HAA Volunteer Day – 2016 Activities – HAA | Havyaka Association of Americas

Various HAA chapter across US and Canada participated in the HAA volunteer day.

Following are the links to each of the events.

Thanks to all the Organizers in making this event a success. Other chapters are planning to host similar events during the festival celebrations and will update the page as and when we receive information from chapters

Atlanta Chapter

Atlanta Havyaka Chapter signed up with North Fulton Community charities with NFCC’s back to School event, preparing low income children to succeed academically by providing them with the tools, school supplies they need to attend the schools.

Atlanta chapter donated school suppiles and monitory donations during this event.

Thanks to Anu and Subra Bhat in Organizing this HAA volunteer day event on Aug 6th and 7th of 2016.

Midwest Chapter

On behalf of HAA volunteer day, Midwest Chapter hosted an Event at Feed my starving Children (FSMC) a non-profit organization on August 20th 2016. More than 70 members attended the event. It was a huge success! A total of 33,048 meals were packed by the team during the event. Kids and adults enjoyed volunteering at this venue and was a unanimous opinion that more such events need to be organized.

Following are some pictures from the event

DC Chapter

DC HAA team and their visiting parents/siblings gathered at Kshama and Mahableshwara’s house around 6 pm on August 14 and made 20+ colorful no-sew blankets while showing off our hidden talents by playing AnTakshari. These blankets were donated to Children’s Hospital – University of Maryland Medical Center (http://umm.edu/programs/childrens) in Baltimore. More pictures from this event are shared here

Here is the snippet from Mahableshwara Hegde’s email who went to deliver the blankets.

“They were extremely happy and grateful to receive them. Quoting them: “They are extremely beautiful and our kids will be happy to receive such colorful gifts”…. To top it all, while the blankets were being transferred from the car to the cart, few folks asked whether they were for sale! “

Pictures from the above event are in the google drive folder – Pictures

Thanks to Veda Hegde and DC HAA members for making this blankets for a great cause.

DC team also hosted a 2nd event called “Train your Brain” . This Activity was held in Reston Regional Library on July 16. Around 50 to 60 Kids participated in the event playing and teaching chess, Sudoku and puzzles. Library Staff were very impressed and now they wanted this kind of event more often at least one per season.

Thanks to RK for Organizing this event. Following is a link to the slideshow of the pictures from the event

Seattle Chapter

Seattle chapter members participated in Urban Forest Restoration Project as a part of their HAA Volunteer day. Thanks to Pooja Suresh Bhat, Aditi Srinivasan and Swamy Narayana for organizing this event.

Following is a link to the video from this event shared by Swamy Narayana.

Urban Forest Restoration project – HAA Volunteer Day