Gearing up for A Special and Soulful Christmas !

When a butterfly or a sapling emerges, it is not a sudden development but a slow and steady  preparation for an exciting, purposeful, life turning event! 

NOT BASKING UNDER THE GLORY OF THE PAST SUCCESSFUL VENTURE,RECHARGING OUR BATTERIES FOR A VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS SALE!

 So all those who  have been wondering what the

 'Go Green Drive at Ekta Woods' is up to, after the

 'Diwali Sale with A Heart and Purpose'...

THE GOAL OF 'SHARING AND CARING' WAS ACCOMPLISHED!

GLIMPSES OF PLANNING, PREPARATION  AND EXECUTION OF A

'DIWALI SALE WITH A HEART AND PURPOSE'

THE SHEER JOY OF MAKING DIWALI SPECIAL FOR THE GIRLS OF THE ORPHANAGE, 'UDAAN GHAR'

We have been working hard behind the scenes,getting ready for the 'Special Christmas Sale' with a soulful purpose'...

As always our goal is to:

# Make ethnic stuff mostly by recycling paper ;

#  Keeping in mind the goal of 'Saving Trees and Conserving Energy';

# Thus 'Doing our bit for the environment';

# Spreading Awareness about the same;

# And above all, 'Raising funds to Celebrate Christmas with the 'not so privileged ones' and 

# Thus 'Giving Something back to the Society'!

Hence not deterred by the Diwali vacation assignments or the vacation trips, Shubha Sagar along with Neepa Soneta, Sonal Dhar, Suhani Shirsulla, Drishti Kakkar, Samiha Dhar,Tisya Soneta, Prisha Shah and Riddhi Parmar, set out in the frantic planning and preparation for A Very Special and Soulful Christmas Sale and Celebration!

Have a look:

SUHANI, RIDDHI , TISYA , DRISHTI AND PRISHA, PREPARING AND PROUDLY

DISPLAYING THEIR CREATIVITY

As Santa is getting ready to ride his sleigh and visit everyone and shower them with gifts...as the jingle bells are tinkling...as Christmas trees are being decorated...as stockings are being hung...as carols are being sung...as the festive preparations are beginning to reach a frenzy, 'The Go Green Drive at Ekta woods' is gearing up for 'A Very Special and Soulful Christmas!  

There is a lot more to be done and shall be done in the days to come, along with studies, exams and other activities, balancing everything and taking out time to pursue our goal of creating ethnic stuff by recycling paper and making a difference in our own lives and that of others...

This is Shubha Sagar, with her team of enthusiastic youngsters, reporting to you from Ekta Woods, Raheja estate, Borivali-East, Mumbai...tune in and join in for more exciting news..'

"Merry Christmas to One and All!"

A DIWALI EVE TO RECKON &RECOLLECT FOREVER!

DIWALI CELEBRATION WITH A HEART AND PURPOSE!

It is Diwali Eve and as I see the frantic pace of Diwali Preparations to welcome a new dawn, as I hear the crackers bursting noisily, as I smell the  polluted air and as I think of expensive gifts being purchased and exchanged...

 I smile and recollect the activities in the past two months of the 

'Go Green Drive at Ekta Woods'

 for the

 'Diwali Sale with a Heart and Purpose', 

culminating in 

'A Diwali Eve to Reckon and Recollect Forever '!

To 'Refresh your Memory' about 

the'Purpose,Plan and Preparation of the Activity,read on:

Keeping the flag of 'Go Green Drive at Ekta Woods' 

flying high, we engaged ourselves in yet another activity of

'Recycling Paper and Creating Useful and Ethnic Items'

Did you all know that every ton of recycled paper saves 17 trees?

