Sewa Youth led Community Days

Every Friday join fun sessions for video games and entertainment with movie songs.

When? Every Friday from July 24th to August 14th.

What? Games from 5 to 8 PM and Karaoke songs from 8 to 10 PM

Sewa International has partnered with Vyasa Houston & Yoga Bharati (US based Yoga Institutes affiliated with S-Vyasa University) to offer this program in U.S.A. through its local chapters to improve public health, in particular those having diabetes and pre-diabetes.

Yoga Workshop Objectives:

• Helps pre-diabetic individuals from becoming diabetic (Type II)
• Helps diabetic individuals to control and manage their diabetic condition. 
• Reduce probability of other health complications arising from diabetic conditions.
• Reduce diabetic condition from severe to moderate, moderate to mild, and from mild to normal.

Yoga Workshop Includes

• Asanas - Yoga postures and stretches
• Pranayam & Meditation - Yoga breathing and relaxation
• Guidance regarding diet and nutrition from certified Dietician
• Basic medical screening prior to the start of Yoga workshopto determine physical fitness to practice yoga. 
• Concepts of Integrated approach to help individuals change their Life Style 
• Materials provided to practice

• 14 Sessions – each 1.5 hours, 4 days a week(Tue, Thu, Say, Sun)
• Locations: Fremont, San Jose, San Ramon, Saratoga ....
  
• Deposite $150 (Payable on first session)
  

Contact
Seema - 801-471-1729
Email - sdm-bayarea@sewausa.org

PLEASE NOTE:

In the light of increasing health concern due to the spread of Corona Virus and as a precautionary measure, Sewa Phoenix decided to postpone this event tentatively, till May 30th, 2020 or till next Notification. If you have questions feel free to contact LEAD Coordinators Sita Burada (480-381-5835), Geetanjali Bandi (480-522-5133)

LEAD is a Sewa International Volunteer & Development Program for High School students.  It helps to socialize and introduces leadership consciousness in youngsters. It provides a platform to serve the greater community and experience the joy of giving.

Hereby we invite applications for LEAD Phoenix, AZ 2020 volunteer program.  A great opportunity to meet socially aware community leaders, develop leadership, teamwork and organizational skills,  serve community.

Duration: This program lasts for 6 months, starting on 15 March 2020 and ending on 6 September 2020. Participants will need to commit a minimum of 50 service hours. All activities in the program will be project and event based.

General Eligibility: High School Students ( in or incoming), i.e, current 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th graders.  Students need to be sincerely committed to the values of Sewa with integrity and discipline.  Parental involvement is required where needed. 

Selection criteria: Limited seats, on first come first served basis. Equal opportunity to all racial, ethnic, religious and gender backgrounds.

Program Fee: $100 / candidate to cover the costs of running the program.

Application Deadline: February 29th, 2020 or earlier based on how fast seats fill in.

Description:

·       Participating in Sewa service activities

·       Event Planning and organizing

·       Fundraising to support our projects

·       Conducting Sewa awareness and outreach programs

·       Interaction with community leaders

·       Educational workshops and fun activities

Interested candidates please submit your application at https://tinyurl.com/SewaLEADPhoenix and pay the $100 fee here. Select chapter "Phoenix" and project "Lead" and fill in the applicant name in the comment field. Forward the confirmation email to sewa.phoenix@gmail.com 

For any questions please email sewa.phoenix@gmail.com OR contact LEAD Coordinators:  Sita Burada (480-381-5835), Geetanjali Bandi (480-522-5133)

LEAD Austin Summer 2020 - Program for High School Students

General Eligibility: High School students from grades 9 to 12 (including rising 9th graders). Each student must be sincere in their commitment to the values of Sewa with integrity and discipline.

Selection Criteria: We have a limited number of seats, and will be offered on a first-come first-served basis. Registration will be open to students of all nationalities, religious and ethnic backgrounds.

Registration Fee: a donation of $10 (minimum) to Sewa International.

What to expect?

In this series, seasoned leaders will share their life experiences with the participants, and will challenge them to think, plan, act, and build the life of a leader. 

Plan for Summer 2020

A tentative schedule/plan for this first Sewa Lead summer session is shown below (subject to change - we are finalizing more speakers).

Contact: sewalead.austin@gmail.com for any questions.

Dear Parents,

The Sewa International North Jersey chapter proudly announces summer camp for students who will enter grades 1-5 during summer 2020.

Children participate in a wide variety of activities such as learning Math, Science, Reading, Writing, Arts, Chess, Public speaking, and more.

Location:

• Completely Online (will be conducted using Zoom)
• No need to step out of your house

Hours: 9:30am - 3:00pm EST Monday to Thursday

Six Weeks Program:

Week one July 06 - July 09
Week two July 13 - July16
Week Three July 20 - July 23
Week Four July 27 - July 30
Week Five Aug 03 - Aug 06
Week Six Aug 10 - Aug 13

Enrollment:

• Open to all students entering grades 1 - 5
• Enrollment is limited and is open on a first come first served basis.

Fee Details:

• Price for 4 days $25 per week
• No commitment or contract to stay for 6 weeks
• While registration, pay for 2 weeks up front to cover the cost of the program.

Please make payment here.
Select Chapter 'North NJ', Cause 'General Donation' and Project 'LEAD and GI Programs' and student name in the comment.

Forward the payment confirmation email to northjersey@sewausa.org

Register here

 https://forms.gle/gPuGf1Lrb9c2Sn7r7 

REGISTRATION CLOSES JULY 6TH

An Online Math Olympiad led by High School students

Classes will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3-4 PM PST.

Cost: $15 for the full 6 week session (12 hours total)

For more information: email lead-ba@sewausa.org

Animation Camp for LEAD Participants

Sewa International Bay Area Chapter offering an opportunity to LEAD-2020 kids to learn Animation and Help Sewa by creating Animated videos portraying Sewa Activities.

Program Highlights:

Partner: EnActe Academy

Description: 
EnActe Arts signature program: technology meets the arts as students will learn the technical process of designing and creating animated character models, then intertwining that with the creative process of positioning those characters in scenes, and performing with voice as the character in a final 60-second scene!

Curriculum:
Unit 1: Creating a Character Mode
Unit 2: Animating the Character Model
Unit 3: Writing a Scene & Vocal Work
Unit 4: Performing the Animated Scene

Specifically, students will be designing layered motion-capture puppets on their own in Photoshop CC and Illustrator CC, then interlinking and importing their puppets into Adobe Character Animator CC, which will utilize facial recognition software to animate and give voice to their puppets. The instructor will walk the students through the step-by-step processes of design, implementation, interfacing, and execution.

Learning Goals: 
For future engineers, programmers, computer scientists, writers and directors!
Output: Students will be split into teams and will create marketing videos for SEWA initiatives using animation characters and performing techniques learnt in this class to narrate their SEWA stories. These videos will be used by SEWA in their Sales and Marketing efforts.

Duration: 2 hrs every weekday for 4 weeks starting July 13  
               

Eligibility:

• Must register for lead 2020.
• Any prior experience with animation or passion and dedication to learn new animation technology.
• 100% attendance and commitment to the animation camp
• Showcase and present Sewa project as part of the camp.

Note:  If 100% attendance and completion of Sewa project is not done, you will be responsible to pay the camp fee of 150$.