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VT Seva Cary conducted a Virtual Workshop on "WILL with Living Trust" on June 13th,2021 by Ram Nimma from 3pm- 4:30pm. The session was successful and went well with 25 participants. Please find the high-level topics that were covered during the workshop 1.WILL with Living Trust 2.Last Will and Testament 3.Probate Avoidance Living Trust 4.Power of Attorney 5.Commerical & Personal Insurance The session concluded with Q & A on Will and insurance

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On June 13th, a Presidential Award Ceremony was organized to present 13 awards to young Atlanta VT Seva volunteers for their hard work, compassion, and service to their community. More than 70 people attended the presidential award ceremony, which was the product of excellent teamwork and selfless service from all the children, youth, and adults of VT Seva Atlanta. The plant sale was executed after the ceremony, with Chief guests City councilman Brian Wearer and City Councilwoman Erin Elwood of Johns creek, GA attending. They highly appreciated the initiatives taken by VT Seva in regards to the environmental sustainability and service attitude of children in sowing and taking care of so many plants at such an early age. Later, children shared their experiences in working for VT Seva and the knowledge and compassion it has provided them with. The event was a great success and exhibited the VT Seva Atlanta community’s spirit ingrained in all the volunteers. “ I learned to become responsible for the things I am committing myself to by participating in this program.” - Dharanija Peram

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For the month of June youth volunteers went to a local urban forestry known as Our City Forest. Our City Forest is a non-profit organization that works towards providing affordable plants and trees for low-income residents as it is required for some houses in the Bay Area. At Our City Forest youth volunteers plucked weeds so that new trees could be planted for the year. Another activity at Our City Forest required youth volunteers to clean up around the forestry in order to provide a clean and beautiful nursery!

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VT Seva Atlanta presents to you the 2021 April Cool Project, an engaging, eco-friendly project that encourages people of all ages, from small children to adults, to plant more trees and get involved in the fight for ecological sustainability. With the utmost fervor and enthusiasm, a team of 40 children and adults participated in this project and sowed and nurtured more than 500 plants. This year, various vegetables like tomatoes, peppers, beans, cucumbers, chilies, gourds, coriander, and herbs such as tulsi, mint, basil, lemon grass, and brahmi were grown. Flowers such as daisies, balsams, roses, and fruits such as strawberries, marigolds, watermelons, black berries, and blueberries were also carefully nurtured. The project was concluded with the 2021 Plant Sale on June 13th, and the VT Seva Atlanta team raised more than $2000 for the India COVID relief fund.

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VT Seva Cary recently held their May monthly meeting. Youth volunteers discussed about VT Seva's pillars and study tips for their upcoming exams. For this meeting we had about 25 volunteers attend the meeting. The session began with reviewing the process of how to enter your hours, next up we had the youthboard talk about some study tips because we all know, May is the month of exams! Later on, we had one of our volunteers, Lasya Tula, sing her favorite Carnatic song as our monthly spotlight. After that, we had Aneesh Y and Team talk about their science club and what they will be teaching, the topics, how long the club will go on and when to sign up. Following the informational discussion, VT Seva Branch directors announced the Earth Competition Winners who were Lasya Tula, Ishani Dasyam and Anirudh Janapati and fund raising tips to support VT Seva pillars.

