CSS 9th Anniversary Celebration

CSS 9th Anniversary celebrations - 2nd August 2015- Vinobha Hall - Thakkar Bapa Vidyalaya School

CSS’s stepping into 10th year was an enthusiastic and yet a sorrow filled happening due to demise of People’s President and Youth’s inspiration Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. This gentleman had passed away few days ago hence we at CSS dedicate our 9th Anniversary event to this Gentle Giant.

The guest of honour was Mr. Palanidurai and his family; they along with Sathish Kumar of CSS lighted the Traditional Lamp.

A two minute silence to departed souls who have led their lives as an example for future generation to aspire for, a small Audio Visual on Dr. Kalam, Followed by an elegy on Dr. Kalam by Jagadish and followed by mention of Sasi Perumal Ayya’s demise fighting for Prohibition.

The program was hosted at Vinobha Hall in Thakkar Bapa Vidyalaya.

1. The Next on agenda was CSS Annual report which was presented by various team leaders.
2. This was followed by Poetry recitation and below are the Poets and their poems
1. Mr. Magesh
2. Mr. Sakthi
3. Mr. Keerthivasan
4. Mr. Arun
3. The next was a presentation by Dr. Sumatha on food which we consume and how they are related to our body’s main organs and how they benefit us.
4. A energetic dance performance by Gowtham Shana
5. Awesome duet performances  by Pritivi and Swami Sir
6. CSSians skit on Child Sexual Abuse Prevention

CSS had the privilege of honoring best performing Volunteers over the year and were categorized as Volunteer of the Year and Star Volunteer

Star Volunteer - Their support is reflected in their commitment towards the team projects they had taken and accomplished over the year. They have been volunteers for many years and their continued presence gives the Organization strength and enthusiasm to carry on with many more activities and projects.

1. Mr. Ashwin Kumar

2. Ms. Akshaya

3. Mr. Arun Prasad

Volunteer of the Year - The volunteers have shown promise and also dedication to the task assigned to them. They have committed to the particular task and were proactive in volunteering for activities as and when time demanded. Thanks to you all.

1. Mr. Gowtham

2. Mr. Surya Prasad

3. Ms. Kanchan

4. Ms. Sowmya

5. Mr. Karthik

6. Mrs. Lakshmi Rekha

7. Ms. Pavithra

Special Appreciation Award - These volunteers and Corporate Organizations were immensely supportive of our initiatives like Vegam 2015, Nal Olluka Payirchi volunteering, Supporting our Nutritious Drink distribution, Sponsoring for our events and above all standing shoulder to shoulder in times of need.

1. Mr. Yuvaraj

2. MOP Vaishanv College for Women

3. Williams Lea

4. Mrs. Rekha Selvakumar

5. TCS Spencer Plaza

6. Outreach Cognizant Technology Solution

9th Anniversary celebrations Income and Expenses Report

Venue Charges- 5500

Venue Extra charges- 700

Electricity Charges- 500

Food expenses- 6000

Mementos- 9500

Total expenses incurred- 22200

Donations received in Kind

Mr. Sathish Kumar- 6000

Ms. Sruthi- 3000

Mrs. Asha Sridhar- 3000

Mr. Madhu Gupta- 2000

Mr. Praveen Kumar- 500

Thanks to all the volunteers who have given their time and energy over past one year in organising and being part of many activities. Hope to see same kind of support for this new year too.

Photo album Link:

https://goo.gl/photos/FMUkt8JFc79SizRDA

Sapling distribution in receptions @ West Mambalam and Alandur

Saplings Distribution in the wedding receptions at Nithya Kalyani Mandapam on 29th of May and in  our volunteer Priya's reception at West Mambalam on 31st of May went well. 

We distributed 120 (90+30) saplings in these two receptions,

Thanks to the volunteers Karthik Palani, Hitesh, Aarya, Sowmiya, Avinash, Arun, Surya and Selvi who turned up in spite of their busy schedule. 

Special thanks to the People who joined us and referred us for the sapling distribution. 

The volunteers who are going to do the follow up, the back screen work, of the saplings in these distributions are Sanjay for Alandur and Meenu Ram for West Mambalam distribution.

