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Robotic Workshop June 2nd, 2023 VT Seva Robotics Workshop was an incredible hands-on experience for Atlanta youths today. Robotic surgeon, Dr. Ravi and his staff demonstrated how they leverage robots in surgical operations. All youths were able to touch, feel, and program robots. This visit is a hands-on experience of the Robotics course for the VT Seva Summer Camp. Dr. Ravi was highly impressed with the VT Seva youths inquisitiveness about robotic surgery. This visit to the Robotic lab was organized by Bob Erramilli, Johns Creek City Councilman. We have build good relationships with the Johns Creek city council members.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. ~John F. Kennedy Over the duration of these past two weeks, VT Seva’s Detroit Youth Program has been showing their gratitude towards essential workers: waste disposal crew and mailmen/women . Children ranging from elementary to high school came up with different ways to appreciate the people who are still out there working during these unprecedented times. VT Seva is a non-profit organization which runs on its youth board. Many youth volunteers made hand-made cards and/or gave gift cards to let these people know that they are noticed and appreciated by their community. For us kids, it was incredible to be able to make someone’s day through a small gesture. This project also helped to inspire each other to impact the people around us positively, and take a moment to appreciate the ones who serve us, especially during this pandemic. It is important to express gratitude towards the ones around us and to lend a helping hand towards them. Whether it be through making a card, or by baking large portions of food to give to the people working all hours at the hospital, make sure you also spread kindness and positivity. Some of the youth volunteers’ shared their reflections on this project, and their experiences. Saisha talks about her experience; “Each time we delivered something, it was nice to see the smiles behind the masks. Every bit I do makes me feel really good and I want to continue doing similar things like this in the future". Nikita talks about how it’s better to do something, than nothing. Cheering up front liners, making people happy by appreciating them is just as important social distancing and keeping ourselves safe. Risha talks about how it’s astonishing that a group of youth volunteers can make someone else’s day through simple gestures, and be able to show these people that they are recognized by their community. Ish and Adi also made homemade cards and felt happy to see the trash disposal workers happy. Sadana and Srihari discuss how it was amazing to make such a small gesture, nothing compared to the hard and risk-filled work they do, and make someone very happy with it. Teja and Arya , who are youth volunteers, describe how happy they felt to see how they made someone else happy, and hopes to put more smiles on peoples faces during this pandemic. Oviya and Harish also participated talking about how they thoroughly enjoyed being a part of such an inspiring community and how satisfying it is to make someone smile. Ria and Vaibhav feel very thankful to be able to make an impact on their community. Sanjana and Kaavya talk about how happy they were to make someone smile. Aishani and Amitesh felt very happy supporting the community. Anjana , Shriya and Nikhil said their mail carriers felt so happy and appreciated the gesture. Smriti and Sohan feel happy to be part of an inspiring effort like this one. Rashmita and Abhinav also mentioned how they took all of the necessary precautions and were still able to inspire people in their community. All of the volunteers feel thankful that they got to make someone feel important and to be able to encourage others to spread gratitude too. Overall, all of the volunteers agree that it was a new and fun experience, and it felt wonderful to make someone happy, and make them feel better about themselves. It shows how a simple gesture can have such a great impact, and how it is important to appreciate those who work hard for you everyday, but are rarely ever acknowledged for it. Some may say that during a crisis like this giving 20 bucks to someone will not make any difference, but in the VT Seva Detroit Youth group alone, around 25 kids have participated so far and impacted more than 50 families . And it only takes one person to make a difference. Everyone can make someone’s day, make them feel important, and make them feel noticed by making a small effort during the day just like these volunteers. Not only is staying safe and taking precautions important, but spreading positivity is just as important to help everyone recover from this disaster together. VT Seva is a non-profit volunteer organization which runs mainly through its youth board, and raises money mainly for the education of blind and tribal children. But it also raises money for other causes such as cancer awareness camps and disasters such as the one going on right now. Writers : Nikita Talwar and Risha Narayanan Video : Srujan Patil

