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2024 Accomplishments

Finding Inspiration in Every Turn

This year has been an extraordinary year of meaningful impact, transformative change, and lasting progress, made possible by your unwavering support, generous donations, inspiring contributions, and heartfelt dedication.

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What we did

323

PVSA awards

239

Community Service activities

87

Total fundraising activities

62

Education activities

54

Environment activities

33

Healthcare activities

24

Webinars/Camps

13

Annual Events

Year full of activities

With the support of thousands of volunteers and donors, we had an incredibly impactful year filled with numerous activities dedicated to uplifting and empowering our community.

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Highlighting these efforts, 323 youth volunteers were honored with the President's Volunteer Service Awards, a testament to their unwavering dedication and inspiring spirit of volunteerism.

"Volunteering is the heart of community, where small acts of kindness ripple into lasting impact, proving that together, we can create a better world."

Impact by numbers

We have a tremendous uplift in numbers from year before

35,000 +

Youth volunteering hours

100,000+

Participants

550+

Total events

60,000+

Total Volunteer hours

"Partnership is the bridge that connects hearts and hands, turning shared efforts into lasting impact and transforming communities together."

We fostered new partnerships in 2024

Checkout our event log

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Health Services Webinar

Bay Area

February 19, 2022 at 12:00:00 AM

VTSeva volunteers joined a meeting where they learnt about mental health, how to take care of their bodies, and practiced yoga.

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VTSeva volunteers at Bernie's Book Bank

Chicago

September 25, 2023 at 12:00:00 AM

Thank you for all the volunteers who took time out of their holiday on Sept 25th to assist with placing stickers on books at Bernieโ€™s book bank. All the books sorted will soon be delivered to underprivileged children in Chicagoland area, making a significant impact on their access to literature and education. โ€จ As a token of appreciation for volunteer time, book bank kindly gifted โ€œHogwartโ€™s library Collection - set of 3 booksโ€ for all the volunteers and everyone were very happy to receive it. We want to recognize and extend our sincere appreciation to the volunteers who made a meaningful difference through their dedicated efforts during this activity

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Street Cleaning

Bay Area

August 1, 2022 at 12:00:00 AM

VTSEVA Youth volunteers cleaned local streets and parks of trash or litter, working to keep our cities clean! Before Covid, volunteers used to go together and adopt a street. Now guidelines have changed to minimize the spread of COVID-19. It is now an individual activity. Each member provides a date and time they plan to do the activity. Then after they finish their trash picking they collect the following information. Time, date, location of the activity, how much distance they covered and names of the streets/how much trash was collected

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Toys for Tots by VT Seva Lambert School youth club members

Atlanta

December 21, 2021 at 12:00:00 AM

Atlanta Lambert VT Seva youths participated in โ€˜Toys For Totsโ€™ on Dec 22nd to make sure Santaโ€™s sleigh is filled and ready to deliver toys this Christmas! Toys for Tots is a program run by the United States Marine Corps Reserve which distributes toys to children whose parents cannot afford to buy them gifts for Christmas. This is year end project of Lambert youth members to spread the holiday cheers.

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VT Seva Detroit JUNE 24th Soccer Tournaments

Detroit

June 24, 2023 at 12:00:00 AM

We concluded an amazing high-energy ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ ๐Ÿฐ๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฉ๐—ง ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ '๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ'' tournament successfully! With the funds raised in this tournament, we can support the education of ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ง of Nethra Vidyalaya school for the entire year. The players, referees, volunteers, viewers/supporters, and parents were simply FABULOUS supporting the cause. The games were played with the right spirit and attitude from the beginning to the end. The game coordinators and timekeepers were extremely diligent in ensuring the scores and timings are kept as per schedule. The event would not have been a grand success without the valuable contributions of VT Seva Volunteers.Hours of prep work went into making this a successful event.

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VT Seva Atlanta Lambert Youth Club Thrift Store Volunteering

Atlanta

April 4, 2023 at 12:00:00 AM

From April 5-6, 2023, Lambert VT Seva students volunteered at the St. Vincent de Paul thrift store. This thrift store allows the needy to have access to clothes and other products FOR FREE. Many products are kindly donated, and the products in good condition are put out for sale. We are glad to have helped out there; the store was very neat and orderly. It also had a wide variety of good quality products. When volunteering there, we volunteered in small groups for 2 hours each. Everyone was given various tasks to help keep the store in order. Some of the things we did were vacuuming the floor, rearranging products, tagging clothes, steaming the clothes, taking out the trash, helping at the front desk, etc. It was a very unique and fun experience!

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RAFT

Bay Area

April 16, 2022 at 12:00:00 AM

RAFTโ€™s mission is to help educators transform a childโ€™s learning experience through hands-on education to one that inspires the joy and discovery of learning. It's vision is to inspire the next generation of innovators, by providing educators with stem based resources. Volunteers will help sort and package materials for use by teachers for hands on teaching purposes. By volunteering with RAFT, organization skills, communication skills, and social skills are gained.

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Seattle Mothers Day Celebration

Branch

Seattle

May 10, 2024 at 12:00:00 AM

VT Seva hosted a delightful event on May 10th that brought together the Utsav Success Meet and a Mother's Day celebration. It was a fantastic day filled with joy and gratitude. The highlight was definitely the heartfelt notes written by VT Seva youth members, celebrating their amazing moms. The event was a perfect mix of acknowledging the hard work of our volunteers and showing love to all the wonderful mothers. It was a memorable day, full of smiles and warm moments!

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Fancy Dress and Rangoli Competitions

Branch

Minneapolis

January 27, 2024 at 12:00:00 AM

What a delightful day it has been! We immersed ourselves in the joyous spirit of creativity and celebration, surrounded by the colorful Rangoli by all participants. Adding further charm to the festivities, the air was filled with excitement as children participated in the lively Fancy Dress competitions!!!

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VTS Det YB Father's Day Greeting Card Project

Detroit

June 18, 2022 at 12:00:00 AM

๐•๐“ ๐’๐ž๐ฏ๐š ๐ƒ๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ข๐ญ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ celebrated Father's r's Day with the dads in 3 senior centers in Livonia, MI. 45 volunteers came together and created 75 ๐›๐ž๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ž ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ to wish them a happy Fathers day Cards have been distributed to 3 senior centers ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ซ, ๐Ž๐š๐ค๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐–๐จ๐จ๐๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ง and they were so happy to receive the cards! This project was initiated by the Youth Board Member ๐‘ฏ๐’‚๐’“๐’Š๐’”๐’‰.

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Team VT Seva Houston participates in the 2021 Texas MS150

Houston

April 30, 2021 at 12:00:00 AM

Representing Team VT Seva Houston, Yashna and Krishna Chokkarapu participated in the 2021 Texas MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 150 Event. They raised $1100 in support of the National MS Society which aims to stop Multiple Sclerosis in its tracks!

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VTS Detroit 2022: Arts & Scraps Group 2 DE FUZZING SOCKS LOOPS REMOTE PROJECT

Detroit

February 24, 2022 at 12:00:00 AM

๐—ฉ๐—ง ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐Ÿฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—˜ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜‡๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐Ÿญ ๐—–๐˜‚๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ in February 2022. ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐Ÿฎ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜‡๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ All items being prepared are going into their creative kits that are continuously being supplied to children across Detroit. Sock loops are loops of fabric provided to them by soccer manufacturer/textile. These loops are a mainstay in every project and kit they make. Youth volunteers were given instructions on each kits which they followed and successfully completed their tasks. ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐Ÿฎ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜‡๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.

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