Tuesday, October 31, 2017

October Newsletter

Dear Family members, 

Greetings from Sai Anugraha. 

“Real happiness lies in making others Happy.” — Avatar Meher Baba 

Success & Growth of any organization/individual depends on Dedication, Devotion and Discipline. What we are today is because of those 3Ds in each and every one of you and would like to THANK YOU SO MUCH for tremendous support & overwhelming response towards all initiatives by volunteering, valuable contributions, spreading the word with your friends/family/colleagues about Sai Anugraha. 

Spiritual Services 

Sai Anugraha family members, as part of spiritual activities pray for "Samastha Loka Sukhino Bhavanthu" i.e. Welfare of the World. In the welfare of the world lies our welfare. As part of this, we conduct Sai Bhajans at devotees' houses, Home for Mentally challenged people, Home for Visually challenged people, Sai temples etc, Siddha Managala Stothram chanting sessions thru Skype & Sai Literature parayan. 

Activities conducted in the month of October-2017. 

1. Shri Sai Satcharitra, Shri Sai Leelamrutam & Shri Guru Charitra daily parayan. 
2. Sai Bhajan conducted at Sai Nethra, Home for the Visually challenged, Hyderabad on 21st Oct 2017. 
3. Sai Bhajan conducted at Shirdi Sai Santhi Dhamam at Visakhapatnam on 25th Oct 2017. Click here for more details. 
4. Sai Bhajan conducted at Hari & Yamini's residence at Ellington, CT on 28th Oct 2017. Click here for more details.

Please join us in all spiritual activities thru SKYPE. 

Skype Id: saianugrahafamily 

Please like Sai Anugraha spiritual trust Facebook page Sai Anugraha Spiritual Trust

Social Service Activities 

We received an amount of ₹1,47,623/- which includes ₹1,46,464/- as donations, ₹237/- as Interest & ₹922/- under Plus 1 Challenge and spent an amount of ₹49,540/- towards various initiatives of Sai Anugraha in the month of October 2017. 

Please read our monthly activities at Activities & Donor details at Donations

Baba Prasadalay 

An initiative of Sai Anugraha to highlight the importance of maintaining human relationships thru Volunteering and making the residents of Oldage home & orphanages happy with our presence by visiting them, spending time, sharing love and celebrate their special days by cutting the cake. We successfully completed 7 years of Baba Prasadalay initiative with your support & encouragement. 

We are going to organize this initiative in 100 Oldage homes & Orphanages in India in the month of October-2018 marking 100 years of Shri Saibaba Maha samadhi.

1. Sponsored Lunch & Cake of ₹1,760/- to residents of Help & Help Educational Society for the blind, Visakhapatnam on 29th Oct 2017. Click Here for more details.


2. Sponsored ₹1,840/- towards Mid-day meals to 3 persons Meerambi, aged 75+ who is hearing impaired, Chinna Kasim, aged 40 who is visually challegned person & Eswarayya, aged 80+ at KanchiPalli village in Giddalur Mandal of Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh.

Read more details about this by clicking here

If anyone is interested in sponsoring food marking your special days at any place as part of Baba Prasadalay initiative, please do contact us. 

Books Or Bricks 

1. Sponsored 9th Class 2 Months School Fee of ₹2,400/- for Deekshita, Marvel School, Visakhapatnam.  
2. Sponsored 8th Class 2 Months School Fee of ₹1,280/- for Joshua, St. John's Parish School, Visakhapatnam. 
3. Sponsored 9th Class 2 Months School fee of ₹1,320/- for Joel Joy, St. John's Parish School, Visakhapatnam. 
4. Sponsored ₹26,340/- towards Lunch for Visually Challenged Students of Karna Vidya Foundation, Chennai undergoing CCC Training. Know more about this sponsorship by Clicking Here.
5. Sponsored School fee of ₹14,600/- for Sandeep & Pradeep, Hyderabad.

In total, we sponsored Education requests of ₹45,940/- in the month of October 2017. 

Plus 1 Challenge 

"Vasudhaika Kutumbakam" is a Sanskrit phrase found in Hindu texts such as the Maha Upanishad, which means "The world is one Family". We believe in the concept of "Vasudhaika Kutumbam" and started Plus 1 Challenge from April 2016 and received an amount of ₹23,784/- in 2016. 