VT Seva Detroit Youth board responding to the present Covid-19 Pandemic came together to do something for the society. The Youth Board formed a year ago inspired by VT Seva's empowerment of youth leadership. The Youth volunteers started a Fundraiser for St. Mary Mercy Hospital. In the process they featured in the WXYZ-TV News Channel . From VT Seva Detroit Youth Board : We want to help out with the COVID-19 pandemic in any way possible. We are a group of students who are members of the VT Seva Detroit Youth Board. VT Seva is a nonprofit volunteering organization. We chose to support St. Mary Mercy Hospital in Livonia, M I during this pandemic. The virus has changed our lives in ways that were unimaginable just a few months ago. As the highly contagious virus spreads and infects more people, hospitals become unable to keep up with the demand. Hospitals need funds for supplies to continue to effectively treat all the patients that fill their rooms. This virus is heavily affecting all of our medical personnel on the front lines, and it’s up to us to support them. Michigan has the third most confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the US, and Wayne County has the most cases in Michigan. Aside from the City Of Detroit, Livonia, a city in Wayne County, has been hit the hardest with over 300 cases in the first three weeks itself. One of our biggest hospitals here, St. Mary Mercy, is in need of help, and it is our job to help the medical professionals stay safe and save lives. St. Mary Mercy Hospital in Livonia, Michigan, needs all the help they can get, and we appreciate you stopping by our page. It would mean so much to us if you could support them and let them continue to treat the heavily affected city of Livonia. Please feel free to share this and help it reach as many people as possible. Every little donation counts and your donations will help this hospital continue to save lives and treat the people that need it. Team Members : -Harish Jaisankar -Oviya Jaisankar -Kaavya  Naga Sri Karnati -Nikita Talwar -Sohan Madishetty -Abhinav Suresh -Anagha Jammalamadaka -Saisha Srivatsan -Amogh Pisipati -Hrudya Kishore Below are some of the Youth board pictures before this Pandemic

On May 11th, VTSEVA NJ hosted a cultural extravaganza, celebrating arrival of spring. Aptly named after Spring, a season of joy and hope, Vasantham is an annual fund raising event of VT Seva NJ, to support Schools for Tribals and Visually challenged. Several performers, Prajna students, passionate youth volunteers, teachers, and inspiring board members worked together to make this event a very successful one. The event was extremely memorable with the presence of Chief Guest, Mr. Krishna Kanth Vennamaneni, President of VTSEVA USA. The event was entirely led by youth volunteers who took active part in planning, execution, presentation and fund raising for the event.   Several prestigious Music and Dance schools enthusiastically participated to support the great cause of supporting Schools for Tribal and Visually challenged. A big thanks to Samatha Music School, Swaralaya School of Music, Prajna Music Schools, Laya Performing Arts, Vijayam School of Dance, Chaitanyam Dance School, Mystic Beats School of Dance, and Nrithya Madhavi Dance School. Highlights of the evening included Saanvi Madabhushi and Rithika Lanka, 8 and 10 year old girls, raising over $310 by going to person to person. The amounts is matched by VT SEVA USA President to encourage their spirits and enthusiasm. Aneesha Kodati a 15 year old gave her first check of $ 251 by working at Kumon Education center, Anvith Ramadugu raised nearly $ 470 through a self-made video reaching out his friends. Vedna Puskur raised $1125 by reaching out to her friends and families. Hasini Yedlapalli raised $ 24 by chanting Visnu Sahasra nama Stotram to her Aunt and Uncle. Our youth volunteers sold snacks donated by local restaurants, raising over $600 and this team was led by Mrs. Aparna Rokandla. With support of several kind hearted donors, VT Seva NJ could raise funds to support education of 100 students at Schools for Tribals and Visually Challenged. The following youth volunteers were conferred with US President's Volunteer Service Awards during Vasantham for their volunteering year round. Gold Sanjana Vellanki, Sophomore Srineela Voddi - Sophomore Tanvi Chapayala - Sophomore AnvithRamadugu - Sophomore Silver Shrika Anugula - Sophomore Vedna Puskur - Junior Bronze Ayush Madabhushi - Freshman This event could not have been successful without the support of dedicated and selfless volunteers - Mr. Murali Duggirala, Mr. Giri Vedantam, Mr. Raju Manthena , Mr. Bhavaraju, Mrs. Aparna Kondrella, Mrs. Raja Laxmi, Mrs. Madhavi Polkampally, Mrs. Laxmi Lanka, Mrs. Divya Reddy, Mrs. Vasanta Gadamsetty, Mrs. Sandhya Seelam, Mrs. Bhanu Mallela, Mrs. Rajani Gottiparthi, Mrs. Sailaja Chapyala, Mrs. Sarada Divakaruni and Mrs. Aparna Dingari , Donors and many more. Mrs. Jamuna Puskur, VT Seva NJ thanked all the volunteers, supporters and youth for making the event possible with their kind support.

