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The Lambert VT Seva club had its first meeting on August 23rd, 2022. During the meeting, the Lambert VT Seva President, Srimayi Kukkadapu presented the club information and the upcoming projects in September. There was an overwhelmingly positive response with many members interested in attending Meals By Grace and Senior Living at the Benton House. At the end of the meeting, the members enjoyed donuts that were provided. Lambert VT Seva Club is on a great start!

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Penrickton Center for Blind Children is a non-profit that provides care to support blind, multi-disabled children and their families. The service they provide to families is for no charge so they fully rely on donations from the community. Throughout the year Penrickton Center sends out requests for donations and invitations to raise funds. VT Seva Volunteers got this opportunity again this year to help them assemble their mailing supplies items in envelopes as per their directions for their fundraising purposes. We received the mailing supplies items were picked up from the center in August 1st week & all the items were sorted with the help of few of our adult volunteers, well made into 26 kits for 26 youth volunteers to do this project. The mailing supplies were picked up from the Penrickton Center, sorted and organized as 26 kits with the help of few of our adult volunteers.

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VT Seva Detroit Youth Board members attended the August Month Manoogian Manor Bonfire event. They were serving lemonade and cookies. They entertained the seniors by talking with them and playing shuttlecock

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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 brought and served lemonade and cookies. They had good time talking with the seniors and entertained them by playing shuttlecock. They celebrated Lois's 106th Birthday also

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Our City is an urban forestry non profit organization that helps provide low income residents with lower cost trees. Many independent homes in Santa Clara county require owners to have a tree planted in front of their houses, the cost of these trees can become very expensive, which is why Our City Forest brings in volunteers to help in their nursery. Which will then be picked up by homeowners to plant in front of their homes. Our VT Seva volunteers go to the nursery monthly and help with plucking weeds, planting seeds, and mixing soil!

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Last month, a group of 15 volunteers from VT Seva Boston served at the Greater Boston Food Bank. Given this was our first time at the food bank, we were given a tour of the facility by the manager. Everyone was amazed by the vast storage room with endless boxes of food piled high. Everything was organized and packaged very neatly making it clear they have an impressive system for keeping track of the supplies. Afterwards, we were led down to the packaging room where diligent volunteers were already at work. We were impressed by the dedication of the volunteers and the managers of the food bank. For our task that day everyone worked together in an assembly line to prepare family meal boxes for those in need of assistance. Each volunteer was in charge of one or two food items to the box and passed it along the conveyor belt to the next person. From adding food items to the boxes, unpacking large quantities of food, and lifting heavy boxes, everyone had a job to do. Two volunteers at the end of the line sealed the boxes and stacked them four boxes high so they could be sent to other locations to be distributed. The family meal boxes included milk, juice, rice, pasta, beans, peanut butter, granola bars, canned fruit and veggies, and more. We put together 13,980 meals for families with a total weight of 15,600 pounds. We all enjoyed volunteering at the Greater Boston Food Bank and can’t wait to come back soon!

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All the funds raised will go towards the education of the visually challenged children of Nethra Vidyalaya and Tribal School students. Please find details about this tournament in the blog.

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On the occasion of Azaadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, VT Seva Dallas took part in the 45th showcase of Anand Bazaar conducted by the India Association of North Texas. We set up several booths to spread the word about our organization, including community service opportunities, our goals and ongoing/upcoming projects. We are happy to announce that out of more than 2000 people who visited our booths, we got more than 215 people who registered to be a part of the organization. We will be reaching out to all of them in the next couple of weeks and look forward to engaging them.

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Seattle VTSEVA along with Sewa International and HSS conducted the annual 5k walkathon at Marymoor Park. The proceeds from the walk were donated to the local Native American community for women empowerment. As part of the walkathon, elders from Duwamish tribe were the chief guest for the event and they explained how the land is built on a legacy of Native American leaders for the last hundreds of years. They implored all the participants to honor the legacy of the ancestors by preserving the nature around us. Close to 120 participants took part in the 5k walkathon. Participants also celebrated India's 75th Independence Day at the strike of midnight IST.

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Atlanta VT Seva children and adults participated in the 76th Independence Day of Bharath with zeal and patriotism. Independence Day holds special significance in all our hearts. Not only does August 15th mark the day India gained independence from 200-year-old colonial rule, but Independence Day also serves as a reminder of all the good virtues, pride, rich cultural heritage, unity among diversity, and fertility of the land which we must all feel proud to call our homeland India. It's also the day when we commemorate and pay homage to the courageous sacrifices made by our freedom fighters. Atlanta VT Seva youths and adults infused with patriotic feeling made 100 tri-color bracelets, ribbons, flags, and wristbands. They also nurtured 150 plus herbs - Tulsi, Mint, and Curry leaf as a symbolic representation of 3 colors of the Bharath flag. In addition, 50 plus youths and adults participated in ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ by joining in the Flag March. Sonali Bendre, film actress was leading the flag and our Atlanta VT Seva team was following her in the flag march. It was an amazing feeling of patriotism. Our youths raised $1400 by selling tricolors ribbons, bracelets, and flags. They also sold 3 herbs Tulsi, Curry leaf, and Mint. They also did tricolor face painting which was a huge hit at the event. All proceeds will go for the education of the visually challenged kids of Nethra Vidyalaya. It’s very gratifying and fulfilling experience for all of us. Jai Hind!

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On August 12th, the VT Seva Dallas team appreciated the services of Police officers & Fire Department officers of Station 9 by sponsoring breakfast for them. One of the highlights of the event was our volunteers being given an excellent orientation by Mr. Jeff White, one of the officers. The frontline workers appreciation program will be held on a monthly basis where volunteers will get the opportunity to express their gratitude for Frisco frontline workers. There is a blog you can check out titled, "VT Seva Dallas Monthly Frontline Workers Appreciation Event", which will contain info pertaining to all the organized events under this program. Make sure to stay tuned in for further updates on the next one!

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On August 10th VT Seva Columbus chapter volunteered at One Dublin by packing school supplies into their backpacks for elementary and Highschool kids. One Dublin supports the needs of both parents and children within the Dublin school district area with needed clothes and other supplies for their houses

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VT Seva Detroit Youth Board members celebrated 75 years of Indian Independence Day by creating informational posters about the leaders who fought selflessly to get freedom. They all did wonderful job.

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Sabercat is an urban habitat park, composed of a creek, trail and habitat restoration areas set in south east Fremont. There have been fossil findings of sabercat, mastodon and western camel in this area. City of Fremont’s community services department has been restoring the sabercat historic habitat along with a crew of volunteers. The volunteers help restore the area's native plant diversity by removing invasive species, so that there are enough nutrients for native plants. Restoring native plants and vegetation also helps the native wildlife and insects thrive as they depend on these plants for food and shelter.The volunteers also help out by cleaning the existing creek of trash and debris that are harmful to the creek habitat. By cleaning the creek the volunteers also help improve the quality of water flowing to the bay.

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VTS Detroit Youth Board conducted their first Macrame keychain🗝️ making workshop Veena ji, an expert who loves to make many things using Macrame, conducted this beginner's workshop. Novice volunteers learned this technique in a short period of time and made 42 keychains with 3 different patterns. These keychains will be displayed on India Day and used as a promotion material.