Activities this year


Year Activity When Where Flyer
2010 Saraswati Puja (Spring Festival) January 23 Whitehall Community Center, 402 North Hamilton Road, Whitehall, Ohio 43213 Phone (614) 863-0121 Click for Event Flyer
2010 Barshobaran, celebration of Bengali new year TBD Hitchcock Hall, 2070 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio. Click for Event Flyer
2010 Concert in the Park with Potluck Picnic TBD Scioto Amphitheater, 7377 Riverside Drive, Dublin, OH Click for Event Flyer
2010 Feed The Homeless TBD 599 E 8th Avenue, Columbus OH Phone (614) 876-6511
2010 Durga Puja(Fall Festival) TBD Gahanna West Middle School, 350 N Stygler Rd, Gahanna, OH, 43230-2498 (614) 478-5570 Click for Event Flyer
2010 Fund Raising Event- Ek Shaam Kishore ke Naam TBD Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts 100, W Dublin Granville Road New Albany, Ohio 43054 Click for Event Flyer
2010 Feed The Homeless TBD 599 E 8th Avenue, Columbus OH Phone (614) 876-6511
2010 General Body Meeting & Election* TBD TBD Click for Event Flyer

Activities marked with * is for COBCA members only


# Children under Five and Visiting Parents should be accompanied by at least one Adult or Student Registrant.

# Visiting parents ONLY include those who are traveling from out of town and visiting for a temporary period.

# Post doctoral candidates will not be considered as students.


Please click on the link to download the reimbursement form for expenses Click for Durga Puja program

Please click on the link to download the 2009 Cultural Guidelines Click for Durga Puja Brochure

Please click on the link to download the 2008 Durga Puja Brochure Click for Durga Puja Brochure



Feed the Homeless at Faith Mission

Faith Mission is dedicated to serve those without food or shelter. Under the operation of Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio, Faith Mission has services at many places in and around Columbus, Ohio. Faith Mission on 8th Avenue, located at 599 E. 8th Avenue, serves up to 95 men each night where COBCA is associated since 2006.

COBCA’s journey began with serving food to around 100 homeless in 2006 and carried forward to double the effort this year (2007). This year COBCA volunteers have served more than 200 people with great food. Our volunteers have clocked more than 200 man-hours of service this year. The menu include baked chicken, green bean casserole, fried rice, mashed potato with gravy, brownies etc. It was a great experience to see the new light glimmer in their eyes as they felt the warmth and compassion that provided them with a much needed meal. It was evident that the souls needed nourishment as much if not more than their bodies. COBCA family will continue to engage in similar community services in future.


Bidyayan - Bengali Language Class

Worthington Community Center

345 E. Wilson Bridge Road, Worthington, Ohio 43085, Phone # 614-4362743

2:30 PM to 4:30 PM

COBCA has started a school "Bidyayan" to educate youth with Bengali language and the cultural heritage of India. The teachers are voluntarily providing the service to community. The School is open to all and provides an excellent opportunity to the youths of local communities learn and enjoy about the cultural heritage of India. A Bengali library has also been made available to the members.


Lesson Plan
Reading Barna Parichay, Rhyme Books for Kids, Simple Reading, Revisit Homeworks
Listening Play Audio cassets / Watch Bengali Movies / Story Telling / Project Presentation on Bengali Socio-Cultural Events / Traditions
Writing Write alphabets, words / Translation / Essays
Spoken Ask the students to talk about a topic, Build a story from a theme, Recitation & Rhymes

Facilities :
1. Tape / CD Player & Recorder
2. VCR
3. LCD Projectors
4. Laptop ( Faculty owned )
5. Traditional class room board, chalk & duster

Teachers
Anup Majumdar Tamal Dey Kaushik Mazumdar
Surita Ghosh Banani Sengupta Keya Ghosh
Anjali Roy Chowdhury Manoj Guha Shipra Guha

Past Activities
To read about our activities in the past, click here