Universal Metro Asian Services
Metropolitan Asian Family Services
Metro Home Health Care, NFP
May 2021
Spectacular Curtain Raiser Show...
Metropolitan Asian Family Services (MAFS) proudly showcased a spectacular and most anticipated CURTAIN RAISER “Wafa Na Raas Aayee”, on May 16th, 2021. It was non-stop entertainment from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM. This curtain raiser is a preview for the main Gala to be held on May 29th, 2021.
Dr. Santosh Kumar, Executive Director of MAFS along with Prashant Kumar (IT Director) and Sagar Kumar (CFO) and staff, paid attention to all details to prepare for a stunning curtain-raiser at our Schaumburg location. It was screened live on Facebook while many fans fervently waited online to watch the famous Jubin Nautiyal and Arushi Nishank who joined live during the late hours from Bombay. A special thank you to them!
The show began at 11:00 am as Mr. Mir Ali introduced the gorgeous and well-prepared hosts of the event, Ms. Pratibha Jairath, and Ms. Richa Chand. They welcomed Jubin Nautiyal, a well-known Indian singer, and Arushi Nishank, a renowned Indian Classical dancer, actor, film producer, and environmentalist.
Jubin Nautiyal was awarded the upcoming male vocalist of the Year at the 8TH Mirchi Music Awards in 2016 for his song “Zindagi Kuch Toh Bata” and his other achievement is the Rising Musical Star Award received at Zee Business Awards in 2015. Ms. Arushi Nishank apart from recently seen in her first debut music hit “Wafa Na Raas Aayee” is also a promoter of the Sparsh Ganga Campaign. She is also the daughter of Mr. Ramesh Pokhriyal, India’s Union Cabinet Minister for Education and former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand.
Watch our full Curtain Raiser video of Jubin Nautiyal and Arushi Nishank on Facebook Live
Jubin sang his famous songs “Chitti”, followed by “Wafa Na Raas Aayee”, “Tumhe Anna”, “Humnava Mere”, and many more, while he strummed on his guitar and mesmerized the listeners. Amidst the enthralling songs, Pratibha and Richa interviewed Arushi and Jubin about their journey to stardom. They both said through dedication and love for what they do have brought them to be where they are now. The show continued with vibrant, cheery, and jovial conversations with Jubin and Arushi. During the conversation, Arushi shared that her mother and dad were her role models.
Many people from the media waited patiently to interview Jubin and Arushi. The first to interview was Ghosia Ghiasuddin, a well-known radio host. She asked them about their journey in making “Wafa Na Raas Aayee”. Both said that it was a Team effort. The next media person was Munir Ahmad Ji from Chalta TV (Dallas). He first congratulated Prashant Kumar and his MAFS IT team for putting together such a well-organized show comprising people from all over the world, which is a very intricate undertaking. He praised them for a JOB WELL DONE! He praised the young stars for their achievements and asked about their future endeavors. From Adbhhut Media Gurmeet Ji asked about Arushi’s journey as a classical dancer, and she explained that she is happy to know that classical dance and music are becoming more prevalent with the youngsters and urged them to continue to learn classical dance and music. Vandana Jinghan during her interview said that she a big fan of both. Rachna Srivastava from California who writes for Hum Hindustani., was there to interview the stars of the show. At this time, Arushi shared her thoughts that “Success is never a destination it is a journey” and Jubin said, “Integrity paves one's path to success”.
Arushi praised Dr. Mrs. Santosh Kumar for being her inspiration. Mrs. Kumar invited both Jubin and Arushi to join us for our grand Gala on October 17th, 2021.
Involving and perfectly coordinating such an organized show is such a difficult task especially when participants are from all over the world. Dr. Mrs. Kumar thanked the IT Team for perfectly and efficiently putting together such a lovely show involving participants from all over the world. She thanked the media, Mr. Ali, Ms. Richa, Ms. Pratibha, and her staff for working behind the scenes and making this show a gigantic success.
