Dear SCGCS Members,

Jai Shree Ram! With great joy and devotion, we invite you and your family to celebrate Ram Navami at Gayatri Temple in Anaheim on Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM. Let us come together to honor Lord Shri Ram with an evening of spiritual bliss and community togetherness. Experience the power of bhakti through soulful bhajans performed by renowned singer Nitinbhai Karia, followed by a dinner (prasad) with fellow devotees. If you would like to sponsor this event, please contact one of the trustees by March 25, 2025.Venue: Gayatri Temple, 2446 W Orange Ave, Anaheim, CA 92804
Date: Saturday, April 5, 2025
Time: 4:30 PM onwards

Please RSVP by March 31, 2025 –  https://forms.gle/eCAXtT6z7tBoQns58

We look forward to seeing you all.

🙏 Jai Shri Ram! 🙏

Bhupesh Patel
2025 SCGCS President

Hari Om SCGCS Members,

We hope all of our members are in good health.  We are looking forward to organizing events for the year 2025.  The 1st two events are The General Body Meeting and Holii Celebration.  Note the General Body meeting is for SCGCS members only.  SCGCS will provide lunch at the General Body Meeting but we do request to please RSVP before March 6th so we can order the proper amount of food.  The 2nd event is the Holi Celebration on Sunday March 16, 2025.  For the Holi event please bring your own lunch and there is a charge to park in the beach parking lot.  Below are the details of both events. 

SCGCS 2025 General Body Meeting

·      Date:  Sunday March 09, 2025 at 11AM. 

·      Location: Tandoor Cuisine of India. 1132 E Katella Ave, Orange, CA 92867

Please RSVP for the General Body Meeting at the below website before March 6th.  Please note you will not receive email confirmation but once completed website will inform you that you have successfully RSVP’d.

RSVP Link for SCGCS 2025 General Body meeting

There will be a small gift for each SCGCS members (one gift for family) for those that RSVP and attend the General Body meeting. 

SCGCS 2025 Holi Celebration

·      Date:  Sunday March 16th at 11:00AM. 

·      Location: Huntington Beach.  Go on Beach Blvd/PCH and go in the parking lot to the right

We look forward to seeing SCGCS members at both of the events.

Sincerely,

Bhupesh Patel

2024 SCGCS President

Hari Om SCGCS Members,

Hope all of you are doing well and are in good health.  Summer is here and we are going to organize a summer picnic at Carbon Canyon Regional Park (Shelter 1) on Sunday June 23, 2024.  We look forward to meeting all our members and enjoy a quiet afternoon at the park.  SCGCS will provide lunch and we ask you to please RSVP at the link below so we can make sure we order the proper amount of food. 

SCGCS 2024 Summer Picnic

Date:  Sunday June 23, 2024

Location: Carbon Canyon Regional Park, 4442 Carbon Canyon Rd, Brea, CA. 

Shelter #1

Time: 10:30AM 

Please RSVP at the link below before June 19, 2024.  Please note a confirmation email will not be sent, but once you have successfully RSVPd you will see a notification screen informing you that your RSVP was a success.

SCGCS RSVP Link for 2024 Picnic https://fs20.formsite.com

Also please save the date for the following three events.  We will send additional information out as we get closer to the date of the event.  

  1. Sept 29, 2024:  Picnic at Yorba Regional Park
  2. Oct 12, 2024:   Navratri Celebration at Jain Center in Buena Park
  3. Oct 26, 2024:  Diwali and New Year Dinner.  Venue is currently not decided.  

Sincerely

Bhupesh Patel

SCGCS’ President, 2024

Hari Om SCGCS Members

Current weather forecast shows high probability of rain on both Sat (3/30) and Sunday (3/31).  Based on the information available today we are going to cancel the Holi Celebration on the 31st at Huntington Beach.  If the forecast changes then we will send an email as well as update the website on Friday informing you the program is back on.  If we don’t send an email and update the website on Friday then assume the program is cancelled.  Please monitor your email inbox.  

