CMDFW A/V Team
H.H Swami Tejomayananda jiChairman CMDFW Board
Resident Acharya Swami Sarveshananda
Acharya P.B. Ghate
Acharya Asha Ghate
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CMDFW A/V Team
CMDFW Board
Ashok Dandekar PresidentSandhya Gavva SecretaryUK Gupta TreasurerSatheesh Chandran Facilities MaintenanceSambu Mantha Satellite Centers/Study GroupSunil Maini Seva Programs
Venu Menon PR/Marketing
Prasad Vallurupalli Fund Raising 2
CMDFW A/V Team
Joint-Secretary Ramesh HegdeJoint- Treasurer Raghu Ganapathy
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CMDFW A/V Team
BV Coordinators
S1 Kathyayini KattamanchiS2 Lalitha RajagopalanS3 Vijayashree RameshS4 Suchitra Rahalkar C1 Anu VadduriC2 Maya Nair BOP(Bhutanese) Rajesh MongiaThere are 200+ Teachers 4
Front Desk
• Serve as a liaison to provide on-going communication
• Assist members with questions regarding mission activities
• Maintain sign-up sheets for different activities
• Assist registration team
Need Help?
Session NameS1 Vinod Chauhan, Disha KanarS2 Reshma Pattabhi, Srividya SundarS3 Roli KapoorS4 Asha Kammath, Madhavi SunkaraC1 Praveen PanchakarlaC2 Rakesh Neunaha
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Decoration Team
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Session Name
Coordinator: Madhavi Menta S1 Rachana Jagota, Sumana Hedge, Nirmala
Manalan, Janaki Ramalingam, Uma Mahesh, Kaanan Shah, Nirupama Bellary
S2 Srividya Raghu , Rupa Janardhan
S3 Sonali Sinha
C1 & C2 Vijaya Lanka• Bring festive atmosphere to Balavihar.• Meet about 8-9 times a Year.• Fun Team to be In.
Registration Team: Srinivas Nukala
• Online registration support• User registration support at front desk• Generate registration reports for the Board, Teachers
and Finance team• Registration system technical support
Session Volunteer
S1 Veni GuptaS2 Madhavi SunkaraS3 Srinivas NukalaS4 Madhavi SunkaraC1 Urmesh ShahC2 Subbarao Manne
Need Help?
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What?
• an avenue for members to contribute and ensure that the mission endures for our children and their children
Who?
•members with a shared vision to sustain the nurturing environment of CMDFW
Details …
• Parivar Membership: $1,200 per annum
• Admission to Balavihar & Cultural classes
• Annual CMDFW Membership
• Aarti sponsorship during festivals
• Balavihar lock-ins
• Geeta chanting and Shlokathon
Chinmaya Parivar
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Goal200
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Contact info
Coordinators: Anurag Jagota & Venkat Arunachalam• What does the team do?
Team selected by Swamiji.
Swamiji typically starts off with the previous year list of volunteers and then adds volunteers based on drop offs
Team responsibility – Reserving Camp Site, Camp Promotion, Planning kids activities, logistics and Supplies, Teams are responsible for decoration, food, supplies, games, supervised downtime, schedule.
Who are the members? Last year members -Anil Kalicharan, Devina Jagota, Jayashree Rajagopalan, Kavitha Srinivasan, Lalitha Rajgopalan, Madhu Basude, Mamta Chhatbar, Dr. Nagaratina Salem, Nitish Krishna Murthy, Pankaj Kapoor, Rachna Jagota, Rajiv Roy, Rupa Janardhan, Sairam Appaji, Sridhar Karra, Srihari, Srividya Sundar, Sumana Hegde, Sushma Dandekar, Sushma Joshi, Syama Srinivasan, Vishwa Dave
• Do we need more volunteers?
• People interested in volunteering should send in their names during camp sign-up
Labor Day Camp
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Contact [email protected]
Coordinator: Swarna Kura•What does the team do?
Introduce and guide new CM members to shlokathon program
Make sure the relevant resources are available (shlokathon CDs, books, plaques, stickers etc.)
