IAE VTS Club members made 500+ goodie bags to distribute during the Mental Awareness Month in May. Each of these bags had a lollipop, sticker, fidget toy and an eraser. Mental health is just as important as physical health, shaping how we think, feel, and interact with others every day. By raising awareness and providing resources like these goodie bags, we help reduce stigma, encourage open conversations, and remind students that they are not alone in their struggles. Small acts of kindness—like these goodie bags—can spark hope, promote self-care, and create a more supportive school community for everyone.

Mental health is a vital part of the human experience, especially for teenagers navigating the challenges of school and life. Recognizing the importance of mental well-being, the VTS Club at North Farmington High School has taken a meaningful step in promoting Teen Mental Health Awareness.

To encourage mindfulness, self-care, and seeking help when needed, the club has created an impactful poster showcasing practical ways to improve mental health. Our club members hung these posters in various places in the school. These reminders serve as daily encouragement, helping students prioritize their well-being.

On *22 Mar 2025, VTSEVA Detroit Youth Board* volunteered with *Brilliant Detroit* at their *Littlefield Hub Organizing & Redesign center*. We worked together to help organize these donations of diapers, built furniture, organized toys/clothes, helped label boxes, organized bookshelves and organized the playroom.

3/20 marked a fantastic collaboration between Troy IAE and the Troy High VTS Club as our volunteers came together to support the Math Kangaroo Competition! This partnership made the event smooth and successful, with volunteers setting up testing materials, managing the registration desk, proctoring the exam, and assisting students with last-minute questions.

3/20 marked a fantastic collaboration between Troy IAE and the Troy High VTS Club as our volunteers came together to support the Math Kangaroo Competition! This partnership made the event smooth and successful, with volunteers setting up testing materials, managing the registration desk, proctoring the exam, and assisting students with last-minute questions.

Project lead: Varshan Muhinthan Event Date: Feb 2025 Event short description: VTSEVA Detroit Youth Board members collected a total of 105New & Gently Jackets and 159 pairs of New & Gently socks for GRACE CENTERS OF HOPE, an organization that provides support to community members who are homeless, or affected by chemical dependency and abuse, in south east Michigan.

We got this great in-person volunteering activity for showing appreciation to the disabled American veterans who served in the war for our country. This project will positively and greatly impact the veterans who served in the war & our VT Seva Detroit youth volunteers were engaged in various tasks to help make these forget me not flowers & in other team working skills to execute this project successfully.

On 6th Mar 2025, VTSEVA Detroit Youth Board volunteers participated in the Open Door Ministry Volunteering Event, where we did a variety of activities, including cutting vegetables, packing water bottles, organizing food in the pantry and volunteers braved the cold Michigan weather and helped load the cars with bags and boxes food for families in need.

n honor of Teen Mental Wellness Day, we organized a Note-Making Event—a simple yet powerful initiative to spread positivity and encouragement. In a world where teens often face stress, self-doubt, and overwhelming expectations, we wanted to remind them that they are seen, valued, and not alone. This event helped remind us that kindness grows stronger when shared with others. In total, we made around 120 notes! Thank you to everyone who helped support this event!

With our help, Fleece & Thank you could quality check over 77 blankets! We got this great remote volunteering activity from Fleece & Thank you whereby our youth took the blankets kit bags home & did a thorough Quality check based on the guidelines given by the Fleece and Thank you. During this 2 weeks Project , our VT Seva Detroit youth volunteers engaged in various Quality inspection tasks

This event let volunteers participate in every step to make blankets for children in various Michigan hospitals. Fleece and Thank you works with various companies and hospitals to provide colorful blankets to children in hospitals to bring color into their rooms.

IAE VTS hosted an event and created about 60 personal notes for the Special Ed basketball players participating in the Shamrock Showdown, on annual basketball tournament featuring teams from TCT, Avondale, and more. Our goal was to give back to the community by providing these encouraging notes to the Special Ed students, recognizing their skills and hard work.

On Feb 22nd, NFHS VTS club worked with Making Spirits Bright to organize and ship books. This organization works to deliver books to places called, “book deserts” in the Metro Detroit area.

PROJECT LEAD: Oviya Jaisankar The VT Seva Detroit Youth Board volunteered at Cass Community Services in Detroit to make a real difference for the homeless community, packing over 250 bagged lunches, making fresh sandwiches, and making sure everything was ready to be handed out, breaking down piles of unwanted boxes, scrubbing shelves, and making the kitchen shine.

On 2/10/25 Troy High VTS Club members had a great time making Valentine’s Day cards with “get well soon” messages for children in the hospital.

WIHI VTS hosted a volunteering event partnered with an organization supporting COPD patients called CAIR.

IAE VTS had an event where we partnered with a non-profit organization supporting COPD patients and research called CAIR! Volunteers used their creativity to do everything from making supporting cards to origami art for patients suffering from respiratory diseases.

Troy High VTS Club youths efficiently assembled and packaged ziplock bundles for 400 buckets for the disaster victims. In addition to that, our youth volunteers focused on preparing materials for the crochet bag, carefully cutting grocery bags into strips and forming loops to make mats.

This event offered a fun and fulfilling experience to our volunteers and worked to help those in California who were affected by the fires. Disaster Relief at Work (DRAW) is dedicated to providing relief services to communities across the United States affected by natural disasters. During the event, our VT Seva Detroit volunteers engaged in various tasks, including: 1. Examining used tarps to determine if they would be used to cover floors or roofs. 2. Cutting tarps into 4ths and folding them into the specified dimensions: 18x24in 3. Taping labels onto the folded tarps 4. Wrapping the tarps with cling wrap 5. Separating and stacking the roof and ground tarps before storing them. Our volunteers were able to impact and benefit DRAW so they can continue to aid communities in need.

This was a wonderful opportunity to be able to volunteer for the destined for greatness organization to help be a part of supporting families in need, and empowering the community. This organization does a lot of work in Detroit for the community. For this event specifically, they organize a free giveaway to over 250 metro Detroit families in need, every year on MLK day, taking this holiday to support these people, providing them with sanitary equipment, all types of clothes, accessories, and food for them to take. VT Seva volunteers have the opportunity to take part in this giveaway every year, giving us the chance to help in supporting these families.