The Goan Association of New Jersey picnic Over $500 was collected for a Tivim "street kids" project in Goa, at a concelebrated Holy Mass during the annual members picnic of the Goan Association of New Jersey (GOANJ).
The proceeds will go to the Navjyoti Rehabilitation Center run by the Sisters Adorers. The picnic which was held last weekend at the Priceton Country Club in WestWindsor, attracted a record 300 -plus members and non-resident guests from as far off as Toronto, Canada and Atlanta. During the election of Office Bearers, four members of the Executive Committee return unopposed for another two-year term. They as President - Chris Nunes, Vice-President- Godfrey Gomes, Treasurer - Felix Menezes and Secretary - Teresa Cordeiro. Val Moniz was also unopposed for the Managing Editor's slot. She replaces Bambino Martins who stepped down after being involved with the Association's newsletter - the "Goan Connection"- since its inception in the early nineties. Other highlights of the event included the Sports events for children, the ever popular Marrieds versus Singles encounters in soccer and tug-of-war, and the concelebrated mass by Fr. Basilio Monteiro (main celebrant), Fr. Evaristo Da Gama and Fr. Joel Mascarenhas. And for the first time, the newly formed dynamic Young Goans Group of New Jersey led by the very versatile -Allen DeGuerra, assisted the GOANJ in the organizing of the mass. (Allen is a former President of the Florida Goan Association). The Group is currently doing a survey on a Christmas Tree party for young goan kids in New Jersey. If the results are promising, they have agreed to assist in running the event in early December. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################