Drive to join the Bone Marrow Donor Registry
Dear Friends:
As we all understand, the gift of life is the greatest gift of all. We at Pujari, will be hosting at our upcoming Durga Puja, an extraordinary event, which will give each of us, the opportunity to be such a “giver”. We are planning to host a drive to join the Bone Marrow Donor Registry.
Venue: Berkmar High School, 405 Pleasant Hill Road, Lilburn, Georgia
Date/Time: Sunday, October 2 · 1:00pm – 5:00pm
If you are interested, but do not know what this will entail–the 1st link below has FAQ’s about donation and the 2nd link info about how to join the registry (it is as simple as swabbing the inside of your cheek to give a sample which will be added to the database)
http://www.marrow.org/DONOR/When_You_re_Asked_to_Donate_fo/Donation_FAQs/index.html
http://www.marrow.org/JOIN/FAQs_about_Joining_the_Registry/index.html#how
Please please, do consider joining the registry or contributing in other ways (refer to the websites above). Attached is a brief sketch of one of such many patients in need of a transplant. We never know, who and when amongst us may be the next victim. Wouldn’t it be nice to help another human in need, when you can?
We are hoping you will be available to join the registry.
You may contact Tina Saadat at tsaadat@nmdp.org if you have further questions.
Thanks,
Sonia (Sudeshna) Nandi on behalf of Pujari
Pujari will participate in Project OpenHand 2011
Dear Pujari patrons,
As most of you are aware, this is Pujari’s 25th year of thriving as a socio-cultural organization. Continuing in our tradition to give back to the community that we live in, like last year, this year too Pujari is participating in the Project Open Hand community development project (http://www.projectopenhand.org/). It provides comprehensive nutrition care for a diverse population with unique nutrition needs and has been serving the community for the past 22 years.
Pujari is calling for volunteers to participate in this community outreach and enrichment effort on August 28th, 2011. (9am to 12 noon) As a group we will volunteer to pack and seal food boxes that will be delivered to these individuals with special dietary needs. Kids 7 years and above are allowed to join us.
Here is a quick snippet of Project Open Hands
Mission
Open Hand helps people prevent or better manage chronic disease through Comprehensive Nutrition Care™, which combines home-delivered meals and nutrition education as a means to reinforce the connection between informed food choices and improved quality of life.
Vision
Open Hand seeks to eliminate disability and untimely death due to nutrition-sensitive chronic disease.
Purpose
To serve our community by empowering people to live healthier, more productive lives.
Please respond to pr@pujari.org via email letting us know if you wish to volunteer for this cause. Please include the names and ages of all your family members who can participate. Kids 7 years and above are allowed to join us.
Dress Code and Health Code:
In compliance with health code regulations related to safe food handling, the following dress code is strictly enforced:
– No high heel or “Open Toed” shoes (no flip-flops or sandals).
– Long pants only-no shorts, skirts, or sagging pants.
– No gum or jewelry including earrings, bracelets, and watches.
– No sleeveless shirts or tank tops (a short sleeve t-shirts is fine).
– Facial hair more than 1/4 inch must be covered by beard cover,
– No listening devices such as MP3 players or earplugs.
Open Hand will provide aprons and gloves as needed during your volunteer visit. Supervision is provided for all volunteers. Additionally, out of concern for our critically ill clients, if you have a cold, the flu, or some other contagious illness, please postpone your volunteer visit to a later date.
Parking: Parking is very limited. There is a small lot directly in front of our facility, which we reserve for volunteers. If our lot is full, please park on the street in a legal spot, watching carefully for No Parking signs and fire hydrants to avoid ticketing. Please do not park in adjacent business parking lots. Leave your valuables at home. Due to limited parking- car pooling is recomended.
Address: 176 Ottley Drive, Atlanta, GA 30324 US
Direction: Please use mapquest or Google. We are across the street from Planters Landscaping and caddy comered from Sweetwater Brewery.
Sincerely,
Pujari EC Team 2011
Pujari community development project – Open Hand
Dear patrons,
Young Pujari volunteers at Open Hand
Pujari participated in the Open Hand community development project on August 1st 2010. Our 34 volunteers, as a team, packed and sealed 2000+ food boxes on that day. Pujari also donated $200.00 to Open Hand on that day. Open Hand officials were overwhelmed by the large participation and support from our team.
