Dear friends,
Greetings!
We hope your Holiday Season is going very well and we wish you and your families a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!
Continuing on with the holiday season, STICA would like to invite you to the annual Winter-Potluck-Dinner event to be held on the Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009. It also has been the tradition of STICA to welcome new members into the community, at this event. In addition, this gives us an opportunity for an early celebration of two special events, Sankranthi (Pongal) and India’s Republic Day (January 26th)!
Please find the details below:
Event: Annual Winter-Potluck-Dinner
When: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009
Time:
Venue: Corning West High School
Please RSVP by January 3rd by clicking on the following link
http://www.stica.org/dnn/Home/RSVP/tabid/55/Default.aspx
Agenda:
- Social Hour 5:00 – 6:00pm
- Board Meeting 6:00 – 7:00pm
- Dinner & Entertainment 7:00 – 10:00pm
Hope you can all participate and make it a huge success!
As you all know, any event’s success depends on its patronage! We request and encourage everyone to contribute to the potluck dinner by choosing a dish from the following menu.
Please note that…
- this menu is tentative and may change depending on the number of volunteers we get
- if too many volunteers sign up for the same item, we may request you to change your selection
- we will let you know the number of people you would be bringing the dish for, after we receive all the RSVPs, which may be a few days before the event
- those who sign up for an appetizer should arrive early or make arrangements to send their dish early, to make sure the event starts without any delays
Please call one of the following members with your selection of the dish, no later than December 26, 2008:
1. Mrs. Kavita Patil 607-962-1296
2. Mrs. Kalpana Patel 607-562-6769
3. Mrs. Jashu Patel 607-739-3831
4. Mr. T.P.Mathur 607-796-9290 & 739-233
5. Mrs. Nithya Krishnan 607-936-8587
Appetizers: Dinner / Main Course:
1 Vegetable Pakora 1. Idli
2 Chat 2. Vada
3 Vegetable Platter 3. Sambar
(celery, broccoli, carrots, 4. Chutney
cucumbers, tomatoes, etc.) 5. Khichidi
4 Vegetable Dip 6. Kadhi
5 Tortilla Chips 7. Potatato Curry (subji)
6 Salsa 8. Usili
7 Nuts 9. Vegetable Pulao
8 Crackers and cheese 10. Pulihora(Brown Rice)
11. Sweet Pongal
Drinks: 12. Raita
1 Provided by STICA 13. Papads
14. Pickles
Desserts:
1 Cheese cake (bite-size)
(from Sam’s Club)
2 Cookies / Brownies for kids
3 Cut fruits
4 Any Indian Dessert of your choice
(Burfi, Halwa, Gulab Jamun, etc…)
As always, any help with the clean-up is greatly appreciated!
Thank you all and Happy Holidays!
Best regards,
STICA Board
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Name of the Dish
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Number of Volunteers Needed
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Number of Voluteers signed up
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Total Qty Needed
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Quantity for each Volunteer
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Appetizers:
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1
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Vegetable Pakora
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6
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1.
2.
3.
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2
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Chat
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4
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1.
2.
3.
4.
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3
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Vegetable Platter
(celery, broccoli, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, etc.)
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4
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1.
2.
3.
4.
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4
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Vegetable Dip
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2
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1.
2.
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5
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Tortilla Chips
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2
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1.
2.
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6
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Salsa
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1
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1.
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7
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Nuts
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1
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1.
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8
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Crackers and cheese
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2
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1.
2.
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9
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Drinks:
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Provided by STICA
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Dinner / Main Course:
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1
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Idli
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6
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1. Nithya
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3.
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5.
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2
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Vada
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6
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1.
2.
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3
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Sambar
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4
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1. Nithya
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4
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Chutney
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2
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1.
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5
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Khichadi
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3
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1. Shantaben Patel
2. Jasu Patel
3. Alka Shah
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6
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Kadhi
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3
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1. Shantaben Patel
2. Jasu Patel
3. Alka Shah
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7
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Potato Curry (subji)
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4
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1.
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3.
4.
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8
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Usili (Curried lentils/beans)
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4
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1. Neela Kharkar
2. Sarojini Shah
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4.
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9
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Vegetable Pulao
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4
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1.
2.
3.
4.
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10
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Pulihora (Brown Rice)
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4
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1. Surya Adibhatla
2. Prema Vaddi
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4.
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11
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Sweet Pongal
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4
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1.
2.
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4.
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13
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Raita
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2
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1.
2.
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14
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Papads
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2
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1.
2.
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15
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Pickles
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2
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1.
2.
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Name of the Dish
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Number of Volunteers Needed
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Number of Voluteers signed up
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Total Quantity Needed
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Quantity for each Volunteer
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Desserts:
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1
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Cheese cake (bite-size)
(from Sam’s Club)
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4
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1.
2.
3.
4.
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2
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Cookies / Brownies for kids
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2
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1.
2.
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3
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Cut fruits
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4
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1.
2.
3.
4.
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4
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Any Indian Dessert of your choice
(Burfi, Halwa, Gulab Jamun, etc…)
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6
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
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6
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7
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