Dr. Kumar spoke about the part Metropolitan Asian Family Services is playing to help the community during this Pandemic, like delivering home-cooked healthy meals to the homebound seniors and many more. For more details visit us at mafsinc.com or umasinc.com.
The show ended with Dr. Kumar thanking the many viewers who poured their wishes and thoughts. Requests for more songs kept coming even after the show ended showing that the audience thoroughly enjoyed the show. And MAFS is always ready to put forth good entertainment.
Mayor Of Hoffman Estates Mr. William D. McLeod awarded a proclamation to Dr. Mrs. Santosh Kumar honoring May 29th as “MA SANTOSH KUMAR APPRECIATION DAY”. Village of Hoffman Estates Trustees Michael Gatea, Anna Newell & Gary G Stanton awarded Dr. Santosh Kumar with the Proclamation Plaque. Congratulations to our dear Ma Santosh Kumar! WHAT AN HONOR!
Office of the Mayor
PROCLAMATION
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED THAT I, William D. McLeod, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution of the State of Illinois and Laws of the Village of Hoffman Estates, hereby proclaim Saturday, May 29, 2021 MA SANTOSH KUMAR APPRECIATION DAY in the Village of Hoffman Estates and urge all Hoffman Estates citizens, government agencies, business leaders, hospitals, schools, and public and private institutions in Village to join in honoring Ma Kumar's achievements as we celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage in the month of May
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereat set my hand and affixed the great seal of the Village of Hoffman Estates at my office on this 29 day of May 2021.
MAFS Aids India During Covid Crisis
Metropolitan Asian Family Services at the forefront in advocacy to aid India!
India is going through a massive COVID-19 outbreak fueled in part by a variant disease that is highly contagious. MAFS joined hands with leaders of the community to assist India with much-needed resources during this unprecedented humanitarian crisis!
On May 2nd Dr. Santosh Kumar attended an event hosted by Congressman Danny K Davis of the 7th Congressional District led by Dr. Vijay Prabhaker to bring all community leaders together to help India come out of this horrible apoplectic situation, since it may spread all throughout the world if not contained quickly. Dr. Santosh Kumar contributed through FIA/SEWA International to aid India combat this deadly disease. She urged not only the Indian community but the whole world to come together to aid India. She mentioned that even though India is so advanced in the field of Medicine, the reason why it is lagging now is because of a lack of resources like oxygen and other raw materials. She pleaded to everyone to stop the spread of any deceptive news about India instead of to come forward and support! She thanked Congressman Danny K Davis for taking this visionary initiative to bring together the whole world to help a distressed nation!
Dr. Santosh Kumar advocacy efforts with the help of Rev. Jesse Jackson and Dr. Vijay Prabhaker at the Rainbow Push Coalition office, Chicago.
On May 5th, Dr. Santosh Kumar along with other Community Leaders like Dr. Vijay Prabhakar, Dr. Zenobia Sowell of Bethel Church, Dr. Bharat Barai, Dr. Sreenivas Reddy, Dr. Suresh Reddy and Neal Patel joined Rev. Jesse Jackson at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition Headquarters regarding the India COVID situation. Dr. Kumar thanked Rev. Jesse Jackson for his initiatives to help India’s Covid Relief Efforts.
Led by Rainbow PUSH Coalition Global, Rev Jesse Jackson, Dr. Santosh Kumar along with the Chicago Indian delegation headed to Washington DC to thank President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for sharing 60 million Covid Vaccine with India. While in DC she gave many speeches to persuade President Biden to help India in more ways to stop the COVID spread.
During her visit to DC, On May 21st, Dr. Santosh Kumar met with Ambassador Taranjit Sandhu India’s Ambassador to the US, and DCM Sudhakar Dalela to discuss the US's aid to India’s COVID-19 Relief effort. Dr. Santosh Kumar of Chicago briefed Ambassador Taranjit Sandhu about the various efforts of all Indian Organizations that are shipping equipment and supplies to India.
