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VT Seva Senior Youth Group Of Katy (Houston, TX)

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In the past few months we, the Katy Youth Group, have started to get more involved with the activities and procedures of VT Seva. Our volunteers take an active part in what goes around in our area. Many have given wonderful and affective ideas to collect donations for the organization. So far, we have started a few projects that are yet to be completed over the course of time. The group has collected funds through a spare change drive.

Some of the volunteers have set up boxes around various areas around the city asking generous Houstonians to donate a few of their old eyeglasses to the less fortunate. We have just recently acquired this project.

In due time the group will hopefully round up at least a decent amount of eyeglasses to send back home. We believe that even if we collect only a few eyeglasses, the important thing is that we will help those few people instead of no one. In the future we plan to collect more money through fundraisers or by asking for donations from local business owners. The main goal of the VT Seva Katy Youth Group is to make at least a small impact on those less fortunate. Our motto is that a little help goes a long way in the hearts of those who are in need of it most. We want to continue being an active part of VT Seva not only to help the needy, but also to encourage others to do their part for the betterment of their society. By actively participating in VT Seva, the volunteers have learned many new qualities for life, such as new leadership skills, cooperation with fellow members, and many more valuable lessons. Each and everyday, we continue to learn more and more about the true meaning of the word “SEVA.”

Our group consists of Rohan Moharir, Alissa Arya, Vaishnavi Dusi, Abhishek Garg, Pratyush Mamidana, Aman Jaiswal, Raj Magesh, and Sanjana Palla. These are the dedicated volunteers who have contributed to the penny drive, which took place recently. The future plans for our group are e-mailing local business owners for donations in February, hosting a garage sale in March, and finish collecting eyeglasses to send back to India. We have been relatively successful so far in the Penny Drive, collecting about $80.00.

All the Katy VTSeva members met on 20thFeb. They came up with their schedule for the coming months.

March 2009- Samosa sale at Local Farmers Market
April 2009 - Garage Sale
May 2009 - Car wash
Till now they collected around 50 eye glasses and funds about $210. Eye glass collection and penny drive is still going on.