FA donated blankets to old age people at Agraharam Village,Near Ramachandrapuram, East Godavari Dist on 4th November,2012

Dear Friends,

Our team donated blankets to the 16 identified people who are financially poor, aged and widows and even to the mentally retarded at a small village named Agraharam (5kms from Ramachandrapuram, East Godavari District).

1) We requested all the identified people to gather at the house of one of our team members: Satish Kumar Pidim and donated the blankets.

2) There is an old women who travelled 4kms from her place she stay to receive the blanket.

3) A mentally retarded person being taken care by the village people is provided with the blanket from us.

None of them are educated to understand what we do as a team to the society. But for the happiness they felt they blessed our entire team to grow up in life.

A Special Thanks to Kiran Yalla, Pardhu Badipati, Sukeerthi Mulakala and Satish Kumar Pidim.


This event is considered as a part of 'Mee Nestham'.


Thanks & Regards,
Friends Association for a Change

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Donated plants during FA Team Meeting (Get Together) held on 15th September,2012 at Visakhapatnam

Dear Friends,

FA Get Together @ Poorna Function Hall, Visakhapatnam held on 15^th September, 2012:

53 members (including 2 children) of our FA team from Visakhapatnam attended FA Get Together on 15^th September,2012.

ü  We introduced each and everyone in the team with the rest of the team members.

ü  We celebrated the birthday of the First Youngest Member: Tanmayi Eswarapu who joined Friends Association on her Birthday i.e on 15^th September,2012 (Tanmayi completed 6yrs and entered into her 7th year) and even contributed to FA from her pocket money. Tanmayi stands as an inspiration to our entire team.

ü  We had our team lunch. We ordered 75 plates for catering. We donated the food (with all the items) which is left behind (because of the absentees) to the nearby Old Age Home:  Prema Samajam, Near 2 Town Police Station, Daba Gardens, Visakhapatnam – 530020. Phone: +(91)-(891)-2544774.

ü  We discussed on all the important future plans of FA and gathered the valuable suggestions from our team. The suggestions given by our FA team will be given High Priority. We are planning to finalize on FA ‘Mission’ and ‘Vision’ as per the Rules and Regulations of Government by 30^th September,2012.

ü  As an occasion of FA Get together, FA Badges were inaugurated by Ravi Eswarapu and Ram Shankar Pilla on 15^th September,2012 at Visakhapatnam. The First FA badge is kept on the hands of Tanmayi Eswarapu to Trivikiram Karthikeya Yellapu (S/O Swati Yellapu). And then both of the children distributed the badges to the rest of our team members. We planned to deliver the badges to our entire team across other locations by the end of this month.

ü  We conducted games and distributed gifts to our team.

ü  We purchased 50 plants and distributed them to our team members on the get together day.

Special Thanks:

ü  Banka Santosh Kumar for providing his own vehicle for the transportation of food to the old age home.

ü  Aruna Asi, Usha Kalpana Rayudu, Neelima Samineni, Adarsh  and Swati Yellapu for planning, purchasing the gifts and even for organizing the games successfully.

ü  Satyanarayana Yerninti, Kiran Yella, Raghavendra Baswa, Banka Santosh Kumar, Rajagir Lakshmi Venkata Naidu and Abhinava Raghava for organizing and leading the FA Get Together event successfully.


This event is considered as a part of 'Pragathi'.

Thanks & Regards,

Friends Association

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Donated plants during FA Team Meeting (Get Together) held on 8th September,2012 at Hyderabad

Dear Friends,

FA Get Together @ Botanical Gardens, Hyderabad held on 8^th September, 2012:

31 members (almost 50%) of our FA team from Hyderabad attended FA Get Together on 8^th September,2012.

ü  We introduced each and everyone in the team with the rest of the team members.

ü  We had our team lunch. We ordered 35 plates for catering. And the food is cooked for 40 members. And only 29 members from our team had their lunch on the get together day.

ü  We donated the food(with all the items) which is left behind (because of the absentees) to the nearby:  Satya Sai Seva Sangh Old Age Home , 1-104/1,White Field, Near Anjaiahnagar Busstop, Gachibouli, Kothaguda, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India 500084. Phone: 91-40-23000479 23005634.

ü  We discussed on all the important future plans of FA and gathered the valuable suggestions from our team. The suggestions to FA given by our team will be given a High Priority. We planned to discuss on the same with the Vizag team and then finalize on FA ‘Mission’ and ‘Vision’ as per the Rules and Regulations of Government by 30^th September,2012.

ü  As the badges were delivered to us on 10^th September,2012, we are unable to deliver FA badges on the get together day on 8^th Sep,2012 @ Hyd. We will be delivering the badges in Vizag on 15^th Sep,2012 on the get together day itself. And planned to deliver the badges to our entire team across other locations by the end of September.

