. More than 200 people, both Indian and American, attended this spectacular event
of Indian culture. About $1,700 was raised to benefit the Bhutanese refugees Empowerment Program, and the
Manchester and Nashua Soup Kitchens.
Every member of the Youth Group helped make the event a success. In the words of Prithvi Kumar,
President of IANH: "The youth members raised more money than their adult counterparts in similar fund raising
activities. Their team work is commendable."
Main Goals for the year 2010-2011
Take part in one of two executive meetings this year --have begun well in this regard
Increase the membership of the youth group for this year --has increased considerably
Continue to do the Angel tree and the Adopt- a - family projects -- the kids shopped for every single item and helped deliver the same last year
Mandatory attendance at atleast three meetings for membership during the year
Continue to volunteer at the Nashua and Manchester Soup kitchens (mandatory for membership in the group from this year onward)
Organize the gala NachNite event --- make it bigger and better
Use sports as charity events to raise funds - like host a cricket event
Keep the website update
Thank you cards need to be sent to sponsors by the youth members themselves.
Get more involved in the political process. (IAFPE/USINPAC)
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