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Brannon Road - October 29th The youths of VT Seva had gathered together to help clean up Brannon Rd. Gathering early in the morning, all youths put on vests, and gloves and grabbed both trash bags and grabbers. After getting ready to go youths started walking down from the traffic light for around 1 mile (1.7 kilometers) .They covered this distance in 3 hours. During the walk youths gathered up all sorts of plastics, paper, metals and other discarded items. One even found a leaf blower! In all, around 10 bags were filled up fully. Halfway through the walk the bags were picked up and volunteers received new and empty ones to fill up with trash. The youths talked, told stories, and made jokes during the event. High spirits were kept up throughout the whole clean up! About 35 volunteers showed up to help. We live on this earth and we need to work together to keep our home clean. That is how we can live in harmony with the environment.

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Walkathon to bring cancer awareness in the community.

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On October 28th, VTSEVA volunteers contributed their time to pack potatoes at the Northern Illinois Food Bank. It was a unique experience for us as it marked our first venture into packing vegetables. During this activity, *we even added a personal touch by packing a few heart-shaped potatoes, sending our love to those in need*. A total of 11 youth volunteers and 1 adult volunteer participated, collectively packing approximately 1900 pounds of potatoes! We extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who joined this session and played a part in making a positive impact on someone's life.

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VT Seva Cary has partnered with the ASHA foundation to host a Halloween Hungama for Special Education kids! Our volunteers stepped up to help create an unforgettable Halloween experience for the kids. The volunteers helped children decorate paper lanterns with their artwork and helped run a parade around the vicinity holding all the lanterns up high, to spread awareness amongst all present. The ASHA foundation has said that they are truly indebted and grateful to all the volunteers for taking the time to help out for this wonderful event, and helping ASHA accomplish their mission one step at a time!

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Annual dance and music fundraising event

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"50-55 Brown food bags delivered to Family Housing shelter in San Jose "

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As part of October Microsoft giving campaign, Seattle VTSEVA team conducted a chess competition for Microsoft employees. We had two tournaments: one in-person and one online tournament. Together, there were more than 50 employees who participated across the country.

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Miracle League is an organization that strikes down barriers and provides children with special needs the opportunity to play baseball. On October 14th, our volunteers visited the Durham location for the Miracle League and helped these children build friends, self-esteem, and be treated just like other athletes. VT Seva volunteers assisted players with special needs as ‘buddies’ and helped them play baseball. Whether they help a player hit the ball, catch a ball, run with them through the bases, or chop it up in the outfield, our volunteers made this experience memorable for all the children playing.Pleased with and appreciative of our service on October 14, we were invited back to volunteer for the Miracle League once again, this time in Cary. Our volunteers have been making a positive impact at the Miracle League events, showing their dedication to creating inclusive and memorable experiences for all participants. Just like they did in the past event, our volunteers were paired up with special needs players as a “buddy.” They helped the participants hit, go around bases, catch, etc., giving them the feeling of playing baseball. Our volunteers' hard work doesn’t go unnoticed as seen by our invite back and they continue to dedicate their time to make a positive impact in peoples’ lives.

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Alliance academy VTSEVA youth club had 1st chapter meeting in October where they talked about the upcoming projects.110 kids signed up to join the club at this meeting. Kate Chirapornsuk - Aliance academy VT Seva youth club Vice President traveled with her family in Summer 2023 to Bangkok to volunteer and give back to an organization-The Pakkred Babies Home. We were able to support the cause by donating 7000 Baht to the organization to support children’s education, medical bills, and food costs.

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VT Seva Maryland Youth leaders conducted a 5K Walkathon on 10/22/2023 from 8 AM - 10 AM to bring Breast Cancer Awareness around Frederick County. Breast cancer awareness aims to educate people about breast cancer risk factors, tests, and ways to get involved with advocacy. Information empowers people and gives them the tools and knowledge they need to get regular mammograms and screenings for breast cancer, which helps make early detection possible. Close to 20 MD VT Seva youth leaders participated in this event supporting the cause. We met a few Breast Cancer Survivors during our walk, and they showed their support, felt grateful for sharing the knowledge, and created awareness through youth! Our youth leads baked some Pink cookies supporting the cause and made Pink ribbons to showcase the Breast cancer awareness support! Thank you everyone for the support. Following Youth leads participated in the event! Rashmika - Event Lead for the Walkathon Mahati, Bhavya - Helped with Baking cookies to show support and creating posters! Kaviya - Made Breast cancer ribbons for all the youth leads and shared the ribbons with the supporters. Mridula, Taara, Lakshitha, Samanvi, Yashmita, Cindy, Inika, Mahesh, Vivek, Deechu, Abhiram, and Kayden - Helped with campaigning by holding Breast Cancer awareness posters, VT Seva Banners, Campaigning about Breast Cancer awareness, and carrying the donation boxes to support people who are impacted with Breast Cancer.

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13th Annual Cancer Walkathon!

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October 22nd On October 22nd, 50 of our youth attended another meals by grace event. This event is so close to our youths as it shows their direct impact on the community. The volunteers They sort, pack, and deliver fruits, breads, veggies, deserts, juices, etc to families in the North Georgia area. We had a huge increase in volunteers since the last event, as the word spread quickly through the students. The food is then distributed to schools near the area for students to eat during breakfast and lunch, provided by the school. This is a great initiative taken by the government to fight child hunger within the community. This represents the small steps being taken to reduce child hunger around the world. Another reason why our youth religiously likes to attend the Meals by Grace event! Great Job youth!!

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Amongst many services that VT Seva Atlanta volunteers believe that Women Health is one of the key focus area. After all, ‘When a woman is healthy and happy, her family can rise up to meet its purpose’. Thus, VT Seva team collaborated with Telangana Team on Bathukamma event on Oct 21st and launched ‘Women Empowerment’ initiative to assist our young women for physical, emotional, and financial well-being. Both teams came forward and organized Cancer awareness workshops, Walkathons, Health clinics, etc for the well-being of Atlanta women! VT Seva booth had face painting and Henna done at the event. 45 volunteers helped the booth and helped present VT Seva to over 300 people attending the event! VT Seva also sold plants during the event to help education for disabled kids in India. Volunteers walked around selling plants and putting out word for VT Seva. Back at the booth plants were also being sold, face painting was offered as well, volunteers painted whatever the kids asked for. Not only was face painting offered, but also henna was offered for everyone. Making beautiful and intricate designs was an attention grabber. The proceeds were also donated for a cause. In all this was an empowering event for VT Seva and the cause!

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"Volunteering at Raft to pack and sort kits r elated to STEAM projects for use in local schools"

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It was a splendid day on October 21st, 2023!!! Nearly 30 teams came together for a memorable day of cricket, camaraderie, and charity at the FARA Cricket Tournament. FARA is a medical research charity in pursuit of a cure for Fredrick's Ataxia, a debilitating neurological disorder for which current medical cure in unavailable and research is ongoing. This event was held at Hunter Glenn Soccer Fields in Missouri City, Texas. The donations raised went toward FARA. The spirit of sportsmanship was evident in every game, with players displaying tremendous skill and a commitment to both cricket and the dual causes they were supporting. Our heartfelt thanks go out to all the dedicated VT Seva volunteers for supporting the FARA event.