February 2024 News Committee Updates A new year brings new changes to the BMM committee. The president of the committee for this year is Bhuriabhai Parikh. Bhuriabhai has served on the committee for many years and is ready to take the helm and make 2024 a wonderful year for the BMM community.  President’s message: “I’m looking forward to a fantastic 2024 for our BMM Chicago community. The committee will continue to work hard to make community events better than before. This year, we have added a brand new spring event. So make sure you can attend!” Bhuriabhai replaces the outgoing president, Rajie Modi.  Girishbhai Ghandi and Nirav Shah have also decided to step down. Rajie, Girishbhai, and Nirav:  Thank you for your hard work and service! 2024 BMM committee members Jagdish Parikh  --  President Ashish Dharia  --  Vice-President Dipak Dharia  --  Treasurer Nirav Parikh  --  Treasurer Ritesh Parikh  --  Secretary Sejal Kadakia Madhvi Dharia Akash Kadakiya The committee is always looking for new community members to join the team. We meet about once a month to plan and organize the various events during the year. If you would like to get involved, please apply on our website: Board Member Application ​ Events Schedule The events schedule for this year has been determined. We have added what we hope to be a very exciting Spring Fest event. We will continue with the picnic in the summer and our grand Diwali party and Mahautsav in the fall. Mark your calendars and save the dates. We will post more details as we get closer to the events. ​ May 4th : Spring Fest July 28th : Summer Picnic November 9th : Diwali Party December 14th : Mahautsav ​​ Scholarships We will be rewarding scholarships to some of our brightest Baria youngsters this year. We will post more details and the application when they become available. ​ ​ Please register for an account on our website if you have not done so.