On the occasion of Earthday VT Seva Cary Volunteers participated to find a creative, effective way to help our wonderful planet which is The Donate a Plant . Volunteers did an amazing job to make our mother earth a beautiful, healthy and enjoyable place to live for generations !!! The Donate a Plant Challenge took 3 weeks. It started from April 22 to the third week of May. Volunteers take care of, grow, care for, and nurture their plants and the plants given to a friend or family member.

Excellent job by our VT Seva Volunteers at the Sanskriti event @Radha Krishna Mandir, Apex on April 22nd 2023. The volunteers helped at the registration desk, On Stage and Off stage to make the event

What is the best way to start a day than by helping special kids? On April 16th, 2023, VT Seva Cary volunteers helped the special kids at Asha Foundation for the Easter Egg Hunt. Volunteers have done a terrific job helping the kids at crafts center, game center, face painting, meet and greet the guests. Kudos to all our volunteers for their empathy and care.

VT Seva Cary hosted the In Person volunteer meeting on April 16th to share the outstanding work volunteers have done during the 1st Quarter of 2023. Amazing work done by the adult & youth volunteers during the first quarter. Youth board had done an excellent job in creating an excellent job in creating the presentations.

On April 1st 2023, at the Sita Rama Kalyanam hosted by JET Cary, our volunteers have done an outstanding job by setting up for the event, helping at the registration desk, managing the flow of the devotees, packing and distributing prasadam and the clean up after the event. They have spent around 7 hours volunteering at the auspicious event. Kudos to our VT Seva Cary Volunteers for their tremendous effort.

On March 25th & 26th April 1st 2023, 42 of our VT Seva volunteers did a wonderful job by helping and making the event a huge success for Ugadhi and Sri Rama Navami Celebrations at local temple of Cary,NC They were heavily involved in setting up the event, welcoming guests, registration desk, prasadam packing and distribution, photography and clean up. They have done an amazing job with dedication. All the volunteers put tremendous effort before, during and after the event to make it a memorable one.

VT Seva Cary volunteers on March 25th from 8am - 10 am have participated participated in the Adopt-A-Highway event. Volunteers cleaned 3 miles on Green Level Church Rd, between the Morrisville Pkwy & Carpenter Fire station road Intersections. VT Seva Cary did a fantastic cleanup as part of the Adopt A highway program.

On March 18th and March 19th 2023, 14 of our VT Seva Cary adult and youth volunteers participated in the volunteering opportunity from the Town of Morrisville to keep our stormwater clean with Drain Marking. Volunteers worked in groups for this effort. Volunteers were involved in monitoring the oncoming traffic, install drain marker, mark the drain on the map. A great effort by the volunteers to support the county

On March 19th,2023 Vt Seva Cary Kids volunteered at the FS Series Marathon. During the FS Series Half/Full Marathon, there were around a total of 2000 runners who had competed to support the great cause. As the duration of the race had started around 6:00AM and lasted till 11:00 AM, it was important for the racers to be hydrated throughout the race. As VT SEVA volunteers, we made it our job to make sure that these racers were hydrated during this race. We stood at aid Station which is usually the spot where runners start to find themselves dehydrated which is why we took the role of providing water, gatorade and even small nutritional snacks. We stationed ourselves on both sides of the track and made our own gatorade to provide for the racers. VT Seva made their mark by bringing joyful attitudes to this race and made sure to assist in every way possible. Volunteers constantly put work in to gather water, make gatorade, or simply pick trash up on the track so it’s safe for racers. FS series team was very happy & impressed with VT-Seva volunteers dedication.

On March 18th 2023, our youth volunteers had participated in the volunteering at the Town of Morrisville Green Day event. Volunteers helped the attendees where needed to recycle goods at different stations to ensure safe disposal. Each year, the Town of Morrisville hosts two Green Day events for community members to recycle goods that cannot be placed in residential recycling pickup and to dispose of hazardous or sensitive materials. These events are sponsored by the Public Works Department, the Sustainability Program, and the Morrisville Envnvironment and Stormwater Committee, and they take place each spring and fall.

A successful fundraising event starts with a spark of inspiration, followed by the drive to make it happen. We, the VT Seva Cary organized a successful Badminton fundraising event at the Triangle Badminton Club in Morrisville, NC. The funds were raised to support the Visually Challenged kids at Netra Vidyalaya, India for their education. The event was inaugurated by the Board of Cary on March 12th, 2023, 2 PM @The Triangle Badminton Club to support the great initiative. VT Seva Cary put in tremendous work in the background to make this event a huge success by creating campaigning video, putting in the pamphlets at the community events for awareness, registration process, forming the teams, arranging the snacks, and finalizing the prize distribution. We had over 70 badminton players rooting for the noble cause to support the visually challenged kids. This includes youth and adult players. Thank you to all the VT Seva Cary board of directors for the support, youth board members, youth volunteers, parents, and players to make this event successful. Prizes were distributed to the winners by Dr. Rukmini, Member of Vikasatarangini, India followed by other members.

On March 11, 2023, our youth volunteers went and participated in an event led by Durham Rescue Mission. During the event, VT Seva Cary Volunteers went to Men Campus and helped serve food and prepare lunch for those that were living there. We had 12 youth volunteers and 4 adult volunteers participate in this event. Some of the tasks Volunteers did included washing, drying, and organizing kitchen utensils and dishes, setting up the salad bar and the food for serving to the residents, cleaning the kitchen, and more. Durham Rescue Mission works to help the lives of families that are experiencing tremendous challenges. They provide housing, food, and basic necessities to restore peoples’ lives.

Cary volunteers have done a great job collecting and donating used eye glasses. A great initiative to recycle eye glasses for a good cause. Thank you to all the adult and youth volunteers who coordinated the pickup and drop-off of the eye glasses. All the collected eye glasses are donated to the Lion’s club. We had our youth volunteers that participated in this event.

On March 5th 2023, at the local Triangle area Aata event our VT Seva Cary Volunteers have done a great job in marketing for the Badminton Tournament event that happened on March 11th 2023. The volunteers have distributed the flyers to the event attendees and encouraged them to participate in the event to support the visually challenged students.

Commendable work by our VT Seva volunteers at SV Temple for Shivarathri Celeberations. Our youth volunteers were actively involved in making the event successful by putting in number of hours volunteering at the event. Over 13 Youth participated in this community service with over 40 volunteer hours. Activities performed by the volunteers are: Helping with crowd management by sending them in an order. Helping in kitchen for prasadham making Pack prasadham packets in the kitchen. Distribute prasadham packets.