As part of this challenge, we received a total contribution of ₹15,516/- in 2017 and is being utilized towards Initiatives of Sai Anugraha.  Click Here to know more about this Challenge & encourage your family/friends/colleagues to take the same. 

Sai Vidyalaya 

Under this initiative, we adopt Educational institutions and take classes to school & college students who are poor in academics. Our primary focus through this initiative is to teach children in academics, we also encourage students to get confidence, create awareness on social causes and Go Green initiatives and develop the infrastructure of the institutions which paves way for the overall development of the institution as well as the students. 

We adopted S.M.S.Sanskrit High School and organizing online classes to 9th class & 10th class students. This school was established in 1952 under the management of Andhra Geervana Vidyapeetham, Kovvur which is permanently recognized by the Government of Andhra Pradesh. We started Livable Planet earth initiative and extend our helping hand in best possible way for the development of the school. As part of this and to encourage the students of the school, we introduced Scholarships to top 5 students of X class Public examination. 

Sai Anugraha in New Delhi, Nagpur & Rajahmundry

To serve more needy and take our initiatives to new places, we identified 3 cities for the year 2017. With all your support & encouragement and the passion of location coordinators, we are successful in expanding our initiatives to all the 3 cities.

1. New Delhi
2. Nagpur
3. Rajahmundry

New Delhi

We conducted Baba Prasadalay visit & Livable Planet earth initiative in New Delhi with the support of Women Empowered Delhi Coordinators Sushma Yellapragada, Shivani Rao, Upasna Sharma & Sowmya Yellapragada. Hearty congratulations team and many more to come.

Nagpur

We conducted Livable Planet earth initiative at Nagpur with the support of Kavita Manihar & Gagan Manihar. Hearty congratulations team and many more to come in coming years.

Rajahmundry

We are going to conduct our 1st ever Baba Prasadalay visit in Rajahmundry in the month of November at Swarnadra seva samstha, Opp postal quarters, Lalacheruvu junction, Rajahmundry. Wishing Bhaskar Anudeep all the best for our 1st visit at Rajahmundry and in building a team to carry out our initiatives. 

If anyone interested to join tomorrow’s visit or join our Rajahmundry team, please message me.

Spread the word to make a difference.

Upcoming Activities - 10th Sai Anugraha Day celebrations

We are completing 10 years of Service and going to celebrate 10th Sai Anugraha Day on 1st Jan 2018. As every year, we are planning to celebrate the special day by sponsoring new clothes, cake cutting and lunch to all the residents of 7 Orphanages in Vizianagaram, Vizag, Kakinada, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore & Rajahmundry. 

Watch the video prepared for fund raising towards 10th Sai Anugraha Day by clicking https://www.facebook.com/saianugraha/videos/1674229825933319/

Let's spread the word & bring Smiles.

Tax Benefits - 80G Exemption 

Donations to Sai Anugraha are Tax Exempted u/s 80G of Income Tax Act, 1961 and requesting your support and helping hand towards all initiatives of Sai Anugraha. If interested, please send your valuable contributions to below Sai Anugraha accounts. You can be a monthly donor too. 

PLEASE DO NOT TRANSFER FUNDS USING XOOM/WESTERN UNION/REMITLY or ANY OTHER FUND TRANSFER AGENCIES. For any fund transfers from outside India, please reach us if interested to donate amount towards our initiatives. 

HDFC Bank 

Account Name: SAI ANUGRAHA 
Account Number: 20501450000033 
Bank Name: HDFC Bank Ltd 
Branch Name: Pallavaram, Chennai 
IFSC Code: HDFC0002050 
MICR Code: 600240079 

ICICI Bank 

Account Name: SAI ANUGRAHA 
Account Number: 038501003046 
Bank Name: ICICI Bank Ltd 
Branch Name: Velachery, Chennai 
IFSC Code: ICIC0000385 
MICR Code: 600229027 

Special thanks to each and every one for taking part in all the spiritual and social service activities initiated by Sai Anugraha and for extending your helping hand in reaching the needy. 

Requesting everyone to spread the word about Sai Anugraha and our initiatives and make more people join hands with us. 

To know more about us, please email us at info@saianugraha.org

Samastha Loka Sukhino Bhavanthu

Thanks & Regards, 
Sai Anugraha 
Family of Helping Hands & Praying Lips

Sai Anugraha Family