November 2022 Newsletter
EnE November 2022 Newsletter
“Thanksgiving is a joyous invitation to shower the world with love and gratitude. To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.”
We at EnE wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Important Reminders:
- Volunteer Hours Recording: Please make sure you continue to record your volunteering hours by logging into our new system.
- 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.
- Stay tuned to EnE:
- Website: https://empowerexcel.org/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Empowerandexcel/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/empower-and-excel/
Now for a Quick Recap of Our November 2022 Activities
November – EnE volunteers worked on providing fun activities, warm food & warm
clothing for the unhoused population in the upcoming chilly winter times.
Volunteer of the Month: Avni Saxena
Avni Saxena has been volunteering with E&E for one year now. She is very active and participates in various activities during weekends. Her enthusiasm to volunteer is seemingly endless. Your commitment makes a difference Avni. Keep up the great work. Avni is the 2022 E&E holiday card, design winner. She captured creatively what is E&E about.
On this holiday season, there will be blessings all around. Just keep the door of your heart open so they can fill it up with peace, positivity, and love! Enjoy this golden time of the year to the fullest with loved ones.
Happy Holidays!
True methods of introducing the gardening concept to children. EnE Volunteers at the Gardening
EnE volunteers worked hard to acquire hundreds of yards of fleece, cut, sew, and loop the edges to provide warmth and comfort for the needy without shelters in the long and cold nights of winter. People on the receiving end felt very grateful for the timely aid.
Crafty bakers of EnE baked hundreds of homely decadent muffins, cookies, and brownies for East bay unhoused and Family Supportive Housing.
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.
EnE volunteers prepare the first meal of the day, a balanced hot breakfast for Eastbay unhoused.
EnE volunteers making hearty delicious lunches and dinners (that include, pasta, veg/non-veg/pb&j sandwiches, fruit, snack bars, juice/water) for the needy in our local community.
Volunteers prepared meals and dropped off at Family Supportive Housing and JW house.
Addressing hunger is a moral imperative! EnE volunteers hand out fresh handmade lunch packs to the homeless and destitute, in San Jose, Sunnyvale, Santa Cruz.
STEM for kids develops creators, thinkers, problem solvers, doers, innovators, and inventors. Exposing kids to simple STEM activities at an early age today sets a foundation for higher learning tomorrow. Our EnE volunteers conducted STEAM activities for children from low-income communities in San Jose. It’s great to see kids having fun. We had raffles and fun incentives and lunch for participants and so much more for Thanksgiving distribution.
EnE volunteers collected hundreds of new or gently used jackets to give a gift of warmth to the unhoused friends.
Knitting caps for cancer patients continues by our young volunteers.
EnE volunteers made greeting cards for children at the hospitals featuring friendly birthday wishes.
|
|