We proudly like to mention that in our team we had many young members as young as 8 yr old volunteer. This was a wonderful and memorable experience to work with them for a great cause.
Pujari 2010 EC congratulates all volunteers and encourages everyone to join such events in future. It is sincerely worth doing.
Special thanks go to Mr. Satya Mukhopadhyay, to lead this great initiative on behalf of Pujari.
Here is the link to the Open Hand photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pujariinc/sets/72157624634038192/
The following is a list of the volunteers that participated in this nice event:
| Young Pujari Volunteers | Adult Pujari Volunteers | |
| 1. Shreya Mukherjee | 1. Jaba Choudhuri | |
| 2. Esha Mukherjee | 2. Sutapa Dutta | |
| 3. Eleena Ghosh | 3. Amitava Dutta | |
| 4. Ronit Ganguly | 4. Prabir Bhattacharya | |
| 5. Shayak Choudhuri | 5. Chandana Bhattacharya | |
| 6. Sudeshna De | 6. Amitesh Mukherjee | |
| 7. Olivia Dutta | 7. Anasua Mukherjee | |
| 8. Paroma Mukhopadhyay | 8. Richa Sarkar | |
| 9. Suparna Choudhuri | 9. Sudipta Samanta | |
| 10. Srijita Nandy | 10. Parha Sarothi | |
| 11. Nairita Nandy | 11. Anidya De | |
| 12. Sounak Das | 12. Surojit Chatterjee | |
| 13. Tinny Dutta | 13. Rupak Ganguly | |
| 14. Nil Bhattacharya | 14. Sanjeev Dutta | |
| 15. Nachiketa Nandy | ||
| 16. Sutapa Das | ||
| 17. Kanti Das | ||
| 18. Samaresh Mukhopadhyay | ||
| 19. Madhumita Mukhopadhyay | ||
| 20. Satya Mukhopadhyay
21. Paromita Ghosh |
Thanking you,
Pujari 2010 EC.
Become a Champion – The Dream Mile 5k Run/Walk
Become a Champion and Make a Statement
We at Vibha would like to invite your community/organization to participate in The DreamMile 5k Run/Walk on Sept 19th, 2009 at GA Tech. Vibha’s mission is to Educate, Empower and Enable you to make a difference in the life of an underprivileged child and last year 1000 runners and walkers made a huge difference!!!
The Dream Mile is a community event and your chance to become a champion and make statement that you care. Please join us and walk a few miles to fulfill a million dreams and display your banner proudly for children who do not have plenty and give them hope and inspiration. More details @ http://www.thedreammile.org/atlanta
Please help us spread the word as it does not take much to help a child. As an added incentive for you to get registrations from your community and to increase visibility with your organization we are offering the following.
20 registrations – Display your banner at the event
30 registrations – Display your banner + Booth space at the event
50 registrations – Display your banner + Booth space at the event + T-shirt logo
Kids Carnival:
There will be several activities for kids of all ages.
1. Moon Walk, 2. Face Painting, 3. Clown Balloon Art, 4. Sand Art, 5. Bean Bag Toss, 6. Tennis Ball Throw, 7. Decorate and Eat your cookie, 8. Jewelery Making, 9. Lemon Spoon Race, 10. Kids Run and 11. Drawing Competition
Thank you in advance for your participation. Please call 262 385 1915 or email atlanta@thedreammile.org if you have any questions.
Regards,
The Dream Mile 2009 Team
Sponsorship of Raksha and annual fundrasier
Dear Friends and Raksha supporters,
It’s that time of the year again when I ask for your support for Raksha for our annual fundraiser. We will have a night of comedy featuring two south asian commedians Vijai Nathan and Tushar Singh. This year we are offering the opportunity to buy tables, purchase advertisements for our souvenir booklet and of course sponsor the event. We ask that you consider supporting Raksha in some way by supporting this event which will be a lot of fun. If you cannot personally do it – please consider asking your employer, checking with your marketing department or asking friends to consider supporting our event which helps us do our work! It will be a lot of laughs and we all know that after this year we some thing to make us laugh. Please consider giving what you can to support our work in the community.
Attached you will find our sponsorship and advertisement package. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
In gratitude,
Aparna Bhattacharyya
Executive Director
Raksha, Inc
P.O. Box 12337
Atlanta, GA 30355
director@raksha.org
Ph: 404-876-0670
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