December 2021 Newsletter
EnE December 2021 Newsletter
“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth”
~Muhammad Ali
Hope all of you had a wonderful holiday break and our warmest thoughts and best wishes for a Happy New Year!
This hand-drawn personalized holiday card is designed by our 9-year volunteer. Proud to see when our volunteer’s skills come into good use.
E&E Team
Now for a Quick Recap of Our Dec 2021 Activities
Young tutors had fun teaching their little tutees different subjects, chess, and art.
Our team getting ready with 3rd round of winter blankets making. Thanks to Santa Clara County Supervisor Otto Lee for giving URJGENT Grant towards our project.
Beautiful handmade greeting cards for children at hospitals and disabled children at shelters.
Christmas came early for some moms who were attending the Parenting Class at Rebekah’s Children Services at Gilroy, thanks to our no-sew baby blankets volunteers. Our volunteer’s dedication and passion were very much appreciated by these moms who were overjoyed to receive these blankets.
Volunteers collected cleaned, sorted, and donated loads of winter coats/jackets/sweaters and scarves/hats to the ‘Share the warmth’ campaign’ of Home first services.
Volunteers made 85 Christmas Meal Packs and help with other tasks at SV FISH Food Pantry
Little bakers baked 100’s of goodies for the community
Our volunteers conducted STEAM activities for children from low-income communities. We had raffles and fun incentives and Lunch for children who participated.
EnE volunteers made hot meals and sandwiches for the unhoused population in East Bay, South Bay, and Santa Cruz.
Volunteers distributed food packages to the unhoused population in San Jose, Sunnyvale, Santa Cruz and Fremont.
- EnE volunteers and their families have been wholeheartedly supporting AshaJyothi, a shelter for abandoned special needs kids in India through their generous donations and meal sponsorships.
- A BIG Thank You to Garud Family, Madav Family, Masson Family, Yerra Family, and an anonymous donor for food sponsorships to disabled orphan children.
- Please sign-up here if you are interested in sponsoring meals for ~70 special needs kids and their staff of 15 people. We are very happy to share that our anonymous donor is matching two meals for every meal sponsored in the year 2021. Cost: $200 for full-day meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner), $80 for just Lunch or Dinner, $40 for breakfast:
- https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090948AFAE2AAAF49-2022
- Payment Info: Use one of the methods below to make a payment (Please note that online transaction fees are charged to E&E, so please include those fees as well.). Please do company matching wherever possible. (Tax-id: 47-3656395)
- Pay online at: https://empowerexcel.org/donate/
- Zelle transfer to: empowerandexcel.np@gmail.com
- Mail the check, payable to ‘Empower and Excel’ to: Empower and Excel, P.O. Box 21555, San Jose, CA, 95151 U.S.A
- By Cash
Important Monthly Reminders:
Instructions on How to Check your Event Sign-up on DonorView:
- Log on to E&E volunteer DonorView
- Click on the “Events” button
- Click on the “print ticket” button
Please Remember the following
- Please sign in to your DonorView account before you sign up for an event. (The advantage of signing in to your account first is that the attendant fields will be auto-filled for you, making your signup process a lot more efficient. Also, it will avoid the creation of multiple accounts.)
- Make sure to check your email for sign-up confirmation and event ticket.
- In the event that an update is required we will post it on the group chat and send Donorview update email.
- The event sign-up page also has the latest info. Please check there first if you have any questions.
- Please Note: Deleting a sign-up requires admin intervention so please only sign up when you are certain of your availability.
- We announce new events on the WhatsApp group first as events become available. If you have recently joined E&E, it’s best to sign into your Donorview account to see ongoing events. Click on the “event” icon. In the upper- right hand corner you will see a pull-down menu for ongoing events. Here is a short info document on Donorview:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1XnpAMjnXXaVjcqG27_WW2tnnFMX8dJoSvXK139z0j_0/edit
* Please Enter Your Volunteer Hours as soon as you are done with your activity
Presidential Volunteer Service Award (PVSA):
- To learn more about hours required to earn PVSA awards in each age group, go to: https://www.presidentialserviceawards.gov/eligibility
Shopping on Amazon:
- Please use the following link to shop on Amazon.com: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/47-3656395. When you shop using this link, Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to EnE.
