Event

Synopsis

Regional Food Bank

On Saturday, March 25, Utsav Youth Group volunteered at the Regional Food Bank of North-Eastern New York at Latham, NY and helped with food wrapping and packaging. This was primarily organized by Adrija Basu.

Participants were : Adrija Basu, Anisha Ghosh, Arunesh Ghosh, Mohua Chakraborti, Pramit Mallik, Rahul Aitch, Rahul Banerjee, Sayan Bhattacharyya, Shayan Sen

Tour de Cure

 On Sunday, June 11, Utsav Youth Group volunteered at the American Diabetes Association Tour de Cure event at Stillwater, NY. They were assigned the task off cheerleading the participating bikers and have earned lot of praise from the organizer and bikers for their sincerity and excellence. Utsav Youth Group participation was primarily arranged by Rahul Aitch and Arunesh Ghosh.

Participants were :  Anisha Ghosh, Anurag Allena, Avishek Mundra, Arunesh Ghosh, Donato Borello, Indranil Sil, Mohua Chakraborti, Oindri Sen, Praful Mathur, Pramit Mallik, Rahul Aitch, Rahul Banerjee, Shayan Sen, Trisha Desarkar

Hindu Temple Heritage Camp

During August 14-18, the group helped Albany Hindu temple to run their annual week-long summer heritage camp as camp councellors. They actively participated in Educational, Cultural, religious and other programs and activities offered at the camp as councelors to group of young children. Utsav Youth Group participation was primarily arranged by Arunesh Ghosh.

Participants were : Arunesh Ghosh, Indranil Sil, Rahul Aitch, Rahul Banerjee

Heart Walk

On Saturday, October 14, Utsav Youth Group volunteered at the American Heart Association Heart Walk event at Colonie Center, Albany, NY. They were assigned the task of assisting at the food court. Their responsibilities included set-up, reorg and clean-up . Utsav Youth Group participation was primarily arranged by Arunesh Ghosh.

Participants were :  Anisha Ghosh, Anurag Allena, Arunesh Ghosh, Abhishek Mundra, Sanjukta Dutta, Indranil Sil, Mohini Sinha, Mohua Chakraborti, Oindri Sen, Praful Mathur, Pramit Mallik, Prateek Baghel, Rahul Aitch, Soumyarup Sarkar, Sayan Bhattacharyya, Shayan Sen, Sundari Mandava, Trisha Desarkar, Vijay Murthy 

Equinox Thanksgiving Community Food Service

On Thursday, November 23, Utsav Youth Group  volunteered at the Equinox Thanksgiving Community Food Service event at Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY.  Their responsibilities included food supply from pantry to packaging area and food wrapping and packaging. Utsav Youth Group participation was primarily arranged by Chandan Desarkar. In this event Utsav Youth group had the rare honor to have been encouraged by  Governor Pataki and Mayor Jennings.

Participants were :  Anisha Ghosh,  Arunesh Ghosh, Sanjukta Dutta, Indranil Sil, Oindri Sen, Pramit Mallik, Prateek Baghel, Rahul Aitch, Soumyarup Sarkar, Shayan Sen, Trisha Desarkar