March 2019 – Newsletter
Time flies! We are already done with first quarter of 2019. March too was a busy month for us with our volunteers collectively putting in 388 hours.
This month, we have some special projects to share with you along with our usual activities like cook and serve, working with low income communities, spending time with special needs friends, helping seniors and so on.
We are very proud to announce our PVSA award winners and Volunteers of the year!!! Congratulations to all of them .
Volunteer of the year: Santosh, Arun and Spoorthi
PVSA Gold: Kamal, Abhilash, Anika, Arjun, Arun, Ashika, Gursimar, Mrudula, Nikita, Pranav, Ravi, Santosh, SriAditi, Suraj M, and Varun
PVSA Silver: Bhargav, Sohini, and Trisha
PVSA Bronze: Aaditya, Anjali, Mrudhvika, Spoorthi, SriVibha, Nehaa, and Suraj B
SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 10:00 to 1:30 PM
VENUE: Cohesity – Head Quarter
300 Park Avenue, Suite #1700 San Jose, CA 95110
PLEASE RSVP TO THE EVENT BY APRIL 9TH.
Again, a reminder to please log in your volunteer hours in PVSA regularly at
Logging your hours is very important as it helps you and us keep track of your volunteer hours and request awards for qualified volunteers. We cannot take responsibility if you miss logging your hours and don’t qualify or get the award on time. Reach out to us if you need any help or are having any issues.
By: Tanisha Tol
Here is a sneak peak into our March 2019 activities:
New Project Launch: Knitbuds – with Elderly & Friends 2019
Knitbuds is a program conceived by our volunteer Mrudula Chodavarapu to knit beanies and scarves to donate to the homeless and patients getting chemotherapy. She has been making these all by herself for now but would like some help from friends to make more so they can donate more. No prior experience required. Mrudula will bring supplies and teach you. We are involving seniors and volunteers so it would be great opportunity for volunteers to bond with elderly and be productive. At end of the year Mrudula will donate knitted items to the needy.
Signups available at:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090948afae2aaaf49-knitbuds
March 2: Sriaditi Yellamraju conducted a session on “Volunteering” for adults, teachers and parents which was organized by Evergreen School District in collaboration with Stanford.
She shared her experiences of volunteering at shelter homes, community center, libraries, nurseries etc. and the important life skills she learned in the process such as better time management, staying organized, team work, cutting/chopping, gardening etc. and above all giving back to the community.
Mar 1, 2, 9, 15, 16, 23: Anika Aggarwal conducted six Bollywood dance sessions this month at Alum Rock Library and Evergreen Village Sqaure Library
Please spread the word and let us know if you come across similar corporate opportunities to get orders for our child victims. It is a great confidence booster for them
March 3: This regional competition is the culmination of a 8-week basketball season for Special Olympians practicing throughout Santa Cruz, Monterey, Santa Clara and San Benito counties. Volunteers acted as scorekeepers and timekeepers during games, to help athletes with skills challenges, and to distribute awards to the players.
Mar 9, 10: Tech Sessions for our beloved Seniors at Westmont and Liberty Towers in Santa Clara
March 10: Cook and Serve, Family Supportive Housing, San Jose, CA
Thanks to Mrudula Chodavarapu’s family for sponsoring and giving the opportunity for volunteers to cook and serve at the shelter.
March 23: Violablythe – Work Party Help, Newark, CA
Our volunteers helped sort, box and label toys and also sorted canned goods.
March 10, 17, 24: Volunteering with Sunday Friends
We worked with children from low income communities and participated in various activities from playing games, reading and drawing with children to cooking and serving meals
March Mondays, Tuesday and Fridays:
As always, we met this month too for for fun filled, interactive “Friends Together” sessions with our Special Friends at Infuse and Surya
March Saturdays at Priya Living Retirement Community, Santa Clara, CA
Helping seniors with their weekly laundry chores
March 8, 20, 25: Sorting and organizing donations for the needy to pick up at various events and locations in San Jose, CA
March 15, 16: Book Fair Setup, Alum Rock Library, San Jose, CA
Our volunteers sorted, labeled, repaired and organized books for a book fair at the library
March 27: Nursery Work at Our City Forest in San Jose, CA
March Meal Sponsorship:
Thank you very much Mr. and Mrs. Kohli for sponsoring meals for the entire month of March 2019. With your generous donations and such a caring and giving heart we were able to provide nutritious food to children rescued from the cruel world of human trafficking, prostitution, sexual slavery, forced drug taking and violence.
If you are interested in sponsoring a meal, you can signup at: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090948afae2aaaf49-2019
For more info on Asha Sadan, please contact EnE
December 10th: Feeding Friends – Cooking and Serving at homeless shetler, San Jose, CA
December 10th: Community Outreach, Tech by Teens for Seniors, Campbell, CA
December 10th: Community Outreach – Arts and crafts with children from low income communities, San Jose CA
December 10th: Community Outreach – Arnav’s Eagle Project- Making winter care backs for homeless. San Jose, CA
December 16th: Community Outreach. Tech by Teens to senior citizens, Santa Clara, CA
December 17th : Community Outreach – Holiday crafts at public library, San Jose, CA
December 18th : Community Outreach, Clothing drive for Rohingya, San Jose, CA
Kicked off clothing drive for for refugees in Bangladesh in collaboration with SpaandaB
December 21th: Community Outreach – Collected toys drop off at Stanford, CA
We have successfully wrapped up our toy drive for children at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital #LPCH #Stanford and delivered at Stanford. Very proud and thankful to our volunteers for going out of their way to make drive successful. Our heart felt thanks to all donors for their generosity. We are able to collect $3000 dollars worth of toys including gift cards. #LPCH is very happy and appreciated volunteers for their efforts and thanks donors for contributions.
December21st: AnnaPurne – Meal sponsorship by Vasantha Jayakumar for children rescued from abuse and trafficking. HELP -Asha Sadan, India
Vasantha celebrated her nephew’s birthday by sponsoring meal to needy children.
December 22nd: AnnaPurne – Meal sponsorship by Dudyala family for children rescued from abuse and trafficking. HELP -Asha Sadan, India.
December 24th: AnnaPurne – Meal sponsorship by Nair family for children rescued from abuse and trafficking. HELP -Asha Sadan, India
December 26th : AnnaPurne at HELP Asha Sadan, India
Katragadda family celebrated their son’s birthday with Asha Sadan children by sponsoring full day meals.
