PAST EVENT

Starting the new year off strong with our first external volunteering event, we headed back to the Durham Rescue Mission Men’s Center to help make a difference in our community. Just like the many previous trips we have made to the Durham Rescue Mission’s Men’s Center, this one went extraordinarily. On January 27, 2024, our volunteers worked hard, serving lunches for the homeless throughout Durham and Wake County. Their hard-working efforts led to many individuals in need being fed and provided for. Volunteers also took part in crucial activities that helped the Center function smoothly. They were responsible for organizing, cleaning up, washing, drying, etc.

PAST EVENT

VT Seva Detroit volunteered at capuchin soup kitchen on January 27th, 2024. This kitchen helps feed those who are homeless and can’t afford healthy daily meals. 9 VT Seva Detroit volunteers (Youth and Adults) volunteered at the soup kitchen in Detroit, MI and helped serving and prepping food, as well as cleaning up after.

PAST EVENT

Etching the emblem on the blankets and writing quotes on the emblem, Folded and packed the fleece blankets for the hospital. packed the boxes and stacked them up.

PAST EVENT

VTSeva Bay Area volunteers helped sort, organize and pack supplies at RAFT center for teachers at local schools.

PAST EVENT

Thank you for those who helped plan out this years activities for VTSeva on Jan 20th. We were glad to be able to incorporate your ideas into our upcoming plans.

PAST EVENT

VT Seva Detroit volunteered at the DRAW Warehouse on January 20th, 2024. DRAW stands for Disaster Relief At Work. DRAW is dedicated to provide relief services to communities hit by natural disasters. 14 VT Seva Detroit volunteers (Youth and Adults) volunteered at the DRAW Warehouse in Waterford, MI and helped clean 60 tables and make flood bags to distribute to a city in Mississippi affected by tornadoes.

PAST EVENT

VTS Detroit youths collected 105 towels to donate it to dog rescue shelter. This not only helped animals , it protects environment also by reusing the old towels.

PAST EVENT

YB members collected grocery bags from their houses and donated it to food bank for packing food for drive thru donations

PAST EVENT

Manned a booth outside at a Goda Kalyanam for Nethravidyalaya

PAST EVENT

Striving to make the lives of our community better, we have taken up on an opportunity to show our love towards bone marrow patients. Trying to liven up bone marrow patients’ lives and have them feel a sense of joy, our volunteers have come together to create bracelets, bookmarks, and joke cards. These hand-made gifts by our volunteers have made the day for many patients. These gifts represent a sense of hope and lets patients know that the whole community is with them.

PAST EVENT

The Goda Ranganatha Kalyanam celebrates the marriage (kalyanam) between Goda Devi and Lord Sri MahaVishnu. JET Cary annually hosts this event for the community to come together to celebrate the occasion, and this year it was hosted at the Hindu Society of North Carolina. VT Seva Cary had 35 youth volunteers and 20 adult volunteers helping out at the event. Youth volunteers helped out at the registration desk, volunteer check-in, prasadam check-in, crowd greeting, crowd management, prasadam packing, and prasadam distribution. Adult volunteers helped with stage decoration and hall set up, prasadam packing, clean up, transportation, photography/videography, audio/video set up, parking, and volunteering in general. One of our biggest events of the year, volunteers stayed focused and were attentive throughout, making sure the event ran smoothly. With the help of all of our volunteers, the Goda Ranganatha Kalyanam was a huge success.

PAST EVENT

DIY Piggy Bank - Savings Made Stylish - Atlanta youths enjoyed crafting their savings skills on Jan 7, 2024. More than 40 youths made their creative Piggy banks and understood the importance of saving money. They made 2 piggy banks today - one for themselves and one for the less fortunate ones. When asked how much you should save for the less fortunate ones? Majority of the youths said at least 15% of their total savings - very inspirational thought ✌✌One coin at a time for the Dreams of Nethraites

PAST EVENT

VT Seva South Forsyth youths started 2024 with Kindness & Creativity. On Jan 2, 2024, more than 40 youths participated in this craft activity in which they made creative bookmarks and painted inspirational messages on Kindness stones - this is a great giveaway to friends on New year!

PAST EVENT

VT Seva Atlanta youths collected new & gently used clothes in Dec 2023 & Jan 2024 for the Special Needs Kids of the Laurel Heights Hospital. Some of the children who came to the hospital in the summer months for their treatment are still in the hospital and they don’t have any winter clothes. Thus, our youths collected more than 350 coats, jackets, pants, shirts for them to help them stay warm during recovery process. The CEO of the Laurel Heights Hospital, Mr. Corey Jackson appreciates VT Seva youths for their generous donation of winter clothes. He & his team will facilitate interactive session soon for our youths to understand how they take care of the Special Needs kids of the hospital. VT Seva is building strong relationship with the Laurel Heights Doctors and it will be strengthen even more through collaborative projects in 2024!

PAST EVENT

Testing new fields