Asha | NY/NJ https://nycnj.ashanet.org The NYC/NJ chapter of Asha for Education Sun, 09 Feb 2025 04:27:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8 Asha Awareness Drive 2024 https://nycnj.ashanet.org/blog/2025/01/asha-awareness-drive-2024/ https://nycnj.ashanet.org/blog/2025/01/asha-awareness-drive-2024/#respond Tue, 28 Jan 2025 02:54:51 +0000 https://nycnj.ashanet.org/?p=2798  

 

Contact: Sharda Sheshabhattar @ 732-491-7555

Vendors/Sponsors Information and  any other details Please Contact:

Sharda Sheshabhattar @732-491-7555
Or Email nycnj@ashanet.org

Registration Link and Payment For Participants
Click here to register for this event

Click here to fill out participation registration fee

Live Streaming links:

Live On – Mydream TV USA ( Facebook Page – Twitter – Youtube – Instagram ( Rashmibedi_Official), Twitch )

 

Rules of Participation

  1. We use Chroma Keying process to replace Green color with a different background element.
  2. So,Please Do Not wear any dress that has green color in it.
  3. Also, Please do not have anything in green in the background.
  4. We will let you know the allocated time for  your talent show the day before the event.
  5. You will need to create a Free skype ID to participate in the Virtual Talent Show.
  6. On the day of the event, please login to your skype account and connect with Skype ID:  My Dream TV USA
  7. Make sure to be at a well illuminated room so that your performance can be clearly seen on the camera
  8. You can showcase any talent you have like singing, dancing, mono-acting, mimicry, poem recitation, etc
  9. Each participant will get only 4 minutes to showcase his/her talent
  10. Reporting Time: 1 hour before your scheduled time
  11. Please register here and pay here to participate.
All Participants will be awarded  Volunteering Hours and Certificates.

 

For more information Contact: Sharda Sheshabhattar @ 732-491-7555 

Please Stay Connected with Us on Facebook by Liking our Page at Click here

This fundraising event is organized by the NYCNJ Chapter of Asha for Education.

All net proceeds go towards education projects for underprivileged children in India.[/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section]

]]> https://nycnj.ashanet.org/blog/2025/01/asha-awareness-drive-2024/feed/ 0 January 2021 Newsletter https://nycnj.ashanet.org/blog/2021/01/january-2021-newsletter/ https://nycnj.ashanet.org/blog/2021/01/january-2021-newsletter/#respond Fri, 15 Jan 2021 20:32:39 +0000 https://nycnj.ashanet.org/?p=2231 Hello everyone, we would like to wish you a happy new year! 
 
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As the new year begins, we would like to give you all a few updates.
 
Support to Projects in India
Asha NYCNJ Chapter is pleased to announce that we are supporting two new projects in India! Funds raised from the competitions and events we host will go to these projects in India. 
 
The first project is the Nishta Night Shelter, located in the rural area of Baikunthapur, West Bengal. As part of this project, we are providing financial aid in order to prevent sex trafficking and prostitution. More details here
The second project is Sandnya Sanwardhan Sanstha (SSS) based out of Nagpur, Maharashtra. As part of this project, we are providing financial support and education for 140 children with mental disabilities in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. More details here
 
We encourage you to visit our various social media accounts to always be in the know of what’s happening in our chapter! 
Facebook – @AshaForEducationNYCNJ
Instagram – @asha_nycnj
Twitter – @AshaNYCNJ
Ongoing Competition(s) –  Please visit https://nycnj.ashanet.org/photo-of-the-season/ to learn more. 
 
As always, we greatly thank you for your continued support and enthusiasm. Once again, happy new year and stay safe! 
 
Tanisha Khabe
Asha For Education NYCNJ Chapter 
Asha Teens President 
 
Asha for Education is a secular non-profit organization dedicated to catalyze socio-economic change in India through education of underprivileged children. In keeping with this focus, our volunteers are involved with and support projects that are secular and have an education-related component to them.

Learn more at: http://www.ashanet.org/nycnj/

]]> https://nycnj.ashanet.org/blog/2021/01/january-2021-newsletter/feed/ 0 August 2020 Newswletter https://nycnj.ashanet.org/blog/2020/08/august-2020-newswletter/ https://nycnj.ashanet.org/blog/2020/08/august-2020-newswletter/#respond Sun, 23 Aug 2020 23:38:38 +0000 https://nycnj.ashanet.org/?p=2003 Hello everyone, we hope you all are having a good summer! Here is our August Newsletter.
You can also find the same in our website nycnj.ashanet.org under the Menu -Newsroom.
Here is a quicklink to the same  – https://nycnj.ashanet.org/e-newsletters/
 
Amid these tough times, we would like to thank you all for your continued support and enthusiasm throughout these past months.
 
