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VT Seva youth volunteers participate in “Letters to sign” every month. Volunteers sign up every month to write up to 4 letters and mail them to the specified address which then reach the seniors. Volunteers write a letter or make cards following guidelines provided on their website. VT Seva has been participating in this activity since 2021 and seeing increased participation from youth volunteers every month. This activity is about providing support and making elders happy by writing letters to them. In this activity, volunteers take a few minutes, sit down and write a letter. They tell them a joke, share a riddle, share how their day went and let them know they are loved. It brings a connection to the person where the letter gets mailed and makes someone feel good when they receive it.

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According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), organic waste makes up more than 28% of landfills. Unfortunately, landfills lack the necessary conditions for ample decomposition. Rather than adding to landfills, composting is a much better solution. By composting we are able to reduce the amount of waste that ends up at landfills, and instead, we let the nutrients return back to Earth so it can be recycled naturally. This event focuses on having volunteers make compost in their own gardens. Volunteers will take pictures each weekend on how the compost is coming along.

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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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According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), organic waste makes up more than 28% of landfills. Unfortunately, landfills lack the necessary conditions for ample decomposition. Rather than adding to landfills, composting is a much better solution. By composting we are able to reduce the amount of waste that ends up at landfills, and instead, we let the nutrients return back to Earth so it can be recycled naturally. This event focuses on having volunteers make compost in their own gardens. Volunteers will take pictures each weekend on how the compost is coming along.

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As a part of Environmental Sustainability effort and Climate Change Action , Volunteers took apart if the Green Initiative by taking shorter showers, conserving energy, etc. one volunteer wrote “During the green initiative activity, I take measures to reduce my carbon footprint and save as much of our resources as possible. Some ways I do this is by using natural light instead of turning on the lights in my room when daylight is still there, using the bus to go to and from school everyday rather than using personal transportation, and buying locally sourced food from stores such as Lucky's and Safeway rather than other food. Although these measures taken are small, they eventually add up in the long-term and end up reducing the amount of waste I produce in regards to the resources I have access to. I find these actions really important for our environment and our future so I do them gladly.”

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To make books more accessible to the blind and visually impaired community, volunteers contribute by proofreading, validating, and compiling books/stories into a digital content (Ebooks). This gives them access to more books from around the world! Volunteers originally attended a workshop, and gained skills on how to match up original copies of a book on google docs.

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Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it she stands up for all Women - Maya Angelou If a woman is healthy, the entire family stays productive and happy. Society flourishes. Contributing to a happy society is what we want to achieve in the Health care and Education pillars and were able to accomplish a lot of progress in the past 10+ years serving hundreds of thousands of women. VT Seva hosted an interactive Women Empowerment Workshop, where we want to touch upon the most important basics for the success of every woman. We have lined up topics - Physical, Mental, and Financial well-being and women at workforce in our two day workshop. Industry leaders in those areas have joined the virtual workshop and provided their valuable inputs. We had close to 80+ audience join this program and took advantage of the program.

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In the brown bag packing activity, a small group of people come together to make and pack bags filling them with different items such as chips, drinks, fuit, etc. Within these groups, the value of teamwork is built, and it's true importance is shown. After these bags are packed, they go to a homeless shelter to help those in need. This activity really helps in helping our community, as there are many people who cannot afford nutritious food. Packing brown bags for shelters help those that are not as fortunate as us, and makes their futures a little brighter.

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Tule Ponds at Tyson Lagoon is a "Wetland in the City." This innovative area is used for flood control but also as a wildlife sanctuary for the many species that live in an urban environment. Since the land is 17 acres it is being restored to the flora of a San Francisco Bay area of at least 1 million years old. Native trees, shrubs, and flowers are being introduced which then bring some of the native fauna. Volunteers at Tule Ponds participate in many activities such as native plant installation (planting trees, shrubs or wildflowers), non-native plant removal, trash removal from ponds and trails, spreading mulch and chips around plants and on trails and much more!

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In the brown bag packing activity, a small group of people come together to make and pack bags filling them with different items such as chips, drinks, fuit, etc. Within these groups, the value of teamwork is built, and it's true importance is shown. After these bags are packed, they go to a homeless shelter to help those in need. This activity really helps in helping our community, as there are many people who cannot afford nutritious food. Packing brown bags for shelters help those that are not as fortunate as us, and makes their futures a little brighter.

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VTS Detroit YB Open Door Outreach Center VT Seva Detroit Youth Board is very active and they got approval to start clubs in two different Troy high schools. Both Troy High & International Academy school students have already started working together while waiting for rest of the club-founding steps to be completed. On March 26, they volunteered at the Open-Door Outreach Center. The staff were very friendly as they were patient with the sorting and answered any questions with no problem. All the volunteers found this project satisfying and fun-filled! Project Initiator: Harish Jaisankar

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Zaman International is committed to facilitating change and advancing the lives of marginalized women and children, by enabling them to meet essential needs common to all humankind. They are dedicated to addressing the diverse needs of their clients to eradicate poverty. In addition to meeting their client's basic needs, they also empower the households they serve through training and vocational programs. VT Seva Detroit got this opportunity to help them sort and organize their medical supplies stocks which they received as donations from various other organizations. These medical supplies kits include various types of masks, gloves, face shields, cleansing wipes, sanitizers, wipes, bleach wipes, PPE kit; first aid kits. These medical supplies kits will be distributed to many families in need. They will be also available for people to come and take it from their medical facility center for free. 𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝟯𝟱𝟬 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗸𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝘅𝗲𝘀.

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Early college High School VTSeva Club volunteers have conducted a community get together by Baking and making Savory snacks together to support the Ukraine families in need. Around 15 youth volunteers have gathers and baked the sweets. All community connected for the single cause and raised funds of about $2000.

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On Mar 25th 2023, Lambert VT Seva participated in the Great Forsyth County Cleanup. We spent 4 hours cleaning up Bagley Road and was truly an eye-opening experience. It revealed how much we needed to take action to clean up our planet and how much effort that took. During the cleanup, we were able to work together, creating new bonds along the way. The Forsyth County officials were very supportive, and provided us with supplies and a free T-shirt! Overall, the Great FoCo Cleanup was an amazing way to have fun and help clean up the environment!

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On March 20th,2022 Vt Seva Cary Kids volunteered at the FS Series Marathon. During the FS Series Half/Full Marathon, there were around a total of 120 participants who had competed. As the duration of the race had started around 6:45 AM and lasted till 10:30 AM, it was important for the racers to be hydrated throughout the race. As VT SEVA volunteers, we made it our job to make sure that these racers were hydrated during this race. We stood at Station 4 which is usually the spot where runners start to find themselves dehydrated which is why we took the role of providing water, gatorade and even small nutritional snacks. We stationed ourselves on both sides of the track and made our own gatorade to provide for the racers. VT Seva made their mark by bringing joyful attitudes to this race and made sure to assist in every way possible. Volunteers constantly put work in to gather water, make gatorade, or simply pick trash up on the track so it’s safe for racers. FS series team was very happy & impressed with VT-Seva volunteers dedication.