Tata Volunteering Week 10 Volume No. 20  
 
  Backpack coalition Tata Communications North  |  America
 
15 employees from the Herndon office volunteered for backpack coalition run by the Loudoun Education Foundation. The volunteer packed 300 bags with assorted food items - tuna fish, peanut butter and jelly, and baking mix for distribution to local schools.
 
  Protection of pollinators Tata Chemicals  |  Mithapur
 
A "Protect our Pollinators" awareness session was organized for students of two schools at Mithapur. TCL volunteers enlightened the students and teachers on the ecosystem services provided by pollinators and the reasons for their population decline in the recent times. Students were also motivated to maintain regular records of flowering of plants and trees in and around their campus.
 
  Blood donation camp Indian Hotels  |  Bangalore
 
A blood donation camp was conducted for the associates of Taj West End wherein 32 units of blood was collected.
 
  Visit to a non-profit Tata Steel   |  Jamshedpur
 
Employees of West Bokaro collieries celebrated joy of giving at Jagganath Sishu Niketan. The team distributed study material and also conducted some learning with fun activities for the children.
 
  Visit to a school Tata Steel  |  Tarapur
 
A team from Tata Steel Global Wires, Tarapur operations visited a school in Palghar. An artist from Tarang Warli Art motivated and shared regular exercise tips and benefits of yoga.
 
  Visit to a school Tata Steel  |  Jamshedpur
 
A tree plantation was organised by Tata Steel at Jamshedpur. The HRM volunteers along with senior leaders planted trees at a Govt. Primary School in Lower Dungri, Jharia.
 
  Cleanliness drive Ginger Hotels  |  Kochi
 
8 volunteers from Ginger Kochi participated in a cleanliness drive at Infopark road.
 
  Plantation drive Tata Consulting Engineers  |  Pune
 
Volunteers from AMRUT project conducted a tree plantation program in Guntakal at Water Treatment Plant open area. A total of 20 saplings were planted by them.
 
  Visit to a school Rallis India  |  Mumbai
 
Volunteers from AMRUT project conducted a tree plantation program in Guntakal at Water Treatment Plant open area. A total of 20 saplings were planted by them.
 
  Stationery distribution Tata Power Delhi Distribution   |  Delhi
 
34 Volunteers from NEG group of Tata Power-DDL visited a child care home in Motinagar, Delhi to spend time with beneficiaries. They also distributed stationery among the children and participated in dance and sports activities.
 
  Drawing competition Tata Power Delhi Distribution   |  Delhi
 
14 volunteers from a Civil group of Tata Power-DDL visited the vocational training center in M2K Rohini, Delhi to spend time with beneficiaries and conducted drawing competition for the children.
 
  Visit to a non-profit Tata Power Delhi Distribution  |  Delhi
 
250 volunteers of Tata Power-DDL participated in Community Reach Out Program (CROP) to disseminate awareness in the community about its various CSR initiatives like vocational training, women literacy program, mobile dispensary services and drug de-addiction camps at 5 locations i.e Bawana, Timarpur, Chunna Bhatti, Rohini and Shakurpur.
 
  Walkathon Tata Power Delhi Distribution  |  Delhi
 
250 volunteers of Udaan Cultural Club and Sports welfare council of Tata Power-DDL organized a walkathon and Cycle Rally at Hudson Lane, Delhi. The aim was to raise awareness in the neighborhood on green Diwali, energy conservation, green environment and climate change and motivate beneficiaries to seek skill enhancement, education, health services through various initiatives run by Tata Power-DDL.
 
  Safety drive Tata Power Delhi Distribution  |  Delhi
 
Social Innovation Group in association with Safety Department of Tata Power-DDL conducted a session on Electricity safety, Energy and Water Conservation at Vocational Training Centre situated at B Block Mangol Puri, Delhi wherein beneficiaries asked their queries regarding electrical safety.
 
  Educational kits distribution Tata Projects  |  Rajasthan
 
A group of 9 volunteers from Tata Projects, Chittorgarh, Bundi visited a government school. The team distributed educational kits which consisted of books and bags to the students studying in these schools. They organized a few activities such as story-telling, songs and games.
 
