Another blockbuster newsletter is out. The ZAGNY editors Nina Mistry and Sheroo Kanga have consistently raised the bar issue after issue. Read through the entire PDF document to find out more about these contents.
Direct Link to file : March 2012 ZAGNY Newsletter
ZAGNY WILL AUCTION THE TWO TICKETS at the Jamshedi Navroze Function on March 31, 2012. Details of function here.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
Winning amount will include all
taxes and surcharges.
Tickets can be used on the Non-stop flights from New York, Newark, Chicago and Toronto
2 checked in bags allowed per ticket.
Tickets do NOT quality for frequent flyer miles.
Blackout dates for travel apply. Cannot travel :
USA to INDIA June15 to 3 July & Dec 1 – 31
INDIA to USA Aug. 17 to 3 Sept & Dec 28 – Jan 15
The winning amount is tax deductible.
Travel should be completed by March 31, 2013.
"Zoroastrians Stepping Forward" (ZSF), a NextGenNow (NGN) initiative, is an international day of service that will be led by local chapters on May 5th, 2012.
Associations are encouraged to organize a day of fun and host a shoe drive to support local charities. ZAGNY and IZA will probably organize efforts for the day of the May religious class. This event will help raise awareness about the importance of shoes in enhancing the physical, mental and emotional lives of disadvantaged individuals. Furthermore, it is an opportunity for the Zoroastrian community to gather and celebrate philanthropy and health . This would also be a good opportunity for a student to take up this project as part of the "Good Life" program offered by ZAGNY. High school students are encouraged to work on this as it adds to a college admission resume.
We’d like to kick off this initiative at our Navroz function in March and then follow it by support at both the April and May religious classes. We are looking for volunteers to form a small committee that can lead this project and be responsible for it. Responsibilities include sending out communication, making flyers, setting up a few boxes where shoes can be collected in, figuring out logistics (especially for the Navroz function), coordinating drop off for the donations (we were thinking of donating to People to People) and documenting the efforts of our community. We already have a volunteer from IZA and are looking for a few people from ZAGNY to help lead.
If you are interested, please email Usheen Davar, usheen@aol.com by Thursday, March 09, 2012. Usheen will be collecting the volunteer names and will provide the committee with all the relevant information & next steps.
Zoroastrians Stepping Forward: Website
ZOROASTRIAN DELEGATION TO DELIVER PANEL DISCUSSION AT UN HEADQUARTERS AS PART OF THE 56TH COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN (CSW)
FEZANA will be participating at the 56th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Conference to be held at the UN Headquarters in New York, USA.
Tanya Bharda, Kaizad Cama, Homi Gandhi, Afreed Mistry, Behram Pastakia and Freyaz Shroff from FEZANA will be representing the Zoroastrians at the UN. Joining them from the Gram Seva Foundation will be Jay Boziceveh. The group will be presenting a panel discussion titled, “NGO Learnings: Empowering Rural Women to Overcome Poverty & Hunger.”
Using specific case studies from field work in rural India, panelists will showcase successful projects addressing poverty and hunger eradication. The work of Gram Seva Foundation, well established rural NGO, will be highlighted. We will also be showcasing some of the good work being done by World Zoroastrian Organization Trust Funds (WZOTF). Attendees will be able to take back ideas and strategies that can empower women in living healthier, happier lives.
Our first newsletter of 2012 is OUT !!
It’s a bumper 16 page issue with lots of information and news on events past and those coming up in the New Year.
Flip through the PDF document.
Thanks to Nina Mistry and Sheroo Kanga for another fantastic newsletter.
