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Check out the summer classes being offered by our Youth volunteers who are passionate to help. By signing up with our summer classes you are not only helping your student with quality classes, but you are helping a student in our Schools for Visually Challenged, Schools for Tribals in India. 100% of the proceeds benefit projects of VT Seva. We want them to enjoy the classes and have fun during the Summer too. Hence we made all these classes available at $ 100 for all the weeks. Want to sign up for only one or two classes ? no problem, just contact us. Each class for all the weeks is $ 35/class. English Monday Through Friday (5 days/ week) 11.00 AM -12.00 Noon EST Learn vocabulary, grammar, conjugation, basic writing and speaking skills for 1th-8th grade. Math Mondays Through Thursdays (4 days/week) 9.00 - 10.00 AM EST 6th grade to 10th grade: Math 1, Math 2, Math 3, AMC 8 & 10 Competitive Math Tutoring Science Monday Through Friday (5 days/week) 12.00 - 1.00 PM EST Environmental science - Tuesdays and Thursdays Chemistry (middle and high school levels) - Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays Physics (middle and high school levels) - Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays Biology (middle and high school levels) - Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays Science Olympiad - Tuesdays and Thursdays Robotics Mondays & Thursdays (2 days/week) 3.00 - 3.30 PM EST Students will understand how to use Lego ev3 Robots and Program Robots Effectively. Coding Mondays Through Thursdays - (4 days/week) 10.00 - 11.00 AM EST Learn to code through Java, python, and competitive programming. Arts & Crafts Monday & Wednesday (2 days/week) 3.30 - 4.00 PM EST Recreate classic paintings (ex Starry Night by Van Gogh), learn origami (making paper animals), crochet (making coin bags with yarn), paper quilling (making flower cards), cardboard sculptures (making abstract figures), art basics (shading and drawing) World Languages Tuesday & Thursday (2 days/week) 3.30 - 4.00 PM EST Learn basic vocabulary, greetings, grammar, conjugation, speaking and writing either Spanish or Mandarin (Chinese). Music & Dance Monday Through (5 days/week) Friday - 2.00 - 2.45 PM EST Learn various instruments: violin, viola, guitar, piano, and flute. Get the chance to learn the history of orchestral music. Learn Bhangra and Bollywood dances and popular musicals. Cooking Tuesday & Wednesday (2 days/week) 3.00 - 3.30 PM EST In cooking class we will be making simple meals and snacks to teach kids the basics of cooking and baking, and also to learn how to make college dorm meals. We will be teaching meals such as, mac and cheese, mug cakes, cinnamon rolls, pasta, naan pizza, brownies, cookies, etc. All of these meals are egg free and vegetarian friendly. We will also be teaching the kids basic skills such as chopping, stirring, using the stove and oven, etc. These meals will be very easy and quick so kids will be able to do it with minimal parental assistance. Chess Friday - (1 day/week) 4.00 - 5.00 PM EST Learn a new hobby! Chess is being taught for beginners and players up to 1000 USCF. Speech & Debate Please check out More info for Speech & Debate here

Join a 3 week virtual summer camp and learn everything you need to be an expert in speech and debate! DEBATE EVENTS Public Forum Lincoln Douglas SPEECH EVENTS Dramatic/Humorous Interpretation Declamation Extemporaneous Speaking Fee for all sessions. 100% of the proceeds from the workshop benefit VT Seva Supported Schools for Visually Challenged and Schools for Tribals in India. Please consider contributing to the causes generously. Please check out our other Summer Classes being offered by VT Seva, Charlotte Team.

VT Seva Boston conducted a public speaking contest for kids in various categories. We are proud to announce the winners. Contestants spoke on various topics such as Who is your role model? What would you do if you were a President for a day? Innovative ideas to prevent Global warming etc. Category 1 : Kindergarten – 2nd Grade Gurusatvik Yedlapalli – 1st Prize Avinash Nallan – 2nd Prize Shiven Kataria – 3rd Prize Category 2: 3rd Grade – 5th Grade Shriya Rachamadagu – 1st Prize Shreyas Hanchinamani – 2nd Prize Saanvi Paluri – 3rd Prize Category 3: 6th Grade – 8th Grade Arjun Samudrala – 1st Prize Tanushree Nekenti – 2nd Prize Rishik Paluri – 3rd Prize Category 4: 9th Grade – 12th Grade Aneesh Karri – 1st Prize

