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On April 2nd, 2021, Laurel Heights Hospital organized a wonderful award ceremony in which 14 young volunteers were applauded and awarded with trophies by Laurel Heights CEO Patrick McDaniel for their dedication and passion for service, making over 4000 masks in 2020 for special needs children.

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Penrickton Center is a private non-profit organization that provides care and support to blind, multi-disabled children and their families.Penrickton Center for Blind Children provides services to families at no charge, and relies entirely on donations from the community. Throughout the year Penrickton Center sends out requests for donations, and invitations to raise funds. VT Seva Detroit volunteers got this opportunity to help them assemble their Mailing Supplies items in envelopes as per their directions for their fund raising purposes. After completion of our FIRST Batch Mailing Supplies Project, we reached out to the Penrickton Center if they can give us more supplies for our volunteers who are eager to do . Penrickton Center were kind enough to provide us with more Mailing Supplies for VT Seva Detroit. There were 15 youth volunteers who participated in this remote volunteering project. The mailing supplies were picked up from the Penrickton Center, sorted and organized as 15 kits with 200 plus of each items. The kits were later distributed to volunteers to do at their homes and then to be dropped off before July 2nd, 2021. On the whole we delivered around 4000 envelopes in this Second batch of our Mailing Supplies Project to Penrickton Center for Blind Children. We received lots of appreciations from the Penrickton Center coordinators for this great help by our volunteers since it saves a lot of their time in doing this task before proceeding to their next step of sending these mails to all their donors. Youth volunteers who participated: Anand, Advaith, Supraja, Pranithi, Hiba, Rashmitha, Eashan,Nirvan, Sanjay, Amogh, Avantika, Kaustubh, Udhayaa,Kushal V Durga, Teja Great job youth volunteers for such an awesome job. Thank you very much parents for coordinating with to pick up their kits and drop-off on time. Thank you so much for all your time & amazing help AS ALWAYS YOUR SUPPORT IS OUR STRENGTH TO SERVE!!

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Following the success of our Virtual June Summer Camp, Atlanta VT Seva brings back to you our Virtual July Summer Camp! Along with Math & Reading tutoring, additions of classes such as Chess, Art, and Python for all ages have been launched this month. Led and tutored by our very own Atlanta youth, all funds raised were donated to help visually challenged children in India. All lesson plans are reviewed by an adult panel and all classes are conducted under adult supervision. We have raised a total of $2500 for both summer camps, engaging over 40 children and youth in hands-on learning and dedicated service.

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VT Seva Bay Area had its monthly letters to seniors in June. Youth volunteers each designed and wrote cards to senior citizens. All consisted of thoughtful notes, questions, and words to keep a friend engaged!

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After the success of the CPR Workshop on June 6th, VT Seva Atlanta is back with another CPR workshop on June 27, 2021. A fun, hands-on learning session on CPR by Dr. Jawahar Gazzala, Cardiologist at Atlanta Heart Specialists, taught children the basics of CPR, how to practice CPR using a pillow, and the certification process. It was well received and children thoroughly appreciated the workshop.

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Every month youth volunteers from VT - Seva Bay Area consistently work on their compost, they add leftover food, cardboard, and just extra trash that is compostable! It has been about 6 months since most youth volunteers filled up their compost bins so it is finally ready to be used for their gardening. The compost has set in and has become nutritious for plants and trees!

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𝑷𝑰𝑻𝑹𝑯𝑼 𝑫𝑬:𝑽𝑶: 𝑩𝑯𝑨𝑽𝑨 Revere your Dad as god 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑭𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝑫𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒅𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆!!! "𝑫𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈 " - 𝑷𝒂𝒎 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏 The VT Seva Detroit Youth Board celebrated Fathers's Day with the dads in 3 senior centers in Livonia, MI. 44 volunteers came together and created 77 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 to wish them a happy Father's Day. Cards have been distributed to 3 senior centers 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐫, 𝐎𝐚𝐤𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 and they were so happy to receive the cards! This project was initiated by the Youth Board Member 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒉. 𝟒𝟒 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 who participated on this project are Srihari H, Srihari A, Sravya, Siddharth, Shruthi, Shriya, Shrikha, Shreya, Sathvik, Sanjit, Sanaa, Sai, Sahasra, Rohan, Rishi, Risha, Rashmita, Pranav T, Oviya, Nirvan, Nikhil A, Nikhil S, Niharika, Neha, Kaavya, Ishani, Hiba, Harish, Eashan, Dhanya, Arya, Anurag, Anjana, Ananya, Anand, Anagha, Aishani, Adhvaith, Abhinav, Teja, Tarun, Tanvi, Sveya and Supraja Thank you all so much, you sure brought a smile to 77 wonderful dads from these 3 senior centers and made Fathers day special for them. Special shout out to adult volunteers Sowmiya ji, Madhavan ji, Architha ji, Vanitha ji, Sudheer ji, Priya ji and Srinath ji for collecting the greeting cards from various cities and dropping them off on time.

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For the month of June youth volunteers from VT - Seva Bay Area came together and made 50 sandwiches for homeless shelters. There were 25 Peanut Butter and Jelly and 25 veggie burgers that youth volunteers put together. These were served alongside some fruit and snacks, packaged together by our volunteers and served as a wholesome meal for those in need!

