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Youths from VT Seva Northview High School took part in the Lights of Hope project, putting and removing Deepavali lights and Christmas lights for the Johns Creek Station community, raising $1100 for "Nethra Vidyalaya" students. VT Seva Northview youths, under the direction of the youth club President, Adithya Karthik Upadhyayula, are leading this kid-to-kid initiative.

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VT Seva Atlanta youths participated on January 14, 2023 in transforming plastic bags into mats for the homeless people in Atlanta. Our volunteers and parents participated so actively in this workshop and learnt the steps needed to prepare these mats. The youth collected plastic bags from their homes and neighborhood & learned to make plastic yarn. This is a wonderful service project that can benefit the needy by reusing the plastic bags and turning them into mats. We are once again as VT Seva volunteers reiterating the fact that we should Reuse, Recycle, and Reduce the plastic bags consumption in our daily lives. This project will run from Jan 1st till May 31st 2023. It’s a great eco- friendly initiative by Atlanta youths and adults. We had more than 40 volunteers participate in the event and truly enjoyed this activity.

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Arranged the chairs, served the food.

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Our incredible VT Seva volunteers were actively involved in making the event successful by putting in number of hours volunteering at the event. Over 40 Youth volunteers and 20 adult volunteers participated in this community service with over 300 volunteer hours. Activities performed by the volunteers are: Making sure the guests are not disruptive during the event by holding signs during the event. Pack prasadham packets in the kitchen. Distribute prasadam packets. Clean up the kitchen and event hall after the event.

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Lambert VT Seva Youths have dedicated their Jan & Feb months for the service of Seniors of Benton House Senior Living Center to cheer them up & build companionship bonds with them. They will help in setting up their daily activities, play bingo games, do puzzles, sing songs, and listen to their stories and experiences. Great start of 2023 by Lambert Atlanta youths!

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Yoga is defined as a practice of physical, mental, and spiritual well-being that originated in ancient India. The word yoga has come from the Sanskrit root yuj, meaning “to unite”. The practice aims to create a union between body, mind, and soul as well as between the individual self and universal consciousness. This yoga session conducted by VT Seva is very informative and hands-on session. More than 30 children and adults participated in this session. Swamy Vendra, our Certified Yoga instructor, taught us many different yoga techniques and illustrated the benefits of yogasanas. For example, some of these yoga poses help boost mental focus and physical health. For high schoolers, staying in focus is the biggest priority because it helps increase productivity in studies. Some other yoga techniques taught by him had physical benefits like improving physical balance, strength, and improving stamina. Swamy Vendra illustrated some of these yoga poses that could even boost height and help build muscle, which are liked by all. Overall, all attendees felt that this VT Seva yoga session taught by Swamy Vendra is a big success and we look forward to many more self-improvement sessions from VT Seva in the future.

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Exceptional work by VT Seva Cary Youth volunteers for a great cause creating uniquely designed and thoughtfully messaged greeting cards with Be Strong message to the Bone Marrow patients. We have 23 VT Seva Cary volunteers that spent 125 hours to create the beautiful cards. The cards were given to the Army of Sunshine Organization on Jan 7th 2023, which helps to deliver the greeting cards to the Bone Marrow patients all over USA creating brighter, happier moments to the patients.

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VTS Detroit Youth Board members participated in the monthly meeting and discussed about the projects completed and the upcoming projects. Watched inspirational video and brainstromed ideas

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VT Seva youth volunteers participate in “Letters to sign” every month. Volunteers sign up every month to write up to 4 letters and mail them to the specified address which then reach the seniors. Volunteers write a letter or make cards following guidelines provided on their website.VT Seva has been participating in this activity since 2021 and seeing increased participation from youth volunteers every month. This activity is about providing support and making elders happy by writing letters to them. In this activity, volunteers take a few minutes, sit down and write a letter. They tell them a joke, share a riddle, share how their day went and let them know they are loved. It brings a connection to the person where the letter gets mailed and makes someone feel good when they receive it.

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We celebrated New Year’s day by making flowers and sharing flowers & happiness with all. It’s a great craft activity in which Atlanta VT Seva youths learned how to make paper flowers and beautiful creative cards with the flower on it to share it with our loved ones. We had experienced artists, Adesh Srivastava showed us how to make paper flowers, and Manu Satsangi demonstrated how to make a New Years card using the paper flowers. In the end, all the youth shared their New Years cards with each other. More than 30 children participated in this session and it was a great start to the year 2023. Whether it’s spring, autumn, summer, or winter, there are flowers in every season and for every person. Atlanta VT Seva youths made colorful flowers and shared flowers and blessings with others on this New Year’s Day!

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To make books more accessible to the blind and visually impaired community, volunteers contribute by proofreading, validating, and compiling books/stories into a digital content (Ebooks). This gives them access to more books from around the world! Volunteers originally attended a workshop, and gained skills on how to match up original copies of a book on google docs.

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In the brown bag packing activity, a small group of people come together to make and pack bags filling them with different items such as chips, drinks, fuit, etc. Within these groups, the value of teamwork is built, and it's true importance is shown. After these bags are packed, they go to a homeless shelter to help those in need. This activity really helps in helping our community, as there are many people who cannot afford nutritious food. Packing brown bags for shelters helps those that are not as fortunate as us, and makes their futures a little brighter.

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On December 21, 2022, our VT Seva Houston board members volunteered at the India House during their Free Food Distribution in partnership with the Houston Food Bank. It is always a wonderful experience to participate in service with wonderful organizations in the community. Privileged to serve!

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From December 19 to December 23, 2022, we had our second Read to Succeed Camp during the Winter holiday break! Led by a member of Girl Scouts Troop 883 in association with VT Seva Houston, this camp was geared towards closing the gap in reading and writing that can occur during school breaks. This camp, designed for first and second graders, addressed different reading/writing concepts daily with overlying themes of kindness, teamwork and other positive community-oriented concepts. With exceptional and relatable teaching from the camp leader, students were engaged in learning through stories, crafts, and the ever-so-popular word of the day. The camp was very well received by the students. Here are some testimonials from parents! “Thank you . . . will love to attend more programs like this if you have any in the future.” “Thank you . . . for this program and for giving your time and seva. Please keep us posted as well with new programs for the kids.” “Thank you for the program this week. My son really enjoyed it. Happy Holidays.” Thank you . . . you were so good with your leadership, patience and delivering the information. Thank you VT Seva and team for arranging such a great class. . . (student) was looking forward for the class.”

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some of our VT Seva Detroit Youth Board member participated in the Salvation Army Bell Ringing Event at Laurel Park Place. They rang bells next to the Salvation Army stand to raise money.