NOVID ACT Dr. Mrs. Santosh Kumar along with other Indian delegates in DC, thanked and supported Congressman Rajakrishnamoorthi on his “NOVID ACT”. During her conversation with him, she said that his approach is the best humanitarian approach to eradicate the COVID crisis in India and the world. Also pictured, Dr. Bharat Barai - Indo American Friendship Coalition, Sunil Singh - NCAIA Chair
MAFS Mahatma Gandhi 150th Birth Anniversary Sesquicentennial Medallion Award for the Legendary Rev. Jesse Jackson!
On May 20th, at Capitol Hill, Washington DC, the MAFS Mahatma Gandhi 150th Birth Anniversary sesquicentennial medallion for excellence was presented to the legendary Civil Rights Leader, Rev. Jesse Jackson. The invocation ceremony prayer was said by Dr. Zenobia Sowell of Bethel Church. She prayed for India to get through this grave situation to give peace and hope to the people of India.
Dr. Mrs Kumar thanked Rev Jesse Jackson, FIA leaders Neil Khot, Sunil Shah, Dr. Prabhakar and others for being a part of this historic event. Dr. Santosh Kumar spoke about the relentless services MAFS/UMAS provides for the pasts 30 years and continues its efforts to keep the seniors safe during the hard days of the COVID-19. She emphasized the importance of social services and not to take it lightly. MAFS/UMAS provides so many programs for the benefit of the community and she urged everyone to benefit by it. Please visit Mafsinc.com, umasinc.com or call 847.306.7606 for further information.
Dr. Santosh Kumar presented the medallion to Rev Jackson and thanked his persistent efforts to aid India during its Pandemic Crisis by nudging President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to release 80 million vaccines to India immediately.
COVID-19 HERO BOOK RELEASE…
The “COVID-19 Hero” book was Released by REV. Jackson in Washington DC. This book is written by Mr. Ujjain and Mr. Ramesh Dixit, depicts a detailed explanation of how her organization proved that even during the toughest and grave times of the lockdown during the Pandemic, and never faltered to keep home bound seniors of the community stay healthy and safe. It explains in detail all the measures that were taken, and the awards Dr. Santhosh Kumar received for being a HERO DURING COVID-19!
MAFS Celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
On May 18th, 2021, Dr. Santosh Kumar joined a zoom session with ABC Channel 7 news, to commemorate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. It was co-Hosted by Judy Hsu, Ravi Baichwal, Cate Cauguiran, and Yukare Nakayama.
LET US STOP THE SPREAD OF CORONA VIRUS BY STRICTLY CONTINUING TO FOLLOW THE SAFETY GUIDELINES…
KUDOS TO THE STAFF, COOKS, AND DRIVERS FOR DOING SUCH A FINE JOB IN GETTING THE MEALS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY DURING THIS DEADLY PANDEMIC!
MEALS THROUGH THE CHILD & ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM (CACFP)
MAY TOTAL
JANUARY 2021 TO MAY 2021 TOTAL
6227
25,368
IN-HOME CARE VISITS TOTAL
MAY TOTAL
JANUARY 2021 TO MAY 2021 TOTAL
47,159
234,018
KUDOS TO OUR TRAINED HOME CARE AIDES.
ADULT DAY CARE SERVICE HOURS
MAY TOTAL HOURS SERVICED
JANUARY 2021 TO MAY 2021 TOTAL HOURS
12559
37,789
EMPLOYEES COLUMN
WELCOME ABOARD NEW EMPLOYEES!!!
Karishma Tripathi – She is our new Receptionist for Vernon Hills. Jashandeep Kaur – She is our new Receptionist for Chicago. Andrea Palermo – She is our new returning Administrative Assistant for all locations. This is a temp position.