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What an exciting way to start off our first in-person volunteering outdoors today (06/06/21) by our VT Seva Detroit Volunteers helping in Yard Beautification at Penrickton Center for Blind Children in Taylor, MI. All our volunteers followed the COVID-19 Safety protocols during the entire stay there. Penrickton center has a very beautiful front yard and our volunteers were helping by pulling weeds, raking, edging the grass around driveway areas and finally cleaning the front yard. The center had all the necessary tools and gears to work with volunteers. While all of us were working at the yard, we were also greeted by the 3-mile-long Bikers who were 'Riding for a Reason' in support of the Penrickton Center. There were over 500 Bikers riding through the street outside the Center escorted by the Cops on Motorbikes as well. We were thrilled to wave at them and appreciate their support for the full 10 minutes of their Bike Caravan. We were also given an opportunity to tour their facility by the center coordinator Chelsea. Volunteers were split into 2 groups and were taken inside following all the Covid-19 safety protocols. It was a great opportunity for all of us to see their facility, to know more about the Penrickton Center. It was enriching to learn how they provide great care and support to the visually challenged, multi-disabled children and their families. Chelsea took us through a day in the life of the children at their center. She was kind enough to show us the Kitchen, Bed Rooms, Activity & Therapy Rooms, Educational and Batch rooms that were all adorned with lovely painting on the wall mostly painted by volunteers. Their Childcare Workers & Staff go above & beyond to help teach important Life Skills to the challenged children to make them independent. We were shown a video about the Penrickton Center Children and were so touched seeing those children faces and hearing their stories. Due to COVID restrictions, we were unable to meet the children this time but they promised us future tours whenever the situations come back to normalcy. Our volunteers could very much relate to the whole experience at the Center since it is very close to what the children go through at VT Seva Nethra Vidyalaya institutions. These are our 13 VT Seva Detroit volunteers who attended today. Youth: Abhinav Suresh; Anand Brijesh; Anirudh Venbakkam; Nikhil Aerabati; Siddharth Tirumala Kanduri; Srihari Hebbar Adults: Asha K Puranam; Gopal Brijesh; Raghunath Aerabati; SrinathBabu Karnati; Sudheer Koppu; Suresh Rajan; Vanitha Gopalan Kudos to all their wonderful help & time. The Scorching sun didn't make them to stop their excitement and all their volunteering spirit. AS ALWAYS, YOUR SUPPORT IS OUR STRENGTH TO SERVE

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One of VT Seva Bay Area’s June Environmental Services events was Milpitas Park Cleanup. For this event, 8 youth volunteers met up at a park to clean the playgrounds, grass, and sidewalks to keep our city clean!

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The Charlotte branch of VT Seva held a Sandwhich Drive, in which volunteers made sandwiches and donated them all to a shelter called the Urban Ministry Center to support the area's homeless. Later that day, they were served that food later that day for lunch.

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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. We received 20 signups within an hour of project release in groups. The mailing supplies were picked up from the Penrickton Center, sorted and organized as 20 kits with 250 counts of each items. The kits were later distributed to volunteers to do at their homes and then to be dropped off before June 5th, 2021. We had 20 youth volunteers who participated in this remote volunteering project. Each volunteers assembled perfectly 250 envelopes with those mailing supplies items provided. On the whole we delivered around 5000 envelopes in this first 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: Aarush Arun; Abhinav Suresh; Ananya Ramanan; Harish Jaishankar ;Ish Niranjan Patel; Ishani Shetty; Kaavya Karnati; Karthik Tilak ;Likitha Gidijala;Nikhil Aerabati; Oviya Jaishankar;Rishi Adduri;Rohan Patil; Sai Sahasra; Sai Karnati ;Saisha Srivatsan;Shreya Srivatsan;Shruthi Adduri; Siddharth Tirumala Kanduri;Tarun Rajesh This project was so successful & liked by our Volunteers that many wanted to do more of the mailing supplies. Hence we have brought in the second batch of the supplies from Penrickton Center and we will be executing that as our next remote project for Penrickton Center. 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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VT Seva Bay Area continued its compost gardening activity in the month of May. Our volunteers composted things such as fruits, leftovers, Cardboard, paper bags and much more! At the end of the month, volunteers sent in images of how they compost! This has an enormous impact on our environment because it is a clean way to recycle your leftover foods and reduce your trash!

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Atlanta VT Seva presents to you our Virtual June Summer Camp! Activities include Math & Reading tutoring, and Yoga, CPR, and Dance for all ages! Yoga classes are guided by a Certified Yoga instructor. COVID prevention exercises along with other Asanas and Pranayams will be taught. CPR classes are led by a Cardiologist who will provide hands-on training and also share information on how to get CPR certified. Math & Reading and Dance classes are led by the high school volunteers. All lesson plans are reviewed by an adult panel and all classes will be conducted under adult supervision. It’s a Kid to Kid project to empower our youth and support the cause. All donations to VT Seva will go to India Covid Relief Aid. Over $1500 have been raised with 30 participants enrolled in the Summer Camp, encouraging our youth members and supporting our friends and family in India during these unprecedented times.

