VTS Cincinnati presents the most needed Seminar for any high schoolers! Please make sure to join on July 9, 2023 from 2:30-4:00 PM to learn about ACT, PSAT & SAT from a distinguished mentor. Mr. Madhu Sanakari is known for his distinguished work in tutoring and guiding students for standardized testing. Madhu has always had an extensive passion for education and mentoring academics. His work began at the University of Cincinnati as a part-time Mathematics professor and soon progressed into building his own educational center calls APlus Advanced Learning center in the year 2009. His contribution to PSAT/ACT/SAT prospects for the last 12 years has lead to National PSAT finalists and current IVY league students. This positive and motivational energy towards academia transitioned inti acquiring franchises of Sylvan Learning Centers of Greater Cincinnati, which has enhanced and advised hundreds of students accomplishing their best scores. For any questions please reach out to cincinnati.director@vtsworld.org

VT Seva Columbus is so excited to conduct 1st Annual Walkathon!!!! Date : June 4th, 2023 Time : 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM Venue : Ted Kaltenbach Park and Community Center, 5985 Cara Road, Dublin , OH - 43016 Join us as we walk to raise awareness about the physical health and learn about Nethra Vidyalaya Schools & Students All proceeds benefit Netra Vidyalaya , a VT Seva supported school with a state of the art technology for visually challenged children empowering them to be self-reliant

On behalf of VTSEVA Austin, we take great pleasure to express our gratitude to Austin Tamil Sangam for recognizing VTSEVA with the community service endowment award and donation for one of our pillars (Education to Visually challenged). We are inspired and boosted by this recognition. A community is only as strong as its people. We recognize the importance of partnership with esteemed organizations like Austin Tamil Sangam to bring the community together and create awareness about causes that serve the communities in need. VT Seva organization and the thousands of volunteers aim to help rebuild and restructure the underprivileged and underserved communities. Along with tireless community service in each location, our focus lies in providing free quality education, food for underprivileged tribal students and visually challenged, conducting free cancer screening, medical camps, and providing relief efforts when natural disaster strikes. ATS support for Netra Vidyalaya will go a long way in providing encouragement to the day-day operations. Netra Vidyalaya focuses on providing VALUE BASED quality education, technology assisted learning, self-reliant lifestyle to those leaders of tomorrow. “Their eyes cannot see, but they have a great vision” - VT Seva founder We are excited about this partnership and invite you to participate in all VTSEVA Austin’s service causes and events. Likewise, we would like to be a part of all Austin Tamil Sangam celebrations and community events. VTSEVA Austin provides volunteer opportunities for school aged kids and their families. Together, we can instill a service spirit in young minds and to live a life of purpose from a very young age.

The only thing that is worse than being blind is having sight but no vision - Helen Keller The VolunT Grants Program provides T-Mobile US employees an opportunity to apply for funding from the T-Mobile Foundation to support volunteer projects in their local communities in the categories of Bridging the Digital Divide , Equity in Action and Sustainability . T-Mobile employee Mr. Krishna Vennamaneni as the board member of VT Seva has applied for a grant of $1500 to empower the visually challenged studying at Nethra Vidyalaya, school for the visually challenged. T-Mobile foundation has approved his application. VT Seva has procured 3 computers with the T-Mobile grant amount - - 2 ACER DESKTOP-I-3/10th/8GB/1TB/WIN10HSL - 1 ACER 515 LAPTOP 15/8/512GB/WIN 11 The 3 computers procured with T-Mobile grant are enabling 15 visually challenged students to get educated in English, Math and Science without solely relying on books in Braille script, Braille slate and stylus. The technology is enabling them to become self reliant. Mr. Krishna Vennamaneni has been volunteering with the VT Seva organization every day from it's inception in 2008. He is a recipient of US President's Lifetime Achievement Award for volunteering more than 5000 hours in last decade. He is currently serving as the advisor to the organization where he mentors the youth and adults to become servant leaders and serve the communities we live in, especially to educate the visually challenged and underprivileged. VT Seva empowers youth with many community service projects and encourages them to define and own them, summer internships, art for equality competitions, volunteering music and dance to serve local communities and outreach projects. As the founding member of the organization and continuous commitment to serve, he has been playing a critical role in developing the organization from branches in 3 cities to 25 cities and about less than 50 volunteers to thousands of active volunteers. I regularly visit the schools for visually challenged to interact with the students, teachers and organizers to have firsthand information on their progress, their needs so that we can better empower them with education. The time spent with little children at Nethra Vidyalaya supported by VT Seva is priceless. Every child has a heart touching story to tell us. Ms. Spandana (in the above picture) was disowned and left orphaned when she was days old, by her parents as she was born blind. She is now a bright and joyful child, studying at Nethra Vidyalaya. She introduced her friends to me and many of them had similar stories. They are all happy, naughty and friendly children. They all have a bright future, thanks to the empowerment by VT Seva with support from many kind people and corporations such as T-Mobile . Motherly care is provided by teachers for students at the school. -Krishna Vennamaneni VT Seva organization has pioneered the use of the computers to educate the visually challenged so that they have opportunities to compete with others at equal footing. The blindness is not an obstacle for them with the use JAWS software on the computers that enables their education with audio enabled accessibility equipment. T-Mobile's passion is enabling everyone to have access to the connectivity, technology, and skills needed to thrive in a digital world. From supporting community partners to investing in education initiatives and providing disaster relief, T-Mobile's focus is on empowering people with the tools they need to make their essential connections. Mr. Krishna Vennamaneni is optimistic that with bigger grant amount from T-Mobile next year, he will be able to procure more computers for empowering more visually challenged children.

