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 1^st 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.