We are also pleased to announce our online competitions! 
Poetry Competition –  The theme is COVID-19. The flyer is attached below! 
Photo Competition – The theme is Summer. The flyer is attached below! 
Both competitions go from July 10th to September 4th, 2020. 
Email your entries to nycnj@ashanet.org. Please include your name, email, phone number, and age with your submission. The entry fee is $15 each for both competitions, with an unlimited number of submissions. We can’t wait to see everyone’s creativity! All participants will receive a certificate of participation and volunteering hours for the effort put into this competition.
Please Note:- Each participant can claim a maximum of 8 volunteering hours! 
Recently, we conducted a live three-day Virtual Talent Show on July 3rd, 4th, and 5th. You can view the entire show in a playlist here!
We want to give a big thank you to all participants and we hope you had an amazing time! We are pleased to say that in such a short time, we got a fantastic response! We are sorry we could not accommodate all registrations due to time limitations, but please stay connected with us on Facebook to participate in our second season which will be coming up soon! 
We will also be conducting our Annual Awards Ceremony in our next virtual show! 
 
 We are all very excited about the new events and projects we are planning for this coming year! Be sure to follow us on socials to receive instant updates and announcements about upcoming events, competitions, and more!
Twitter – @AshaNYCNJ 
Instagram – @asha_nycnj
Facebook – @AshaForEducationNYCNJ
 
At the end of July, we conducted chapter elections and we are now very excited to introduce our new chapter coordinators for 2020-2021!

Adult Committee

Chapter Coordinator – Sharda Sheshabhattar

Project Coordinator – Sravan

Event Coordinator – Manali

Publicity Coordinator – Grishma Pandya

Asha Teens Committee

President – Tanisha Khabe

Co-Vice President – Aashay

Co-Vice President  – Kareena Pandya

Public Relations (and social coordinator) – Rujula Warade

Web Administrator – Aashish

Visit our website to read more about the new chapter committee!
As you may all be aware, Asha for Education has been highlighted by Charity Navigator as one of the top 6 nonprofit organizations providing “Relief Supplies: Community Support & Services” during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our efforts have covered more than 16 states in India, and thousands of families of daily wage earners, marginalized communities, orphans/homeless children, and many more. Thank you to our project partners and donors who have donated to our COVID-19 Relief Fundraiser and stepped forward at this time of crisis to provide hope! Please keep supporting us as we continue to reach out to more families in need!
 
Yours sincerely,
 
Tanisha Khabe
Asha For Education NYCNJ Chapter
Asha Teens President
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Asha for Education is a secular non-profit organization dedicated to catalyzing socio-economic change in India through education of underprivileged children. In keeping with this focus, our volunteers are involved with and support projects that are secular and have an education-related component to them.Learn more at http://www.ashanet.org/nycnj/

 

]]> https://nycnj.ashanet.org/blog/2020/08/august-2020-newswletter/feed/ 0 July 2020 Updates https://nycnj.ashanet.org/blog/2020/07/july-newsletter/ https://nycnj.ashanet.org/blog/2020/07/july-newsletter/#respond Mon, 27 Jul 2020 00:16:25 +0000 https://nycnj.ashanet.org/?p=1937 Hello everyone, we hope you all are still hanging in there! Here is another one of our monthly updates from our chapter. 
 
 
In the midst of these tough times, we would like to thank you all for your continued support and enthusiasm throughout these past months.
 
We are also pleased to announce our upcoming online competitions! 
Poetry Competition –  The theme is COVID-19. Please visit https://nycnj.ashanet.org/poet-of-the-year-2020/ for more info! 
Photo Competition – The theme is summer. Please visit https://nycnj.ashanet.org/photo-of-the-season/ for more info! 
Both competitions go from July 10th to September 4th 2020. 
Submit the registration forms and email your entries to nycnj@ashanet.org. Please include your name, email, phone number, and age with your submission. The entry fee is $15 for both competitions, with an unlimited number of submissions. We can’t wait to see everyone’s creativity! 
 
 
Asha for Education has been highlighted by Charity Navigator as one of the top 6 nonprofit organizations providing “Relief Supplies: Community Support & Services” during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our efforts have covered more than 16 states in India, and thousands of families of daily wage earners, marginalized communities, orphans/homeless children, and many more. Thank you to our project partners and donors who have donated to our COVID-19 Relief Fundraiser and stepped forward at this time of crisis to provide hope! Please keep supporting us as we continue to reach out to more families in need! 
 
