ECG - 2013 Sapling Survival Status

Reading session for Visually challenged students

We successfully launched `Reading session for Visually challenged` friends.

Thanks to the trustees of `TKKNN Vysya Charities` who provided their community hall located at Sunkuwar street, Triplicane. Thanks to Balasubramaniyam sir for co-ordinating in getting the venue for reading session.

All 5 trustees of the charity inaugurated the session, by lighting the "Kuththu Vilakku" and the session started at 11AM and went on until 12:30 PM.

Trustees of the TKKNN Vysya Charities assured to sponsor for Tea/Coffee and snacks in all further reading sessions. Thanks to you all.

Totally 16 students (11 from Presidency, 3 from QMC and 1 from Nandhanam Govt. college) attended the session today. Thanks to Palanichamy for co-ordinating and bringing the students from various colleges.

21 volunteers turned out for today. Thanks to everyone for your time.

1. Pavithra
2. Satish Bonthu
3. Jai Sankar
4. Nagappan
5. Rathi Devi
6. Balasubramaniyam Sir
7. Kanchan
8. Anitha Srinath
9. Komal
10. Gopi Krishna
11. Ranganathan
12. SriPonkothai
13. Sowmeya
14. Bala
15. Sasikumar
16. Sudha
17. Praveen
18. Saranya
19. Priyamvadha
20. Swaminathan
21. Venkat

All were served with Tea.

Snaps @ https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/110670418832208697263/albums/6076952344467445009

This reading session will happen on every Saturday from 10AM - 12PM. If there is any change on a particular week, that will be informed in prior.

Going forward Balasubramaniyam sir and Rathi Devi will co-ordinate the reading session with the guidance from the board members of Chennai Social Service.

Those who wish to be part of CSS can enroll themselves in our site - www.chennaisocialservice.org

Kind Requests:

1. During the reading session, please put the mobile in silent or in low volume. If you need to make/attend any calls, kindly come away from the premises, so that it won't disturb other readers and students.

2. Please don't share your numbers with any of the students. If they ask for the number to be contacted during the time of requirement, kindly ask them to meet/contact me. 

Kindly share your suggestions/ideas/feedbacks. Will improve our capability.

For any queries, reach @ 98415 50476/ 87540 45125

Red Drops to the Rescue

We usually arrange for 50 to 100 Blood donors per month, after strict filtration and more focus given to people from Government Hospitals.

But the last 4 days were completely different. There were loads and loads of blood requests pouring in, even after the basic filtrations. Despite the unexpected number of requests, we managed to arrange 43 units of blood. And with this blood, we supported

1. 3 kids.
2. 2 pregnant women.
3. 2 accident victims.
4. 3 elderly peoples.

Big Applause and thanks to Team co-ordinator Jagadish, and volunteers  Akshyaa, Divya, Rathi, Ashwin and Satish Bonthu for ramping up their efforts to meet the crisis :-) (y)

Heavenly Diwali Celebrations at Home of Hope, Thirunindravur

We are too excited to share the happy and safe Diwali day moments that we celebrated with the cute and enthusiastic kids of Home of Hope, Pakkam village, Thirunindravur...

 

I. Event Schedule

1. We all gathered at the home around 11 AM.
2. Quick introduction of the kids and volunteers.
3. Kids were divided into groups.
4. Kept sand and water beside the area where crackers were to be busted
5. Busted crackers under volunteer's supervision
6. Delicious vegetarian and non-vegetarian lunch served around 1:30 PM
7. Back to Bursting crackers continued till 5 PM.

Complete Pics @ 
http://goo.gl/ylaKPA

II. Highlights

1. The mythology behind Diwali celebration nicely delivered to kids by Venkat
2. Started with bursting 2000 wala and ended with a 1000 wala :)
3. Crackers sponsored by Vidhya (Nandhini's sister), Thomson Reuters and CSS.
4. Sweets sponsored by Mithila and Vidhya (Nandhini's sister)
5. Tasty Gulab Jamun by Surya's mom.

III. Special Applause

1. Cute poem (Kavidhai) delivered by Jagadish about Teachers to encourage kids on how and why one should respect teachers.
2. Nice little toys sponsored by Aravind Sudarshanan, his father and brother.
3. Special cheers to the elders who took part in the event at remote area despite heavy rain showers and difficult transportation. We appreciate your enthusiasm:)
4. Tiru to take pain in buying  crackers at the last hour (late night) despite his busy office work.
5. To all the volunteers for ensuring kids safety.

We hope you all had a heart felt satisfaction in spending time with the kids. There are lots more to happen in future… Please stay on track… We will keep you posted...

Kindly feel free to share your feedback, as they are valuable for any further improvisation.