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“Celebrations infuse life with passion and purpose. They summon the human spirit.” - Terrence E. Deal VT Seva Detroit Youth Board formed on May 19, 2019 . The VT Seva Detroit Youth Board celebrated our fourth 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 with an evening of family, fun, and festivity! We all met virtually and reminisced about many of the amazing volunteering events that the youth board has run over the past 4 years. We have come together as a diverse group of individuals, united by a shared purpose, and fostered an environment that embraces inclusivity, collaboration, and personal growth. Traditionally, 4th Anniversary is celebrated with Fruits & Flowers , We celebrated our 4th youth board anniversary with all the wonderful flowers which are our (you the youths) and the fruits which are (your accomplishments). Organized successful events, summer camps, walkathons, outreach programs, workshops, and initiatives that have not only enriched our own lives but have also positively impacted the broader community. Most importantly we established 2 school clubs in this last year. VT Seva Detroit Youth Board like to express deepest gratitude to our Youth Board members, parents, sponsors, and core people who have supported us throughout this journey. May the 4th be with you!!!! 😊 We celebrated the YB anniversary with a special webinar from arranged a webinar to get insights of College Admission Process from the 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐓𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫. Its the webinar for both parents and students. Ashleigh Taylor is a college application strategist and the founder of Empowered 4 College, an educational consultancy. Ashleigh reviewed tens of thousands of applications for a variety of programs including the liberal arts (LSA), engineering, nursing, and kinesiology. In her role as senior counselor at UofM, she managed recruitment and reviewed applications for territories in the U.S., India, China, and Hong Kong. Many parents and students participated in this wonderful webinar and got lots of insights on the college admissions process. VT Seva Detroit Youth Board, Parents, and students expressed many thanks to Ashleigh Taylor. Blog Written By: Priya Jaisankar Blog Posted By: Nandini Cheemalamarri

Just like the seedlings that grow into big plants and bear fruits and vegetables, we wish that the dreams of the kids at Netra Vidyalaya will also be successful and fruitful. We hope and pray that we get more of such opportunities to serve and contribute in the future. Once again, big thanks to VT Seva for all the support and encouragement throughout the project. We are Aduri sisters - Meghana Aduri (7th grade) and Keerthana Aduri (4th grade) from Dallas, Texas. With the help, support and encouragement from VT Seva, we started the " Seedlings for Education " initiative in January 2021 with the goal of sponsoring 3D science models to our brothers and sisters at Netra Vidyalaya School in Vizag, AP, India. WHY WE DID WHAT WE DID: After we came to know about the challenges faced by the students at Netra Vidyalaya in pursuing education in the field of sciences, we decided to do something from our part to help them. We discussed various options with our parents and came up with the idea of growing seedlings, esp Indian vegetable seedlings as many in the community take very good care of the vegetable plants that they grow every year and we related that to taking care of the needs of the kids. Seedlings for Education initiative would not only benefit in raising funds to sponsor the 3D models, but it will also encourage and help kids, volunteers and sponsors grow more plants which will have a positive impact on our environment. HOW WE DID: We did not think that we were growing seedlings, but we considered each of the seed that we sowed as a dream and aspiration of the kids at Netra Vidyalaya and we have put in all our time and efforts to take utmost care of them. It was our first experience to grow seedlings, but the motivation behind the cause to help the kids inspired us to go ahead with this massive project. We had more than 100 volunteers registered for the initial phase when the initiative was announced, which was very encouraging and overwhelming. We grew about 2000 seedlings in our house in 3 phases of 500, 1000 and 500 each. We talked to these seedlings daily, watered them and played music for them - just like a mother that takes care of her baby. We were amazed and excited to see how the seedlings responded and grew into healthy saplings within few weeks. At about 3 weeks’ time after sprouting, during the first week of March, we handed over these dreams and aspirations to the VT Seva Dallas volunteer coordinators who in turn distributed them to other volunteers, friends and family members so that they can take care of them and donate them to raise funds for the cause. We are excited to inform that we far exceeded our own expectations for the first year of the initiative. We raised more than $5300 from the project and these funds would go a long way in providing the required 3D science models to the kids at Netra Vidyalaya. Just like the seedlings that grow into big plants and bear fruits and vegetables, we wish that the dreams of the kids at Netra Vidyalaya will also be successful and fruitful. We hope and pray that we get more of such opportunities to serve and contribute in the future. Once again, big thanks to VT Seva for all the support and encouragement throughout the project.

