Dear ICC Members and Friends,

The India Community Center opened its' new home in July 2007 and has been a wonderful hub for a variety of social, cultural and health and wellness activities. Our purpose was to ignite community spirit, engage multi-generations, and build new friendships, and we are pleased to say that this has been very evident throughout the last year.

Based upon member feedback about the differences between the previous facility, and our new building, we made it our goal to listen to your suggestions, and hear what you had to say.  We held several town hall meetings this year and met with various groups such as the very active stay fit group to encourage open communication and help us design what your future membership looks like.  The outcome has far exceeded our expectations - you have given your opinions, set up volunteer committees, and held one of the most successful fundraising social events ever-the 2008 ICC Winter Fundraising Bash.

Our intention for 2009 is very clear: to cross the bridge back from being a fitness service provider to an inclusive community center.

The following changes will take effect from January 1^st 2009.

• Overall reduction of 30-40% in membership rates -we want to recreate broader community participation similar to our previous facility, and we received a lot of feedback to make membership more affordable and more in line with the previous rates.  These new rates will apply to all new and existing memberships:

You have also asked for various services and privileges to be reinstated and we are pleased to announce that we now offer the following:

To offer such outstanding value we will be making some adjustments:

The hours of the fitness center have been amended based on member usage data:

Playcare hours will be adjusted as follows: 

Please note that you will now get 1 hour and 45 minutes free continuous daily use of playcare!

We have set ourselves and our members a goal for the end of January 2009: to introduce the ICC to as many of our friends, family and neighbors as possible and encourage them to join us.  To show our appreciation we will gift member * referrals as follows:

1 referral - a weighing scale
2 referrals - a 60 minute massage or personal training session
4 referrals - an Apple iPod shuffle.
(* to qualify for gift, new member must join for a minimum of 3 months; both individual and family membership equal 1 referral).

With your support, we envision growing our community membership by returning to the core reasons we began this journey in July 2003: to unite our wonderful community, to serve those who are in need, and to celebrate our rich and diverse culture.  We look forward to continuing to strengthen our community together in the New Year! Email us with any comments or questions.

With best wishes for a healthy, wealthy, and prosperous, 2009.

The India Community Center Volunteer Executive Committee,

Anil Godhwani                 Naren Bakshi                  Bala Joshi           Talat Hasan