So the  advantages of reusing and recycling paper are:

1. Saving Trees 

2. Saving Water and Energy.

2. Reducing the Greenhouse  Gas Emission that is destroying the 'Earth's Protective Ozone 

Therefore, with  ''An Aim of Creating and Spreading Awareness" about these important facts to others, Shubha Sagar 'Proposed, Planned and Plunged into this activity along with a bunch of creative, caring and conscious teenagers, Suhani Shirsulla, Drishti Kakkar, Tisya Soneta and Gauri Thimmankatti on 10th October at Ekta woods,

The Activity included:

1. Making envelopes from left over papers. 2.Using old greeting cards and wedding cards to decorate the same.3. Making booklets from left over pages in exercise books.4. Making decorative book marks conveying  important messages from old greeting cards.5. Newspaper bags carrying environmental friendly messages written on them.

With plans in the future to:

Make decorative diyas, to put up a Diwali Sale of items created and most important,use the money earned through the activities,for a social cause. 

Have a look at the creative and enthusiastic activities done:

THE PLEASURE OF CREATING ETHNIC STUFF FROM SHEER WASTE MATERIAL

                           

WE CREATED 25 ENVELOPES. 4 BOOKLETS AND 4 BOOKMARKS IN JUST TWO DAYS!

What the children learned through this Activity:

We simply discard left over papers and expensive greeting and wedding cards.What a sheer waste of a useful resource such as paper!

Hence why not create useful and aesthetic items by recycling paper, put up a sale of these items and use the money collected for a charitable cause.

'Determined to make a Difference',

to the world around and  

'To Do Our Bit for the Environment', 

We continued with our activities of 

'Recycling Paper through our creative touch'

on Saturday afternoon, 24th October 2015, 

'Creating Bookmarks with Meaningful Captions' 

out of waste materials,

Have a look :

BOOKMARKS MADE OUT OF WASTE CARDS,

A CREATIVE WAY OF RECYCLING PAPER

THESE PICTURES OF THE ACTIVITY BELOW,ON 24th OCTOBER, 

ARE A LITTLE HAZY

 BUT THE 'ENTHUSIASM AND ENERGY', 

'CRYSTAL CLEAR AND VERY HIGH', 

AS WE STRIVE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

So you see, we kept moving ahead with 'Small yet Sure Steps', 

super excited to put up 'A  Sale of  Useful and Ethnic Items' 

Created out of Waste Paper and Materials

 thus 

Recycling  Paper through our Creative Touch, 

and thus Reducing Paper Wastage 

and 

Restoring the Environment 

in a

 'Small yet Significant Way'.

THE PROMISE:

So are all of you, ready to buy some of these items very soon and be part of a social cause?

As the proceedings of the sale of these items,would be used to celebrate Diwali with girls in an orphanage and make them feel 'Super Special this Diwali! 

Join hands in helping us spread the message of 

'A Pollution Free and Selfless Diwali!

KEEPING THE PROMISE:

SUHANI SHIRSULLA,SONAL DHAR AND SAMIHA DHAR

PAINTING DIYAS TO PREPARE FOR THE DIWALI SALE 

ANVI PARKAR, TISYA SONETA, SAMIHA DHAR AND SHRIYA SHETTY

POURING THEIR CREATIVITY IN PREPARATION OF A SELFLESS DIWALI.

MAXIMUM NO OF THE MOST CREATIVE DIYAS WERE PAINTED BY

SUHANI SHIRSULLA

THE SHEER JOY OF OUR POSTER, ARRIVING

 COURTESY NEEPA SONETA 

SHUBHA SAGAR, ALONG WITH HER CREATIVE TEAM, 

GETTING READY FOR THE SPECIAL DIWALI SALE

ON 7TH OCTOBER 2015 

MY THREE GIRLS,SUHANI SHIRSULLA, DRISHTI KAKKAR AND ,ANVI PARKAR, PROUDLY DISPLAYING THEIR CREATIVE STUFF IN THE EKTA WOODS GARDEN, AT RAHEJA ESTATE ON 7TH OCTOBER 2015.

SUHANI AND ANVI BAKED CUP CAKES TOO FOR THE SALE!

