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Earth Day - Apr 21st 2013 |
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VT Seva DC chapter conducted Earth Day activities at Floris Elementary School on
April 21st 2013. Adults and students participated actively and had a great time
by working for the community, taking care of plants and mulching soil to all the
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National Children Center - April 7th 2013 |
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VT Seva DC conducted Toys, Books, Clothes & Shoes drive for National Children
Center on April 7th, 2013. |
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Winter Blitz Tournament - Jan 6th 2013 |
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VT Seva DC hosted the Winter Blitz Tournament for the 2012-13 season for the 32
highest rated chess players in attendance. The event was attended with a lot of
enthusiasm by all our young participants. Trophies were awarded for the top 5
positions. |
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Happy Deepa:vali and Acharya Thirunakshatram - Nov 13th 2012 |
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Community Service by VT Seva DC Chapter |
Hope all are safe after the Hurricane Sandy.
If any are in need of extended help with any power outages
or floods, VT Seva members are here to help.
VT Seva DC members are supporting
our local Red Cross by raising funds.
Every dollar donated or supported for needy families is
highly appreciated.
Please send your pledges by emailing
vtsevadc@gmail.com or you can stop by on Sunday during our weekend Yoga / Chess
Class.
Address: Floris Elementary School,
2708 Centreville Rd, Herndon VA 20171
All donations are Tax Deductible.
Thank you in advance and will be looking for your generous
support as always.
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Hurricane Sandy Update |
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By 4.00 pm on Tuesday, October 30, 2012, Hurricane Sandy
left 8 million without power across 18 states including 5 million New Yorkers.
Damage was in epic proportions. In Washington DC Metro area, storm receded
around 4.30 pm.
VT Seva DC branch met American Red Cross Regional Headquarters located at 8550
Arlington Blvd., Fairfax, VA to offer our help. Ms.Teri McCormick Hinton,
Director of Volunteer Engagement, was in a coordination meeting of emergency
relief efforts of 5 shelters set up by American Red Cross in DC Metro area
(covering parts of Virginia, DC, and Maryland). Teri mentioned that they could
only accept a financial donation, for now, to pay for immediate expenses, but
starting next month when roads clear, they can collect and transport goods
including household items, clothes, shoes, etc. After coordinating with their
branch offices, Red Cross will be compiling a master list of items needed to
help the victims of Sandy and work with VT branch. Since we are the first
non-profit service organization to show up (1 hour after the storm) at their
doorstep, Teri pulled her supervisor, Ms. Linda C. Mathes, Chief Executive
Officer (of Regional Headquarters of National Capital Region), from an emergency
meeting to appreciate the efforts of VT Seva. Linda enquired about VT
activities, and was very pleased to hear about our mission and activities. A
check for $1,116 from VT DC Branch account was presented to her and she thanked
VT for its commitment, perseverance and heartfelt support to serve others. Linda
asked Teri to work with VT DC branch office in collecting items on Sundays from
Floris Elementary School, our weekly meeting location for service activities.
Red Cross has training programs for youth and adult volunteers, for emergency
preparedness, including CPR, logistics etc. and a request was made and accepted
by Red Cross to explore/provide those training programs (at our weekly location
after two or three months), which is mutually beneficial in serving local
communities.
Click here to view the receipt of VT Seva DC branch's
donation to American Red Cross.
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Yoga Class |
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Teacher: Srinivas Vallabhaneni
Email:
srinivallabh@yahoo.com
OR
vtsevadc@gmail.com
Click Here to Register Online
Walk-ins WELCOME
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WHAT YOU LEARN:
Gentle Warm up Aasanas
Basic Aasanas
Surya (Sun God) Aasanas
Pranayama
Relaxation Techniques
Food and Nutrition Tips
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WHO CAN JOIN:
13
years and above are WELCOME.
*Please bring your yoga mat*
$150.00 for school year (Sep 2012 to May 2013).