Conduct weekly shlokathon classes - various stotras, Geeta chanting & vedic chanting (shanti mantras and pancha sooktams) - before or after BV
Perform monthly testing & hand out stickers and trophies upon completion
• Who are the members: All session Shlokathon coordinators, teachers and testers
• Do we need more volunteers?
Yes, those trained in reciting shlokas/stotras/mantras
Shlokathon
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Contact [email protected]
Coordinator: Sudha Ramakrishnan
Members: Seetha Chandrashekar (Chitrakoot)
Kavitha Srinivasan (Saaket)
Madhu Basude (Saaket)
Anand Amarnani (Saaket)
•What does the team do?
Introduce and guide new CM members to Music program
Present Music Program at CMDFW Annual Banquet
Present Year End Music Program
Music Class
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Contact info
Balazine
Saaket: Anu Appaji Chitrakoot: Sangeeta Anil• What does the team do?
• Balazine is an eMagazine for the children, of the children and by the children. You can find it on CMDFW website and on Facebook.
• Who are the members?
• Any Balavihar student can submit contributions and any committed student middle school and up can volunteer to edit any given issue
• Whether they need more volunteers?
• Parent volunteers to help with publication and/or soliciting contributions and ideas are always welcome.
• Please contact: [email protected]
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Coordinator: Ramesh Hegde •What does the team do?
Prepare relevant Geeta chanting verses for inclusion in BV folders
Teach weekly Geeta chanting class of shlokathon … help kids/adults in preparing them for the annual Geeta chanting competition
Be available to lead Geeta chanting in the assembly when Acharyas are not in town
Coordinate and conduct annual CMDFW Geeta chanting competition
Geeta Chanting
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Coordinators: Lalitha Rajagopalan & Lalitha Venkatraman•What does the team do?
Each year we have ‘Lock-Ins’ for all of our Balavihar kids to provide exclusive fun time with Swamiji. The purpose is to allow for the kids to enjoy the company of their peers and Swamiji across all sessions
Elementary School lock-in – Grades 2-5
Middle School Lock-in – Grades 6-8
High School Lock-in – Grades 9-12
• Who are the members?. Request for volunteers is announced and Swamiji also encourages CHYK volunteers
Parent volunteers
Do we need more volunteers?
Volunteers are always needed. Designated photographers who can commit to the dates and also work with the Web team to publish.
Lock-Ins
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Coordinator: Venkat Arunachalam•What does the team do?
The cultural classes offered include Sanskrit, Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu languages, Hindustani and Karnatic music.
The classes are offered at Saaket and Chitrakoot in all the sessions. The offerings in each session is determined by the availability of volunteer
teachers and the demand• Who are the members?
We have 30 volunteers for these classes across all the sessions
Do we need more volunteers?
Volunteers are always needed. They can offer non-instructional assistance to the teachers and also substitute for teachers who may need a day off for personal work.
Cultural Classes
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Coordinator : Pankaj Kapoor • Funds are raised by T-Shirt sales and donations based on miles walked.
• Funds raised are donated to one of the Local Charities
• T-shirt design is selected by Swami Ji from Balavihar kids entries in annual T-Shirt design contest.
• Balavihar kids ask for donations for each mile they pledge to walk.
• Picnic/Holi event unites members for all sessions in one area.
• Event is open to all the members and their friends.
• Roasted Corn, Gulal, Water Colors, and Pichkaris are highlight of the event.
• Over 120+ volunteers are involved in organizing and managing the event.
• Event is attended by ~1000 members and friends.
Picnic Holi Walkathon
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THANK YOUTHANK YOU!!! Team Leads and 110+ !!! Team Leads and 110+ volunteers. You made 2014 Walkathon Picnic volunteers. You made 2014 Walkathon Picnic
Holi event a Great Success Holi event a Great Success Coordinator : Coordinator : Pankaj Kapoor Pankaj Kapoor TEAM TEAM LEADS
Registration Reshma Pattabhi /Srividya Sundar
Walkathon Priya Chandran
Holi Kirti Pujara
Corn Navita Agarwal
Food Poonam Mehta
Games Ketan Patel & Manju Menon
Clean-up Siva Agnoor
Setup Ravi Patil
Medical Dr. Rathna Salem
Transportation Prakash Pai
DJ Bani Maini and Ashwin Chandra
AV Rakesh Neunaha