June 2022 Newsletter
EnE June 2022 Newsletter
“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.” Dalai Lama XIV
We hope all the wonderful Father’s out there had a fantastic Father’s Day. Thank you for all you do! Wishing you happiness and sunshine for the coming year.
Now for a Quick Recap of Our June 2022 Activities
Volunteer of the Month: Arjun Vyavaharkar
Arun has been volunteering for about four years with E&E. He has been consistently working with special needs every week. He became a friend in no time to his special needs friends. They look forward to spending time with him. He is one friend they can always count on. In this experience, we see Arjun’s personal empowerment. It not only helped Arjun to build the tools to be more independent, but it also improved his self-esteem and confidence. Very proud to see Arjun grow up as an empathetic gentleman.
Beautiful handmade greeting cards for children at hospitals and disabled children at shelters.
Meet and Greet with Madhavi Latha who is the executive director of Asha Jyothi.
Asha Jyothi Handicapped Welfare Society is a home for 75 physically and mentally disabled orphans children. E&E has been supporting this organization since 2019 with the help of generous donors. It was a great opportunity for our donors to directly to meet her and learn more about their work.
Our Bay area youth volunteers Aarnav & Abhinav donated books to the mobile library program in India.
Volunteers helped to pick up food for the elderly from restaurant.
Young tutors had fun teaching their little tutees different subjects, chess, and art. Our volunteers ensure that tutoring programs are culturally responsive and tailored to meet the unique needs of student populations.
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. It’s great to see kids having fun. We had raffles and fun incentives and Lunch for participants.
Volunteers cooked delicious food for the unhoused populations in South Bay, East Bay, and Santa Cruz areas.
Volunteers distributed food packages, care packages, and sanitary napkins, 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.
