‘75 Days of Change’, a volunteering campaign has been initiated in par with Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, which is a journey to create as much of a better change and impact as possible. Each of our events is a thread coloured with dyes The mix of threads woven to a multifarious coloured single piece of tapestry. Our tapestry in the loom, signifies the arduous journey we as a volunteer team has taken up and is striving towards a successful fulfillment. This September witnessed a collective of events where a number of volunteers enthusiastically participated. Events like Zero hunger drive reminded us of what we often forget to do to our needy members of the society. The ever grateful opportunity along with our generous volunteers enabled us to serve the people. Needless to mention the activities engaging our young students, we had conducted a Memory session with 9th and 10th graders of MGR Cantonment school, St. Thomas Mt. Reminiscences of teachings from our various speakers in events including ‘Self care amidst social work’, ‘Warrior’s Yoga’, ‘Rain water harvesting session’, switching to renewable energy’ and others, will remain as a learning. 

The major part of our serving was towards the environment in various Plantation and maintenance drives, with various partners including TATA Communications, Saint. Gobain, HCL Foundation, BNY Mellon and others. As a team we are glad to have joined hands with MCRennette as our refreshment partner.

With the delight of having involved students, corporate employees and our volunteers in this change journey we are energized to create a much more significant impact.

Urban Forest’s Birthday Celebration

A volunteering campaign for 75 continuous days titled ‘75 Days of Change’ began on 26, Aug 2022. Beginning the journey holds significance only with its progressive journeying path and successful completion. Dignitaries, who have played various roles in this journey are notable, as they motivate us, push us and even point out our uniqueness with a tinge of corrections. One such humbling but honorable chief guest we had this month was Hon. Dr. Thamizhachi Thangapandiyan MP Chennai (South). She honored the 1st Birthday of Buckingham canal urban forest, with her gracious presence and knowledge filled advice. She appreciated the CSR efforts HCL Foundation took in focusing on environmental sustainable projects. She extended her heartfelt appreciation towards the young Thuvakkam team towards the endeavors taken up by the team. It was a time well spent to hear knowledgeable inputs from Dr. Thangapandiyan. Of all what she had uttered with passion and love towards the environment, the quote from vangari Mathai, as a beautifully sculpted piece of art. 

The arduous journey had been started and progressively journeyed till now. Let us actively participate in all the upcoming events and make this journey witness a successful completion.