A person's most useful asset is not a head full of knowledge, but a heart full of love, an ear ready to listen and a hand willing to help others. We can definitely say that our volunteers are always listening and finding ways to be most helpful in the most needed times. Here is a very inspiring story about the partnership with local community in Atlanta and the impact our youth volunteers had. 17 Youth volunteers from VT Seva Atlanta donated 4000 masks to the Special Needs Kids of Laurel Heights hospital since Covid-19 started in the year 2020. Laurel Heights provides high quality psychiatric and behavioral care to children. They have a residential program for children who have been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and a specialty acute inpatient unit for children in psychiatric crisis with co-occurring neurodevelopmental disabilities. They also offer general psychiatric acute care for children ages 6 – 17. As COVID-19 hit, the personal safety of physicians has become challenging and knowing this, VT Seva immediately came forward to help. Supplies were procured, children got trained to sew the masks and quickly worked on amazing quality reusable masks. They youth volunteers under the guidance of Dr. Madhu, N and Ms. Sandhya, Y not only provided the quality masks but also created training videos for others to quickly learn and help. This shows the amazing leadership and a true spirit of volunteerism. This has helped the Laurel Heights Hospital focus on what they do best, taking care of the patients with additional safety measures.

We are all in this together! Covid-19: a term we have all come to dread in 2020! The global pandemic led to lockdowns, stay-at-home orders & online classes, and on a more serious scale, job losses, numerous fatalities & hospitalizations leading to front-line workers everywhere being stressed & strained. During these trying times, the Srivatsan family (Detroit VT Seva), was eager to volunteer to help ease the situation in any way they could. All the volunteering organizations like Gleaner’s & Forgotten Harvest had cancelled their regular activities. The school district was turning away requests to volunteer to ensure student safety. This situation prompted this family of very active and eager volunteers to think of other ways to help. The two daughters Shreya Srivatsan, a freshman at the University of Michigan and her younger sister Saisha Srivatsan, an eighth grader at Larson Middle School, started making hand-written Thank You cards with messages of appreciation for the ER staff at Troy Beaumont Hospital and for officers of the Troy Police Department . On the weekends, they would sometimes bake cinnamon rolls, cookies and tater tots with the help of their mom (Nirmala) and grandma (Jayalakshmi) and deliver them to these frontline workers. At other times, they would deliver bagels and coffee. Their mom started making masks for the Gleaner’s employees , and Saisha also actively campaigned for a GoFundMe page that was created by the Detroit youth board to benefit a local hospital. Additionally, Saisha and her dad have signed up to run a virtual 6K in May to benefit Covid efforts. All members of this family have been awarded the Presidential Volunteer Service Award with Shreya and Saisha both having received the award for 3 consecutive years. They are always looking for volunteering opportunities and never cease to engage. May their enthusiasm be everlasting! VT Seva raised funds and supporting local communities across USA by providing 100,000+ meals through local food banks, 17,000+ N-95 masks to hospitals in highly impacted cities to protect doctors, nurses and other Healthcare staff. Read more . If you would like to join our ongoing efforts, donate here .

Superior Court Visit on June 9th, 2023 VT Seva Atlanta has organized a Superior Court visit today, June 9th for our middle schoolers and high schoolers to have hands-on experience in the field of Law / Political Science. Our youths had a great interactive session with Judge Rachelle Carnesale and her team of public defenders and prosecutors. Judge Rachelle Carnesale took time out from her busy day and explained everything in layman terms to our VT youths which is really commendable. She was highly impressed with what we do in VT Seva and told me to share VT Seva logo so she can put on her website. This is just the beginning and we’ll go again to the court house and support her drive - ‘My Journey Matters’ campaign to support innocent child abuse victims going through legal proceedings. She also appreciated how we support Special needs kids of the Laurel Heights hospital and blind / visually challenged kids of Nethra Vidhyalaya India. A great friendship bond is built today with Judge Rachelle Carnesale & her team of prosecutors and VT Seva team.

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.