VT Seva Detroit Present 1st Online Quiz Contest. Rules & Guidelines for the VT Seva Online General Trivia Quiz Contest 1. The VT Seva Online Quiz will be conducted by online video/audio conference. Hence the tools (such as Computer, Cellphone, Internet connection, Data Plan) required for the quiz will have to be arranged by the participant/parents. 2. Only the participant who has registered and paid for the quiz contest will be allowed to participate in it. 3. All participants will have to be logged into https://buzzin.live via mobile phone using browser ( no app download required ) and click on JOIN GAME for online buzzer. The buzz code will be provided right before the quiz starts. Also, the participants have to be logged into the online conference through video call though computer ( video call is preferred in order to view the questions and buzzing sequence ) or a voice call as an alternative. The conference video dial-in & audio coordinates will be shared before the event. 4. There will be two rounds for each age group and at the end of each round we will tally the score. 5. First Round: The participant buzzing first will be allowed to answer the question first. If the answer is correct, points will be awarded. If the answer is wrong, the participant who pressed the buzzer second gets the change to answer the question. If the answer is wrong, then the turn ends after the Quiz master reveals the correct answer. First round will have no negative scoring. 6. Second Round: The buzzing and turn rules are similar to the first round except there will be negative scoring for wrong answers and will be deducted from the 1st round overall score. 7. The first and second place winners will be announced at the end of the two rounds. In case of a tie, there will be tie-breaker questions to decide the winner. 8. Quiz master has the final authority to resolve any issues in buzzing, scoring, participation, and overall progress of the quiz. All proceeds from this event goes to visually challenged and under privileged children from Netra Vidhyalaya. This event is for the participants to have fun and gain some knowledge during the process.

Yuva Pratibha Summer Program - Nurturing talent of youth by youth VT Seva Katy Youth volunteers are offering various classes for youth. Free Registration - Donations appreciated. Proceeds to benefit Kids Meals program in Houston. Please reach Ms. Shylaja Rao with any questions (662) 312-9955. Registration Fees $30 per Kid. Siblings discount available. Registration Fees $30 per Kid. Siblings discount available.

Virtual Public Speaking Contest To support Tribal Schools in India Opportunity for registrants to attend a free Public Speaking Workshop is Conducted by Mr. Paresh Motiwala, Accomplished Public Speaker and Soft Skill Educator from Boston, MA on June21st 2020, 2 - 4pm CST for all the registered Candidates Topics for 1st -4th grade : Why volunteering is important for students? Role of Festivals in Our Life? Topics for 5th to 8th grade: What did you learn from the COVID-19 pandemic situation ? What are some Healthy habits to increase immunity? Topics for 9th to 12th grade: How Social entrepreneurship can save our Planet Earth? What are ways to tackle hunger in our communities? Participation Fee: $20 per person $30 for siblings (group of 2) Participants and Donors are welcome to Donate more. All funds will go to Tribal schools in Allampally, Birsaipet, Telangana and Katarivari palem in Andhra Pradesh. Date : Sunday, June 28th, 2020, 2-5 PM CST Location : Virtual Rules and Guidelines: Speeches must be original. However, consultation with teachers, counselors, or other resources is permitted Speeches must be delivered in an extemporaneous manner. They may not be read from a manuscript Judges are looking for originality regarding the topic chosen, sources used, and supporting details Speeches are stopped at the 4-minute mark Judges decision is Final. There will be only one round for this competition.

On a day not so long ago, I was doing my school homework. Suddenly, my father asked me if I wanted to volunteer with VT Seva on the next Sunday, March 8, 2020. I asked, “I have a Prajna class until 12:00. How will I be able to go?” He said this event will start at 1:00, so if I wanted to go, I could go. I was happy that I would be able to start my volunteering hours, and people will benefit from my work. That Sunday, after the class was over at 12:00, we drove to Midway United Methodist Church, since that was where we would be doing our service. The organization was called Meals for Grace. At the church, Our job was to pick out the good fruits and vegetables in the packs and pack them up in boxes for the poor. Adithya and I worked on the vegetables. We volunteered to deliver the food. Soon, we reached the family’s home and gave them food. They were very thankful. After I came home, I felt great that I helped a family. I want to do many more activities like this. Thank you VT Seva and Meals for Grace for giving me this wonderful opportunity!

