First of all, welcome to Seattle. Your family membership including all events will be $100 (family membership and event cost) + $30 ($15 for each of your children) = $130.This includes bhog lunch during Saraswati Puja and Durga Puja Sat afternoon.

If you are a member, your parents are welcome to accompany you at no charge. Should you decide to buy food, you pay towards cost of food which will be announced later.

We would love to see you for all events, but if you absolutely cannot, we値l be happy if you join us for Durga puja. Individual membership for the year is $15, Durga Puja event cost is $25, which include Sat afternoon bhog. Food price for other days will be posted later.

We don稚 have exact idea about the food cost, as we値l be negotiating for deals with local restaurants and pass those values to our members. Also, if there is an unexpected surplus (or shortfall) in our collection, we can do course correction and balance our books.

This is hard to tell at this point. Our expenditure budget is 8% higher this year due to increased cost of facility rental. We are trying to find creative ways to control cost. We are negotiating discounted rates with restaurants (like we did last year) and also exploring other models like food-stalls etc. Also, this year, our budgeting process has considered a healthy portion of anticipated revenue (not directly linked with membership) with an effort to pass benefits and savings to our members. We値l post our budget and an expenditure summary in our website shortly after Saraswati Puja, with periodic updates.

As a member, you share our basic organizational costs. Your membership helps us run our Bangla library, host website, and organize events through the year. Last year, we organized a Cricket camp for children during summer. Membership also includes Summer picnic event. In an effort to increase membership and participation in different event, this year we have separated membership fee from event cost. We hope this will help grow our member-base by extending basic membership services to a larger population, at the same time making it easier to partake in the activities for part of the year.

You値l pay 20% discount from a total of $25 (base membership $15, Saraswati puja $10), i.e. $20. This includes bhog for Saraswati Puja. You help support the Community and in return, enjoy member-benefits as outlined in the section above. If you choose not to become a member, you pay $12 (20% off $15, non member charge).

Absolutely. There is no additional cost.

We値l let you know about food cost at least a month prior to the event and let you know how you can reserve your food.

Pizza is served free for all children 8 and under, member or non-member. However, if your children prefer regular catered food, you will need to pay for that.

Email us at ec2008@uttoron.org. One of us in the Committee will contact you to answer your questions.You can submit your question below and if it is a commonly asked question on membership, we shall publish it here.

Your dependent children gets benefits as an additional family member. If you sign-up for all events, you pay $15 for your 12 year old for all events. Food cost, other than Saraswati Puja bhog and Durga Puja Sat afternoon, is not included. There is no additional discount.