THE FRUIT OF 'WEEKS OF LABOUR' WAS SWEET,

AND DAY ONE WAS A GREAT SUCCESS! 

AT THE BEGINNING OF DAY TWO OF THE 'SPECIAL DIL-WALI DIWALI SALE'!

POSING WITH OUR SUPPORTERS AND BUYERS ON DAY TWO,8TH OCTOBER 2015

ON 10TH NOVEMBER, DIWALI EVE,THE PROMISED AND MOST AWAITED MOMENT, GIVING A DIWALI TREAT TO THE ORPHANAGE GIRLS IN MALAD, UDAAN GHAR (FOR WHICH WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO THE ORGANIZERS),

WITH THE MONEY COLLECTED  FROM THE SALE ON THE TWO DAYS 

HOW I WISH, I COULD SHARE SOME MORE PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEOS TO GIVE YOU A GLIMPSE OF HOW MUCH FUN WE HAD WITH THE GIRLS ON THIS DAY

!

 FOR MY GIRLS IT WAS A MEMORABLE AND THRILLING LEARNING EXPERIENCE AS IT WAS THEIR FIRST EVER VISIT TO AN ORPHANAGE.

IT WAS INDEED A VERY SPECIAL, SELFLESS AND SATISFYING DIWALI 

THAT WE CELEBRATED ON 10TH NOVEMBER 2015, 

THANKS TO THE SELFLESS AND ENDLESS SUPPORT FROM

NEEPA SONETA, SONAL DHAR, DR. SARGAM SONI, SEEMA SHARMA, SUHANI SHIRSULLA, DRISHTI KAKKAR, ANVI PARKAR, TISYA SONETA .

IN THE LIGHTER VEIN, A SPECIAL MENTION OF MY PUG, SUMO, IF YOU CAN SPOT HIM IN A COLLAGE, WHO HAD TO BE TIED UP, AS HE WOULD PICK UP THE PAINTS OF THE GIRLS AND RUN AWAY,

 BUT ENDED UP BEING VERY PATIENT AND SUPPORTING SILENTLY ALL THROUGH THE WEEKS OF PREPARATION, 

AT MY RESIDENCE IN EKTA WOODS.

WE ARE JUST A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, IF YOU APPRECIATE WHAT WE HAVE DONE, PLEASE SPARE SOME TIME TO POST YOUR COMMENTS TO ENCOURAGE MY GIRLS AND SUPPORTERS.

 This is Shubha Sagar and her team of enthusuastic girls,

 reporting to you from Ekta woods,Raheja Estate, Borivali East, Mumbai

on 11th,November2015, Diwali Day.

WE WISH YOU ALL AND YOUR FAMILIES A VERY SPECIAL AND PROSPEROUS DIWALI!

GO GREEN DRIVE: Recycling Paper through A Creative Touch!

Hello friends, We are back!

After the 'Navratri Fun and Frenzy', 

 'Rejuvenated and Recharged', 

         for many more 

'Meaningful Activities' 

for our 'Go Green Drive',

'Determined to make a Difference'

to the world around us and  

'To Do Our Bit for the Environment'.

In continuation with our activities of 'Recycling Paper through our Creative Touch',

 Shubha Sagar along with Suhani Shirsulla,Tisya Soneta and Gauri Thimmankatti 

spent the Saturday afternoon, 24th October 2015, 

'Creating Bookmarks with Meaningful Captions' out of waste materials,

at Ekta woods, Raheja estate, Borivali East , Mumbai.

Have a look :

BOOKMARKS MADE OUT OF WASTE CARDS,

A CREATIVE WAY OF RECYCLING PAPER

To 'Refresh your Memory' about 

the'Purpose and Plan of the Activity, 

Read below:

Keeping the flag of 'Go Green Drive at Ekta Woods' 

flying high, we engaged ourselves in yet another activity of

'Recycling Paper and Creating Useful and Ethnic Items'

Did you all know that every ton of recycled paper saves 17 trees?

