LEAD 2025

Youth Engagement Program for High School Students

The LEAD program is designed to inspire and equip high school students (8th Grade through 12th Grade) with essential leadership skills while nurturing a strong sense of social responsibility. Our goal is to cultivate socially conscious leaders who not only excel academically but also actively contribute to creating a better world for all.

By participating in the LEAD program, you'll engage in hands-on volunteering, dynamic expert-led workshops, and thought-provoking speaker sessions.

Key program details include:

1. Program duration is from March 2025 to End of October 2025.
2. Each registered student will receive a Sewa shirt for event participation, so please select your correct size during registration.
3. A mandatory 90 mins meeting (in person or zoom) will occur on a designated day each month. Details regarding the  meetings and its timings will be communicated before the LEAD program begins. These meetings offer students the opportunity to meet our adult leaders, connect with fellow LEAD students, engage in project discussions, share ideas, and build an effective leadership network.
   
4. Quarterly in-person Speaker Series (a chance to interact with accomplished personalities) attendance is mandatory for all LEAD students.

These experiences will ignite your leadership passion, enhance collaborative skills, and guide you in making meaningful community contributions. As you embark on this transformative journey, your registration reflects dedication to personal growth, cooperation, and positive impact. Join us in shaping a generation of impactful leaders.

As you embark on this remarkable journey, we invite you to complete the registration form. Your decision to join the LEAD program reflects your dedication to personal growth, cooperation, and positive impact. Together, we will shape a generation of leaders who make a significant difference.

Please Note:

• Community Service hours outside of Sewa are not transferable.
• Sewa volunteering hours are not to replace credit at school classes (Gym, Orchestra, Other Curriculum activity).
• Selection criteria: Limited seats, on first come first served basis. Open to all racial, ethnic, religious, and gender backgrounds.
• You will be informed about the Info Session for the Sewa LEAD program. 

  Contact columbus@sewausa.org for any questions.

Thanks for your donation towards Sewa Friendly Teens Tennis Event. The proceeds of the event will be used towards Sewa Columbus annual school supplies drive.

Player registrations are closed now.

We are looking for donors/sponsors, that registration is still open

Tournament will be held on 12th July, 2025 at 8:30am

Player Check-in is at 8:15am sharp

By registering as a player, you are confirming the following (Please read thoroughly):

As the undersigned person, I hereby consent to me or my minor child’s (collectively “our”) participation in the ‘Sewa Friendly Teens Tennis - Columbus Ohio’ Tournament (the “Event”) conducted by Sewa International USA, Inc. (“Sewa”), as per the rules set out by the organizers and per the terms laid out below:

1. I hereby acknowledge that our participation in the Event will include participation in athletic activities, and that participation in such athletic activities may expose me or my child to the risk of bodily injury.

Accordingly, I hereby further acknowledge that I have given my consent to our participation in the Event having assumed the risk of bodily injury.

2. In the event that I or my child suffers bodily injury while participating in Event, I hereby authorize Sewa and its officers, directors, representatives, agents, and volunteers present at the Event to authorize any emergency medical or surgical treatment deemed to be in my or my child’s best interest if I am otherwise unable to do so. I hereby further agree to assume full responsibility for the payment of all fees and expenses incurred for any such emergency medical or surgical treatment so received by me or my child. I will have a copy of the insurance details with me as a physical card or soft copy available when asked. The following insurance policy or coverage is available to cover the cost of all fees and expenses incurred for any such emergency medical or surgical treatment received by me or my child.

Insurance Information (Provider, Group No, Member ID): ____________________________________

3. I hereby irrevocably authorize, consent, and give Sewa the right to use, publish, and exploit for any and all advertising, marketing, endorsement, commercial, and trade purposes whatsoever (including but not limited to advertising, promoting, or publicizing Sewa and its services) my or my child’s name, likeness, portrait, recorded voice, image, or statements made by me or my child (“Materials”).

Specifically, I acknowledge that such Materials are being recorded for, among other things, publication on the Internet, and I consent to such use.

4. I hereby irrevocably authorize, consent, and give Sewa the right to subscribe my email address to event related or other Sewa mailing lists.

5. I hereby agree to RELEASE, INDEMNIFY, AND HOLD HARMLESS Sewa and its officers, directors, representatives, agents, and volunteers (“the Indemnified Parties”) from all claims for damages or injunctive relief arising from or relating to

a) Mine or my child’s participation in the Event, including any claim alleging that damages or injuries were caused by the NEGLIGENCE of any of the Indemnified Parties or

b) arising from or relating to the publication or any other use of the Materials, regardless of the nature of such use, including claims for libel, invasion of privacy, or other infringements of personal, property, or proprietary rights of any nature, foreseen or unforeseen.

7. If a participant is a minor below the age of 18; he/she must have a parent or guardian present during his/her participation in the event.

Name:___________________________Date:__________ Email:______________________________