On July 9th, 2024, our volunteers were able to go to a CPR session that we hosted in collaboration with the Morrisville Fire/Rescue Department. Thanks to the firefighters who were able to work with our volunteers, they learned life-saving skills that they are now able to use to help others in the future. This knowledge that was shared today provided an alternate perspective that we are very grateful for.

On July 20th, 2024, 18 of our youth volunteers visited the NC Food Bank where they worked with the staff, and other volunteers to help pack and prepare various foods to be given out to the people who need it the most. At this event, they were able to work as a team to complete their tasks efficiently and give back to our community.

On July 6th, 2024, 18 of our youth volunteers and an adult volunteer were able to visit the Brown Bag Ministry to help them pack food. At this event, they work with staff members, their peers, and volunteers from other organizations to make and pack various foods to provide for the community. At this event, the volunteers worked in teams to create and pack over 2400 sandwiches.

In support of the Miracle League organization, VT SEVA Cary volunteers participated in an event where they assisted players with special needs in order to help them play and experience the joy of baseball. Miracle League is an organization that strikes down barriers and provides children with special needs the opportunity to play America’s favorite game: baseball. To help the children, the Miracle League uses a “buddy” system – pairing each player with an able-bodied peer. 10 of our youth volunteers participated in this event as buddies, as they embodied the spirit of volunteerism, sportsmanship, and kindness.

Our youth volunteers have created over 225 Thank you cards to thank the firefighters and convey to them that we appreciate them taking care of us in the community! The youth volunteers have also made 25 posters for each of the fire stations we are supporting. Creating the cards by our youth volunteers to Thank firefighters was commendable.

VT Seva Cary kids volunteered on Saturday 2/29/2020 from 9am -12pm at Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina sorting 17,500 meals worth of food. What a great way to get involved in serving the community.

This February, VT-Seva Cary planned something special to lighten up the days of members living in life care and assisted centers. Around 20 enthusiastic volunteers beautifully handcrafted Valentine’s Day cards with warm wishes and good health for the citizens living at Glenfora Living Assisted Center. Not only that but our volunteers also gracefully made cards ranging from the young to the old for the staff and people at Transitions LifeCare Center. They made 20 beautiful cards for the staff members and 25 cards for the people living there. At, VT-Seva Cary, we always strive to bring smiles to people’s faces during hard times like these and to encourage others to do the same.

The Triangle VisionWalk is an annual event organized by the Foundation Fighting Blindness. It brings together individuals, families, and communities to raise awareness and funds for sight-saving research and it aims to support research efforts in finding cures for blinding diseases. Our VT SEVA Cary volunteers participated in helping out in the Kids Zone and at the Route Monitor Stations where they monitored the kids’ activities and also directed attendees to find the event location and later along the VisionWalk route to direct them along the correct path. All of our 14 youth volunteers and 5 adult volunteers did a great job in helping assist the attendees and the hosts during the event!

Through VT SEVA, volunteers helped in various activities at the Sri Venkateswara Temple of North Carolina including flow management, registration desk, prasadam packing, and much more. It was very fulfilling to see so many youth volunteers actively participating in an event.as community-driven as this Kalyanam!

Juneteenth is a holiday that celebrates African American Freedom and emphasizes education and the desire to advance to an equitable society. This annual festival serves as a time to reflect on the past and acknowledge our present and how far we've come. Volunteers at VT Seva demonstrated their support for their community and people all around us through helping out at this event.

VT Seva youth volunteers came forward to serve the community by helping in the Sai Mandhir kitchen. There were 8 Volunteers who spent 24 hours for the service. The volunteers were involved in the activities such as: Packed the food into smaller take-out prasadham packets. Distributed the prasadham packets. Clean up the kitchen after packing.

In collaboration with the Town of Morrisville, VT SEVA Cary volunteers participated in the Town of Morrisville Green Day Event where youth volunteers assisted adult volunteers in the textile station, FOG collection, paper shredding, and the goodwill. The Town of Morrisville hosts Green Day events for community members to recycle goods that cannot be placed in residential recycling pickup and to dispose of hazardous or sensitive materials. These events are sponsored by the Public Works Department, the Sustainability Program, and the Morrisville Environment and Stormwater Committee, and they take place each spring and fall. Our 6 youth volunteers diligently volunteered in each of their roles, and efficiently assisted their adult volunteers to contribute towards the betterment of our environment!