My name is Charishma Bijum. I am a rising freshman who will be going to Alliance Academy for Innovation. I have been a part of VT Seva Atlanta since March 2019. Volunteering through VT Seva has taught me a variety of lessons and has helped me form friendships with people who I have never met. In the last year, I have learned to become a better person, and volunteering has inspired me to be grateful for what I have. There are a variety of events that I enjoy such as packaging food at Open Hands of Atlanta, organizing an American Red Cross Blood Drive, and packing food for celebrating International Yoga Day. VT Seva has motivated me to volunteer in my community and help those in need. VT Seva has helped many in need and has provided many people with hope. Volunteering indirectly helped me to become a happier person. In conclusion, volunteering has changed me to become a passionate and thankful young adult.

It was a chilly Sunday morning in March. My dad woke me up to go to my 6:30 AM Rudram class. I was sleepy, cranky and felt like it was still 5:30 AM. There was a reason unknown to me for my grumpiness. Guess what! It was the first day of daylight savings time where you advance your clocks by an hour. Since I was still sleepy I had to literally drag myself out of bed. I was in a grumpy mood till my dad said I would be volunteering at VT Seva and that my best friend Rikhil would be joining me.  Adithya and Rikhil volunteering before COVID-19 outbreak. Around 1:00 PM that afternoon, my dad drove me and Rikhil to the United Midway Methodist church located in Alpharetta. There we met Sandhya Auntie and Rani Auntie who were the coordinators of the event and the rest of the volunteers. And as a bonus, we even got our own VT Seva shirts!  We put the new t-shirts on and headed into the church to our assigned fruit stations. You see, there were too many people working at the fruit station, so I and Rikhil were assigned the veggie station instead. We checked the veggies to see if they were fresh and of the best quality. Then we made veggie kit bags for the families to use and organized all the packed kits into cardboard boxes. After we were done packing the food, the event-in-charge provided us with directions for delivering their food. They have provided a sheet of paper with the details and address of the family to which we were asked to deliver the food. Then I and Rikhil helped my dad to load all the boxes into the car and drove to their address. The family we were assigned was a family of four kids aged 2,5,7 and 11 supported by a single mom struggling to live independently. We handed over the food to her and bade her a good day. It was a wonderful feeling. I felt blessed that I didn’t have to worry about where my food was coming from. I felt happy that I helped a family who was worrying about what their next meal was. It felt like we were all Vasudhaika Kutumbakam , a big family, helping each other. All in all, it was the most productive Sunday I’ve ever had. - Driving to the event venue for 1 hour,  -Spending time packing 3 hours,  -Putting smiles on others' faces is priceless.  I feel fortunate that I got this opportunity to volunteer with VT Seva and I look forward to another event just like this one.  THANK YOU VT SEVA!!!!!!! Adithya Karthik Upadhyayula and Rikhil Sai Duvvuri are 6th Graders from Atlanta.

Bringing Together the Students of Our Light Music Workshop conducted by VT Seva Houston Youth. Sing a song of your choice for our online music showcase! This is a fun-filled program aimed to raise funds for COVID-19 relief efforts. Donations to benefit Fort Bend County Animal Services

MAY 17TH, 2020 - JUNE 28th, 2020 SUNDAY - 4.00 - 5.30 PM CST Sessions Estate and Living Trust - May 17th Budget & Savings - May 24th Spending - May 31st Credit & Debit - June 7th Housing / Earning - June 14th Investing - June 21st College Admission and Planning - June 28th Speaker Mr.Sreeedhar Gouravelli MBA (Finance), Conducted numerous seminars regarding Financial literacy all around the country.

