In the month of January 2023, Apoorva team of Brindavana, kick started the Charity Initiative department with discussions with Narayana Seva Sansthan in India, to help the needy in Karnataka State with prosthetic limbs.
Our target was 15 amputees when we started. With the support of all the members of the group, we could donate prosthetic limbs to 30 amputees in Karnataka, during an All India event held in March 2023 in Bangalore.
In January 2023, for Sankranthi Habba, we had a contest “Sankranthi Corner” for members. A dedicated space at each of their homes was decorated with Sankranti creative ideas and the registration amount by the participating members was given to a charity.
For Ganeshothsava 2023, members of Brindavana were given options to order for Gowri and Ganesha idols. The proceeds of the purchase were donated to the rural artisans in India. The response from the members was encouraging.
Just as fall set in, the team also called for donations for School Supplies. All donations were handed over to RISE in East Windsor and the highlight is that we had students donating school supplies to RISE.
Brindavana worked with the HomeFront organization to spread “New Hope”. The donation drive was unique as kids were involved in getting the donation items from their house with some kids posing with the packed items. This was to inculcate the sense of charity in kids from early ages.
ಸಹಾಯ ಹಸ್ತ ಯಾಚಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಹಲವಾರು ವಿಶ್ವಾಸನೀಯ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗಳ ಪಟ್ಟಿ ತಯಾರು ಮಾಡಿ ಅವರಿಗೆ ಸಹಾಯ ಹಸ್ತ ನೀಡುವುದು ಪ್ರಗತಿ ತಂಡದ ಮುಖ್ಯ ಧ್ಯೇಯವಾಗಿದೆ.
ಈ ನಿಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಗತಿ ತಂಡವು ಆರೋಗ್ಯ, ವಿದ್ಯಾಭ್ಯಾಸ, ಕಲೆ, ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ, ಇತ್ಯಾದಿ ರಂಗಗಳಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಅನೇಕ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗಳ ಜೊತೆ ಒಂದಾಗಿ ಕಾರ್ಯನಿರ್ವಹಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದೇವೆ.
Sourabha tanda promoted charity in the following ways:
The young members of Sourabha tanda have been a very integral part in all its charity activities and also contributions from Yuva Brindavana volunteers in this pursuit.
Organization | Donation |
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South Brunswick Food Pantry, New Jersey, USA | Food Drive |
Sankara Eye Foundation, New Jersey, USA | $200 |
Bharath Ke Veer: India’s Brave Hearts, India | $5372 |
Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (flood relief), Karnataka, India | $1320 |
Kaveri Koogu, Isha Foundation, Karnataka, India | $398 |
Bowery Mission, New York, USA | Winter Coat Drive |
SAMAR, Bone Marrow Match Drive, New Jersey, USA | $200 |
Artists of Karnataka, India , Music Mansion, India | $13,500 |
Meals on Wheels of Monmouth County’, New Jersey, USA | $1500 |
Belaku Academy, School for the Blind, Bangalore, India | $1000 |
Save Mysore Zoo. Mysore, India | $500 |
Manasu Charitable Trust, Bangalore, India | $500 |
‘First responders/Doctors, New Jersy, USA | N95 Masks |
Sewa Diwali, New Jersey Food Pantries (donated 6000 lbs), New Jersey, USA | Food Drive |
Planned event: SAMAR bone marrow match drive and Bake Sale as part of the December 7th program, proceedings to be donated to SAMAR
Seva Brindavana by Abhimanada Tanda – 2017-2018
For 2018:
Brindavana ‘Milana’ team’s contribution towards charity 2015 onwards is as follows:
Nage Habba – Feb 15, 2015
Brindavana successfully conducted a Coat Drive and collected lightly used Warm winter coats and woolen material and donated these boxes into Greater New York Area Coat Drive Collection organizations.
Vasantotsava – April 19, 2015
Brindavana successfully conducted a donation drive to help collect funds for “The Arc of Middlesex” and donated the proceeds to the “The Arc of Middlesex” a foundation to help children with special needs.
Help us Help Nepal – May 9, 2015
Brindavana participated in “Essential goods drive to help the earth quake hit Nepal” by joining hands with all Kannada groups in NJ – Help us Help Nepal and established 12 collection centers and collected numerous boxes and delivered into Afya foundation which air-shipped these essential goods into Nepal.
Mukhya Mantri Drama – June 7, 2015
Brindavana organized “Help Nepal Rebuild” fund raising drive to collect money during the Mukhya Mantri drama and donated the money raised into Paropkar foundation and contribute to rebuilding of an Orphanage run by Dr. Dambar Nepali in Kathmandu.