  Visit to an orphanage Tata Projects   |  Rajasthan
 
A team of 9 volunteers from Tata projects visited an orphanage "Sri Aashra Vikas Foundation", Chittorgarh. Volunteers interacted with children and discussed their areas of concerns and challenges in their lives. Volunteers organized various activities for the children as drawing and quiz competition.
 
  Visit to an old age home Tata Projects  |  Rajasthan
 
A team of volunteers from Tata Projects Chittorgarh, Bundi site visited an old age home located at Bundi. The volunteers shared their experiences with the residents and offered fruits to them.
 
  Visit to a school Tata Technologies   |  Thane
 
Tata Technologies volunteers visited Zilla Prashad School no 43 at Majiwada, Thane. Lectures on "Bad Habits of Tabbaco" was given by a senior leader. They also distributed drawing books, crayon colors pencil boxes, chocolates, biscuits and water bottles. They also distributed plants and earthen pots to the school.
 
  Blood donation camp Tata Motors  |  Pune
 
Tata Motors Passenger Vehicle Business Unit (PVBU) Pune and Health services organized a blood donation camp. 182 volunteers donated blood.
 
  Awareness session Tata Motors   |  Sanand
 
TML employees visited Chharodi Primary School, Sanand. They conducted knowledge dissemination sessions with students on different topics like global warming, personal health & hygiene, self-safety & security, 5S and motivational speeches delivered by senior leaders. They also distributed saplings to the school children.
 
  Cleanliness drive Tata Steel   |  Jamshedpur
 
Tata Steel volunteers conducted a cleanliness drive at Jamshedpur.
 
  Visit to an orphanage Tata Motors  |  Pune
 
Tata Motors Pune J Block UV team visited the "Dadu Indorikar Indrayani” orphanage. The team donated grocery and food items, clothes, grains, cereals, toiletries and footwear.
 
  Road Safety drive Ginger Hotels  |  Tirupur
 
Ginger Hotels Tirupur conducted an awareness program related to road safety. 12 volunteers from Ginger Tirupur undertook a rally of 2 kms.
 
  Awareness session Tata Chemicals  |  Mithapur
 
TCL employee volunteers and family members organized an environmental awareness program for students at the Arambda village school near Mithapur. Nature games were conducted to enlighten the students on the importance of pollinators and the need to protect the same. An audio-visual show was also organized in this regard. Also, a skit on the menace of plastics was presented.
 
  Health and safety drive Ginger Hotels   |  Chennai
 
Ginger Hotel Chennai Vadapalani volunteers created awareness about health and safety near Vadapalani and Thirunagar. Around 28 volunteers participated in this activity.
 
  Road safety drive Tata Power Solar   |  Bangalore
 
Tata Power Solar volunteering team organized a road safety awareness programme at Electronic city toll plaza. The programme was conducted in collaboration with Bangalore Traffic Police. They printed handy road safety tip cards.
 
  Cleanliness drive Tata Power Solar   |  Bangalore
 
Tata Power Solar volunteering team conducted a cleanliness drive near the project site. A team of 50 volunteers participated in this programme and covered a stretch of 10 acres.
 
  Blood donation camp Tata Power Solar   |  Bangalore
 
Tata Power Solar volunteering team organized a blood donation camp in the Engineering & Procurement office based at Bangalore.
 
  Cleanliness drive Amalgamated Plantations   |  Assam
 
Amalgamated Plantations volunteers conducted a cleanliness drive. They also visited the nearby houses and requested the people to stop dumping garbage in the clean area.
 
  Cleanliness drive Amalgamated Plantations  |  Assam
 
A cleanliness drive was conducted by the team at the local market in Bamuni near the entrance of the estate. 50 volunteers participated in the program.
 
  Industrial visit Tata BlueScope Steel   |  Jamshedpur
 
Volunteers of Tata BlueScope Steel invited students of Dr. J. C. Kumarappa ITI, Irrungattukotai, Sriperumbudur (run by SEED Trust for the underprivileged students) for an industrial visit. 40 students visited the premises.
 
  Cleanliness drive Titan   |  Mumbai
 
20 volunteers from Titan Authorised Service Workshop cleaned premises of Sharda Cinema Building.
 
  *This update covers only some of the activities undertaken by companies.
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