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.