On Monday, June 19th, the SHAI Senior Program hosted a special celebration in honor of Father’s Day. Participants enjoyed lunch provided by Shiraz, and danced to the music of DJ Emanuel. The program also honored Dr. Homayoon Aram, a local senior, accomplished physician, and writer. Born in the south of Iran in 1935, Dr. Aram is a board certified dermatologist who has served as assistant Professor of Dermatology at Tehran Medical School, as Vice Chairman of the Department of Dermatology of Hadassah Hospital, and as a private practitioner in Boston. Dr. Aram retired in 2016 and he and his wife now live in Great Neck near their children and grandchildren. Among his many achievements have been his publications in medical journals and Persian language journals, as well as 6 books he has written on theology. Dr. Aram was presented with a beautiful glass plaque by SHAI President Erika Kashi and co-founder of the SHAI Senior Program Mrs. Parvaneh Khodadadian. Dr. Aram also received a citation recognizing his extraordinary efforts from Dr. Pedram Bral, the Mayor of the Village of Great Neck.

Our seniors spent a beautiful day together socializing and celebrating. Each man left the event with a gift. Tremendous thanks go to Mrs. Parvaneh Khodadadian for all of her hard work, time, and dedication in creating, producing, and running our senior events with her team. Thank you to all of Mrs. Khodadadian’s volunteers: Sima Alvandi, Elsez Eshaghof, Homa Homaee, Lily Kashan, Shahnaz Kashani, Mojgan Khalili, Edna Khalily, Shiren Moinian, Vahideh Morad, Elnaz Rezvani, Ester Serarack, and Jacob Yousefzadeh. Thank you, as well, to Robert Sedaghatpour for his efforts in organizing this event honoring his father-in-law.