January 2019 – Newsletter
WISH YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Hope you all had a great start to your New Year! We at EnE are excited to continue into 2019 with our goal of sharing, caring and giving. Our volunteers are already off to a great start with (378) hours in January 2019.
If you have not logged your volunteer hours, please log your volunteer hours in PVSA. If you need to create an account, instructions document is in this following link:https://empowerexcel.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/PVSA-Volunteer-account-setup-.pdf
In March we will start auditing hours and request for PVSA for qualified volunteers. So logging your hours is very important and we can’t take responsibility if you miss logging and can’t get the award on time.
End of April we will have our annual volunteer appreciation event to acknowledge all our volunteers and their selfless service to make a difference in the community.
By: Tanisha Tol
January 2, 3, 4: Alum Rock Library Volunteering
Volunteers helped with sorting and organizing books. They also repaired, labeled, and cleaned the books.
January 5: Craft for Seniors at Westmont Senior Living
Our volunteers did fun and easy craft activities with special and lovely seniors to get them ready for this coming Valentine’s Day
Jan 13: Feeding Friends at San Jose Family Shelter.
Jan 13, 20, 27: Working with children from low income community: Our volunteers did various activities such as playing games, drawing and reading with the children. They also cooked and served meals.
Jan 19: We launched the “Music for Seniors” program this month. Our volunteers played various musical instruments for seniors at the Westmont Senior Living in Santa Clara
Jan 27: Spoorthi’s Sex Education Project for Kids in Rural India: an Inspirational Session
Our volunteer Spoorthi Vallamkonda successfully finished her sexual education and personal safety project in rural India. During her winter break she went around rural schools and shelters in India and taught students about basic sex education. She even published a book and released posters for schools to showcase in their libraries. The response to her project was overwhelming with more schools requesting her to offer these sessions. Upon her return, she conducted a session to share her experiences and inspire other kids to come up with new ideas.
Jan 1, 5, 12, 19, 26: Helping Senior citizens with their laundry at Priya Living, Santa Clara
Jan 5, 12, 13: Tech for Senior Citizens at Westmont, Santa Clara and at Liberty Towers, Santa Clara
Our volunteers working with Senior citizens to show them how to use smart phones, apps, laptops, iPads, tablets etc.
“Friends Together” Sessions: Interactive fun filled sessions with special needs kids
Jan 11, 18, 25: Friends Together
Jan 14, 15, 18, 22, 25,28, 29: Friends Together at Pragnya and Infuse
Volunteers spent quality time doing various activities with children including dancing, singing and chatting.
January Meal Sponsorship by following families to the children rescued from trafficking and abuse, HELP – India
Madhavan JAN – 1st, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, and 26th
Mullapudi. JAN -2nd
Bhatia – JAN -3rd
Hiremath. JAN- 4th
Tol – JAN 5th
Abbas – JAN 6th
Anumolu – JAN 16th
Meda – JAN 30th & 31st
