UPAYN 2010 Summary

UPAYN 2010 Summary:

Children’s day special activity of Deepastambha, stood out of all in many aspects. Starting with amazing fact that it is 1^st Activity of DEEPASTAMBHA CHARITABLE TRUST (101^st overall). Right from planning the activity, its marketing & implementation everything was top class. The credit goes to Anushka Shembekar & Amol Kulkarni (PMs).

Thought: UPAYN, donation by way of gift is such a unique idea & DS has got a brand name now under which such UPAYN camps will be taken in future. As blood donation was combined with Clothes & Books donation, the response was overwhelming. Anushka Shembekar & Amol Kulkarni gave top priority to this activity & it made sure that this activity becomes a grand success. Printing of the pamphlets, banners etc was well planned & was in time. Best part was the mails were circulated well in advance, so that all members will be in a position to inform their respective participants.

Marketing: Many DS members volunteered for marketing of the event in mornings & evenings at various jogging venues & it also fetched as many as 15 participants & it proves success of the marketing team.

Actions: Sunday morning 8.00, many DS members were present from very beginning of the activity at Dhanvantari hall which was made freely available for us. Tables were arranged, everything was systematically organized. It was looking like a voting booth in some constituency. Welcome desks, goodbye desks were situated properly. Goodbye desks also asked each youth participant to join DS, which might fetch us more enthusiastic members. PMs already had assigned various responsibilities to members to avoid chaos. DS got ready for the event in time. People started coming. 8 blood donation beds made activity fast & in no time many people donated blood. Many people were only for clothes & books donation & that’s why the DS members were throughout busy catering their needs. As many as 40 bags full of clothes & 2 Big boxed of Books were donated by people & 132 Blood bags.

Final Destination: The books and clothes were sent to GOONJ, an NGO working for small children & for Blood Donations our tie up was with Janakalyan Rakta Pedhi as usual. Their skilled doctors made donations very easy and non-painful. Almost 30 people were rejected for HB, tattoos, weight etc. If we could avoid these rejections in next time’s Upayn, we will do wonders. As per Jankalyan, it’s supposed to be highly successful blood donation camp.

This flawless event is now a standard set for others by the PMs. We really can’t express in words the way these two have worked. We are lucky to have such Trustees. Cheers to them and DEEPASTAMBHA CHARITABLE TRUST.

BY:Chinmay Joshi

UPAYN - donation in form of gift

UPAYN: You may not have saved a lot of money in your life, but if you have saved a lot of heartaches for other folks, you are a pretty rich man. Nobody can do everything, but everyone can do something. Amol and I thought that, what we can do, so that maximum people can contribute. The concept was born with an idea that not only Deepastambha members but also the people outside interested in giving something, should be able to contribute.

What a privilege to be here on the planet to contribute your unique donation to humankind. Each face in the rainbow of colors that populate our world is precious and special.

Upayn was the first try towards our goal. We had little brain storming on how we should go about it, we also discussed this concept with many other Deepastambha members and they have really added value to our concept.

We knew that Upayn success is TEAM WORK along with focused management. It was not easy to manage more than 100 people at same time. But because of our member’s dedication towards their given work and overall process followed during the camp have helped us in making Upayn a bench marking activity after the success of ECO-Paavitrya.

In short, efforts taken on Upayn:

• Concept Finalization
• Giving a name which will identify the concept
• Deciding Venue/Date/Time
• Taking helping hand of concerned organizations :

-          Blood Donation (Janakalyan Rakta pedhi)

-          Clothes /Books (Goonj)

• Designing posters/banners/pamphlets
• Delivering the message behind Upyan to maximum people
• Advertising campaign at ARAI tekdi / PL Deshpande Udyan

Thanks:

We would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. Starting from the concept, design to actual implementation, we would like to thanks following members for their special efforts, we are not repeating the names as many of them are common in one or another work:

• Pankaj Kulkarni for designing the banner, pamphlets and posters with great imagination.
• Mahesh Sane for making Venue available cost effectively.
• Priti for introducing Goonj.
• Tanmayee, Manoj Patankar, Laxman for taking lead in making advertising campaign successful.
• Thanks to Soha, Smita, Gaurav, Bharat, Asavari, Amruta Karve, Amruta Mehendale, Nishigandha,Bhagyada for doing the allotted work properly with responsibility.
• Nikhil Hoshing,Komal,Rohit.G,Gandhar,Saurabh.D,Hrishikesh.G,Sucheta.M,Chinmay,Ishwari for lending helping hand

Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. We will not only say thank you but appreciate the support given by Amey Joshi, Saurabh Chitale, Roopal, and Hrishikesh Pandkar from beginning of Upayn till the completion of that.

Please forgive us if we have missed anybody. Thanks a lot for making Upayn a grand success with, 158 blood donors (132 eligible blood donors), 28 books donors and 97 clothes donors.

By:Anushka Shembekar.