So the  advantages of reusing and recycling paper are:

1. Saving Trees 

2. Saving Water and Energy.

2. Reducing the Greenhouse  Gas Emission that is destroying the 'Earth's Protective Ozone Layer'.

Therefore, with  ''An Aim of Creating and Spreading Awareness" about these important facts to others, Shubha Sagar 'Proposed, Planned and Plunged into this activity along with a bunch of creative, caring and conscious teenagers, Suhani Shirsulla, Drishti Kakkar, Tisya Soneta and Gauri Thimmankatti 

Current Plans:

1. Making envelopes from left over A-4 size papers. 

2.Using old greeting cards and wedding cards to decorate the same.

3. Making notepads/booklets from left over pages in exercise books.

4. Making decorative book marks conveying  important messages from old greeting cards.

5. Newspaper bags carrying environmental friendly messages written on them.

Future Plans:

6. To make decorative clay and wax diyas,some new and some by recycling old stuff.

7. To make paper lanterns and festoons from recycled paper.

8. To put up a Diwali Sale of all such items created

And the Most Important Thing:

9. To use the money earned for a social cause. 

Have a look at the creative and enthusiastic activities :

THE PLEASURE OF CREATING ETHNIC STUFF FROM SHEER WASTE MATERIAL

EXCELLENT COORDINATION AND TEAM WORK BETWEEN SUHANI AND SHUBHA

TEAM WORK AT ITS BEST,SMILING ALL THE WAY!

THESE PICTURES OF THE ACTIVITY BELOW,

 ON 24th OCTOBER, ARE A LITTLE HAZY

 BUT THE 'ENTHUSIASM AND ENERGY', 'CRYSTAL CLEAR AND VERY HIGH', 

AS WE STRIVE TO MAKE SOME DIFFERENCE!

So you see, we are moving ahead with 'Small yet Sure Steps', 

super excited to put up 

'The  Sale' of 'Úseful and Ethnic Items' 

created out of Waste Paper and Materials

 thus 

Recycling  Paper through our Creative Touch, 

and thus Reducing Paper Wastage 

and 

Restoring the Environment 

in a

 'Small yet Significant Way'.

So all of you, get ready to buy some of these items very soon

 and be part of a social cause!

 As the proceedings of the sale of these items,

would be used

 to feed 30 girls in an orphanage

 and make them feel 'Super Special this Diwali! 

Join hands in helping us spread the message of 

'A Pollution Free and Selfless Diwali!

This is Shubha Sagar and her team of enthusuastic girls,

 reporting to you from Ekta woods,Raheja Estate, Borivali East, Mumbai.

TRIPLE JOY THIS NAVRATRI

Navratris are always very special for me, 

lighting the lamp and fasting for nine days 

takes my mind,body and soul to another level,

 a totally divine feeling comparable to none!

This Navratri,  the joy escalated even more and I experienced Triple Joy !

ONE...of a complete make over of my temple, as you can see in the picture below.

Soak in the divine beauty of  the Trimurti, Ganesh, Sai baba and Durga Maa!

TWO, of having three divine brahma kamals blossoming within 24 hours of the navratri. 

Also this is the third time in the year 2015 that these flowers have blossomed in my garden,

( the power of three you see) 

THE THREE BUDS APPEARED A WEEK BEFORE NAVRATRIS

THE FIRST ONE BLOOMED ON 12th OCTOBER MIDNIGHT

THE OTHER TWO BLOOMED ON 13th OCTOBER ,MIDNIGHT!

THREE, the sheer joy of sharing my debut book with family and friends!

Call it a coincidence, call it divine providence or divine incidence, call it whatever,

but blessings like these need to be counted and cherished! 

I am feeling completely blessed and humbled at the same time.

Just when I felt I could not have asked for more,I had yet another divine experience on the Third Day of the Navratris...

