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Fleece & Thank You, Fleece & Thank You a Michigan-based non-profit organization, is dedicated to providing connection, comfort, and hope through its programs, services and materials to children facing illness and their families supporting them. Their goal is to provide every child facing hospital treatments with a colorful, comfortable fleece blanket and a video message of support from its maker.

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Detroit Youth Board members did their role once again being part of the solution, not the pollution 10 bags of trash was collected on Oct 2, 2022 on the stretch of 8 mile road from Haggerty to Meadowbrook that VT Seva Detroit Adopted. All these trash would've been blocking the sewage, impeding the water flow, polluting the water and ends up harming human and animal health. Every piece of trash removed from this road helps protecting the environment, lives and much more.

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Tule Ponds at Tyson Lagoon is a "Wetland in the City." This innovative area is used for flood control but also as a wildlife sanctuary for the many species that live in an urban environment. Since the land is 17 acres it is being restored to the flora of a San Francisco Bay area of at least 1 million years old. Native trees, shrubs, and flowers are being introduced which then bring some of the native fauna. Volunteers at Tule Ponds participate in many activities such as native plant installation (planting trees, shrubs or wildflowers), non-native plant removal, trash removal from ponds and trails, spreading mulch and chips around plants and on trails and much more!

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As a part of Environmental Sustainability effort and Climate Change Action , Volunteers took apart if the Green Initiative by taking shorter showers, conserving energy, etc. one volunteer wrote “During the green initiative activity, I take measures to reduce my carbon footprint and save as much of our resources as possible. Some ways I do this is by using natural light instead of turning on the lights in my room when daylight is still there, using the bus to go to and from school everyday rather than using personal transportation, and buying locally sourced food from stores such as Lucky's and Safeway rather than other food. Although these measures taken are small, they eventually add up in the long-term and end up reducing the amount of waste I produce in regards to the resources I have access to. I find these actions really important for our environment and our future so I do them gladly.”

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According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), organic waste makes up more than 28% of landfills. Unfortunately, landfills lack the necessary conditions for ample decomposition. Rather than adding to landfills, composting is a much better solution. By composting we are able to reduce the amount of waste that ends up at landfills, and instead, we let the nutrients return back to Earth so it can be recycled naturally. This event focuses on having volunteers make compost in their own gardens. Volunteers will take pictures each weekend on how the compost is coming along.

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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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VTSEVA Youth volunteers cleaned local streets and parks of trash or litter, working to keep our cities clean! Before Covid, volunteers used to go together and adopt a street. Now guidelines have changed to minimize the spread of COVID-19. It is now an individual activity. Each member provides a date and time they plan to do the activity. Then after they finish their trash picking they collect the following information. Time, date, location of the activity, how much distance they covered and names of the streets/how much trash was collected

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Please welcome Seattle's new youth board for 2022-2023 school year. Every year, we follow a democratic process for the board elections with candidates providing their vision for the board and fielding questions from all of the youth club members and parents. This year was no exception. We had all the propsective board members provide a video response to the prompt: How will they improve diversity and inclusion within the youth club? We played all of the video responses at the election event and had each candidate take questions from the audience. In the end, we are happy to announce the following youth board for the Seattle branch which takes effective immediately. Yashita Tanwar - President Nikhil Chivukula and Ananya Suthram - Co-Vice Presidents Vibha Velturi - Secretary Yashwant Piratla - Head of Relations

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Lambert VT Seva youths participated in the Lake Lanier Clean-up Drive on Sep 24th, 2022. The youths collected loads of trash & debris, ensuring that the lake is clean and beautiful for everyone. Their cleanup efforts are making a difference in the environment, neighborhood, and in our lives. This project is initiated by Srimayi Kukkadapu in which club members bonded with the nature and realized how much efforts are needed to clean up our planet. The club members worked as a team, ensuring that the beach was kept clean and beautiful for everyone. As a whole, the Lake Lanier Shore Clean-up was an eye-opening experience, strengthening our connection with our planet and with each other!

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MCHS Family of Services provides individualized treatment, care, advocacy, and permanency to children and families impacted by childhood trauma. MCHS Family Services’ is a child welfare agency located in Redford and Detroit providing foster care and adoption, transitional living, child abuse prevention and community wellness programs.

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𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱: 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗝𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗮𝗿 Our Youth Board members and parents continue visiting the Manoogian Manor Seniors during their monthly bonfire. The seniors were so happy to see our group again! Our volunteers brough Donuts, Brownies and Apple Cider. Youth volunteers served it to all the seniors. They had good time talking with the seniors. Hiba entertained the seniors with beautiful dance performance💃 Seniors loved playing with our youngest volunteer Noorjahan 😊 Weather was perfect to have a bonfire today finally 🔥

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DESC is a local organization which helps house homeless in apartments until they are able to be self-sufficient. We have supported DESC through our 5k walkathon in 2021 raising $5k for the cause. In addition to this, our youth recently participated in a gratitude exercise by writing thank you note cards to some of the donors of DESC - around 100 cards. In addition to thank you notes, volunteers made hand-made bracelets to include with the thank you cards to show our gratitude to the donors.

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In September, VT Seva Bay Area hosted its fourth annual Ra:Ga dance and music showcase, as a fundraiser for the education of visually challenged students in India at the Netra schools. The showcase included a vast array of performances from over 20 schools across the Bay Area, including Bharatnatyam and Bollywood dance, Carnatic Music, and a band performance. The event happened at the Historic Hoover Theater in San Jose over two days. In between performances, volunteers gave presentations on VT Seva’s goals and activities. Through performances, tickets, food, and donations, the event raised nearly 7000 dollars for its cause.

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VT Seva Dallas recently adopted another street in Lewisville where our volunteers got together on the 17th of September to participate in a street cleanup activity. These cleanup activities will continue to be held under the Adopt a Street Initiative on a monthly basis, so make sure to stay tuned in for future updates!!

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As most of you are aware, On 16th September 2022, VT Seva Cary celebrated the '2021 PVSA Awards Ceremony' at the Morrisville Police department (MPD). Our youth volunteers of VT SEVA were recognized and awarded US President's medals for their community service for 2021. Morrisville police department staff/officers honored youth volunteers by presenting US Presidential medals and Morrisville town challenge coins to them and encouraged them with their words to do much more community service in the future. As a small gesture, VT Seva team provided dinner to Morrisville police department staff/officers. Congratulations to medal winners and a big thank you to Morrisville Police department officers for their support. Our Bronze winners.... Akshita Jain, Nithya Janapati, Jhansi Boppana Silver winners.... Dhriti Koneru, Thanuj Desu, Rohitha Sanka, Sowndarya. Gold winners... Anirudh Janapati, Anish Voota, Aneesh Yarlagadda, Ishani Dasyam, Mansavi Gudibandi, Ashrith Desu, Neeraja Boppana, Parnika Dandepally, Saran Chittela, Siddarth Malireddi, Srinivas Tirunagari, Sribhaavita Nekkalapudi