Volunteerism is one of the most selfless acts that we can become involved in. The Chinmaya Mission Pittsburgh Seva Group is a team of dedicated volunteers motivated to make a difference in our communities.
Events and Announcements
Cookie Decorating Contest
Join Youth Seva for a Valentine’s day themed cookie and card baking/decorating contest on Sunday, February 14th 4 to 6 PM. $15 entry fee per family. Register by Feb-01-2021
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2020 Recipients
Aarav Mendon
Aarav Surapaneni
Adhitya Thirumala
Advait Kulkarni
Anup Nadesan
Bhav Jain
Kesar Sampat
Prateek Adurty
Prem Nadesan
Reva Mendon
Simren Jayaraman
Smriti Shyam
Sreethi Ramineni
Srishti Raviprakash
Urvish Jain
Congratulations !!
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Presidents Volunteer Service Award Winners
The President’s Volunteer Service Award is an opportunity to honor our most outstanding volunteers and recognize the impact they make.
15 of our Youth Seva students were awarded this prestigious award in 2020 in recognition of their volunteer activity.
2021 Seva Activites
Coat and Boot Drive
To support the winter needs of Light of Life and Family Promise of Western Pennsylvania, Ryan Katukota organized a coat drive and collected 42 coats and numerous winter items like gloves, hats, scarfs etc.. Ryan reached out to 10 plus shelters in Pittsburgh to identify their needs and how CMP Youth Seva could help.
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Movie Night
Volunteer leader Kesar Sampath organized the Movie Night on Jan 2nd 2021. Many of our families enjoyed watching "Soul" as an extended CMP family over Zoom.
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2020 Seva Activities
Diwali Fundraiser
The team raised $1300. The boxes were sold out in a record number of 3 days. Sevaks from all three centers came together following Social distancing norms to manage the complex logistics of assembling the boxes and distributing them over a weekend.
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Mask Volunteering
Chinmaya Volunteers made 300 masks and distributed across the communities. Exceeded the initial goal of 200 masks over the summer of 2020
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2020 Seva Funds Recipients
EKAM - Respirator
EKAL - Tablets for 5 schools
2019 Seva Activities
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Jubilee Kitchen - Kids and Adults cooked a meal for 200 people
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Partners in Educations- 3 batches of Student Volunteers participated, planning additional times for summer.
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Thanksgiving Food Bank Drive
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Vision Drive
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Coat Drive
Our Committee
Lead: Binu Jain
Monroeville: Anitha B, Usha K, Karuna
South Hills: Sheela Ganesh, Sunitha, Prerna, Preeti, Sriram Palghat
North Hills: Anu B, Jamuna Sampat, Malini
For more details regarding Seva, please contact Binu Jain
Email: binujain@yahoo.com
Cell- 724-691-7195