My name is Nigama and I am going to 10th grade. A month ago, my mom and I were planting seeds in our backyard, like every year around this time, but after seeing the enormity of the struggle India is facing, we decided to start a fundraiser at our home. After planting our seeds, and growing them for a month, my mom and I took care of the seedlings and eventually arranged them in our garage for sale. With the large number of orders we received, we reached out to our friends and local farms that provided vegetable/flower saplings. I made a google form to keep track of the orders and started by circulating our message throughout the community, and with an overwhelming response, we decided to open up our fundraiser to many more people to promote and help fundraise for - 1. 3D Science Models for visually challenged kids studying at Nethra Vidyalaya, supported by VT Seva Dallas' Seedlings for Education project 2. Covid relief in India to provide support to the affected families 3. Animal Shelter in Dallas Metroplex We surpassed our goal by reaching over 260+ orders over the past month! Throughout these several weeks, I have gotten to interact with so many people and spread awareness about VT Seva’s cause, pursue my interest in gardening, and turn our passion into a good objective. Overall, we successfully reached our aims and raised $3535! I am so thankful I got to take part in such an enlightening opportunity by serving my community here as well as outreach projects in India.

Netra Vidyalaya Degree College for Visually Challenged has always stood in the top of the line for ensuring its students are well equipped to become useful to the world. Today, we are proudly announcing several top rankers from Netra Vidyalaya Degree College in Post-Graduation entrance exam for top universities like Hyderabad Central University, and English and Foreign Languages University. The students opted for Anthropology, Social Science, English, Political Science, MBA Insurance, Economics, etc as majors. Wishing them our very best and congratulating each one for their accomplishments. Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. - Helen Keller All of this would not have been possible without all the donors who supported these kids through their time at Netra Vidyalaya. Thank you to all those have been part of this journey. Learn more and support! vtsworld.org/mydonation

VT Seva Detroit conducted the 3rd Annual Public Speaking event on Sunday August 09, 2020. This year it was little bit different with hosting a workshop (inplace of a competition) by the experienced ToastMasters and a session for Guidelines on Remote Learning to acclimate the current pandemic situation. “ Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek ” – Barrack Obama . One of the appropriate quote for the current situation. By participanting in this event students received information and resources that needed for remote schooling and acquiring the crucial skill that they need for their life “Public Speaking”. Many thanks to Gaurav Talwar , Surya Machetti and Lorrie Williams for their time and sharing their expertise with the students. Awesome presentations by 3 of them. Timekeeping is the challenging task for any event, thanks to Jaisankar Kannan for being our time keeper and make sure we were on track. In this workshop, students were able to present their prepared speech and get an individualized feedback from the experts. Registration Fee from this event went to NethraVidyala school. We are proud to announce that with the registration fees and additional sponsorship we were able to sponsor one students’ education for one whole year. VT SEVA Detroit Public Speaking Committee Priya Jaisankar Archita Kramadhati Sudheer Koppu