Recently, we conducted a live three-day Virtual Talent Show on July 3rd, 4th, and 5th. You can view the entire show in a playlist here!
We want to give a big thank you to all participants and we hope you had an amazing time! We are pleased to say that in such a short time, we got a fantastic response! We are sorry we could not accommodate all registrations due to time limitations, but please stay connected with us on Facebook to get free participation in our second season which will be coming up soon! 
 
Be sure to check out the links to our socials! This is where you can find out about upcoming events, competitions, and more! 
Twitter – @AshaNYCNJ 
Instagram – @asha_nycnj
Facebook – @AshaForEducationNYCNJ
 
Tanisha Khabe
Asha For Education NYCNJ Chapter
Asha Teens President
—
Asha for Education is a secular non-profit organization dedicated to catalyzing socio-economic change in India through education of underprivileged children. In keeping with this focus, our volunteers are involved with and support projects that are secular and have an education-related component to them. 

 

 

]]> https://nycnj.ashanet.org/blog/2020/07/july-newsletter/feed/ 0 2020 Best of Manhattan Awards in the category of Education https://nycnj.ashanet.org/blog/2020/04/1684/ https://nycnj.ashanet.org/blog/2020/04/1684/#respond Sat, 11 Apr 2020 22:51:14 +0000 https://nycnj.ashanet.org/?p=525

It gives us great pleasure to share  that Asha for Education has been selected for the 2020 Best of Manhattan Awards in the category of Education.

We thank all our volunteers, patrons, local community, participants of our various events and our well wishers for your unconditional support, which made it possible for us to accomplish this.

We believe this is just the beginning. We have a lot to achieve over the coming months and years.

Our goal is to provide education to all the underprivileged children in India and we have come a long way in this mission. We are confident we will make a lot more progress in achieving this with your continued support.

We would love to keep you in the loop with our emails and newsletter. You can sign up for those at our site https://nycnj.ashanet.org

Again, thank you for helping us change the lives of Millions of underprivileged children in India. You are a part of their lives too.

 

Sincerely,

Shards Sheshabhattar

Chapter Coordinator

Phone – 7324917555

Email- nycnj@ashanet.org

]]> https://nycnj.ashanet.org/blog/2020/04/1684/feed/ 0 Poet Of The Year 2019 Submissions https://nycnj.ashanet.org/blog/2020/04/poet-of-the-year-2019-submissions/ https://nycnj.ashanet.org/blog/2020/04/poet-of-the-year-2019-submissions/#respond Sat, 11 Apr 2020 22:49:35 +0000 https://nycnj.ashanet.org/?p=521

Theme “Hope”

I hope my family is okay
And what I wish is for peace.Sia Patel, 5 year old
I hope, I become super hero and fly
I hope, I have jet packs to fly
I hope, I swim under deep ocean
I hope, I ride on a submarine
I hope, I surf on a surfboard
I hope, I ride a unicycle
I hope, I ice skate downhill
I hope, I ride underwater train
I hope, I can be on a fastest plane
I hope, I invent new technology
I hope, I have a chocolate factory
I hope, I live in the white house
I hope, I have the biggest house
I hope, I become astronaut one day
I hope, I visit moon someday
I hope, I can ride on a zipline
I hope, I can be hopeful all the timeArham Sheth, 7 year old
]]> https://nycnj.ashanet.org/blog/2020/04/poet-of-the-year-2019-submissions/feed/ 0 Happy New Year! https://nycnj.ashanet.org/blog/2020/04/happy-new-year/ https://nycnj.ashanet.org/blog/2020/04/happy-new-year/#respond Sat, 11 Apr 2020 22:41:50 +0000 https://nycnj.ashanet.org/?p=519 Dear all supporters,

Cheers to the New Year! We Wish you a bright, joyous, peaceful and prosperous 2020!

Happy New Year 2020

Thanks to your continued support, we had a very eventful 2019! We closed it with the much appreciated and enjoyed event at TopGolf Edison on December 15th. For those who missed it, here is the coverage of the event by ITV Gold.
As we enter 2020, we are happy to share two more events with you that bring out the  creative skills in people of all ages, while supporting the underprivileged children of India through the funds collected by these events.
We currently have the following  two online contests open for all of you and your friends to participate:
 
Poet of the Year Competition for 2019
If  you have a knack for writing unique and compelling poetry then you don’t want to miss our Poet of the Year Competition, which is currently open  to all age groups, from kids to teens, to even adults!  You may now submit your poems all the way  until February 14th via email to newyorkcity@ashanet.org.  Join us for a chance to receive a cash prize for the three winning entries from each category. For more information, and to register, visit https://newyorkcity.ashanet.org/poetoftheyear/
 