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TIME:
Sunday 10a.m - 11:00am
ADDRESS:
Floris Elementary School GYM
2708
Centreville Rd,
Herndon VA 20171
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Washington DC Chess Club |
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Schedule |
Every Sunday, starting September 16, 2012 9:30AM - 11:30AM
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TOTAL
CLASSES
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31
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NO CLASSES ON
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2012
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13
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9/16, 9/23, 9/30
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3
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10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28
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4
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11/04, 11/11, 11/18
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3
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11/25 Thanks Giving Weekend
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12/02, 12/09, 12/16
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3
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12/23 Christmas Holidays
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2013
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18
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01/06, 01/13, 01/27
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3
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1/21 Martin Luther B'day
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02/03, 02/10, 02/24
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3
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2/18 Washington's B'day
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3/03, 3/10, 3/17, 3/24, 3/31
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3
(5)
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Spring Break - 3/24 & 3/31
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4/07, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28
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05/05, 05/12,
05/19
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5/19 Last day of the club
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Location |
Floris Elementary School,
2708 Centreville Road, Herndon, VA 20171 |
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About the Coach |
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Coach Bill Moore, who has over 13 years of experience in coaching and managing
chess clubs, will be the head coach for this activity along with his son, Gavin. His students have participated in Local, State and National chess
competitions, winning numerous awards.
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For More details, click here |
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Click here to view the 2009-10 participants writeup of why
they like the chess club |
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Chess Blitz Tournament |
June, 2012 |
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VT Seva DC has conducted a Chess Blitz Tournament and simultaneous games for the
year 2011-12. All the participants enjoyed participating in this year end
tournament.
Winners List
Season Achievement
Highest Rating - Saby Sundarraj (880)
2nd Highest Rating - Sumant Bhupathiraju (755)
3rd Highest Rating - Asrith Biradavolu (715)
4th Highest Rating - Rohit Chayanam (712)
5th Highest Rating - Sai Raj Karra (698)
Blitz Tournament
1st Place - Asrith Biradavolu (5)
2nd Place - Saby Sundarraj (4)
3rd Place - Sai Raj Karra (4)
4th Place - Kowshik Chepuri (4)
5th Place - Sumant Bhupathiraju (4)
Best Simultaneous Games (as selected by our Simultaneous
Chess Leaders - the Ponukumati brothers)
Kavya Biddala
Meghana Gopannagari
Coaches' Sportsmanship Award (as selected by Coach Gavin
and Coach Bill)
Akhila Challa
Click here for the complete Image Gallery. |
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Dharitri Divas
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Apr 21, 22 2012 |
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April 21st, 2012
VT Seva, Washington DC celebrated the Earth Day 2012 at Claude Moore Park,
Sterling VA.
The children and parents took a tour of the Nature Museum at the park. The park
volunteers showed and explained about the live animals normally found in the
park trails.
Park authority also explained, How to preserve the greenery, take care of the surroundings, stay alert with
animals encountered in the day to day life like snakes, turtles, beavers, deers
etc.
Children were shown how to identify poison ivy and stay away from it. All the
participants in the park cleanup had a great time walking through trails while
cleaning up the trash. Kids were thrilled to learn that they were walking in the
same trail once used by the most famous person of the United States, none other
than the first President George Washington.
All the kids drew and colored the Earth Day pictures. They also prepared poster
boards with great enthusiasm using the
“R3 theme” - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
Thanks to Mr.Srinivas for teaching the children prepare kites and fly them. This
was a lot of fun and brought childhood memories back to all the parents. Kids were
very excited to prepare the kites from scratch and fly them.
At the end of the day, kids went home with clay pots with soil and spring bulbs
seeds, Reusable bags, Certificates and Kites.
VT Seva, Washington DC thanks all the parents, volunteers and members for having
their children participate in this event, despite a busy weekend with many
other planned activities.
We also thank our Individual Sponsors and Business Sponsors for this event.
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Academy 4 Enrichment
provided Pizza. |
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Home Depot provided Clay Pots. |
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Lowes Departmental Store provided Soil
and Spring Bulb Seeds. |
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Harris Teeter provided Re-Usable Bags. |
April 22nd, 2012
VT Seva DC partnered with National Children Center Washington DC.
For the past 3
years during Thanksgiving, VT DC encouraged the community to donate gently used
clothes, books, toys and shoes to support the community in DC.
To learn how your
donations are used visit
VT Seva DC team decided to support our neighboring community in DC twice a year
through the generous donations made by our Chess Club, Yoga Class and Basic
Handwriting Class students. Such donations collected will support mentally
challenged and under privileged families. Every year from now on, the donations
will be raised for EARTH DAY and THANKSGIVING.