VT Seva RAAS 2019 : 4th Annual Cultural Event Highlights - Its all celebration : the real meaning of RAAS Chief Guest Dr. Bobby Mukkamala with his great speech about Service Presence of Mr. Krishnakanth Keynote Speaker , VT Seva President with his inspiring speech 400+ people attended 88+ Volunteers Year long Volunteering events presentation Youth Board presentation Excellent performances Perfect Coordination 6 months of preparation Team effort Each team member owned this event ... The best part is - the team enjoys every moment they spend in volunteering. Sponsors : Stage Decoration : Dream Theme Event Decors Front Area Decoration : Jyothi Parsuramani and Keerthysri Dingari Campaigning Sponsor : Miindia , Food Sponsors : Aahar, Kurrys , Gift of India , Mayabazar, Turmerican, Sai Sweets , Desi Tadka , Vindu , India Grocers and Sai Grocers Photography : Ram Videography : Sreenivas Eeshwaroju and team And Swaravedika - Kalyani Mantripragada and Team Thank you to all Event Sponsors, Donors , Supporters, Volunteers each and every person who helped this event to make it a big success. more pictures on Facebook or click here

VT Seva is proud to announce that Ms. M. UMABHARATHI (2016-17 SSC Batch) Student of VT Seva Supported School for Tribal Children (JEEYAR GURUKULAM - Allampalli) has selected to prestigious IISER - INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH at TIRUPATHI. She is the daughter of Smn. Mallesh- Smt. Parvathi native of Mesalabhoomanna Gudem, Kadam Mandal, Nirmal Dist, TS. Only 12 seats allotted for total Telangana State. Out of 12, she is the only tribal student who selected for IISER from NIRMAL region. She finished her education from Nursery to 10th grade in JEEYAR GURUKULAM-Allampalli, which is established by VT Seva CEO HH CHINNA JEEYAR SWAMIJI in 2004. Let's all congratulate and wish her the best of luck. To know more about the VT Seva supported Schools for Tribal Kids and Schools for Blind Kids please visit www.vtsworld.org/school-for-blind www.vtsworld.org/tribal-schools

VT Seva supported School for Blind and Visually challenged scored 100 % in SSC 2019. Students worked hard to achieve this result. They woke up at 4 AM daily during the preparation time . Teachers successfully completed teaching syllabus by end of December. From January, students revised all the subjects. During revision time, teachers stayed with the students to clarify their questions. The revision classes were taken after the school hours, as needed. The administrative staff of Nethra Vidyalaya planned examination preparation very efficiently, supported well to teachers and students. This success in marks is only an indicator of their academics. These children were constantly groomed in character and values to step out of school and be responsible human beings of the society.

We all have special days in our life such as birthdays, anniversaries and graduation ceremonies. Make it extra special with a  pledge to feed the school on your special day or to celebrate special days of your loved ones. We will email you and your loved ones a video of the students being fed for that occasion. VT Seva supports Nethra Vidyalaya (the School for the Visually Challenged),  Visakhapatnam, AP, India. The school provides Education, Boarding, Food, Primary Health Care and Life Skill training to more than 100 students from Kindergarten to 10th class/grade. It costs about $120 per day to feed nutritious breakfast, lunch and dinner to the children. With your donation, you will be empowering school with nutritious food and it certainly helps children in excelling at education with good health. Donate here .

Do you know that by sharing the candies, you can support the education of an underprivileged child? Whatever the extra candies that you have, you can donate them in the drop off locations mentioned in the flyer. We have generous supporters who will take those candies and give monetary contributions to our volunteers. Your donated candies will transform into money to provide education for the underprivileged. Drop off locations: 1. 1535 Hennessey Dr. Allen, TX 75013 2. 13566 Day Star Way, Frisco, TX 75035 3. 13389 Marmolada Drive. Frisco TX 75035 4. 14761 Harmony Lane, Frisco, TX 75035 If you have any questions, please contact any of the following people: 1. Uttam Indukuri - 469-601-4888 2. Meghan Aduri - 469-465-5425 3. Amita Aviur - 636-399-8806

VT Seva Dallas is hosting its 13th Annual Tarangini on March 20th at 5 PM CST. This event is virtual so you can join from anywhere. Many young volunteers have worked hard to put this together. The program will be emceed by youth. There will be entertainment with skits, dancing, and singing. We look forward to meeting you all there. The link to the event is https://tinyurl.com/mwwk5acv . If you're looking to see what you can expect on the day of the event, here's a video created by Youth Board Volunteers explaining what it will look like: VT Seva Dallas 13th Annual Tarangini Trailer - YouTube .

