Ski Trip to Grand Geneva Resort on March 4, 2006: More than 50 people enjoyed the entire day of SKI at Lake Geneva SKI resort. Thanks to Tejas and Vipul for coordinating this event. The entire day was meticulously planned from Dunkin Donuts for breakfast to Pizzas for Lunch followed by dinner at Spaghetti Warehouse. Participants:  Vipul Shah, Tejas Shah, Hetal Bhayani, Tirath, Neelam, Hemanshu, Ekta, Jignesh Shah and many others.  Car Washing event on August 21, 2005: Car Washing event by Pathshala Students was organised for raising funds for the Temple expansion project. It was successfully coordinated by enthusiastic JYFC members who constantly motivated the young children making them feel an integral part of the Temple expansion team. Participants:  Pathshala Students (Level 1-5).  Beach Volleyball and Dinner party on August 13, 2005: North Avenue Beach Volley ball and Pizza Dinner Party was successfully coordinated by Vipul T Shah and Nirav Shah with more than 40 participating players. Participants:  Vipul Shah, Tirath Kamdar, Nirav Shah, Ami Shah, Pragnesh Shah, Jignesh Shah, Zankhana and Mitesh Shah and many others.  Procession and Brick laying ceremony on Jul 17, 2005: After the lecture by Jain scholar and Mumukshu, Shree Rakeshbhai Zaveri, JYFC helped in coordinating the huge procession including the Pathshala students, the band and the gents and ladies members of JSMC. The brick laying ceremony soon followed involving all the 7 levels of Pathshala students. Inspite of the scorching heat the JYFC members stood in the excavation helping each and every student lay the brick. Participants:  Tejas Shah, Shama Khandwala, Sunil Jain, Ami Shah and many others.  JYFC collaborated with JSMC for Temple expansion Project Apr, 2005: JYFC stepped forward in helping with the grand Temple expansion project (additional 1100 sq ft) and had its first kick off meeting with the JSMC committee in April 2005. The members gave their valuable suggestions in raising funds for this huge project like distributing piggy banks amongst the Pathshala students. Thanks to the piggy bank suggestion to Tejas Shah.  SKI Trip to Wilmot Mountain Feb 19, 2005: As always we had a good participation from 50+ people enjoying all day of fun and Ski. Event started with breakfast at Dunkin donuts and then everybody headed to SKI at Wilmot Mountain in illinois/wisconsin border. Participants enjoyed Desi lunch food. After all day of SKI, we all gathered at Pizza Hut for Dinner. Everybody is looking forward for next SKI trip The whole event was coordinated by Vipul and Chetan.  New Year Get together on Jan 8, 2005: JYFC members got together to celebrate New Year and meet with each other. It was lot of fun seeing other members along with their family after a long gap. We enjoyed fun and creative games organized by Megha and Jignesh. The event was held at Vipul's home.  JSMC MELA JUNE 6, 2003: An all day of fun, picnic, games, food, 4 hour of cultural programs, medical camp, Mehndi, 100+ Vendor Stalls, Arts fair was organized at Jain Temple premises. More than 1700 people participated in this event. More than 120 volunteers helped make this event a grand success. Hard work of all volunteers saved more more than $8000 for Jain temple. This was in addition to $5000 approved budget not used. This showed the great team work of all the members and other volunteers.  Quiet Hallway and Reduce Food Waste during Mahaveer Jayanti Day: We were successful in keeping the hallway quiet and clean during the celebration of Mahaveer Jayanti. The hallway was kept quiet during declamation contest so the people can listen to different speeches and others can do puja in the temple. The JYFC organized and implemented a Reducing Food Waste and Recycling plan at the temple during Mahaveer Jayanti celebration. Participants:  Kunal Mehta, Neha Shah, Heena Shah, Bindu Gadani, Vipul Shah, Sunil Jain, Tirath Kamdar, Yash Shah, Dhruti Shah, Smita aunti and many others  Planting Flowers Outside the Temple: We planted tulips along the entrance of the temple. Pradipbhai purchased the tulips and the JYFC enjoyed a sunny Sunday planting these tulips in early August. We plan to do this again next year at a larger scale. Participants:  Bindu Gadani, Amisha Shah, Shilpa Ullal, Sunil Jain, Sagar Shah  Reduce Food Waste and Recycle during swamivatsalya at temple: The JYFC organized and implemented a Reducing Food Waste and Recycling plan at the temple during Paryushan in August. Many JYFC members assisted on Saturday and Sunday to raise awareness regarding food wastage and recycling. The event was very successful and will be continued at future swamivatsalyas. View pictures from here. Participants:  Binish Choksi, Rachana Doshi, Bindu Gadani, Sunil Jain, Rahul Mepani, Dipen Metha, Akta Shah, Amisha Shah, Manish Shah, Mitul Shah, Parshv Shah, Rikita Shah, Sagar Shah, Sejal Shah, Suketu Shah, Vikash Shah, Shilpa Ullal  Milwaukee Jain Temple Trip: About 11 JYFC members carpooled to the newly opened Jain Temple in Milwaukee. The youth of of the Milwaukee Jain temple met us at the temple to give us a tour of both the Jain temple and the Hindu temple next door. Afterwards we had lunch in downtown Milwaukee and checked out the Milwaukee Art Museum. View pictures from here. Participants:  Mitul Shah, Sejal Bhavsar, Binish Choksi, Vaibhav Choksey, Bindu Gadani, Sunil Jain, Shama Khandwala, Heena Shah, Parshv Shah, Sejal Shah, Shilpa Ullal  Raised about $2200 for September 11th attack victims: JYFC members collected money from families attending the Jain temple for Patshala classes on Sunday, October 14th. The young children also wrote letters to the President and families of the attack victims. Participants:  Amisha Shah, Shilpa Ullal, Sunil Jain, Bindu Gadani, Sagar Shah  Diwali Potluck for JYFC members and family Nov 10, 2002: JYFC had it’s first Diwali party on Saturday, November 10th at the home of Heena Shah. About 35 JYFC members attended the event. Everyone cooked their specialties and we enjoyed a festive evening of eating, mingling and playing games. Participants:More than 35 JYFC members  New Year JYFC Get together Jan 12, 2002: JYFC had it’s first New Year party on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2002 at the home of Sunil Kumar Jain. About 22 JYFC members attended the event. Everyone enjoyed the samosa, Pizza and enjoyed a festive evening of eating, mingling and playing games. Participants:22 members of JYFC