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On September 25 and 26, members of the Seattle VT Seva team helped clean up the local Veda Temple's garden as part of the Adopt a Temple Garden project. As part of this program, our team is going to clean all the shrubs and weeds from the temple's beautiful garden, and maintain it throughout all seasons in the future. Here is a comment we received from temple management: “Kiran Ji - on behalf of VEDA I would like to express our sincere thanks to all the energetic young volunteers and parents who came and did a excellent job of cleaning the garden area of the temple this weekend. Please convey our wishes and prayers for all their good health, happiness, and prosperity. Thanks to VT Seva and you for organizing this noble activity!" We are very excited to continue this project in the future, and thanks to everybody who participated in this weekend's event!

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For VT - Seva Bay Area’s second Sandwich making activity of September youth volunteers packed PBJ and Veggie sandwiches for a family housing center in San Jose! The families received a nutritious meal thanks to our youth volunteers!

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VT Seva Bay Area had its monthly compost gardening activity during the month of September. Our volunteers composted things like apple cores, Lettuce, Cardboard, paper bags and much more! Towards the end of the month volunteers sent pictures of how their compost had been going, through this, volunteers also learned the environmental benefit and impact of composting!

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Youth volunteers drove to a local creek during the month of September and cleaned up alongside it. There was a lot of trash such as bags, wrappers, papers, and much more which are all very harmful to the turtles and fish in the creek. Youth volunteers worked hard to pick up all of this garbage to keep the creek clean!

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VT Seva Bay Area had its monthly Letters to Seniors activity in September. Our youth volunteers wrote interesting and captivating letters to please a friendly senior! The letters later got mailed to citizens in Ohio to read and enjoy!

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𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐨 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐇𝐮𝐛 Detroit is a community where children and families thrive and have access to healthy food and an array of services that improve their overall quality of life.The mission of the Mercado Food Hub at the Ford Resource and Engagement Center is to alleviate hunger among families who reside in the neighborhoods of Southwest Detroit by providing access to food, service referrals and advocacy for basic needs. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐨 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐇𝐮𝐛. All our volunteers were so excited and did a great job together as a group. 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐓 𝐄𝐗𝐇𝐈𝐁𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟗 𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝟏.𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐦 👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏 These are our wonderful Volunteers who participated today. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡: 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢, 𝐄𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐚, 𝐇𝐫𝐮𝐝𝐲𝐚, 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚 𝐀𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭: 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐢, 𝐒𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐣𝐢, 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐚 𝐣𝐢, 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐣𝐢 , 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐚. KUDOS TO YOU ALL AND THANK YOU SINCERELY FOR TIME WELL SPENT TODAY 🙏🙏👏👏👏👏 𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝟏𝟎,𝟔𝟗𝟐 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝟔𝟔 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬.. 𝐖𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲: 1. Packed the produce in boxes 2. Packed the cold food items in boxes 3. Assorted and Arranged all the boxes on carts as per the requirements. 4. Rearranged the shelves with pantry items as and when it was emptied. 5. Stacked these items and loaded in clients car. 6. Cleaned the whole area, tables once done 7. Restocked again produce and cold food items in the respective shelves before wrapping We all felt an immense sense of happiness & priceless to see their smiles as when they received the food boxes. The Mercado Food Hub Coordinator was so greatful and all in praise to VT Seva Detroit Volunteers amazing support today and looking forward to see us more often in upcoming months..We also hope 🙏🙏we can continue our foodbank visit as and when we get the opportunity to serve as a group. 🙏

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The VT Seva Charlotte branch hosted a  Covid safe drive through Toiletries Drive event where people could drop off toiletries that were needed by the local homeless community.   All of the products were donated to the Salvation Army, who supported us in getting our supplies to individuals in need.

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For the month of September, VT Seva Bay Area’s Environmental Services had it’s monthly street cleanup. Youth volunteers cleaned local streets and parks of trash or litter, working to keep our cities clean! You can also check out our instagram - @vtsbayarea for more pictures!

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VT Seva Houston initiated the Essential Workers Appreciation Project and Random Acts of Kindness Campaign this fall! We are indebted to those who have selflessly served to keep our communities healthy and safe during the pandemic. Thank you! Hand in hand with this is simple kindness that, when extended, can truly brighten the day of another!

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This is on going event where our volunteers help the central texas food bank in sorting and packing boxes of all foods and send them to local kitchens for homeless.

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One of VT Seva Bay Area’s September Environmental Services events was Milpitas Park Cleanup. For this event, 6 youth volunteers met up at a park to clean the playgrounds, grass, and sidewalks to keep our city clean!