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On Friday, June 25th, few volunteers from VT Seva visited Fire Station to treat fire fighters for their service. They were very appreciative and were enthusiastic about showing the team around and explained what a day is like for them. Youth Volunteers had several questions which they the fire fighters answered. 10 minutes into the visit, they had to leave on an emergency call. The youth volunteers got to see them in action as they got the call on speakers, and get ready to leave in a few seconds from the time they got the call. What was impressive is the cool demeanor they have as they were leaving for the emergency call with a fire truck and an ambulance. They had cool information and little activity kits for all the volunteers which they handed before rushing out on their emergency call. Youth volunteers made thank you cards for them. It was a first and great experience for everyone attended.

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VT Seva Bay Area kicked off its June environmental services events with a Street Cleanup. Youth volunteers picked a local street to pick up trash, litter, and garbage. The youth volunteers worked hard to keep our cities clean!

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Seeds for Tomorrow is an eco-fundraiser intended to not only support our local charities and businesses but also inspire our community to take up gardening and protect the environment.

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Recently, VT Seva Cary had their June Monthly Meeting. The Youth Board talked about the process to enter volunteers’ hours for their volunteering events. After that, we also had one of our youth volunteers, Anish Voota, talk about the volunteering experience that he led in his community. Anish and his group led a talent show throughout his community for all ages. Anish told us about the process of starting this talent show and spreading the message across his community. Anish conducted this talent show to help support visually challenged kids and VT Seva's Mission and Vision. Following Anish’s spotlight, the Youth Board discussed the upcoming VT Seva Summer Camp and talked about the summer camp details. Towards the end of the meeting, volunteers were informed about the Essay Writing Boot Camp for rising seniors, taught by a former VT Seva Youth Board President and high school graduate, Chandu Changalvala. Our volunteers played a fun and entertaining game to end the meeting.

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Occurring on June 19th, 20th, 26th, and 27th in 2021, Chandu Changalvala led a workshop for rising 12th graders to talk about her experience writing college essays and discussing some points about writing essays. Chandu is a rising college freshman, heading to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte on the Levine Scholarship, and a former VT Seva Cary Youthboard President in 2020-2021. On the first day of the camp, Chandu communicated to the students about the information on the college application process and the timeline of applications, including types of applications and their requirements. During the second day, the students brainstormed different topics they were interested in, with their own life lessons, and created rough drafts of essays for those topics. On the third day of the boot camp, they chose the essay draft they liked the most and wrote another draft of that chosen topic. Chandu also met with each student individually and discussed things they can change about their essay draft. On the last day of the camp, the students made their final essay drafts of their chosen topic and met with Chandu for any questions they had. The students came out of this boot camp with a great understanding of college essay writing and had a well-written college essay, as all funds and proceeds have been donated to Bharat Covid Relief Fund, for COVID-19 relief for India.

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About Crossroads Community Garden: Crossroads Community Garden is owned by the Crossroads Presbyterian Church in Walled Lake. Crossroads Community Garden provides all their organically grown vegetables for the Hospitality House Food bank and others in need. They have a huge community garden whereby they let anyone willing to grow their own garden in or more garden plots. They will provide the land and water. Also, there is another way that one can join the fun to work in the community sections of their garden. One can volunteer to plant a whole assortment of fruits and vegetables from cabbage to zucchini. The produce from the garden will go to Hospitality House Food Bank in Walled Lake, Michigan where they will be distributed to those in need, while maintaining the utmost respect for the dignity of the individuals. Today (06/19/2021) VT Seva Detroit Volunteers did our second in-person outdoor volunteering spent their valuable time (from 10:00 am to 12 noon) in helping out Crossroads Community Garden at Commerce Twp. Michigan . All our volunteers followed COVID-19 protocols as wearing mask and maintained social distancing . They all signed our Covid-19 In-person volunteering waiver form as well before coming to the event. We helped Bobby and her associate in planting Butternut Sqash, Buttercup/Winter Squash, clear out weeds and till the ground using Rototiller. It was a perfect weather to work outdoors in the garden until it started drizzling by the time we finished off all the assigned tasks. It was quite an enriching experience to all the youth & adult volunteers to learn how to till, make mounds to sow seeds using all the different garden tools. All in all we had a great time outdoors helping the community. These are our volunteers who came and helped today. Youth Eashan Daram Nirvan Daram Rohan Patil Rashmita Raghunathan Shrikha Atchutuni Yug patel Adult Savita Patil Manisha Daram Suresh Rajan Vanitha Gopalan All our volunteers really enjoyed this gardening volunteering and looking forward to visit more often and help them. VT Seva Detroit thank all of them for their valuable time and efforts. AS ALWAYS YOUR SUPPORT IS OUR STRENGTH TO SERVE!!

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On June 18th, 2021, Laurel Heights Hospital CEO Patrick McDaniel hosted an appreciation event to honor and thank the 15 VT Seva Atlanta youth volunteers who made over 4000 masks in a span of 6 months for special needs children. Additionally, a team of 12 VT Seva Atlanta children made over 140 cards to admire and motivate the special needs children and to thank the doctors, nurses, and healthcare workers of Laurel Heights Hospital. Among the many healthcare heroes present, many of them were brought to tears with the youth-led initiative. Many of the special needs children at Laurel Heights Hospital come in with no hope of returning home, but the young VT Seva Atlanta volunteers wanted to put a smile on their faces and light up their days, despite not knowing them personally. The heartouching event shed light on the inspiring, dedicated work ethic and passion of VT Seva volunteers, and has become a highlight of the year so far.