Akshaya Patra Boston Chapter

At Cidewalk we are thrilled to get the opportunity to feature and promote ISW India Day event on billboards in Westborough, Northborough and Worcester.

And at Akshaya Patra (Boston Chapter) our Youth Ambassadors are grateful to the India Society of Worcester (ISW) team for giving them the opportunity to participate as exhibitors. Don't forget to drop by the Akshayapatra table, play some fun games and learn more about how AkshayaPatra is able to provide hot nutritious meals every day to 2M school children.

Now that's some !
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Only a couple days away from
The start of the Race Against Hunger!

$20 for every mile Dr. Amit Samarth travels across the United States will go toward feeding a child in India for an entire year!

Donate and follow along today:

https://www.akshayapatrausa.org/campaign/team-akshaya-patra-race-across-america-2023/

We are very proud to announce the Akshaya Patra 2023 YA Talent Contest Winners.

The event was a major success that drew a diversity of submissions from students.

The selection and ranking process for this competition was very challenging given the strength of the submissions we received!

These were the final results:

1st Place:
Niko Matsuzaka and Mina Feldman
(The Winsor School)
"Slip Sliding Away" by Paul Simon

2nd Place:
Laura Massimo
(The Winsor School)
Art Piece

3rd Place:
Yajat Deshpande
Indian National Anthem (Jana Gana Mana) on Violin

Thank you to all for your submissions and Congratulations to our Winners! Please stay in touch and we look forward to seeing potential submissions in the future!

-The AP YA Boston Chapter

A special shout out to our dynamic YAs and their fearless leader: Auggie Bhavsar, currently a sophomore at Dartmouth College, who volunteered to join this YA program and has been helping me coordinate the group and our weekly meetings and projects!

Our dynamic YAs have been hard at work, promoting and marketing their "Second Annual AP YA Boston Chapter - Talent Contest." Using this Talent Contest as a platform to promote and raise awareness about AP, they all gave individual presentations at their respective schools (Winsor, Nobles, Sharron, Buckingham Brown and Nichols, Wayland etc), during their morning meetings ( a school wide pitch !), and also reached out to several local student clubs. In fact they also reached out to the New England Mass Arts academy to invite students to submit :-)
They also made this "cool" video to promote their contest. Completely scripted, designed, curated and produced by them:

Talent contest Promo Video: https://youtu.be/K79lcfndu4g
AP YA Boston Talent Contest page: https://sites.google.com/view/ap-youth-ambassadors-boston/talent-show?authuser=0
Boston gala page: https://www.akshayapatrausa.org/events/2023-boston-gala/

The final winners will be invited to the Boston Gala on 21st to receive prizes and certificates!

2023 Boston Gala The Akshaya Patra Foundation USA, together with our Boston Chapter cordially invites you to attend the Boston Gala on May 21st, 2023 at the Burlington Marriott Hotel,Sold Out

Save the Date _ Sunday May 21st at 6:00pm _ Akshaya Patra Boston Gala 2023

2 Million Meals ! Many Million Dreams !

Akshaya Patra Boston Gala 2023 will be held at Burlington Marriott Hotel, Burlington, MA on Sunday, May 21st at 6:00pm

Mission of Akshaya Patra is “No child in India shall be deprived of education because of hunger”. Akshaya Patra feeds unlimited mid-day meals to over 2million underprivileged kids every day in 22,000+ schools across 14 states and 2 Union Territories.

Save the Date _ Sunday May 21st at 6:00pm _ Akshaya Patra Boston Gala 2023

The countdown has begun! Chinmaya Mission Boston, in partnership with the Akshaya Patra Foundation USA, is excited to invite you to an exquisite performance by world-renowned musicians, Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and Pt. Subhen Chatterjee, on Sunday, September 25th, at 5:00 pm. Visit http://www.lokvani.com/lokvani/cal.php?stage=1...
to purchase tickets now!

Krish Patel, a grade 8 student, with a passion for science has parents with unstable incomes. The promise of a meal is the only reason they enrolled him in school. He thanks Akshaya Patra’s donors for their support in alleviating the stress his family has to face on a daily basis. Remember, it takes only $20 a year to a child's , and . Please visit http://ow.ly/m0Wk50KaN7h to donate now.