As the COVID-19 pandemic started spreading, our VT SEVA CEO Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji provided guidance to reach out and help the communities across USA. In response, VT Seva launched a nation wide campaign urging our volunteers and supporters to come forward to support. VT Seva Katy team supported Houston Food Bank by providing 1500 meals, donated funds to Hospitals in highly impacted areas to procure N-95 masks for doctors, nurses and other health care professionals. Houston Food Bank distributes fresh produce, non-perishables and prepares nutritious hot meals for kids at their onsite Kitchen. VT Seva USA raised funds and supporting local communities across USA by providing more than 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

COVID-19 pandemic brought a lot of change all around, whether it is social distancing, working from home, online classes or essential businesses staying open while others are closed. Each family is somehow coping with the situation in their own way. While frontline Healthcare workers and essential workers are fighting to save lives and keeping everyone healthy, VT Seva and many other organizations are working towards providing all the support they can to help those in need. As a small gesture of support, our long term VT Seva volunteering family - the Nekkalapudi family marched ahead in their own unique way. While dad, Mr. Subramanyam Nekkalapudi started teaching yoga online in their community, the mother-daughter duo, Ms. Sravani Nuthakki and Ms. Sribhaavita Nekkalapudi, started making cloth masks to donate to those in need. Sribhaavita took charge of washing the material, ironing it, cutting it for the masks as well as the ties, pinning them and later pleating the masks while her mother stitched them. These are double layered masks with a pocket for adding a filter. So far they have donated 80 masks to various organizations and individuals. They are working on making more. Sribhaavita is an 8th grader at Carnage Magnet Middle School. She is an active VT Seva Cary volunteer and is a recipient of Presidents Gold Award for the year 2019. She knows that this effort is a drop in the ocean. But as someone said - ‘What is any ocean but a multitude of drops?’ 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 .

With the COVID-19 pandemic spreading rapidly, help is needed in many areas across the globe. VT Seva is able to offer help by empowering youth with values of volunteerism and helping underprivileged around the world. In these unprecedented times, VT Seva is also standing for communities across 37 cities. Moved by the COVID-19 impact, Priya Marella, an 11th grader at Coppell High School, started a GoFundMe page to raise funds for various VTSeva Causes. Since quarantining during COVID-19 has limited our ability to leave the house, she took the initiative to make any impact to help those less fortunate. The purpose of the GoFundMe is to raise funds for VT Seva that will aid the organization in its endeavors of providing education for underprivileged and blind children, cancer awareness and medical camps, and environmental protection. The GoFundMe page is continuously chasing its goal of reaching $1,000. As COVID-19 response, VT Seva USA branches across came together to support 100,000 free meals to children and low income families through 22 food banks across US, 17,000 N-95 face masks to various hospitals across USA, and provided 30,000 free meals to migrant workers stranded in India due to COVID-19 lock-down. more info

As the COVID-19 pandemic rapidly spread, the safety of doctors, nurses and frontline workers has been jeopardized due to shortage of face masks and PPE at several hospitals. They are demonstrating highest sense of heroism in coming forward to support in times of need. They needed masks and other PPE to be protected from the COVID-19 infection. As VT Seva Atlanta team joined the nation wide relief aid campaign, also worked with local hospitals to make cotton masks as per the Hospitals requirements and drop them at the local hospitals. The project was lead by Ms. Madhu Nemami. Moved by the urgent need for face masks, Ms. Sreeja, a 9th grade student at Wheeler Magnet High School took up to stitching cotton face masks. Sreeja has spent her spring break on this project spending 21/2 hrs in making one mask. She has made 29 masks spending 70 hours of her three weeks time on this project. Sreeja and her family are active volunteers and supporters of VT Seva. VT Seva Atlanta contributed to feeding 530 meals through Meals by Grace, providing 150 face masks in highly impacted cities and 116 free meals to migrant workers in India through our sister organization Vikasa Tarangini. VT Seva USA supported with 100,000 free meals to children and low income families through 22 food banks across US, 17,000 N-95 face masks to various hospitals across USA, and provided 30,000 free meals to migrant workers stranded in India due to COVID-19 lock-down. More info

