September 2018 – Newsletter

As school year is in full swing all families must be busy adjusting to new schedule, back to school nights, club nights and pickups and drop offs. We wish you all the best and great school year!
If you have not got an opportunity to volunteer in Sept month please make sure you do at least one event in October month. We need consistency and we know we can count on our volunteers.

Here is our Sept 2018 sneak peak.

Sept 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th: Community Outreach: Laundry Help at Retirement Community, Santa Clara, CA

Sept 1st & 17th: Community Outreach: Community Gardening, Sugarland, TX

Sept 7th: Tshirt distribution to fellow volunteers, San Jose, CA

Sept 8th: Community Outreach: At girls Hackathon, Sunnyvale, CA

At ADAHACKS: Girls from St. Francis High School in Mt. View, CA conducted Hackathon for girls at Google on world issues. Google hosted and provided mentors & judges for this event. EnE sponsored prizes to winners. Another way of Empowering youth.

Sept 9th: Feeding Friends: Cooking & Serving hot meals at homeless shelter, San Jose, CA

Sept 9th: Community Outreach: for the children residing at the homeless shelter Star of Hope -Cornerstone Community, Houston, TX

Sept 8th &9th Community Outreach – Tech by Teens, Santa Clara & Campbell CA

Sept 9th, 16th & 23rd – Community Outreach – with Low income community families, San Jose, CA

Sept 15th: Community Outreach: At shelter kitchen cooking and serving guests from streets, San Jose, CA

Sept 16th: Community Outreach: Almaden Art &Wine Festival by Almaden Valley Women’s Club. San Jose, Ca

Sept 16th: Community Outreach: Bingo time with elderly at senior living, Palo Alto, CA

Sept 22nd: Community Outreach: Book Sale at Public Library, San Jose, CA

Sept 22nd: Community Outreach: Community Gardening, San Jose, CA

Sept 23rd: Community Outreach: at #VivaCalleSJ serving at fairground hub, San Jose, CA

Sept 23rd – Community Outreach – STEM Program for low-income community children, San Jose, CA

Thank you IBM for sponsoring STEM kits.

Sept 25th: Vocational training course completion certificates to children rescued from trafficking and abuse, HELP- India

With support our donors we were able to provide vocational training for children rescued from trafficking and abuse in India and all of them received their course completion certificates.

Sept 29th Community Outreach: Baking session for refugee families, San Jose, CA

Our volunteer Keerthana hosted a basking session for refugee families. Thanks to Prerana4refugees organization for collaborating with us to make this happen. Children made cup cakes and decorated. Had loads of fun.

September Month Friends Together few moments, San Jose & Cupertino, CA

September: Community Outreach: Bollywood Fitness class by teen volunteer, San Jose, CA

Alum Rock library – Sept 14, Sept 28
Evergreen village square library – Sept, 1, Sept 8, Sept 15, Sept 22, Sept 29

Sept Mon, Tue, Thu & Fri: “Friends Together” FUN session with Special Needs at InFuse, San Jose, CA

Volunteers helped at InFuse after school care for special needs.

Sept Saturday’s : “Friends Together” FUN session with Special Needs at PRAGNYA, San Jose, CA

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

Sept 5th & 26th: Meal Sponsorship to children rescued from trafficking and abuse, HELP -India