$330,000 Raised at Sikh Human Development Gala
SHDF officials with guests (l-r): Satinder Singh Chadha, Dr. Rajwant Singh, Dr. Manmohan Singh, Gajinder Singh Ahuja, Kamaljit Kaur Kanwal, Malkiat Singh, Dr. Gurcharan Singh Kanwal, Surender Singh Kandhari, Kawal Kaur Singh, Manpreet Singh, Jaspreet Kaur Ahuja, Abinash Singh and Reena Nagra (Brar).
Washington, D.C. — Hundreds of Sikh community members raised over $330,000 for Punjab’s poor but bright students during a fundraising event hosted May 20 by the Sikh Human Development Foundation at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center here.
The money was raised following a passionate appeal by chief guest Sardar Surender Singh Kandhari, who challenged the audience to match his donation of $100,000.
Martin O’Malley, the governor of Maryland, presented SHDF with the Governor’s Citation and declared May 4 as “Sikh Human Development Foundation Day.”…
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