Our next event is the Ram Navmi celebration, below is the event information.  We would also like to ask our members to please RSVP for this event at the link provided below.  Please RSVP by April 2nd so we can get a good estimate for food preparation.

SCGCS 2024 Ram Navmi Celebration

·      Date:  Saturday April 6, 2024 at 4:30PM. 

·      Location: Gayatri Temple.  2446 W Orange Ave, Anaheim, CA 92804

·      Please RSVP:  https://fs20.formsite.com/STRATEN/lhcm4zksg2/index

Sincerely 

Bhupesh Patel

2024 President

Hari Om to all SCGCS Members

Hope all of the members are doing well. We look forward to celebrating the Navratri program at the Jain Center in Buena Park tomorrow (Oct 21, 2023) starting at 8PM.

After tomorrow’s Navratri Celebration, our next event will be Diwali and New Year Celebration on Nov 19, 2023.

Event:  2023 Diwali and New Year Celebration

Date:  Sunday, November 19, 2023 starting at 5:00PM

Venue:  Tandoor Cuisine of India

Address:  1132 E Katella Ave, Orange, CA 92867

The capacity at the restaurant is limited so we urge the members to please RSVP at the link at the bottom of the email ASAP. 

Please note below the cost to attend this event if you RSVP on or before Nov 11, 2023

SCGCS’ Members

      Adults $25.00/Person

      10Yrs or Younger  $15/Person

If you RSVP after Nov 11, 2023 below will be the cost to attend this event

SCGCS’ Members

      Adults $35.00/Person

      10Yrs or Younger  $20/Person

For all non members the cost to attend this event is $40.00/Person

We will have a live Musical performance by Dhiren Buch.   We look forward to celebrating Diwali and New Year with SCGCS Members.

Please RSVP at the below site.  Please note a confirmation email will not be sent, but once you have successfully RSVPd you will see a notification screen informing you that your RSVP was a success.

RSVP Link: https://fs20.formsite.com/STRATEN/k2o9cjnrau/index

Sincerely

Dinesh Patel

2023 SCGCS President

Hari Om to all SCGCS Members

Hope all of you had a great summer, and hope that most of you had a chance to enjoy the summer picnic.  Our next event is going to be a Navratri celebration at the Jain Center of Southern California.  The event information is below, and we hope that all of you and your friends can join us.  Navratri celebration is more fun when there is a large crowd. 

Event:  SCGCS’ 2023 Navratri Celebration

Venue:  Jain Center of Southern California

Address:  8072 commonwealth Ave, Buena Park

Date/Time:  Saturday Oct 21, 2023 @ 8:00PM

Cost:  SCGCS’ Members and family are free.  Non-members entrance fee is $5/person.

We hope that all of our SCGCS members and their family and friends will join us for this auspicious event.

Sincerely

Dinesh Patel

2023 SCGCS President

Hari Om SCGCS Members,

Hope all of you are doing well and are in good health.  Summer is here and we are going to organize a summer picnic at Irvine Regional Park on Sunday July 9th.  We look forward to meeting all our members and enjoy a quite afternoon at the park.  SCGCS will provide lunch and we ask you to please RSVP at the link below so we can make sure we order the proper amount of food. 

SCGCS 2023 Summer Picnic

Date:  Sunday July 9th, 2023

Location: Irvine Regional Park.  1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA. 

Shelter name is Coyote Corner

Time: 10:30AM 

Please RSVP at the link below before July 2, 2023.  Please note a confirmation email will not be sent, but once you have successfully RSVPd you will see a notification screen informing you that your RSVP was a success.

