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President’s Message

April 22, 2017

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Dear MAT Family Members,

My sincere thanks to each and every one of you for giving me the opportunity to serve our community as the President of Malayalee Association of Tallahassee for 2017-2018. I would like to welcome and thank you for visiting the website of Tallahassee Malayalee Association. Here, you have an opportunity to learn about associations History, and Kerala culture as well as our leaders from Malayalee community and MAT programs. I hope that this web site will keep us better connected as a community; the events calendar will keep you informed about upcoming MAT events. Also I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to join us in all the events organized by our Association.

We are one of the very successful group of immigrants in terms of accomplishments in professional services and in education. Our members come from different walks of life with diverse customs and cultures but one thing we have in common is the spirit of friendship as a Malayalee.

We have made great impact in the community for the last many years, thanks to dedicated volunteer leaders who served on the various committees. Today MAT is more responsive to its members, more relevant to society. I can say with great pride and satisfaction that our accomplishments will certainly have long lasting impact in American Malayalee Community.

My goals as president are modest. My job is to engage our existing members, providing them with quality programs, volunteer opportunities. The MAT Executive Committee is working hard to meet this goal. MAT Executive Committee’s focus would be to create opportunities for meaningful engagement in the Malayalee community leading to increased participation, awareness, volunteer involvement, community development. We are working to bringing more members into MAT. We will continue all the current events and activities and will add a few new initiatives. I am reiterating few new initiatives that were introduced this year below. Hope it will continue to blossom in the upcoming years.

  1. Malayalam Classes for Kids
  2. MAT website
  3. Annual Payasam Contest

Of course, everything was made possible with the help and support of “you”; the community, Executive Committee and last but not the least the volunteers, their family and the members of the community who supported and worked behind the scenes.

Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me or any member of our Executive Committee with any questions, suggestions, comments, or concerns. I look forward to seeing you soon.

Thanks and Regards,
Prasheel Kalathil