Brindavana Picnic – Aug 1, 2015
Yuva Brindavana organized a 5k Run & Walk, 10k Run – Yuva Brindavan O’ta to help raise funds and awareness for Bangalore based school for poor slum dwelling children run by Dr. Jayaram and his non-profit foundation ILID (www.ilid.org)
Ganesha Habba – Sept 19,2015
ಬೃಂದಾವನ ಗಣೇಶ ಹಬ್ಬದಂದು ನಮ್ಮ ಚಾರಿಟಿ ಟೀಂ ರೂಪ ಭಟ್ಟ್ ಅವರ ನೇತೃತ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಿಂಚನ ಫೌಂಡೇಶನ್ ಅವರ ಕಾರ್ಯಗಳಿಗೆ ದೇಣಿಗೆ ಸಂಗ್ರಹಿಸಿದರು, ಈ ಹಣದಿಂದ ಸಿಂಚನದ ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಗೆ Hearing Aid ಉಪಕರಣ ಪೂರೈಸ ಬೇಕೆಂಬುದು ನಮ್ಮ ಚಾರಿಟಿ ಟೀಮಿನ ಬಯಕೆ.
Brindavana Charity team under the leadership of Roopa Bhatt raised money for Sinchana Foundation, an organization working with physically and mentally challenged individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Cerebral Palsy, Learning Disability,etc. Brindavana Charity team wishes to provide Hearing Aids to needy children at Sinchana using the money raised at the event.
Uppi star night – Sept 25,2015
“ಬೃಂದಾವನ – ಉಪ್ಪಿ ಸ್ಟಾರ್ ನೈಟ್ ” ಕೂಡ ಚಾರಿಟಿ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮ ಮಾಡಿ, ಉಪ್ಪಿ ಆಟೋಗ್ರಾಫ್ ಮಾಡಿದ ಪೋಸ್ಟರ್ಗಳನ್ನು ಹರಾಜು ಮಾಡಿ ಅದರಿಂದ ಬಂದ ಹಣವನ್ನು ಚಾರಿಟಿಗೆ ಉಪಯೋಗಿಸಲಾಗುವುದು.
Brindavana – Uppi Star night was a Charity event, the team raised money by auctioning off Uppi autographed posters, CD & photographs and the money raised during this event will be used for charitable purposes.
Chandru Aradhya: Joint Secretary and Director – Charity
Sambhrama TanDa’s strong commitment to community, eagerness to give back to ociety we live-in and good will of Brindavana’s new and old members have driven charity work to a whole new level in this past two years. KCOB Brindavana as we all are aware was founded on the principles of promoting cultural and social causes of kannadiga’s and is a 501 (c) (3) organization. Sambhrama Tanda guided by these principals considered charity work as its foremost priority to promote and bring attention to some important issues in its each and every program during its tenure.
Sambhrama Tanda has encouraged the charity work among the members young and old for the following reasons
Sambhrama Tanda has promoted various organizations of charity work in USA and in India for various causes like rural education, environment, natural calamity & disasters, consciousness raising groups addressing South Asian women concerns in USA, Homeless support group and Nursing homes for elderly in Somerset county of NJ, providing schools supplies to underprivileged school children of Franklin township of NJ. Sambhrama tanda has maintained process of selecting the beneficiary organization for each event which is in need and helping them in the following ways
For the first time raised funds for Manavi which is a New Jersey based, non- profit organization working on issues of violence against South Asian women who provide advocacy/peer supportive counseling, legal clinics and legal referrals, transitional housing,
The following table presents the beneficiaries list of Sambrama Team’s charity work:
Date | Event | Beneficiary Organization |
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12/20/14 | Makkalothsava-14 | Elderly nursing home in NJ |
11/29/14 | Dashamanotsava -14 | Manavi : NGO supporting South Asian women issues. www.manavi.org, NJ, USA |
09/27/14 | Ganeshotsava -14 | HELP Jammu & Kashmir Flood Relief fund, India |
08/10/14 04/26/14 | Brindavana Picnic -14 & Vasanthostova -14 | Arivina Aramane by ASHRAYA, India. http://www.ashraya-usa.org |
12/08/13 | Makkaladinacharane/Rajyotsava 2013 | SHIP, the Samaritan Homeless Interim Program, NJ. http://ship908.com |
09/27/14 | Ganeshotsava -13 | Gnana Charitable Trust fundraising for rural school in Ramanagar, India |
08/10/13 | Brindavana Picnic -13 | Gnana Charitable Trust fundrising for schools supplies for Franklin township schools, NJ |
07/26/14 | Hamsalekha Concert | Uttarakhand Flood Relief, India |
Report by Anil Kumar – Director – Charity
On Sunday November, 11th, we had donated all the collected items to, “Legion of Good Will”charity organization for immediate distribution to Hurricane Sandy victims.