IV. Volunteers and Sponsors

27 Volunteers:

Ashwin, Haribabu, Ponmurugan, Parthiban, Usha, Nandhakumar, Jagadish, Sai, Sai’s Mom, Surya’s Mom, Sasikumar, Little princess Keerthana, Dhivya, Mithila, Her Dad & Mom, Akshaya, Arvind Sudarshan, His Dad & Bro, Srinivasan, Jeyabalan, Bonthu, Venkat, Tiru, Charu and Mahesh.

Sponsors:
Radha Shivakumar, Varshitha Nagarajan, Sanjeevi Kumar, Akshaya & friends, Anitha, Mithila, Prasana Ilangovan , Srinivasan, Jeyabalan, Aishwarya, Arvind Sudarshan, Parthiban, Haribabu, Ponmurugan, Sasikumar & Friends, Nagappan, S. Indra, S. Aravind, Tapan Kumar Das, S. Prabhu, E. Murlirajan, R. Aishwarya, K. Vatsal, K. Sakthivel, V. Subramanian, M. Jeyasree, G. Omnivas, D. Dhandayudhan, M.N. Chitra, P. Dhanapal, T. Kalyani

V. Finance

Total Sponsored Amount = Rs. 32250

Expenses:
Lunch - Rs. 7000
Crackers - Rs. 3650
Transport - Rs. 500

Total = Rs. 11150

Balance transferred to CSS Account: 32250 - 11150 = Rs. 21100 (handed over to Venkat)

PS: The funds collected shall be used towards Mr. Satish's hip replacement surgery.

VI. Closing

A very special applause to all the donors for their generous contribution and we wish this continues forever...

On behalf of Team Aravanaipu, we thank all our seniors for their constant guidance and thank our fellow volunteers for helping us in making the event a memorable one.

Last but not least, we conclude with a special thanks to all sponsors, and our members who have participated in the event and helped the team. :-) :-) :-)

Annual General Body meeting and Elections for CSGAB

On 19th Oct, General body meeting of CSGAB (College Students and Graduates Association for Blind) and the elections to select the new representatives went on well amidst heavy rain.

Thanks to all the volunteers for making themselves available.

Event started at 09:30 with the registration. Thanks to Monisha, Sangeetha, Sandhya, Vaishnavi, Hiranmayi, Sahana and Deepa from M.O.P. College who managed more than 400 people to get register and assisted them to cast their vote. Also thanks to Rathi, her son Varun, Ashwin, Ponmurugan, Akshyaa, Aishwarya and Priya.

The meeting got over by 2 and after lunch, the elections took place and went on until 05:30pm. Later the counting of votes started at 06:30pm and went on until midnight 12:30.

Thanks to Ashwin, Ponmurugan, Yasodha mam, Praveen and volunteers from CTS for staying until late night.

Special thanks to Akshyaa for pulling volunteers from her college :-)

More Snaps @ https://plus.google.com/photos/100029059227283819807/albums/6077034422422828001

October 2nd Week - Sapling Distribution

We had 2 awesome GREEN events this week and it went awesome :-)

Vana Mahotsav @ JRK Matriculation School, Vadapalani

JRK School is celebrating Vana Mahotsav festival by planting trees in their Campus by the school Students. We picked up 50 saplings from Adambakkam Isha Nursery and delivered for the festive.
Big Kudos to Akshyaa and Arun Prasad for the Distribution :D

Snaps @ https://plus.google.com/photos/116575681234767831679/albums/6069590229673253729

Kodungaiyur Sapling Distribution

We resume this year's Sapling Distribution Activity of this year in North Chennai with this event. There were plenty of requests around Kodungaiyur in Perambur, Kolathur, Red Hills, Thiruvottiyur and more with our Isha Nursery localted at Kodungaiyur.

As a start, we delivered 10 saplings to a Tree Lover in Moolakadai :-) More distribution activities to be planned in the same area in upcoming weeks :-)

Snaps @ https://plus.google.com/photos/116575681234767831679/albums/6069591191975818273

If you would like to Volunteer, reach us @ environmentcaregroup@gmail.com / 9952998132

Clothes Collection Drive

We made a Clothes collection drive last weekend (Sep 13-14, 2014) to collect unused clothes and distribute it to the following needy homes:

1. Little drops Paraniputhur village.
2. Don guanella missionary, karayanchavdi.
3. Home of hope.

We collected around 15 boxes of clothes, segregated them, packed them and distributed to the above homes.

Volunteers helped in collection:

• Prithvi / Rathi / A volunteer at west mambalam & pallikaranai
• Transport: Satish & Nagappan
• Segregation & Distribution: Ashwin, Venkat, Mahesh & Charu
• Transport: Anand (special thanks to Anand for making this happen, as it was a tedious drive.

Aravanaipu Team sincerely thanks all the volunteers for their continuous dedicated & timely support.

More Snaps @ https://plus.google.com/photos/113267219060276132977/albums/6060411360239533697