April 2018 – Newsletter

April month is National Volunteer Month. Dedicated to honoring all of the volunteers in our EnE who has been donating their valuable time to the community and getting their good karma points. We are very proud of every singe volunteer of EnE and eagerly waiting to appreciate and acknowledge their hard work at annual appreciation day. We will share event details soon.

We have total 32 volunteers between CA & TX who received Presidential Volunteer Service Award.
Bronze-12              Silver-4             Gold-16

Congratulations to all of our PVSA winners!!!

Here is our April 2018 sneak peak.

Total hours as a team we put together 390 volunteer hours for April month.

April 1st : EnE Enters to Dallas, TX!

We are very happy announce that we started EnE chapter with “Art With A Heart” show in Dallas. Hema Vema is going to be heading this chapter and let’s welcome her to EnE family. Art With A Heart show and the organization was very well received in Dallas and we do see lot of youth showing interest to join us to make a difference in their communities. We are excited and looking forward to start our work in Dallas.

April 3rd – Friends Together -Angel on the Field Dream League- Houston, TX

Volunteers spent time helping a special need children play the baseball league game by budding.

April 7th, 13th, 14th, and 21st: Community Outreach – Bollywood work session by Anika at public library. San Jose- CA

April 8th: Feeding Friends -Sponsored by Grover Family. San Jose, CA

April 8th, 15th, and 22nd: Community Outreach- Working with children from low-income communities. San Jose, CA

April 12th- Community Outreach – Cupertino Bhubaneswar Sister City Initiative, Cupertino, CA

April 14th:  Community Outreach: At SpaandanB Boishakhi Mela, San Jose, CA

April 15th: Summer Internship with Startup informative session. Santa Clara, CA

April 19th & 26th: Shining Smiles. Professional volunteer working with Autism school, Walnut Creek, CA – Mumbai, India

April 20th & 27th: Friends Together – Educational & Fun session with child on spectrum. San Jose, CA

April 21st, Community Outreach: Earth Day Event at Laurelwood Elementary, San Jose, CA

Laurelwood Elementary listed as one of the great America pickup sites and hosted an Earth Day. Our volunteers helped painting the school blacktop, installing the garden, and doing the litter pickup.

January 21st, Community Outreach: Tech by Teens for elderly, Santa Clara, CA

April 21st, Community Outreach: Helping at homeless shelter kitchen, San Jose, CA

April 22nd, Community Outreach: At shelter kitchen. Houston, TX

At Star of Hope Cornerstone Community- a shelter for homeless women & children. Volunteers served lunch to the shelter residents.

April 27th, Community Outreach: Envelope Stuffing, San Jose, CA

April 1st, 8th, 15th & 22nd Community Outreach: Coding Session by Harish, San Jose, CA

April 2018: AnnaPurne – Following folks generously celebrated their special days by sponsoring meals for children rescued from abuse and trafficking. HELP -Asha Sadan, India

April 2nd, Abhinav Dandamudi birthday – Dandamudi Family
April 3rd, Eshni Kiralu birthday – Kiralu family
April 4th, Arya Nair -Nair Family
April 10th, Mr Om Prakash Batra’s Death Anniversary -by Batra family
April 16th, Ruchika Gadakar Birthday – Gadakar Family
April 20th, Varsha kyatam birthday – Kyatam Family
April 24th, Sharanya Nydani birthday – Nydani Family
April 26th, Padma Mullapudi Birthday – Mullapudi Family

April 6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th – “Friends Together” Educational session with Special Needs at PRAGNYA, San Jose, CA

April 1st, 8th, and 29th: “Friends Together” FUN session with Special Needs, San Jose, CA

Volunteers spent quality time with children on spectrum with dancing, singing and chatting.