RSVP FOR SCGCS’ 2023 SUMMER PICNIC

Sincerely

Dinesh Patel

2023 SCGCS President

Hari Om SCGCS Members,

We hope all of our members are in good health.  We are looking forward to organizing events for the year 2023.  The 1st two events are The General Body Meeting and Ram Navmi Celebration.  SCGCS will provide lunch at the General Body Meeting but we do request to please RSVP before March 23rd so we can order the proper amount of food.  The 2nd event is the Ram Navmi Celebration on Saturday April 8, 2023.  SCGCS Trustee board would like to thank Mr. Rajesh Keshavlal Patel and his family for sponsoring the Ram Navmi Celebration. Below are the details of both events.  

SCGCS 2023 General Body Meeting 

·      Date:  Sunday March 26, 2023 at 11AM.  

·      Location: Tandoor Cuisine of India. 1132 E Katella Ave, Orange, CA 92867

Please RSVP for the General Body Meeting at the below website before March 23rd.  Please note you will not receive email confirmation but once completed website will inform you that you have successfully RSVP’d.

https://fs20.formsite.com/STRATEN/sdrx09jjgb/index

SCGCS 2023 Ram Navmi Celebration

·      Date:  Saturday April 8, 2023 at 4:30PM.  

·      Location: Gayatri Temple.  2446 W Orange Ave, Anaheim, CA 92804

We look forward to seeing SCGCS members at both of the events.

Sincerely,

Dinesh Patel

2022 SCGCS President

Hari Om to all SCGCS Members

Since Diwali dinner was a successful event and many of our members suggested to us that we have this type of gathering more often, SCGCS board has decided to hold a dinner to celebrate the New Year on Sunday, January 15, 2023.

This dinner is going to be heavily subsidized by SCGCS for members.  We hope all of you will be able to join us.  Please RSVP by Jan 07, 2023.  

Event:      2023 New Year Celebration

Date :      Sunday, January 15, 2023

Time :      4:30 PM

Venue:     Tandoor Cuisine of India

Address:  1132 E. Katella Ave, Orange, CA 92867

Cost per member and spouse is $15/each.  Member’s Children under 15 will be $15/each and all other Guests will be $30/person.

Please RSVP at the below site.  Please note that a confirmation email will not be sent, but once you have successfully RSVP’d you will see a notification screen informing you that your RSVP was a success.

https://fs20.formsite.com/STRATEN/upngmkgxjg/index.html

Sincerely

Dinesh Patel

2022 SCGCS President

Hari Om to All SCGCS Members                                                 

We hope all of our members are doing well and are in good health. We hope that you had a chance to enjoy the Garba celebration on Oct 15th, we had an outstanding attendance. Our next event will be the Diwali Dinner on Nov 19, 2022. Details of the events are below and capacity is limited so we encourage you to go to the link provided below and RSVP ASAP. We are looking forward to seeing all of our members to celebrate Diwali and wish all of you Happy New Year 

Event:  Diwali and New Year Dinner, November 19, 2022

Venue:  Tandoor Cuisine of India, 1132 E Katella Ave, Orange, CA 92867

Start Time:  5:00 PM

Please note below the cost to attend this event if you RSVP on or before Nov 10, 2022

SCGCS’ Members

      Adults $25/Person

      12Yrs or Younger  $15/Person

If you RSVP after Nov 11, 2022  below will be the cost to attend this event

SCGCS’ Members

      Adults $35/Person

      12Yrs or Younger  $20/Person

For all non-members the cost to attend this event is $40/Person

Please go to the website below and RSVP for the Diwali and New Year Dinner.

https://fs20.formsite.com/STRATEN/wbtmy58ngg/index.html

Once you have RSVP’d please mail the check to Haribhai Desai at the below address. Also if you RSVP’d and do not show up, we will have no choice but to collect the payment since SCGCS have already paid the restaurant. We appreciate your support and look forward to seeing our members.

Mail check to:  Hari Desai, 5202 Del Norte Circle, La Palma, CA 90623

Sincerely

Dinesh Patel

SCGCS’ President 2022