April 2022 Newsletter
EnE April 2022 Newsletter
“Everybody can be great. Because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve…. You don’t have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”
~Martin Luther King, Jr
April is National Volunteer Month. We want to thank all the volunteers out there for the impact they have on so many lives in the community.
Now for a Quick Recap of Our April 2022 Activities
Volunteer of the Month: Ritwin Narra
Ritwin started volunteering with E&E just in March 2022 but the way he started involved in every activity possible to serve the community with so much joy and happiness is something we appreciate. Keep up the great work Ritiwn.
Congrats to Presidential Volunteer Service Award Recipients.
Thank you volunteers for your service to the community. This year 85 volunteers received the PVSA awards. This is a recognition of volunteer’s unconditional efforts and dedication to serving the community. Out of 87, 16 Bronze, 17 Silver, and 54 are Gold.
Bronze award recipients: Abhinav Palivela, Anirudh Annabathula, Anish Potta, Arun Kunigiri, Avinash Sri-kumeran, Dhruva Chowlur, IKSHVAKU SRI-KUMERAN, Inara Naavini Aram, Kartheek Yarlagadda, Lian Elsa Linton, Naisha Samineni, Niyatee Jain, Noel Edathara, Shivani Ravindra, Shriya Char, and Zaid Muhammad
Silver award recipients: Abhinav Praveen, Akhil Kolluru, Anurag Jakkula, Anvitha Mirukula, Harika Chodavarapu, Ishan Juluri, Kai Wang, Kirti Kande, Puneet Nalluru, Rachana Cheruvu, Shauri Potula, Sohini Pillay, Sudharshan Vasudev Ramadass, Veena Iyer, Nikita Krishnan, Ashika Gogineni and Vishnu Pulivarthi
Gold award recipients: Aakash Vuppala, Aashvi Ravi, Aayush Dave, Abhinav Chunduru, Abhinav Gondi, Aishwarya Manga, Amrutha Chunduru, Amulya Dussa, Anagh Nag Puranik, Anika Ravi, Anish Vuppala, Anisha Pallikonda, Anouksha Kolluru, Anya Dussa, Arnav Praveen, Arya Srinivasan, Bhargav Eranki, Bhavya Yanamandra, Kavya Peela, Maanya Rachapalli, Mahika Redla, Manasvi Pinnaka, Mehar Bhatia, Mohit Sai Angalakuditi, Neha Narayanam, Neil Gadagkar, Nimera Cyrthi Aram, Nitish Omprakash, Praharsh Damera, Pranathi Kande, Pranav Guda, Randeri Reeva, Ravi K Polisetti, Ridhan Randeri, Rishab Nair, Rishit Agrawal, Ritwin Narra, Riya Pallikonda, Riya Patel, Rohit Raman, Ruthvik Singireddy, Sairevanth Pisupati, Sanviti Amarnath, Sasha Masson, Shreeya Manga, Shreya Rachapalli, Shuvam Sinha, Soham Pinapala, Sriaditi Yellamraju, Srikar Kartik Govindaraju, Tanvi Das, Tvisha Irigi, Ruhan Nair, and Upasana Puranik.
Our team has been working so hard to make beautiful blankets for the families in low-income communities. Adult volunteers made the fabric ready with the right measurements for youth volunteers to pick up and complete the blanket. Thanks to all those wonderful moms for taking the time to support this project. Thanks to our lead parent volunteers putting so much effort to prep the material and making videos for kids to follow on how to make the blanket.
Volunteers at the shelter pantry help make easter meal bags for the underserved communities.
April 9th, Bellarmine College Preparatory’s Student club hosted Nazaara dance show. All Bay Area school groups came and gave spectacular performances. The student group selected E&E as the benefiting organization from this show proceedings. We are looking forward to receiving the funds and supporting our local communities in need.
Young tutors had fun teaching their little tutees different subjects, chess, and art.
Our volunteers collected household essential items for families at the shelter.
Beautiful handmade greeting cards for children at hospitals and disabled children at shelters.
Thank you volunteers family for cooking delicious dinner for patients families in Santa Clara.
Little bakers baked 100’s of goodies for the community
Our volunteers conducted STEAM activities for children from low-income communities. We bought ping pong table and started teaching kids during this time. It’s great to see kids having fun. 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 , care packages, winter. kits sanitary napkins, tents, tarps, first aid kits, masks, and warm clothing 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 Masson Family, Narayanam Family, Ojas Gupta, Trivedi Family, Kolluru Family, Potula Family, Cheruvu Family, Fotedar 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.