Eligibility 1. Categories Raga – 1st – 4th grade Taal – 5th – 8th grade Sur – 9th – 12th grade Guidelines: 2. Only Solos. No Group singing. 3. Songs can be in any of the genres s.a., Semi Classical, Folk or Light. It can be private or movie songs, but strictly NO Carnatic or Hindustani classical numbers. 4. Contestants are allowed to sing with or without a karaoke track. If a karaoke track is not used then the singers are required to use a shruthi 5. The Maximum time duration for each song SHOULD BE 3 minutes. TIME LIMIT WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED anything over the time limit might not be played. And Please adhere to neat lyrics 6. Video of the song sung by the participant along with karaoke needs to be submitted by May 3rd. Those submitted after the deadline will not be accepted. 7. Songs can be in Telugu/Hindi/Hindi/English languages. 8. Winners and runner up trophies will be shipped to the individuals home addresses at a later date. In the last category based on the number of participants we may have winner and runner up or only the winner. 9. There will be ONLY ONE Round for the competition. 10. On May 9th, videos sent by the participants will be played in zoom meeting in front of participant families and judges. Meeting details will be communicated through email. 11. Judging will be done for English and Regional languages seperately depending on the number of participants. 12. All performances will be judged based on the criteria (Shruthi, Laya, Bhavam, Diction, Clarity etc) 13. Judges decision is FINAL.

The upcoming VT Seva team at St. Louis is partnering with Circle of Concern Food Pantry to serve local community during COVID-19 crisis. The Pantry serves working adults, children, seniors, disabled people, veterans, underemployed, homeless individuals, and others who struggle with poverty and hunger. As many people are getting impacted with the current situation of losing jobs, less business, the demand is rising and it is the time they can use all the help they can get. VT Seva St. Louis team is donating to help provide 1620 meals to Circle of Concern Food Pantry. 117 N-95 masks to Medical staff and supporting meals to daily wage workers in India.

VT Seva and JET USA are inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Q & A Session - Mental Health/Wellness during Covid 19 Time: Apr 26, 2020 05:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/93068690524?pwd=cDNTbEowTkRGalgyQWMra0s5R3BBZz09 Meeting ID: 930 6869 0524 Password: 024474 One tap mobile +13126266799,,93068690524# US (Chicago) +16465588656,,93068690524# US (New York) Dial by your location         +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)         +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)         +1 253 215 8782 US         +1 301 715 8592 US         +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)         +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 930 6869 0524 Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/adiOTtg7sM About Dr. Mrudula Rao Dr. Mrudula Rao M.D.Board Certified Child, Adolescent, & Adult Psychiatry Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry at UT Health Science Center at San Antonio Member - Bexar County Psychiatric Society President - American Foundation For Suicide Prevention (AFSP) - South Texas Chapter Volunteering Together for Service, San Antonio Chapter Past Chair

VT Seva Seattle has identified the need of Covid-19 relief funds for the organization - The Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC) DESC provides integrated services including housing, emergency shelter, crisis intervention and healthcare to thousands of homeless vulnerable people, particularly those living with serious mental illnesses, substance use disorders, and/or chronic health conditions. Late last week, they were notified that a DESC client had a confirmed positive COVID-19 test in one of the shelters. Since then, they have learned of four more clients who had confirmed positive tests. They are ensuring infected individuals can isolate and get appropriate care and also closely monitoring staff and clients who had close contact with the individuals with positive tests. To avoid having a large amount of COVID-19 infection at DESC, they are relocating 200 shelter guests from their largest congregate settings into a hotel in Renton. Providing individual rooms will help people more effectively distance from others and reduce the risk of exposure to the virus. VT Seva Seattle team is supporting this need by donating $ 5,000 from our Covid-19 relief aid. Nicole Palczewski , Annual Fund Manager, DESC was very appreciative of the contribution and shared how they are helping the clients during this time. "VT Seva's amazingly generous donation will go towards our continued efforts to follow Public Health directives and keep our highly medically vulnerable clients safe. With the opening of our Exhibition Hall shelter, expanded COVID testing and quarantining protocols for staff and clients, and new food delivery service for clients running every day of the week. We greatly appreciate any and all donations that help us provide housing and healthcare for the most vulnerable adults in Seattle's homeless population." Doubling the impact : VT Seva Seattle is collaborating with local restaurants to provide pre-packaged food for all the health care workers at Swedish Medical Center. Helping the local businesses and also the front line workers fight COVID. G o Online With VT SEVA - Here is something for families with young children - During this pandemic, VT Seva Seattle chapter is offering free online classes. We hope to aid families whose kids need to keep entertained and happy during these stressful times. To promote safe isolation we plan to host virtual reading sessions on Zoom twice a week. We continue to raise funds to support food for the homeless for Issaquah Food Bank during this Pandemic. We thank you for your continued support in helping get more help to the needy.