Photo of the Season Competition 
 For those of you who love to click, we would love to share your creative work with the world. The Theme of Our Photo Contest is “Winter Wonderland”. Let us all celebrate the beauty of the winter landscapes through this contest. Enter now to win Cash prizes and your work seen around the world. For more information, and to register, visit https://newyorkcity.ashanet.org/photooftheseason
 
We look forward to a bright and happening 2020 in which we hope to create many more beautiful memories with all of you while we continue working towards our mission to catalyze socio-economic change in India through the education of underprivileged children
 
Be sure to check out the links to our website and new socials!
Register for the Upcoming Event – newyorkcity.ashanet.org/PoetOfTheYear
Twitter – @AshaNYCNJ
Instagram – @asha_nycnj
Facebook – @AshaForEducationNYCNJ
Pinterest – Asha For Education New York City
 
Hands that help are greater than lips that pray.
 
Sincerely,
Sharda Sheshabhattar
Chapter Coordinator
 
]]> https://nycnj.ashanet.org/blog/2020/04/happy-new-year/feed/ 0 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! https://nycnj.ashanet.org/blog/2020/04/merry-christmas-and-happy-holidays/ https://nycnj.ashanet.org/blog/2020/04/merry-christmas-and-happy-holidays/#respond Sat, 11 Apr 2020 22:41:08 +0000 https://nycnj.ashanet.org/?p=517 Hi all supporters, first of all, we would like to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! We hope that your holiday season is filled with joy and laughter. 

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We would also like to give a very big thank you to those of you who attended our event at TopGolf Edison on December 15th. I think we can all agree the event was a tremendous success, and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. You can also see the coverage of the event from ITV Gold at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7Ns_Zr_plA. But, don’t worry if you missed it, as we are announcing a new event very soon… 
 
Poet of the Year Competition for 2019
Do you have a knack for writing unique and compelling poetry? If so, then you don’t want to miss our Poet of the Year Competition. Starting from December 24th to February 14th, submit your poems via email to newyorkcity@ashanet.org. We are welcoming all age groups, from kids to teens, to even adults! Join us for a chance to receive a cash prize for the first three winning entries from each category. For more information, and to register, visit https://newyorkcity.ashanet.org/poetoftheyear/
Be sure to check out the links to our website and new socials! 
 
Register for the Upcoming Event – newyorkcity.ashanet.org/PoetOfTheYear
Twitter – @AshaNYCNJ 
Instagram – @asha_nycnj
Facebook – @AshaForEducationNYCNJ
Pinterest – Asha For Education New York City
]]> https://nycnj.ashanet.org/blog/2020/04/merry-christmas-and-happy-holidays/feed/ 0 It’s Tee Time Picture Gallery https://nycnj.ashanet.org/blog/2020/04/its-tee-time-picture-gallery/ https://nycnj.ashanet.org/blog/2020/04/its-tee-time-picture-gallery/#respond Sat, 11 Apr 2020 22:40:22 +0000 https://nycnj.ashanet.org/?p=515 ]]> https://nycnj.ashanet.org/blog/2020/04/its-tee-time-picture-gallery/feed/ 0 The final countdown starts for its teetime https://nycnj.ashanet.org/blog/2020/04/the-final-countdown-starts-for-its-teetime/ https://nycnj.ashanet.org/blog/2020/04/the-final-countdown-starts-for-its-teetime/#respond Sat, 11 Apr 2020 22:39:02 +0000 https://nycnj.ashanet.org/?p=513 Hi all supporters, we are only one week away from our upcoming event on Sunday! It is a holiday themed event, so to get in the holiday spirit, please come with your best Christmas/Holiday/Ugly Sweaters on jeans. For those of you who haven’t registered yet, take advantage of this last opportunity!

It’s Tee Time!
Join us for a fun-filled and family-friendly experience on December 15 from 9 AM-12 AM. All guests can enjoy a continental breakfast and over 3 hours of Top Golf playtime in heated bays! Register now to ensure a free T-shirt! *See registration link and flyer attached below.*
If you would like to register, volunteer, or be a vendor/sponsor, visit nycnj.ashanet.org/teetime/.

We have a fun filled morning planned for all of you, and we are expecting over 50+ guests! Here are some important reminders to those of you attending!

1. Venue Details
Date: Sunday, December 15th
Address: 1013 US-1, Edison, NJ 08817
Time: 9 AM – 12 PM (You don’t want to miss your breakfast, so please arrive at 8:40 for registration! 😂)
– There are plenty of places to park in the TopGolf parking lot!

2. Breakfast Details
Enjoy the ‘Rise and Shine Continental Breakfast

Tanisha Khabe
Asha Teens Co-Vice President

Thank you for your support! Have a great week!

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