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WELCOME TO SAYVA

Northern VA, MD, DC

SAYVA TEENS: 8th - 12th Grade

JUNIOR SAYVA: 3rd - 7th Grade 

  

LEARN MORE HERE! 

Learn more about SAYVA from our Executive Team 

SAYVA'S MISSION

Service. Awareness. Leadership.

 

With small, and sometimes large, acts of kindness, everyone can make a difference!

 

WHAT IS SAYVA?

South Asian Youth Volunteer Association

(residing in VA, MD & DC )

 

 SAYVA is a nonprofit, community service organization (501 c3) founded and led by teens serving others in the community to make a difference.  "Seva" is a Sanskrit word meaning to serve selflessly and with dedication.  SAYVA teens & ambassadors make a difference in their community through service and advocacy.

Cofounded in 2011 by former director Sumedha Mongia, MD. 

UPCOMING EVENT...


 

SAYVA holiday party!!!

All juniors, teens, parents, 

 

Join us for the SAYVA holiday party! 

Wear your ugliest sweater ...prize for the ugliest/festive one

 

Date:  December 8, 2024

Time: 4-7PM

Venue - McLean Firehouse

             1440 Chain Bridge Rd

              McLean, VA 22101

 

We will be making healthy treats for the kids in title one schools, partnering with SEVA truck

 

We will be collecting and wrapping toys for the children at the NCCF shelter (signup genius coming soon)

 

Come enjoy the festive season with holiday music, games, hot cocoa and cookies and your fellow SAYVA ambassadors.  Join in the giving spirit!

Note: check out our photos from the extremely successful Diwali Mock Wedding HERE

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all 2024-2025 events:

All 2024 dates are now confirmed! ​​

AUGUST 15 (6:45-8PM): Party Project @NCCF, Bethesda, MD

SEPTEMBER 8 (3-5PM): SAYVA Launch Event @ Mclean Holy Transfiguration Church (Community Hall and Outdoor Back Space). Mezeh catering! 

OCTOBER 13 (10 AM-12 PM): Walk for Breast Cancer @ Old Angler's Inn, Potomac, MD

 

NOVEMBER 7 (6-7 PM): Senior Friends Bollywood dancing 

NOVEMBER 16 (4:30-9:30PM): Diwali Mock Wedding @ Lakewood Country Club, Rockville, MD

DECEMBER 8 (4-7 PM): SAYVA Holiday Party (w/ Cookie Making & Gift Wrapping) @ McLean Firehouse, McLean, VA 

JANUARY 9 (6-7 PM): Senior Friends Indian food tasting

JANUARY 2025: Game night

FEBRUARY 2025: Rise Against Hunger

MARCH 2025: TBD

APRIL 2025: HOLI + EARTH DAY

MAY 2025: End of Year Banquet

Sept 2024-May 2025: NCFF Cares Birthday Parties for children in homeless Shelters (once a month)

Sept 2024 - May 2025: Senior Friends (events held with Teens + Elderly (once a quarter)

our 2024- 2025 leaders

OUr CEO's

Riya Budhrani: COO

Arav Madan: CAO - Chief Administrative Officer

Dhillon Ruparelia: CFO - Chief Financial Officer

Neha Parameswaran: COO

Souren Sharma: CTO - Chief Technology Officer

Aryana Bajaj: CCO - Chief Communications Officer

OUr Committee leaders

Shivani Jain: Party Project Coordinator

Krishna Gupta: Outreach Director

Natalie Dhillon: Director of Health & Wellness Committee

Devan Charaipotra: Director of Fundraising

Riya Wedam: Cultural Committee Director

Alisha Durbhakula: CMO - Chief Marketing Officer & Cultural Committee Director

Saanvi Lamba: CMO - Chief Marketing Officer & Director of Advocacy Committee

Kriti Hota: Director of Advocacy Committee

Tara Bansal: Website Director & Editor-in-Chief - SAYVA Speaks Blog

Shaan Khanna: Director Health and Wellness Committee

Kanav Kachoria: Community Service Director

Avni Patel: Community Service Director

Jaiden Bhargava: Marketing Director

Neera Vyas: Director of Junior Ambassadors

Shreya Kella: Director of Junior Ambassadors

Diya Khetan: Director - Senior Friends​​​​​

Thank you to our 2024-2025 Sponsors! 
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OUR IMPACT LAST YEAR 2023-2024

 SEPTEMBER 2023
 

  • Collected Supplies and donations for homeless at The Lamb Center

  • SAYVA Juniors Made 304 SANDWICHES, of which 182 sandwiches went to Martha's Table, and 122 sandwiches went to So What Else.