A Few snaps:

Sapling Plantation in VIP colony at Uthandi

Why should the Schools or the Corporates or the NGO's alone be a part in taking steps to make Our Mother Earth greener ? Why not the residential areas??

Yes, this time the plantation was done in the residential area in Uthandi. A person who came up with the idea of planting trees in the area, with his friends, contacted our Environmental Care Group to execute the plan of make his area more greener.

The event started at 8.30 a.m. Our volunteers unpacked the saplings, tree guards and other items.
We were divided into groups, one to dig the pit, another to prepare the tree guards and the rest were engaged in planting the saplings and to water it. 

Once the work of digging the holes and preparing the tree guards, which was started simultaneously, got over, we planted the saplings and placed the tree guards which was of two and a half feet height to protect them from the cattles. We planted 26 tree saplings of four different kinds.

It took 6 hours to complete the work and finally it ended at 3 p.m.

Thanks to the volunteers Surya, Sakthi, Gowtham, Akshyaa, Pavithra Murugan, Laxamanan, Sowmiya, Rajesh, Guru, Raja, Arun, Dinesh, Vinodhini, Aneesh, Ramesh and Ram.

This wouldn't be possible without the Yes Bank and our CSS Volunteer, Krupakaran who supported us financially in buying the saplings, tree guards and providing the refreshments to the volunteers.

And special thanks to the localites who helped us from the very beginning till the end in this plantation.

A snap from the event

Check the below link for more snaps
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.983653924987741&type=1&l=61b8b72a0b

Reading session for visually challenged students - 15th Nov, 2014 - Session 3

Third session of our reading centre went on well @ Triplicane

Total Students: 29 (26 from Presidency, 1 from Queen Mary's College & 2 from Madras University )

Total number of volunteers: 20 (14 CSS members, 4 from TCS and 2 from Thomson Reuters) Thanks to All.

Pavithra

Jai Sankar

RathiDevi

Balasubramaniam Sir

Renganathan

Ashwin

Bala

Sudha

Karthik

Meenakshi

MeenaKumari

Sripoongothai

Parthiban

Charumathy

Master Varun

Nalini

Manine Thiraviya

Meenakshi

Deepa

Venkat

40 cups of tea were sponsored by the TKKNN Vysya Charities.

5 biscuit packets were sponsored by Balasubramaniyam sir's friend and 1 packet by Bala from TCS.

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

2. 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.

3. 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

More Snaps at https://plus.google.com/photos/100029059227283819807/albums/6084006396221652241

Red Drops - October Update

`Chanceay Illa` month for Red Drops. We arranged for

1. 167 units in last month, 1) The highest ever 2) First time Century.
2. for 83 Patients (57 from govt. hospitals). We saved
1. 9 kids
2. 13 pregnant women
3. others are accident cases
3. 1 kid died :( (RIP)
4. 23 New Donors
5. We gave atleast 1 unit to all requests.
6. Big Applause to Akshyaa, Rathi and Divya for their timely co-ordination and support.
7. Great emotional feedback from many Patients.

1 request from Perambur Railway Hospital for A+ve request. Already 16 units given on that day. So Akshyaa went there to give blood and found the patient is of poor economic background. She brought her family and managed to give 4 units of blood of 8 requests units.

Second Reading Session @ Triplicane and Need Volunteers for Scribing

Second session of our reading center went on well today @ Triplicane

Total Students: 18:

• 13 from Presidency,
• 1 from Pachiayappan college,
• 2 from Queen Marys College,
• 1 from Madras University,
• 1 Student from Vivekananda College

Total number of volunteers: 22

1. Mahesh
2. Pavithra
3. Jai Sankar
4. RathiDevi
5. Balasubramaniam Sir
6. Saravanan Mani
7. Renganathan
8. Ashwin
9. Harikrishnan
10. Abinaya
11. Sridhar
12. Ashella
13. Anitha Srinath
14. Edith
15. Priyamvadha
16. Bala
17. Sudha
18. Karthik
19. Madhushree Mukherjee
20. Meenakshi
21. Meena

Thanks to everyone for your time and appreciate your voluntarism.

