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· February 8, 2019 
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February 2019 Newsletter

Message from the Board of Directors

Dear Friends,

We hope you are staying warm and well as we endure truly historic and frigid winter weather! Extreme weather helps us to think beyond ourselves, and reminds us to care for our neighbors, the elderly, and those living alone who are more vulnerable.

Our recent Jan 27 monthly meeting featured ‘Tech Talk’ presentations by Tushad Driver and Jim Engineer. Tushad spotlighted ZAC’s new technology infrastructure and how you can benefit from it today simply by visiting www.zamc.org. Jim presented on best practices to achieve a safe online experience, showed us how to reduce our risk of being hacked, and reviewed ways to improve your online privacy.

We owe a huge THANK YOU to Bachi and Bomi Damkevala and Rohinton and Roshan Rivetna for the delicious food, and to Persis
Driver for organizing the event and watching over the children.

To learn more about our 2019 event lineup, check out pages 8 and 9 of our newsletter. We look forward to seeing you at ZAC soon!

Hamāzor Hamā Ashō-bēd!
May we all be united in strength and righteousness!

Read more in the complete February 2019 newsletter

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Posted by ZAMC 
· January 10, 2019 
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January 2019 Newsletter

Message from the Board of Directors

Dear Friends,

Here’s wishing everyone a very happy, healthy and peaceful 2019!

We have an exciting year planned for us full of religious and cultural activities. The detailed program calendar can be found within this newsletter. Please reach out to Zinnia Elavia or anyone on the ZAC board if you wish to participate or volunteer for any activities on our program calendar.

As always, we greatly appreciate your continued engagement, through membership, donations, or volunteering. We are grateful to our community for their pledges and donations to our Ava Project, which we continued to receive through the end of the year.

We thank you once again as we leave 2018 behind and look forward to coming together as a community in 2019.

Hamāzor Hamā Ashō-bēd!
May we all be united in strength and righteousness!

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Posted by ZAMC 
· December 1, 2018 
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December 2018 Newsletter

Message from the President
Afshan Barshan

Thank you for your continued generosity and involvement throughout this past year. May you and your family enjoy a New Year full of happiness and prosperity.

This New Years, we are bringing back a tradition of posting New Year messages to your friends and fellow community members in the newsletter. If you would like to put in a New Year’s Greeting message to run in the January 2019 newsletter, you can do so by sending your message of maximum six lines to zamc@zamc.org, for a modest $25.00. Payment can be made by check or via the web site, and must be received by no later than December 15, 2018.

Wishing you and your families a very safe, happy, healthy, and peaceful 2019!

Feel free to reach out to me via email with questions/concerns/suggestions.

Take care and God Bless you all!

Hamazor Hama Asho-Bed
May we all be united in strength and righteousness

Read more in the complete December 2018 newsletter

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Posted by ZAMC 
· November 7, 2018 
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November 2018 Newsletter

Message from the President
Afshan Barshan

As we approach the holiday season, I would like to give thanks to our wonderful community. Thank you for everything you do for ZAC, especially the continued support for our Ava Project. For an update on our fund raising status, and details on how you can contribute, please see page 7 of this newsletter.

We have a dynamic population of members, with ongoing interesting programs and varied activates. The recent SSZ Conference, NAMC Seminar, and Halloween Party, all held at ZAC, are wonderful examples of this. I hope our members continue to take advantage of these events that build our community’s synergy and fortify our faith and character.

Wishing you, your family, and friends a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Feel free to reach out to me via email with questions/concerns/suggestions.

Take care and God Bless you all!

Hamazor Hama Asho-Bed
May we all be united in strength and righteousness

Read more in the complete November 2018 newsletter

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Posted by ZAMC 
· October 3, 2018 
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October 2018 Newsletter

Message from the President
Afshan Barshan

Fall is finally here! And the Arbor Day Event was a great way of welcoming this season!! We had raving reviews about this event and have been discussing about making it a tradition every year. This event serves 2 main purposes: 1) getting our community together and 2) beautifying our Darb-e-Mehr. Thanks for all our community members who volunteered and participated in this event to make it so successful. Way to own our future! Also don’t miss the rose garden at the rear entrance the next time you visit us. This was an outcome of an Interfaith Event that was, for the first time, hosted at our center. I was fortunate enough to participate and learn a lot about other faiths and their philosophy on ‘justice’. They all had very interesting point of views. I encourage more community members, especially the younger generation, to participate in such events to learn from others as well as educate others about our religion and our beliefs.

This month of October seems to be packed with events and activities that provide a good mix of education, sports, networking and partying. If you missed the Interfaith event, there is another 2-day SSZ event that focuses on religious education. Mark your calendars and make it a point to attend the SSZ event and most of the other events this month. I look forward to seeing you all at these events.

Lastly, I would sincerely like to thank every individual who has pledged or donated towards our Ava project. I am truly impressed with the ‘give back’ from our community members towards this project. Slowly, but steadily, we are marching towards our goal of paying off the loan for this project as soon as possible. I look forward to seeing every member of our community donate to this cause and help us reach our destination much sooner!

Feel free to reach out to me via email with questions/concerns/suggestions.

Take care and God Bless you all!

Hamazor Hama Asho-Bed
May we all be united in strength and righteousness

Read more in the complete October 2018 newsletter

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Posted by ZAMC 
· September 2, 2018 
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September 2018 Newsletter

Message from the President
Afshan Barshan

Happy Khordad Saal to my dear community members!

I am still reminiscing our New Year event from last month – such a great success! Thank you all attendees and volunteers (local and out of state or country), who made this celebration so memorable. Also, sincere thanks to all who participated in helping us raise funds for the Ava project through purchase of raffle tickets and food item sales. We raised over $1000 that night – Huge WIN! For those of you weren’t able to attend, there will be several upcoming fundraising events for you to
participate so keep an eye out for them. There was also a request for pledges that you should have received from our Ava project committee. We have already received pledge commitments from few members based on that request and we are very grateful for your support.

We have Arbor Day on September 8th which is a good event for volunteering and networking with our community members. Additionally, we have an Interfaith event on September 16th at our Darbe Mehr where we will have people from other faiths attending and it’s a great opportunity for us (all generations) to be a part of the bigger community and learn from them as well as educate them about us. I’ll be there and looking forward to seeing you all!

Feel free to reach out to me via email with questions/concerns/suggestions.

Take care and God Bless you all!

Hamazor Hama Asho-Bed
May we all be united in strength and righteousness

Read more in the complete September 2018 newsletter

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