Namaste and Dhanyavad for your contributions.

We are proud to share the following Relief activities and funds disbursements accomplished by our volunteers.

VHPA Seva in America Efforts :-

• Donated $5000 to NY, IL, MI food banks
• Helped 200+ stranded Indian Students find Hotel accommodation @AHOA
• Distributed 300+ homemade masks: NY, OH, PA
• Distributed meals to healthcare workers at hospitals
• Distributed 85,000 surgical and non-surgical gloves free of charge to police and EMT groups in North and Central NJ. We are also distributing 200 KN-95 face masks to local hospitals and other medical establishments.
• Partnered with SEWA International
• Organized Collective prayers (OmTogether, AUMAcrossAmerica) with Global Prayer group – participation by over 100 organizations

VHP of America will send the donations to the organizations working with the community members affected.

VHPA New Jersey Chapter Responds to Covid-19 Pandemic

COVID-19 Special Bulletin : April 13, 2020

Your New Jersey chapter is working to protect our brothers and sisters in emergency response organizations against Covid-19 virus. We have distributed 85,000 surgical and non-surgical gloves free of charge to police and EMT groups in North and Central NJ. We are also distributing 200 KN-95 face masks to local hospitals and other medical establishments.

World Hindu Council of America’s: Food for the Front liners

As the valiant doctors and nurses continue their battle against the coronavirus, so also the volunteers of VHP of America continued their service of feeding them. The second and third weeks of “Food for the Frontliners” saw food deliveries to Marlborough Hospital, UMass Memorial ER and Covid tents, MetroWest Framingham and Natick campuses, and Milford Regional Hospital. Breakfast was delivered to the third and first shifts, and dinner was delivered to the second and third shift of the staff of Marlborough hospital. Lunch was delivered to UMass, MetroWest Natick and Framingham, lunch to Milford Regional Hospital and dinner to MetroWest Framingham, by the dedicated volunteers.

Volunteer Poonam Gupta was thrilled to be part of this effort, saying she “felt honored to provide this seva (service).”

The staff were ever so grateful. One of the senior members of the leadership team at Marlborough Hospital, who wanted to remain anonymous said, “The breakfast bags were a big hit! The overnights were pleasantly surprised!! They were very thankful. It was so thoughtful of these people to think of the second and third shift.” They all found the Indian veggie burgers delicious!

The staff at UMass gobbled up the pizzas is in an instant and expressed gratitude to the organization and all the volunteers.

MetroWest Natick and Framingham campuses both expressed their appreciation for the delicious food. Susan Surapine, a senior administrator at MetroWest, expressed her thanks for the delicious Indian-style veggie burgers made especially for them by Dosa Temple of Ashland, MA.

Volunteer Vijay Dalal was happy to see, “the spirit of our culture that was celebrated in every trip made.”

Abhishek Singh said,” I felt very happy when the staff clapped and waved until I left the parking lot. It was such an exhilarating experience.”

Acknowledgements are due to Dr. Apeksha Tripathi for her continued efforts at coordinating with all the hospitals, contacting all the key people and following up with the team and hospitals before and after each and every delivery, while continuing to work at serving her patients, along with being a frontline worker herself.

This effort also could not have been possible without the dedication by Ganesh Koyalmanam, who coordinated with every restaurant, kept track of every delivery, communicated with all the volunteers, kept the whole team informed of every activity, and kept impeccable records.

As this initiative continues, donations are needed more than ever. Please continue to open your hearts and your pockets and give generously, just as the medical staff continues to give of themselves in this ongoing fight against an unseen enemy.

This is an ongoing effort to provide much-needed nourishment to the weary healthcare workers who are risking their own safety and health to keep the public safe. Please donate generously to this initiative, so that the work can continue as long as it is needed. This is also an opportunity to do your part by volunteering to deliver the food to the various area hospitals.