Please find the schedule for exams for the next 1 week. Let me know if you are available on any particular days.

10th Nov, Monday - Queen Mary's College - English - 3 scribes required - 9AM to 12PM

10th Nov, Monday - Queen Mary's College - Tamil - 2 scribes required - 9AM to 12PM

10th Nov, Monday - MSSW - English - 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

11th Nov, Tuesday - Ambedkar Law College, High Court - English - 1 scribe required - 2PM to 5PM

11th Nov, Tuesday - Ambedkar Law University, R.A.Puram - English - 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

12th Nov, Wednesday - Queen Mary's College - English - 3 scribes required - 9AM to 12PM

12th Nov, Wednesday - Queen Mary's College - Tamil - 2 scribes required - 9AM to 12PM

12th Nov, Wednesday - MSSW - English - 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

12th Nov, Wednesday - Chellammaal College - Tamil - 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

12th Nov, Wednesday - Ambedkar Law College, High Court - Tamil- 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

12th Nov, Wednesday - Ambedkar Law College, High Court - English - 1 scribe required - 2PM to 5PM

13th Nov, Thursday - Chellammaal College - Tamil - 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

13th Nov, Thursday - Ambedkar Law College, High Court - Tamil- 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

13th Nov, Thursday - Ambedkar Law College, High Court - English - 1 scribe required - 2PM to 5PM

13th Nov, Thursday - Ambedkar Law University, R.A.Puram - English - 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

14th Nov, Friday - Chellammaal College - Tamil - 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

14th Nov, Friday - Ambedkar Law College, High Court - Tamil- 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

14th Nov, Friday - Ambedkar Law College, High Court - English - 1 scribe required - 2PM to 5PM

15th Nov, Saturday - Queen Mary's College - English - 3 scribes required - 9AM to 12PM

15th Nov, Saturday - Queen Mary's College - Tamil - 2 scribes required - 9AM to 12PM

15th Nov, Saturday - Ambedkar Law College, High Court - Tamil- 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

15th Nov, Saturday - Ambedkar Law University, R.A.Puram - English - 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

PS:

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

2. 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.

3. 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.

More Snaps @ https://plus.google.com/photos/100029059227283819807/albums/6079765432264083441

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

For any queries, reach @ 98415 50476/ 87540 45125

Team Nalanda's "நற்குண ஆசிரியர் விருது"

As discussed in previous monthly meet, the Nalanda team identified the schools where we underwent our good habits session for 3 years.
We have shortlisted 2 such schools and done a survey with the students for whom we taught this practice, regarding their beloved teachers. With the overwhelming response, we have identified 3 teachers. This is based upon the opinions from the students directly.

he list of teachers are as below:

திருமதி. சுருளிமணி
மணலி புதுநகர் அரசு மேல்நிலைப்பள்ளி, சென்னை – 600 103

திருமதி. செல்வி
மணலி புதுநகர் அரசு மேல்நிலைப்பள்ளி, சென்னை – 600 103

திருமதி. வசந்தி
தியாகி சத்தியமூர்த்தி நகர் நகராட்சி நடுநிலைப்பள்ளி, சென்னை – 600 019

On Oct 13th, we visited the schools and handed over the momento, KADHAR towel, pen set and chocolate to the concerned award winners during the assembly.

Thanks to Palanidurai Sir, Venkat, Prithvi, Satish Bonthu, Tiru and Jagadish for felicitating the awardees.

Since we decided to award the teachers with REAL MERITS, our selection process included surveying among students. The whole process goes like this:

1. Students are given a Feedback form with 10 questions including the favorite Teacher Name, Reason on why the Teacher is favorite, etc.,
2. The filled forms are collected, aggregated, writing down all the reasons in a separate sheet, giving weightage to genuine reasons.
3. The teacher who was favorited by more than 30% of students were given the award.
4. In the memento given, the top 5 Touching reasons wrote by their students was printed.

Please find the snaps attached taken in Manali New Town Hr. Sec. School @ https://plus.google.com/photos/100029059227283819807/albums/6076840985291974145

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

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. :-) :-) :-)