In summer Three Youth from Dallas - Devayani, Samanvita and Krishna hosted a camp for 3 hours a day Monday to Friday for 2 weeks. One week they had 6 kids another week they had 8 kids from elementary. They got support from Mrs. Sridevi Challa, mom of Krishna who encouraged and inspired them to host the summer camp to make a schedule but every day one of them made a lesson plan. The daily schedule included warmup stretches, math, a craft, or a sit-down game and topic on which they use to write a few sentences and present taking turns. The camp was well received by the kids and parents who attended. The team raised funds and wanted to donate to support Visually challenged students at Nethra Vidyalaya. The funds they raised will support the education of 2 students with free food and boarding for a year. These three kids also raised funds previously by hosting a bake sale in their community. Wishing the three awesome youth volunteers Devyani, Krishna, and Samanvita a lot more success in their endeavors and continued joyful volunteering journey.

April 17, 2019 - VT Seva supported Nethra Vidyalaya students gave excellent performance in Asian Track and Turf Federation International Para Games 2019 organized for Ortho and Visually Challenged categories in Wayamba University near Colombo, Srilanka. Participants from various Asian countries competed in this event. Our students emerged as champions with extraordinary performance in Running, Shotput, Long jump and Disc Throw winning 9 GOLD, 4 SILVER, 1 BRONZE, bringing laurels to entire nation of INDIA at international level. 9 Gold, 4 Silver, 1 Bronze ! The winners are: These wins are a testimony of all the hard work our students, teachers, trainers, management of the school puts in to be successful. Our Netra Vidyalaya school staff expressed " This is our first victory at International level. Let's hope that our children will get more opportunities in major events and for sure they will give their best and make us all proud. " "Nethra Vidyalaya founder Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji lauded the spirit and prowess of the champions mentioning that we will have a celebration program on April 27th in Vizag to honor them." VT Seva has been proud supporter of the Netra Vidyalaya from 2009, sponsoring education, food, sports and extracurricular activities. How you can help To produce more international champions, we will be building sports infrastructure such as Goal Ball ground, better ground facilities for track, shot put, long jump, discuss throw. You can donate towards building up of such sports infrastructure by going to this link below: These wins are results of all the trust and generosity our donors have given us.

We are proud to announce that VT Seva supported Netra Vidyalaya student Ms. Gopi Tejaswi stood out as State 8th Ranker among visually challenged category in First Year College Examinations conducted by The Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education. This is a huge accomplishment and a testimony to the quality of education our schools provide, a testimony to the hard work our children put in to be successful, a testimony to dedication of the teaching and management staff of the school & college to make our students efficacious. Ms. Gopi humbly dedicated this accomplishment to all the generous hearts who unconditionally support and empower her and all of her friends at school and college, she is now even more determined to work harder and accomplish greater heights. Let us celebrate her success, let us encourage many more Gopi’s. Because of your support, we are confident that many more will come and join this journey. A journey to happiness. How you can help ? There are multiple ways you can help. Click below to find the one best suits you

VT Seva Houston and Katy Teams came together and celebrated Alo:k Annual fund raiser event. The proceeds from the event will be supporting students of Schools for Tribals in Allampally, Beersaipeta, Telengana, and Katarivaripalem in Andhra Pradesh, India. Energetic youth presented Mime act for environmental protection, little volunteers presented dance medley on how VT Seva is able to bring light in the lives of the underprivileged serving through education pillar. The skit comprising the four pillars of VT Seva enacted by Youth and adult volunteers was very well received. The Magic program and a music segment by Swara Vedika Team enthralled the audience. The participants could see heart and soul of each volunteer being put in the success of the program. Youth volunteer Yashna shared her experience of participating in Summer Internship opportunity provided by VT Seva which was very inspiring as she shared how it made a huge difference in her perspective. Houston and Katy teams awarded 2 student scholarships worth $ 1000 each, received by Director of Houston Council of Blind (HCB) and a check worth $ 1000 to FARA (Fredericks Ataxia Research Alliance). More Pictures