Thanks to all the supporters who brought in the donations.
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Cancer Awareness Camp |
Feb, 2012 |
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Dr. Suguna Chirla Cancer Specialist visited VT DC center to explain the risk factors of Breast and Cervical Cancer.
VT Seva DC Thanked Dr. Reena Bommasani for supporting Cancer and Health Awareness Camp, also thanked Dr.Suguna Chirla for providing her services for past three years for bringing awareness in the community about variety of cancers how we can detect and prevent before it is too late.
VT DC explained Local, National and World wide service activities through a power point presentation which captured the audience attention.
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VT Seva DC Center - Activities report from Sep 2011 to Dec 2011 |
Jan, 2012 |
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Chess club -Sep 11th– VT Seva weekly fund raising activities like Chess Club and Yoga Asana classes for the year 2011 – 2012 started with 80 students.
Sandwich program Sep 11th Every year VT Seva DC conducts Weekly Sunday Sandwich Meal program for Homeless (Katherine K. Hanley Family Shelter, Fairfax, VA) from September to June.
For the year 2010-2011 we resumed our project from Sep 11th 2011 and will continue until June 10th 2012. Sandwich meal includes (Veg. Sandwich with Lettuce, Tomato, Cucumber and Cheese, Chips, Juice and Fruit). Thanks to many donors coming forward to participate in this weekly activity.
Pledge of Allegiance: Every Sunday during Chess Club VT DC Introduced “Pledge of Allegiance” at the beginning of the Chess Club and end the class with Indian National Anthem “Jana Gana Mana”.
Parents are happy that VT DC is instilling Pride in young minds towards our motherland while providing education and moral values.
Clothes, Toys and Books drive – Oct 30th 2011: VT DC is happy to say that we raised over 200 pairs of clothes, over 40 toys for The National Children Center.
Thanks to the members who supported the activity for a good cause.
Support Visually challenged Students at Nethra Vidyalaya, Nov 10th 2011: VT Seva DC Center for the year 2011 – 2012 raised funds in 3 days to support 30 Nethra Vidyalaya students in Vijayanagaram.
Thank you to all the members from Vijayanagaram who worked together to make this happen. Thanks to all the sponsors who came forward to support our Nethravidyalaya students.
Food Drive for “Capital Area Food Bank”, Nov 20th 2011: VT DC conducted Food Drive to two “Capital Area Food Bank” centers. We Raised over 100lbs to DC center (645 Taylor Street, NE, Washington D.C.,) and over 300 lbs to Lorton Center (6833 Hill Park Drive, Lorton) to support families in need during Thanksgiving.
Thanks to all the members who supported with love and passion.
“Thank a Soldier” Dec 14th 2011: VT DC is honored to extend a small token of appreciation by supporting a Soldier fighting for the Nation who is currently stationed in Afghanistan. Every year VT DC will be honoring (either Marine, Army, Air Force or Veteran who became handicapped while fighting for the Nation) for their services.
Upon the request of the Marine’s family VT DC has send over 60 lbs of food and winter necessities along with a Christmas card signed by our VT students.
Thanks to our volunteers for helping with the decoration, signature cards etc etc.
Christmas Gift Bags & Sandwich Meals for the Homeless, December 18th 2011: - VT DC provided 125 Christmas gift bags with winter necessities like - Towel, Soap, Hand Sanitizer, Brush, Toothpaste, Shampoo, Conditioner, Moisturizing Lotion etc along with a lovely Christmas greeting card by our students to Washington DC Homeless Shelter (1725 Lincoln Rd, NE, Washington DC) along with 100 sandwich meals (which include Peanut Butter Jelly Sandwich, Chips, Juice and Fruit) to support 100 Homeless Men for 2011 Christmas.
25 Christmas bags with 25 sandwich meals are provided to “Katherine K. Hanley Family Shelter”.
VT DC is proud to provide service activities to our community like these with the funds raised by Chess club & Yoga Classes. Thanks to the Chess Club Coach Bill and Yoga teacher Srinivas ji and heart felt Thanks to many volunteers who helped in packing the sandwich meals and to all who helped in delivering all these gift bags / meals to the respective shelters.
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