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2020 In Our Seniors Words
A Poem by Manju Kalra
मेरीकिवताकाशीष�कहैसमझौता— कुछपानेकेिलए कुछखोनापड़ताहै. ज़मीनसेिमलनेकेिलएआसमाँकोझकनापड़ताहै।सागरम�समानेकेिलए,निदयोंकोपहाड़ोंसेउतरनापड़ताहै। शमाकोछूनेकेिलयेपरवानेकोजलनापड़ताहै।�र�ेिनभानेकेिलए, अपनीम�कोताकपररखनापड़ताहै।ख़ुशी हािसलकरनेकेिलए, ग़मकोिछपानापड़ताहै।असिलयतसेजोड़नेकेिलए, झूठेिदखावेकोकुचलनापड़ताहै। िज़ंदारहनेकेिलए, िज़ंदगीसेसमझौताकरनापड़ताहै।सबकोसादरनम�े।घरम�रह�सुरि�तरह�गे. सव�भव�ुसु�खनः By: Manju Kalra
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My name is Mohinder Bedi
I have been coming to Naperville ADS since 2014. I have been very happy & enjoy all the activities with my senior friends. The staff & the center is like a family to me. During this time of lockdown, the staff has kept us engage with all the activities games etc. That has helped us stay away from loneliness & depression. My family & I are very thankful to the entire staff & the whole team.
Thank you MAFS for being a part of my life
from Rangwala Hiraben and family
Rashmikaben Shah (Chicago)
On behalf of Mrs. Rashmikaben Shah and her family, we would like to congratulate MAFS on their excellent record of serving the senior community for the last 28 years.
I came to Chicago in 1975 and got my green card in 1978. Meanwhile, I volunteered my services at the Metropolitan Asian Family Services. When I received my legal status, I got a job as a machine operator making scarf and then worked for the hospital’s laundry service department. I am proud to say that I am U.S. citizen and self-employed for many years such as cooking, baby sitting and worked as a sales girl to provide for my family. I lost my husband in 2015 and I miss him a lot. He was very sincere, loving, supportive and shy person.
When I was in India, I never set idle and always keeping myself busy, taking cooking classes, nursing classes, sewing classes and always take pride in working. My childhood was pleasant and I am coming from a wealthy family. My father owned a movie theater in India so I was very fond of cinema and fashion. I was married in to modest family and had to work hard to make ends meet. I live with my son and daughter-in-law Sonal. I have two grandsons name Satyam and Shivam. I have a brother and a sister and they live in Texas and California.
Because of my smartness and strong work ethics, MAFS asked me to volunteer my services and now I am a helper and organizer. I have a great support of Mrs. Santosh Kumar and Mrs. Promila Mehta in MAFS. I help sponsoring Indian festivals such as Diwali and Tulsi Vivah. I believe in cleanliness and big fam of clean India (Swachh Bharat) project. Therefore, I volunteer to clean the streets of Chicago.
I come to adult day care five days a week and it feels like a family to me. They teach me “be well, live well and age well”. I am saddened bad sorry for a great loss of Mr. Pramod Kumar. He was a great man with heart of gold and I miss very much. Mrs. Santosh Kumar considered me as he family member.
We are all fortunate to sing bhajan everyday with others as a group. I love friendly and loving atmosphere in MAFS. We are proud MAFS family and enjoy fully. We are happy and healthy seniors because of MAFS! Thanks.
For One of Our Generous Seniors By Chicago Staff
Rashmikaben is an epitome of selfless love and care towards the seniors and staff. She is a vibrant 84-year-old lady who comes to our Chicago Adult Daycare location for five days a week. She loves celebrating birthdays and festivals with other seniors. She enjoys sponsoring Indian festival, especially, Tulsi Vivah every year. She loves offering sweets and gifts to attendees at this wedding as Tulsi Vivah believed to be the wedding of Shri Krishna and Tulsimata. She was truly saddened this year as she was not able to celebrate Tulsi Vivah and meet her senior friends due to the pandemic.
We all are fortunate to know her for such a long time. She is like a family member to us. She like to sing Bhajans, exercise with other seniors and volunteer to assist other seniors to play games like Bingo, Caram Board etc. Her loving and friendly nature have made her dear not only to the other seniors but also to the MAFS staff too. Rashmikaben is truly full of life. After all these years, she just moved away from Chicago, and will be attending our Schaumburg Adult Daycare location. She will be greatly missed by Chicago seniors and staff, especially her talkative nature.
In our seniors words
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Esther Christian
Sunita Parikh Jagdishchandra Shah
Malik Esmet Gitaben Vyas Raj Rana
Manju Kalra Monica Wiggan
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Bimal Kamboj Grover Narinder Nagori Shobhna Sanghvi Navinchandra
“2020 has been a year like no other. In these tough times I cannot express enough gratitude to UMAS for continuing to provide services that keep my mom ( Shobhna Nagori ) engaged and give her a peace of mind. On behalf of the
Nagori family we sincerely thank all the staff members for their dedication and wish good health to all.” To lose someone I loved so much brings pain beyond belief. There are no words to ease my pain, my sadness and my grief. I feel I have lost someone so close, so wonderful and dear. I think and wish that Shelina you were near but although you have left this world, you are within my heart always. You are guiding like an angel even though we are apart. Love is everlasting and so are my memories. Your legacy that is always there to light the way for me. —TAPAN NAGORI
“I love zoom program during Covid-19. All ADS activities are good and interesting. It keeps me busy and engaged. All ADS staff members are working very hard.”
In memory of First Death Anniversary of my beloved wife Shelina —KAMBOJ BIMAL
Khandubhai Patel 1918 - 2020
Khandbhai was loved come to the center. Family and all his center friends miss him. He was 102 years old. He was Loving and caring person. He gave us memories hard to forget. God rest is soul in peace.
In our seniors words
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Bharatbhai and Kusumben Amin Yashodhara Bhatt Indukumar Singala Lalitha and Venkateshwar Korivi
Jashuben and Parbhubhai Patel Shardaben Patel Chandubhai Patel
Mahendrabhai Patel Sarojben Patel Shardaben Patel Vasuben and Shilpaben Patel
From Naperville In-Home Services Seniors. Thank You For All That You Do!
Tripta Malhotra Kumudben Purohit Satish Saggar Usha Shah
Mary Togaru Naliniben Trivedi Kirit Vakharia
From Naperville ADS
Harit Vibhakar
Dada J.P. Vaswani Gurudeva! In Darkness do I dwell: And darkness dwells with me. Lead me out of the darkness into Light. Thou art the Boatman Divine: In thy mercy take me Across To the Other Shore!
Sadhu T.L. Vaswani For me not to love bird and beast would be not to love the Lord. For, His Children are birds and beasts, no less than human beings.
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