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The Northern NJ Community Foundation’s Darren Drake Memorial Fund provides high school seniors with scholarships to receive training in the trade professions and work in positions that frequently struggle to be filled. Bergen County, New Jersey: — The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation’s (NNJCF) Darren Drake Memorial Fund named New Milford High School 2022 graduate Anthony Scrivanich the fifth recipient of its scholarship award.  The NNJCF, a not-for-profit organization based in Hackensack, New Jersey, focuses its work on the arts, civic engagement, education, the environment, philanthropy, and public health. The…

Bergen County, NJ:  — The Community Chest of Eastern Bergen County announces the recipients of its fifth annual High School Young Women’s Leadership Awards Program.  The recipients were announced and presented with their honors at the 2022 Young Women’s Leadership Award Ceremony on Thursday, June 2 at the Elizabeth Cady Stanton House in Tenafly, New Jersey. The 2022 award recipients demonstrated leadership, compassion, innovation and the courage of their convictions in the community.  Sreeja Satish and Andrea Olavarrieta, both seniors at Academies @ Englewood of Dwight Morrow High School, were presented the Young Women’s Senior Leadership…

Guruvayurappan Temple of Brampton will be celebrating the third anniversary of the Pratishta Dinam from the 4th of July to the 10th of July 2022. It is a Maholsavam celebrated with much pomp and joy and inspiring devotion and surrender to the supreme lord Krishna. Even though the GTOB has been functioning as a temple for over 15 years the consecration puja was conducted in the year 2019 during which all the rituals were conducted as per the Tantric traditions. The temple continues to maintain the sanctity and ritualistic traditions…

Welcoming 10 public school districts in Virginia reportedly closing schools for students on Diwali this year, Hindus are urging the rest of the 24 public school districts and all private-charter-independent-parochial schools in Northern and Central Virginia to close on their most popular festival Diwali. Diwali falls on October 24 this year; and 2022-2023 calendars of Alexandria City, Arlington, Fairfax County, Falls Church City, Goochland County, Henrico County, Loudoun County, Powhatan County, Prince William County, Richmond Public Schools in Virginia show holiday for students on October 24. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan…

BERMAL  – Desperate rescuers battled against the clock and heavy rain Thursday to reach cut-off areas in eastern Afghanistan after a powerful earthquake killed at least 1,000 people and left thousands more homeless. Wednesday s 5.9-magnitude quake struck hardest in the rugged east, downing mobile phone towers and power lines while triggering rock and mudslides which blocked mountain roads, further hampering rescue operations. Entire villages have been levelled in some of the worst affected districts, where survivors said they were struggling to find equipment to bury their dead. “When I came…

Kollam: Prime Minister Mr.Narendra Modi’s brother Mr. Prahalad Modi visited Mata Amritanandamayi Devi at the Mata Amritanandamayi Math, Amritapuri in Kollam on Thursday. Mr. Modi arrived at the Math at 4.30 pm and sought the blessings of Amma. After spending an hour with Amma in the Math, Mr. Modi left at 5:30 pm.

(New York, New York; June 21, 2022) — See the mesmerizing beauty of Bali in BALAM Dance Theatre’s (BALAM) debut at the Norwalk International Cultural Exchange Festival (NICE).  BALAM, a professional, non-profit dance company, presents the enchanting program, Oleg Tambulilingan (Love Dance of the Bumblebees), live on Saturday, July 9, 2022 at 2:45 p.m.  The program takes place rain or shine at 10 North Water Street in Norwalk, Connecticut.  The family friendly NICE Festival is open to the public, and admission is free.   For information, go to https://norwalknice.org/ . BALAM Dance Theatre BALAM offers a vision of contemporary cultural dance that appeals to…

Distinguished global religious statesman Rajan Zed was presented with “Interfaith Leadership & Vision Award” by Episcopal Church in Nevada on June 19. The Reverend Father Thomas W. Blake, Rector, Saint Catherine of Siena Episcopal Church in Reno, presented Zed with this Award, “for leveraging interfaith skills to increase cooperation and harmony among the diverse communities.” Rajan Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, has taken-up interfaith, religion, European Roma (Gypsies), and other causes all over the world. He has read opening prayers in the United States Senate and US House-of-Representatives…

Hackensack (New Jersey) — Being a good friend to others, student and athlete matters.  The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation’s (NNJCF) The Class of 1964 Ralph Gregg Memorial Scholarship Fund announces Leonia High School senior Richard Cho was named its seventeenth recipient.  He received a scholarship for $1,000 at the high school’s awards ceremony on June 2.  This fall, Cho plans to attend The College of New Jersey.  The NNJCF donor advised fund memorializes Leonia High School 1964 classmate Ralph Gregg. Friendship Matters The scholarship award is given to a student seeking to further…