ST. LOUIS: The Fourth annual Health Fair organized jointly by the Indian Medical Council, Mahatma Gandhi Center and the Hindu Temple of St. Louis was held on Saturday, May 3 from 9 pm to 2 pm at Mahatma Gandhi Center.

NEW YORK: Samskrita Bharati has announced the release of its new website www.samskritabharati.org while redirecting its old hyphenated domain name Samskrita-bharati.org also to the new site. The day was also "akshaya tritiiya" considered propitious to the advancement of any initiative.

WASHINGTON DC: The Association of Americans for Civic Responsibility (AACR) kicked off its Fifth Annual Conference last week with the relevant topic of the time "Voter participation - The Ultimate Civic Responsibility".

FORDS, NJ: Bitiya, a non profit organization, has announced the arrival of their Summer Dhamaka 2008 Mela event on June 1. The Summer Dhamaka event promises to be a fun filled family event.

LONG BEACH, CA: Saumya Gurbani was declared first place winner in the high school category of India Heritage Awards while Meera Midha took the top award in the middle school category on May 4 in a glittering ceremony at Crystall Ballroom, Golden Sails Hotel, Long Beach.

CONCORD: The city of Concord held its 5th Annual Spring Festival 2008 on Saturday April 26. It was hosted by Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County and Federation of Indo-Americans Association, Northern California.

FREMONT: The Bay Area chapter of the Akshaya Patra Foundation is kicking off the chapter by hosting a talk by Gururaj "Desh" Deshpande, chairman of Sycamore Networks, Inc., A123 Systems and Tejas Networks, on "Akshaya Patra - A Success Story."

LOS ANGELES: The work of India Friends Association exceeds many expectations and exudes integrity. Listening to the members comments, watching video footage, looking through the brochure brought out on their 14th anniversary at the 2008 Archana Discovery of India event , one is aware of the monumental efforts of IFA in empowering the poor in India.