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· January 16, 2023 
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January 2023 Newsletter

Dear community members and friends,

Happy New Year to our members and your families!

As the new year has officially begun, we in the ZAC hope every one of you had a blessed holiday season filled with joy, happiness, and rest.

A few reminders to our community that we wanted to highlight:

  • Dues Reminder: Please remember to pay your 2023 Membership Dues!
  • Donations: We are always in great need of donations toward our Daily Mobed Services, and also for supplies like sukhad and tealight candles to keep our prayers and ceremony operations running smoothly.
  • ZELDA: Also a reminder about our new initiative, ZELDA, focused on providing educational and leadership development opportunities for our youth.
  • Volunteers: As we have mentioned in previous newsletters, we are continually in need of other
    community members to step up and assist in the various committees and activities (some of which are listed in the Board Requests & Key Contacts section below).

Special thanks and gratitude to Dinaz and Ken Weber for donating over $15,000 towards ZAC’s new outdoor sign!

Please reach out to zamc@zamc.org if you are interested in joining an initiative!

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

Atha Jamyad Yatha Afrinami! May we achieve what we have prayed for.

~ZAMC Board of Directors

Read more in the complete January 2023 newsletter

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· November 2, 2022 
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November 2022 Newsletter

Dear community members and friends,

Happy Fall Season to our community! Hope you have been enjoying back-to-school and the fall season in general.

As you can see in this newsletter, we are continuing to bring back many of the exciting ZAC events for our families and friends. Among these events are our upcoming Fundraiser / Family Fun Bonanza to help benefit the multi-purpose kids & adults play and classroom area. We encourage our community members to come if you can, and if not, to donate towards this worthy cause to help maintain the ZAC facilities and even update it to cater to our younger generations.

As the holiday season is just around the corner, we are also excited to be in the midst of planning our ZAC Holiday Party which will take place in December.

On the religious front, we are always in great need of donations toward our prayer services, and also for supplies like sukhad and tealight candles to keep our prayers and ceremony operations running smoothly.

We are also excited to announce a new initiative, ZELDA, focused on providing educational and leadership development opportunities for our youth.

As we had mentioned in our previous newsletter, we are continually in need of other community members to step up and assist in the various committees and activities (some of which are listed in the Board Requests & Key Contacts section below).

Please reach out to zamc@zamc.org if you are interested in joining an initiative!

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

Atha Jamyad Yatha Afrinami! May we achieve what we have prayed for.

~ZAMC Board of Directors

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Posted by ZAMC 
· September 19, 2022 
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September 2022 Newsletter

Dear community members and friends,

We hope everyone is enjoying their summer and (for some) are ready to welcome the fall season.

The ZAC Board is thankful to all who attended and engaged with the community at our ZAC’s Annual General Meeting, which was held on July 31, 2022. We also welcome the 2022 – 2024 ZAC Board members (both returning and new), and thank the outgoing board members for their service to our community:

  • Jamshed Rivetna, President
  • Tushad Driver, Treasurer & Vice-president
  • Afshan Barshan, Asst. Treasurer
  • Pervin Taleyarkhan, Secretary
  • Jeraz Engineer, Asst. Secretary
  • Kersey Antia, High Priest
  • Dilshad Antia, Director
  • Katie Bredlau, Director
  • Kayomarsh Mehta, Director
  • Eruch Rustomji, Director

We are continually in need of other community members to step up and assist in the various committees and activities (some of which are listed in the Board Requests & Key Contacts section below), so please reach out to zamc@zamc.org if you are interested in joining an initiative!

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

Atha Jamyad Yatha Afrinami! May we achieve what we have prayed for.

~ZAMC Board of Directors

Read more in the complete September 2022 newsletter

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Posted by ZAMC 
· May 17, 2022 
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May 2022 Newsletter

Dear community members and friends,

It’s hard to believe we are already well into the second quarter of 2022, and have (hopefully) consistently warmer weather headed our way.

As we slowly approach the summertime, we are looking forward to hosting a number of exciting events to help bring our community together after the past two years of relative isolation.

Among these events is our ZAC’s Annual General Meeting, which we are currently planning for being held on July 31, 2022.  Be on the lookout for communications from our Board containing more details. 

The two year term of the current Board will end in July.  We will elect a new Board for the next two years term of 2022-2024. We invite members to join the new Board and help out in managing the affairs of our dynamic organization. The new Board will elect new Officers for the next two-year term.

Please also let us know if you or someone you know is interested in serving on our ZAC Board.  Our ZAC is run by individuals who have an interest in seeing the success and spirit of togetherness in our community.  It is therefore important that our Board consist of individuals who can suggest and drive positive improvements to our processes and future initiatives. We look forward to receiving your nominations!

In other new updates, the Arbab Rustam Guiv Dar-e-Meher has a new roof, and interior Painting of the Dar-e-Meher to start soon!

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

Atha Jamyad Yatha Afrinami! May we achieve what we have prayed for.

~ZAMC Board of Directors

Read more in the complete May 2022 newsletter

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Posted by ZAMC 
· February 27, 2022 
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March 2022 Newsletter

Happy Navroz

Dear community members and friends,

Wishing all of our community a Happy Navroz! We hope that 2022 has been off to a good start for you all.

We in the ZAMC are looking forward to the long-awaited safe return to a semblance of normalcy. The horizon does look bright, as we are continuing to host in-person events taking into account the latest CDC guidelines and other factors to maintain a safe environment for all.

As we are planning more exciting events for the coming year, we would like to provide this kind reminder to renew your ZAMC memberships as soon as possible. Please note that our membership year is from January to December of each year. A member is considered in good standing when membership is paid by March of each year.

We urge everyone to pay their membership dues along with a generous donation to support our ZAC as soon as possible. The Membership fees provide for only about 10% of our total annual expenses. Kindly make it a habit to also consider sending in a generous donation with your Membership Dues. The funds that are most in need are GENERAL FUND and THE DAILY MOBED SERVICES FUND.

If anyone has difficulty paying, please inform our President or Secretary for discretionary aid or send in whatever you can afford.

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

Atha Jamyad Yatha Afrinami! May we achieve what we have prayed for.

~ZAMC Board of Directors

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Posted by ZAMC 
· October 22, 2021 
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October 2021 Newsletter

ZAC Endowment

Dear community members and friends,

Our religion has an embedded concept of “Ganj-e-Dadar” (Treasury of Dadar Ahuramazda). Our religion teaches us that whatever we possess, be it wealth, knowledge, skills, etc., they all belong to the Treasury of God (Ganj-e-Dadar). We are endowed with these possessions in order to share them with others. We need to judiciously manage this Treasury of God entrusted to us. Happiness comes to those who make others happy!

It gives us great pleasure to announce that ZAC has received our very first Endowment donation from Minoo and Zarin Press for an amount of $50,000. The Endowment is named Putla Dara Press Endowment Fund to perpetuate the loving memory of Minoo’s beloved mother.

This is the largest donation to ZAC since the initial donation from Arbab Rustam Guiv for the construction of the Dar-e-Mehr. We hope that their selfless act of setting up this Endowment fund will motivate others in our community, young and old, to think and plan for their own other Endowment Funds for various causes of their choice to perpetuate fond memories of their beloved ones.

On behalf of the ZAC Board and the entire Chicago community, we are sincerely grateful and thankful to Minoo and Zarin Press for their generous Zoroastrian gesture to support and sustain our ZAC in perpetuity.

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

Atha Jamyad Yatha Afrinami! May we achieve what we have prayed for.

~ZAMC Board of Directors

Read more in the complete October 2021 newsletter

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