Community Service

Survey processes

Talk about the American experience to south Asian women and what it has meant to them to live, make a living and settle in the US.

Ootsav and the bringing together of the community.

This is what the people said via Ootsav! 2015- Of course I support the library! Because people like us do things like this! People came out and supported the effort by the community. I was quietly surprised when I saw the ambush of the volunteers at the first volunteer meeting at the library. We did not have a clear agenda for the day of (we had one for the meeting). We did not know how and what we would do eventually- but we all knew one thing- we all wanted to give back to the community. To give back to the library in manifold ways, in ways that cannot be quantified. Paraphrasing Seth Godin- the reason for the existence of donors/ volunteers and non-profits is that we don't know how to solve some problems in the world. Problems that are unprecedented -like the economic recession and what it did to our economy and then to our library. When we move to volunteer and fundraising for a cause, we take risks which don't make profitable sense. This risk basically pu...

A TO DO LIST (NOT MINE, COPYRIGHT CURRENTLY LOST) FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE- CHOOSE ONE AND LET ME KNOW. * Start a bat education program for nature centers and schools, including a travel box and talk, as well as helping the community set up neighborhood bat boxes. * Create a program for educating parents on the dangers of lead poisoning and present it at community events. * Create a pedestrian safety campaign in your community; present the need for a stoplight in your community at a busy intersection to your local city council based upon your research. * Develop a breast cancer awareness program in your community for mothers and teens through local women's church groups. * Organize a chapter of SADD and plan a campaign for safe graduation parties in your community with representatives from the different high schools. * Develop an anti-bullying program for children that includes a drama component and peer counselors. * Plan and host a student art show as part of a commu...

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