ü  We conducted games and distributed 10 gifts to our team and even chocolates to all the participants.

ü  We purchased 45 plants and distributed them to our team and even to the public(who are within the garden) on the get together day.

Special Thanks:

ü  Balu for providing his own vehicle in the transportation of food to the old age home and even for the transportation of plants from a nursery(near Bahadurpally) to Botanical gardens, Madhapur.

ü  Balachandran Puja, Fathima Syed, Naveena and Usha Kalpana Rayudu for planning, for purchasing the articles & gifts required for conducting the games and organizing the games successfully. 

ü  Syam Kiran Peyyala, Murali Krishna Reddy, Geetanjali Naik, Pallavi Gandhe, Raghavendra Naidu, Krishna Chaitanya Nannapaneni and Kiran Babu Sravanam for organizing and leading the FA Get Together event successfully.
ü FA felt proud to see the interest and commitment shown by Naveena Marouthu by travelling all the way from Pune to Hyderabad especially to attend the FA Get Together.

Here is the album of this Event:
https://picasaweb.google.com/112996763992254811703/FAGetTogetherHyderabad

Active Participants of this Event: Balachandran Puja, Srinivasa Rao Ravuri, Fathima Syed, Abdul Moin, Vijaya Sri, Sudhakar, Murali Krishna Reddy, Vamsi Vardhan Rao Tripurana, Mohana Vakamudi, Krishna Chaitanya Nannapaneni, Geetanjali Naik, Sandeep, Raghavendra Naidu, Ramu Singampalli, Sandeep Nellipudi, Hari Shankar Tankala, Naveena Marouthu, Jahnavi Marouthu, Bhava Krishna Skandh V, Anil Bezawada, Uma Deepthi Chitta, Pavani, Naveen, Kiran Sravanam, Anji Babu, Vara Prakash Sangitha, Pradeep.D, Syam Kiran Peyyala, Balu, Venu Madhav, Vinod Sravanam.

This event is considered as a part of 'Pragathi'.

Thanks & Regards,

Friends Association

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FA helped a student Rahul by paying his School Fee for the year 2012

Dear Friends,

Our Team paid the School Fee Payment (One-Time) to a student studying 6th standard from AU Telugu Medium School:

Student Details:

Name: Rahul Kumar.

Rahul is studying 6th Standard B Section in Andhra University Telugu Medium School.

His father is expired and mother is working as a servant.

Regarding Rahul Education:

ü  Text Books are provided to Rahul by the Government through the school management for this year.

ü  Uniforms are donated by the school teaching staff.

ü  Note books are donated by our team to Rahul during the event on 16th July,2012.

Rahul who is need of help to pay his School Fee is helped by Rakesh Kumar Sunkara and Devi Priya Relangi.

ü  Rakesh Kumar Sunkara and Devi Priya Relangi came forward immediately and paid the school fee of 615 rupees to Rahul kumar on behalf of their team.

ü  Though Rakesh Kumar Sunkara and Devi Priya Relangi are leading a team in separate from the past 2 yrs and are working towards social activities, they joined Friends Association with their own interest and have been working to their best in supporting, suggesting and through active participation of FA activities.

Special thanks to Rakesh Kumar Sunkara and Devi Priya Relangi and even to their team on behalf of Friends Association.

Thanks & Regards,

Friends Association

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FA Get Together Updates held on 8th Sep,2012 at Hyderabad and held on 15th Sep,2012 at Visakhapatnam

Dear Friends,

Main Reasons behind FA Get Together:

ü  Everyone among us should interact with the rest of the FA team members so as to work together during the social activities.
ü  Distribution of each plant to each of our team members is one other important event which cannot be done in normal days.

Hyderabad Plan	Visakhapatnam Plan
FA Get together on 8th Sep,2012	FA Get  together on 15th Sep,2012
Venue: Botanical Gardens, Near Kothagudem Forest Reserve, Near Hi-Tech City, Kondapur, Hyderabad – 500033.	Venue: Poorna Function Hall (A/C), Beside Poorna Theater, Near Poorna Market, Visakhapatnam.
Schedule: 11:00 AM: a)      Distribution of FA badges(with the logo) to everyone. b)      Discussion on FA Activities. 12:30 PM: Lunch (Catering) 2:00 PM: Introducing each and every person in the team with rest of the team members. 3:00 PM: Fun Activities and gifts to the winners. 4:00 PM: Distribution of each plant to each of our team members.	Schedule: 11:00 AM: a)      Distribution of FA badges(with the logo) to everyone. b)      Discussion on FA Activities. 12:30 PM: Lunch (Catering) 2:00 PM: Introducing each and every person in the team with rest of the team members. 3:00 PM: Fun Activities and gifts to the winners. 4:00 PM: Distribution of each plant to each of our team members.