We care about the environment. Take a look at how we operate sustainably to ensure a greener, cleaner and brighter future for our children.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33NMqRKZkCg

World Environment Day 2022 | Towards a Zero Waste Future The Akshaya Patra Foundation’s mega kitchens are working towards a zero-waste, greener and sustainable environment. Watch this video to see some of our green...

Rock 'N Roll! On August 7th, members of our Youth Ambassador program in Boston held a concert with Vir Shah and his classmates from the Berklee College of Music to support our program! The event attracted youth who were interested in joining our Youth Ambassador program. For more information on our Youth Ambassador program, please visit https://www.akshayapatrausa.org/youth-ambassadors/.

According to the Indian National Achievement Survey, learning outcomes dropped in 3 years because of the pandemic. For more information, please visit https://www.thequint.com/news/education/national-achievement-survey-india-sees-drop-in-learning-outcomes-in-3-years -more

National Achievement Survey: India Sees Drop in Learning Outcomes in 3 Years The survey, which is conducted every three years by the government of India, was last conducted in 2017.

Inaugurated by Shri Amit Shah, Honorable Home Minister of India, the Akshaya Patra Foundation opened its 64th kitchen in Mansa, Gujarat. This kitchen will serve warm and nutritious meals to 26,000 children studying in 190 schools in the region. Shri Madhu Pandit Dasa, Chairman and Shri Chanchalapathi Dasa, Vice-Chairman, were in attendance as well.

We are honored to announce that, last month, Bangalore University conferred an Honorary Doctorate Degree to our Founder-Chairman, Sri Madhu Pandit Dasa, as part of its 56th Annual Convocation ceremony. He was recognized for his contributions to food security and community welfare.

Mondays are for fresh starts.

In February, Akshaya Patra Foundation and NTT Limited provided tablets to 235 underprivileged girls as part of the organization's Digital Education Initiative to reduce the digital divide and promote inclusiveness. For more information, please visit http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/89643440.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst.

You decide which door to open and which door to keep shut.

Explained: What is fortified rice, and how is it prepared? The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) defines fortification as "deliberately increasing the content of essential micronutrients in a food so as to improve the nutritional quality of food and to provide public health benefit with minimal risk to health".

Your Monday morning thoughts can define your week. Visualize yourself having a happier and more fulfilling life to kickstart your week!

Akshaya Patra Foundation's Chief Sustainability and Communications Officer, Anant Arora, shares his thoughts on India's role in achieving the United Nation's Zero Hunger target. Have a read. https://www.expresshealthcare.in/blogs/guest-blogs-healthcare/hunger-and-education-a-reciprocated-relationship/434393/

The weather's finally warming up so get ready to enjoy the beautiful weather and support Akshaya Patra, at the same time, by joining us for a fun-filled picnic on Saturday, May 21st from 10:00am to 2:30pm at Stanley Park in Westfield, Massachusetts. You will receive free breakfast and lunch! Please RSVP to Neena Grover at [email protected]. They will also be collecting canned goods in support of the local woman's shelter in the Northampton area.

The Akshaya Patra USA Young Professionals are hosting a virtual silent auction on Saturday, May 14th from 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm. Our goal is to support Akshaya Patra's mission to feed 5 million children per day and keep children in school. Help us reach our goal of $50,000! Why $50,000? $50,000 keeps one of our kitchens operating for an entire month! You can help feed and educate THOUSANDS of children!

The Auction items are currently live on www.APUSA.Givesmart.com with even more items to be added throughout the week!

Please register and join us for the Live event this Saturday!

“A mother understands what a child does not say.” — Jewish Proverb

Happy Mother's Day from all of us at Akshaya Patra Foundation USA.

Akshaya Patra USA Akshaya Patra is the world’s largest NGO-run mid-day meal program serving 2 million children daily

Over the past few years, India has experienced significant environmental degredation such as water shortages, erosion and deforestation. We do our part to minimize our footprint by harvesting rain water and rerouting it into a pond, recharging bore-wells and reducing our dependency on corporation water.