 I was instrumental in bringing healing, hope and joy in someone's life and witnessed divine intervention at its best.This reinstated my belief that these nine days are full of blessings for one and all.

May Durga Maa bless each and every one and may each one

 'Rejoice and Revel' in Her Divine Glory! 

.

Go Green Drive at Ekta Woods

Hi, friends,we are back as promised!

Keeping the flag of 'Go Green Drive at Ekta Woods' flying high, we engaged ourselves in yet another activity of
'Recycling Paper and Creating Saleable Items'

Did you all know that every ton of recycled paper saves 17 trees?

So the  advantages of reusing and recycling paper are:

1. Saving Trees 

2. Saving Water and Energy.

2. Reducing the Greenhouse  Gas Emission that is destroying the 'Earth's Protective Ozone Layer'.

Therefore, with an ''Aim of Creating and Spreading Awareness" about these facts to others, a team of five members,Shubha Sagar, Suhani Shirsulla, Drishti Kakkar , Tisya Soneta and Gauri Thimmankatti set out on two days,Saturday,10th October from 5 to 7 pm and Sunday,11th October from 10.30 am to 1.00 pm
at Ekta Woods, Raheja Estate, Borivali East, Mumbai to conduct this activity:

Current Plans
1. Making envelopes from left over A-4 size papers. 
2.Using old greeting cards and wedding cards to decorate the same.
3. Making notepads/booklets from left over pages in exercise books.
4. Making decorative book marks conveying  important messages from old greeting cards.
5. Newspaper bags carrying environmental friendly messages written on them.

Future Plans
6. To make decorative clay and wax diyas,some new and some by recycling old stuff.
7. To make paper lanterns and festoons from recycled paper.
8. To put up a Diwali Sale of all such items created.
9. To use the money earned for a social cause. 

Have a look at the creative and enthusiastic activities done:

SEE WHAT WE CREATED TODAY, AND WHAT FUN AND LEARNING TOO!

JUST ONE WEDDING CARD CAN BE USED TO DECORATE

THREE ENVELOPES AND TWO BOOKMARKS,AND A LOT MORE!

                                   DECORATED A BOOKLET AND AN ENVELOPE 
                                             FROM A SINGLE GREETING CARD!

SUHANI, IS DEFINITELY A STAR MEMBER OF THE TEAM,
SHE CAME IN STRAIGHT FROM HER HAND BALL PRACTICE AND
WORKED FOR 3 HOURS ON SUNDAY,ALONG WITH SHUBHA SAGAR
TO CREATE 10 ENVELOPES, 2 BOOKLETS AND 2 BOOKMARKS!

EXCELLENT COORDINATION AND TEAM WORK BETWEEN THE TWO !

DRISHTI, JOINED IN LATER TO CONTRIBUTE IN HER OWN SPECIAL WAY!

WE CREATED 25 ENVELOPES. 4 BOOKLETS AND 4 BOOKMARKS

 IN JUST TWO DAYS!

What the children experienced through this Activity:

1. Generally we buy a stack of A-4 size papers for a project and simply discard the ones that are left over.

2. We give and receive expensive greeting cards and just throw them away later on.

3. We collect so many wedding cards and just waste them by dumping them in the bin.

4. What a sheer waste of a useful resource such as paper.

5. What an innovative and creative way to make beautiful and useful items such as envelopes, booklets, bookmarks from all these papers and put them up for sale!

6. We just cannot wait to put up a sale and impress everyone, in and around our building through all these items and our parents and teachers are going to be proud of us too!
7. Moreover, the money we shall collect through the sale of all these items is going to be used for a charitable cause.

Are you not excited to know more about the fun, frolic and great time we would be having in the future through this and other activities?  

This is Shubha Sagar along with other team members of ''Go Green Drive', reporting to you from Ekta Woods, Raheja Estate, Borivali- East, Mumbai. See you soon with more exciting news of  some very meaningful activities! 

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