  • SAYVA Teens Volunteered at the World Cultural Festival in DC. 

  • Thank You to Ledo's Pizza Falls Church, North Italia in Tysons, & Bollywood Bistro

 OCTOBER 2023
 

  • SAYVA Alumni College students mentored teens on the college admissions process, study abroad programs as well as Q&A about the college experience.  

  • SAYVA Giving Day: National Center for Children and Families (Bethesda). Teens organized a Halloween birthday themed party for 30 children and their mothers who are currently living in a shelter. 

  • 51 SAYVA teens, juniors and families participated in the Race For Every Child, raising a whopping $5311 towards research and treatment of childhood diseases. Congrats to top fundraisers J&J Dayal, Aria & Jaya, Alisha and Asha. Congrats to Jaiden B. (15 yrs old) completed the race in 21 minutes coming in 4th place for boys aged 15-19 yrs. So proud of team SAYVA! 

 NOVEMBER 2023

SAYVA Giving Day:

National Center for Children and Families (Bethesda). Teens organized a special Bollwood Diwali themed party for 30 children and their mothers who are currently living in a shelter at the National Center for Children and Families. We donated South Asian clothes, played games, taught dance, had Henna tattoos, made Diya lamps, and tasted new Indian sweets with the children at the center.

 

DIWALI MOCK WEDDING:

This year's Diwali Mock Wedding was an incredible celebration! It was filled with decorations, speeches, food, dancing, and celebrating this joyous event! 🎉 We learned how to dance garba, learned about the different parts of an Indian wedding, and developed an understanding of the celebration of Diwali. We are so incredibly grateful for all of the sponsors and families for supporting this event to help us raise funds for Rise Against Hunger. Thank you to to all of our sponsors for making this event possible. (see images below and on IG!). Funds from this years event will go towards feeding 16,000 families with food insecurity.

DECEMBER 2023

SAYVA Ugly Sweater, Cookie Making, Gift Wrapping Holiday:

  • This year, we had our annual holiday party, cookie making, and gift wrapping holiday celebration. This year, SAYVA was able to donate, wrap, and deliver 60 gifts for Children at NCCF. Additionally, we made and delivered 220 snack treat bags for Seva Truck at the SAYVA Holiday party. SAYVA's holiday party was a great success and we are so grateful to all the families and sponsors that helped organize this event.

FEBRUARY 2024: 

SAYVA GIVING DAY

  • Valentine's Birthday Party at NCCF

SAYVA Pajama Party Game Night + Shoe Drive

  • Thank you Aryana Bajaj for organizing! 
  • We learned how micro-enterprises help alleviate poverty in developing nations from student ambassador Jaiden Bhargava. ​

  • We learned from our guest speaker Dr. Bajaj how radiation masks were turned to works of art to help cancer patients. 

  • We collected 250 lbs of shoes for Funds2orgs and St. Jude's Children's Hospital.

MARCH 2024: 

SAYVA Rise Against Hunger Flagship Event

Thank you to Community Service leader Riya Budhrani for organizing!

  • SAYVA Teens packaged 15,120 meals! 

APRIL 

  • SAYVA GIVING DAY COLOR THEME: HOLI/EASTER Party at NCCF 

  • Annual Holi Event + Olympic Games 

    • Raised $TBD towards the National Center for Children and Families shelter.

    • Leaders organized Olympic events for all attendees. Members learned about the importance of sustainability and Earth Day.  

MAY 

  • 05/19/2024: 11:30-1:30 pm SAYVA END OF YEAR EVENT

    • We honored our graduating seniors, and announced next years leaders and CEO's. 

PAST EVENTS

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Over 116,000+ meals packaged and sent to impoverished countries

$152,800 raised
for our community partners

20,000+ teen service hours and counting!

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SAYVA'S COMMUNITY PARTNERS

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