Today we take the time to reflect on the small things. The cool breeze, the feeling of the warm sun on our skin and the melodic sounds of the birds as they search for their next meal. We hope you take a minute today to enjoy Mother Nature.

Happy Earth Day!

This Earth Day, we promise to Invest In Our Planet by preserving and protecting our health, families & livelihoods by acting boldly, innovatively and equitably. For more information on how we care for our planet, please visit https://www.akshayapatrausa.org/earthdayblog/

As a trusted partner of the Indian government, we now feed 1.8 million children in 20,000+ Indian schools from 61 kitchens across 14 states & 2 Union Territories! Interested in learning more about the largest school feeding program in the world? Please visit https://www.akshayapatrausa.org/ for more information.

See you all at the annual gala on May1st.

https://www.akshayapatrausa.org/events/boston-gala-2022-2/

Boston Gala 2022 Boston Gala 2022

Do you know that to reduce our environmental footprint we have installed a solar plant in our Vasanthapura Kitchen in Bengaluru? This plant has the capacity to produce 1100 units of power a month to keep the kitchen running till 4 am every day!

In honor of Women's History Month, Akshaya Patra is hosting a Virtual Women's Forum on this Thursday, March 31st, 2022 at 7:00 Pm EST.

We invite you to listen to these young inspiring professional women who are so passionate about supporting for young girls.

Proven Benefits for Young Girls of Akshaya Patra’s Program:
Increased school attendance
Lower dropout rates
Better health
Improved retention and enrollment
Register here:
https://bit.ly/APYoungWomen

SAVE THE DATE:
Boston Chapter of Akshaya Patra USA is proud to announce it’s 2022 In person ‘Feed to Educate’ Gala on Sunday May 1st, 2022 at 5:00pm, Burlington Marriott Hotel, Burlington MA

Register for the event at https://foodforeducation.org/

Email for more info and to donate: Ankita Narula, [email protected]

Over the past 20 years, the Akshaya Patra Foundation has served over 3.5 billion meals to school children in India. With frugal innovation and a simple desire to do good, our organization now serves 1.8 million meals to government school children in 19,500 schools daily. Since the lockdown began in India on March 24th 2020, Akshaya Patra has served over 200 million meals to migrant workers and vulnerable communities. This is in our DNA, we continue to serve meals, to our children and their families.

Established in 2006, the Boston Chapter is the oldest US Chapter and pioneered the way for the other 30 US Chapters. The Boston Chapter has a supportive and generous donor base throughout Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Rhode Island. It is estimated that 500 supporters and donors will be in attendance.

Message from Akshayapatra USA CEO:

Dear Akshaya Patra Supporters,
I am happy to share with you our fortnightly food relief report. As India continues to fight covid and damages caused by it, Akshaya Patra continues with it's mission of feeding our kids, and other disadvantaged people. Since the onset of covid in March 2020, we have served over *160 million meals*.
Akshaya Patra continues to identify innovative ways of making an impact by playing on it's core competency - food. One of our newer programs is *Raksha Kits to incentivize vaccination drives*. It helps overcome vaccine hesitancy due to misinformation, wage loss due to absence from work, fear of side effects, and overcoming negative communal beliefs about vaccinations in general. More details are available on page 11 & 12 of the report.

https://www.akshayapatrausa.org/covid-relief-fund/
https://www.akshayapatrausa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Food-Relief-Efforts-Report-July-30-2021.pdf

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Thanks for your support
Rajiv Jain
Interim CEO, Akshaya Patra

COVID-19 Relief Fund COVID-19 Relief Fund

7 days. $100k challenge

$1 for $1 match challenge, thanks to a generous anonymous donor..

Please help us meet our goal and help feed the needy.

https://www.foodforeducation.org/campaign/100k-matching-campaign-challenge/

$100k Matching Campaign Challenge 7 Day Challenge! An anonymous donor is matching up to $100,000 in donations towards Akshaya Patra! Participate in this 7 day challenge to help reach this goal by donating and sharing with your friends and family!

https://www.foodforeducation.org/pep-rally-registration/

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