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𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀: Oviya, Eesha, Aditi and Veeksha 𝗔𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀: Vani ji, Vanitha ji and Priya What makes people feel happy and content is different for each person and often changes over time. But, our Manoogian Manor residents is always thrilled to see us back at their premises. Today we had fun preparing the woods for setting up the bonfire. 🪵🔥 Our youths were handing out Apple Cider and Donuts to the resident.🍎🥤🍩 Both our volunteers and the Manoogian residents enjoyed their conversations and exchanged stories.💬 Our youths were entertaining the residents by singing songs for them.🎤 Overall it was a fun night. Thanks to all the volunteers !!!🙏

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In this first of its kind event, friends and supporters of VT Seva organized a Food Stall at Liberty Park Subdivision on September 11th 2021 from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM in order to raise money for the visually challenged and tribal area school children. There was overwhelming support from enthusiastic volunteers who came forward to support in the areas of Planning, Set-up of Stalls, Cooking Equipment, Cooking, Serving & Distribution, Cash Register, Crowd Management, Safety & Security, Photography, Parking, Wrap up and cleanup. This event was very well received by the Liberty Park community and everyone pitched in with their contributions either through volunteering or through their contributions to buy food from the stalls. The response to the event really surprised everyone since it was a festive atmosphere throughout the subdivision. An estimated 300 people attended the outdoor event. This was a great opportunity to come outdoors, have a safe & delicious food made on the spot and contribute towards a great cause. We were able to raise enough money to support 10 children in total to benefit Nethra Vidhyalaya & Tribal School children with the support of great friends, family & LP community. Krishna ji, HOA lead and our hosts - Divya ji & Venkat ji, Liberty Park Residents, were extremely gracious to provide their Driveway to set up the Donation Stations, Tents and Food Stations. Their neighbors were also so kind to lend their driveways as well for any spillover stations, storage, etc. The entire Liberty Park community extended their helping hand so amazingly and embraced the event to make it their own. In the run-up to the event, Liberty Park Subdivision HOA and VT Seva Team met several times to discuss the logistics, supplies, location, volunteers, Safety precautions and menu items for the Food Stall. These pre-planning meetings were very important to ensure all the above aspects and much more are taken care within the community and the event location. There was a variety of food options – Plain Dosa, Podi Dosa, Onion Dosa, Pesaratu & Upma Dosa, Ghee Dosa, Cheese Dosa, Pongal, Kesari, Coffee, Masala Chai & Samosa. The Dosas were served with hot Sambar and Chutney as well. All the food items were sold out by 4:30 PM. At the conclusion of the event, every individual specially encouraged us to have this kind of an event every year and that they were eagerly waiting for the next one to happen soon!

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𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 "𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲. 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆. – 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝘀" VT Seva Detroit Youth Board members celebrated this labor day by expressing their appreciation to the essential workers who makes our life goes smoothly every day even during the pandemic. Either rain or shine, pandemic or non pandemic, we all got our mails, we all got our trash picked up, we all got our groceries, all of our kids went to school by bus. Can't even imaginge not having any of those services accessible to us. They came to our door steps to provide services to us. Our YB members gave thank you notes to 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗣𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘂𝗽 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝘄, 𝗕𝘂𝘀 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗸𝘀, 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀, 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀, 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘄 and many more 𝟯𝟰 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 surprised the essential workers by giving thank you notes, choclates, gifts and gift cards to all the essential workers. They did made a change in their life, workers were so grateful to be appreciated. Some workers even had a tears of joy. This project taught our YB members the value of Gratitude and how much it impacts the giver and receiver positively. All the members who participated in this project was really happy for the opportunity and start noticing whats around them 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀: Oviya, Harish, Sravya, Eesha, Rachana, Kaavya, Sai, Hiba, Rashmitha, Advaith, Chakrika, Abhinav, Saisha, Udhayaa, Srihari A, Anurag, Sai Sahasra, Shruthi, Rishi, Nitya, Aditya, Ananya, Kausthubh Amogh, Pranav M, Dhruthi, Teja, Arya, Siddharth, Ishani, Akshay, Varshini, Aneeshwa, and Vibha Thank you so much for all the members who participated in this project!!!!

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Appreciating the Selfless Workers To recognize some of the selfless heroes who have been working long days and nights to make life for everyone easier, are the amazing workers at United States Postal Service and the Waste Management of Seattle. In order to honor and appreciate all that they have been doing before and during the pandemic, VT Seva Seattle volunteers created handmade cards and gave gifts to the USPS and WM workers in their neighborhoods. The smiles on each person who received the personal gifts were heartwarming and full of happiness! Some of our volunteers learned more about the workers and their personal lives while some, like Pranav, learned how difficult and stressful their job has been during the pandemic. Some workers also shared how many of them have had to work overtime during the pandemic due to extra covid precautions. We are so thankful to all the workers at USPS and Seattle WM and are so glad that we got the opportunity to appreciate and recognize some of the hardworking people!