The amount for purchasing the plants and badges will be taken from the funds of Friends Association.

Special Thanks to Abhinava Raghava.G.M (one of our FA team members) for providing his own Poorna Function Hall towards the event of Friends Association Get Together in Visakhapatnam on 15^th September,2012.

ü  We are provided with this Function Hall at Free of Rent.
ü  The Function Hall is Air Conditioned and provided with 4 wheeler as well as 2 wheeler parking.
ü  We are requested to provide only the maintenance charges (Current, Cleaning, (From Outsiders: Chairs and Tables(used for catering)) etc: 2500 rupees) for utilizing the function hall on 15^th September,2012.

As our team is not willing to draw the amount from FA for conducting get together events, 100 rupees per head is the amount that we are planning to gather from our team.

100 Rupees Estimation Per Head
To Hyderabad Team:	To Vizag Team:
100 rupees expenses: Catering (85) + Garden Entry Fee (15)	100 rupees expenses: Catering (75) + Maintenance charges (25)
Catering Food Items: 1)      Sweet (Semya Kesar) 2)      Biryani 3)      Raitha 4)      White Rice 5)      Curry (Both for Biryani and White Rice: Meal Maker Tomato) 6)      Fry  Curry (Aalu - 65) 7)      Dal 8)      Sambar 9)      Papads 10)   Curd 11)   Mineral Water	Catering Food Items: a)      Sweet (Semya Kesar) b)      Biryani c)       Raitha d)      White Rice e)      Curry (Both for Biryani and White Rice: Aalu Chenna) f)       Fry Curry (Cabbage – 65) g)      Dal h)      Sambar i)        Papads j)        Tomato Pickel k)      Curd l)        Mineral Water

Note:

ü  Hope everyone among us will provide the amount within the time limit of our get together plan to make this event successful. In case of any deficiency in gathering the amount from our team, we are planning to replace that amount from the funds of Friends Association.
ü  We have some of our team members who planned to travel all the way from Pune to Hyderabad and Vijayawada to Vizag especially to attend our FA Get Together event.

Thanks & Regards,

Friends Association

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Finalized the 'Logo' and 'Tagline' representing Friends Association

Dear Friends,

We finalized the Logo and Tagline representing Friends Association as per the voting done by our team.

Here is the Logo representing Friends Association which is selected by our team:

LOGO included with the Tagline:

Description Of Logo Representing Friends Association:

Globe Surrounded By the People : Indicates the Members of Friends Association working together as a TEAM globally.

Book & Students : Indicates the purpose of helping towards the education of children who are financially poor.

Green leaf: Indicates Friends Association support towards Environmental Development.

Shake Hands: Indicates the ‘Welcome’ to the people who are interested to join Friends Association.

Friends Association feels proud of the entire team who worked for designing the logos to represent on behalf of Friends Association:

Imran Mohammed, Prathyusha Bayya , Rupa Saraswathi. VVS, Santosh Lin, , Anil Bezawada, Banka Santosh Kumar, Navaza Khan.

Special thanks to the entire team for suggesting the taglines to represent on behalf of Friends Association:

Pavan Kumar. K.V, Nagarjuna Nudurupati, Nellipudi Sandeep, Bhanuteja Malla, Satyanarayana Yerninti, Sudhir Rayapureddy, Bondada Rajesh.

Note: Apologies as we missed out 10 more names of our team members whoever suggested the Taglines representing Friends Association.

Thanks & Regards,

Friends Association

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Friends Association planned Get Together on 8th Sep,2012 at Hyderabad & on 15th Sep,2012 at Visakhapatnam

Dear Friends,

Friends Association planned for a get together in Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam locations. As we have a strength of 140+ members from Visakhapatnam and 65+ members from Hyderabad, we hope that this is the time to arrange a get together so as to introduce everyone in the team with each other.

Get together in Hyderabad:

Date: 8th September,2012  

Location: Botanical gardens, Madhapur.

Get together in Visakhapatnam:

Date: 15th September ,2012

Location: Poorna Function Hall(A/C),
Beside Poorna Theater, Poorna Market Area, Visakhapatnam.

We planned for a lunch on the get together day for our entire team.

Important Activities on Get Together Day:

ü  Introduction of each and everyone in the team with the rest of the team members.

ü  FA planned to provide a plant to each of our team members (whoever are interested to grow a plant in their house). 
ü We are planning for Fun Activities on the get together day.
 

For the rest of the team from other locations:

As we do not have a strength of more than 10 members from any other locations, I hope the rest of the team can understand and support us. We always welcome you to join us on the get together day from any of the locations which is close to you.

Thanks & Regards,

Friends Association

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