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VT Seva Bay Area had its monthly Letters to Seniors activity in May. 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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The VT Seva Detroit Youth Board celebrated our 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 with an evening of family, fun, and festivity! We all met virtually and reminisced about many of the amazing volunteering events that the youth board has run over the past two years. Many of our talented youth board members then graced us with dance and song, showing off their special skills to all their peers in celebration of two years of service. We kicked off the program with a rendition of 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗸𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗯𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝗯𝗮, followed by 𝗦𝗿𝗶𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘃𝗶𝗸'𝘀 𝘃𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗮 𝗱𝘂𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗵𝗼 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗼. Next came 𝗥𝗮𝗴𝗵𝘂𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗶 𝗥𝗮𝗴𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗮 𝗥𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗯𝘆 𝗦𝗮𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗿𝗮 on her violin. The 𝗩𝗧 𝗦𝗲𝘃𝗮 𝗨𝗦𝗔 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗠𝗿. 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗮, delivered a motivational speech to all the youth board members, encouraging them to continue their service. A big thank you to Kiran ji for his encouraging words! Our youth board members 𝗞𝗮𝗮𝘃𝘆𝗮, 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵, 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵, 𝗔𝗯𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘃, 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗷𝗮𝗻𝗮, 𝗢𝘃𝗶𝘆𝗮, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗵𝗶𝗹 recapped many of the community service projects that the youth board has run over the past two years. Next, 𝗢𝘃𝗶𝘆𝗮 performed a Bollywood dance to the song 𝗥𝗮𝗷𝘄𝗮𝗱𝗶 𝗢𝗱𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶, followed by 𝗞𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗯𝗵'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗲𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗮 𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮. Our 𝗩𝗧 𝗦𝗲𝘃𝗮 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗶𝘁 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗮 𝗝𝗶, gave us all a presentation about future events for RAAS 2021, an annual fundraising event run by VT Seva Detroit to support the Nethravidyalya schools for the visually challenged and tribal students. Her presentation was succeeded by two incredible instrumental performances! 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘃 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝗴𝗵𝗶 𝗩𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗺 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻 and 𝗥𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝘆𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝘅𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲. 𝗡𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷 𝗝𝗶, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗘𝗧 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿, gave a guest speech, congratulating our youth volunteers on all their accomplishments and encouraging them to keep volunteering. A live performance of 𝗢𝗸𝗲𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗻𝘂𝘃𝗮𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗦𝗮𝗶 came after these guest speeches. 𝗛𝗶𝗯𝗮 then performed a dance to 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗮 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘆𝗮, followed by 𝗨𝗱𝗮𝘆𝗮'𝘀 playing of 𝗩𝗮𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗺 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗸𝗲𝘆𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱. Our 𝗩𝗧 𝗦𝗲𝘃𝗮 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗶𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘆𝗮 𝗝𝗶, came on and spoke about future projects for our youth board. 𝗞𝗮𝗮𝘃𝘆𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗷𝗮𝗻𝗮 then led a fun 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝘁 for all the attendees! Everyone was given the same list of 19 household items and two minutes to gather as many as possible. It was incredibly amusing and engaging! The 𝗩𝗧 𝗦𝗲𝘃𝗮 𝗨𝗦𝗔 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆, 𝗦𝘂𝗱𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗝𝗶, gave us all an amazing speech recognizing all of the youth board's efforts and inspiring us to keep on giving back to their community. To finish off the night, the𝗩𝗧 𝗦𝗲𝘃𝗮 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗶𝘁 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝗶 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘆𝗮 𝗝𝗶 delivered a vote of thanks and a wrap-up to the fun-filled night!

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VT Seva Bay Area kicked off its May 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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During the month of May, youth volunteers made a total of 50 sandwiches that were delivered at a housing shelter at noon. The sandwiches were packed with snacks and a drink in order to keep a fellow friend full!