Southwest Washington Indian Cultural and Charitable Association
South West Washington Indian Cultural and Charitable Association (SWWICCA) is an Indian American non-profit organization. Swwicca was formed in 2013. Its primary objective is to bring Indian community in South West Washington together and promote Indian culture in Vancouver, WA metro area. It provides an excellent opportunity for the children to learn about the rich and ancient cultural heritage of India, through organizing various cultural, art and literacy events. It is also poised to help newly arrived people in this area via web and Facebook. SWWICCA also promotes and fosters goodwill between local people and the people of Indian origin through cultural exchanges and charity for local under privileged people.
Cultural
Cultural Division conducts several Indian cultural and social events including Diwali, Navaratri, Indian New Year and Picnic. It provides an excellent opportunity for the children to learn about the rich and ancient cultural heritage of India and showcase their talent in dance, songs and art.
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Charitable
The primary goal of the charity division is to raise awareness of the work for the nonprofit events around Vancouver metro and encourage members and volunteers to participate and support charity events. Facilitate charitable events and secure require resources and funding to continue our mission.
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Up coming event
Diwali - 2022
A unique Diwali is more fun when you have your loved ones to celebrate it with you...we invite you to our SWWICCA Diwali event to add more sparkles to this year.... Let us meet and wish Diwali to each other.
Date: November 19, 2022
Time: 3:30 - 8:30PM
Tickets: SOLD OUT!!
A unique Diwali is more fun when you have your loved ones to celebrate it with you...we invite you to our SWWICCA Diwali event to add more sparkles to this year.... Let us meet and wish Diwali to each other.
Date: November 19, 2022
Time: 3:30 - 8:30PM
Tickets: SOLD OUT!!
Previous Events
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Navaratri (Dandiya & Garba Night)
Date: Saturday, Oct 1st - 2022 Venue: Firstenburg Community Center, Vancouver All the wonderful community, please mark your calendar and come with family and friends to celebrate Navaratri. An indoor dance and gathering to celebrate the Hindu festival of Navratri. Dress comfortably and come ready to dance with dandiya sticks to fun garba beats! Light snacks will be provided. Navratri spans 9 nights dedicated to celebrating the Goddess in her various forms, most typically as Ma Durga. 
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Great to see community members in the Indian New Year event after a gap of two and half years.
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Summer Picnic - 08/28/2022
All the wonderful community, Let us celebrate summer picnic in our Vancouver. Summer picnic details: Activities : Lunch Bouncy house for kids Games and activities for all Date: August 28(Sunday) Time: 11 am to 5pm Location: Eagle picnic shelter Vancouver Lake Regional Park, 6801 NW Lower River Rd, Vancouver, WA 98660 Price: Adult $15, Child (5-13 years old) $10 You can buy tickets via Online: www.swwicca.org/tickets.html Cashapp: $SWWICCA/ 360-787-5296 In-person: Arun : (201) 982-0678 Please mark your calendars and come with family and friends to enjoy this fun community event. *always follow CDC guidelines for Covid prevention *PARENTS ARE ENTIRELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CHILDREN’S SAFETY! Let us make it an AWESOME day!! |
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All wonderful VANCAM community,
What a fun filled Diwali virtual 2020 event!
A big shout out to all for showing up, and proving ownership by actively participating in our own ‘Virtual Diwali event’.
We enjoyed watching talents of local community by sitting comfortably.
Thanks to all the parents and choreographers for preparing kids well for the event!
Thanks to all choreographers/directors for producing such fabulous performances!
So heartening to witness all this happen locally.
Its a great feeling to watch the spirit of being active in our community.
Feels like watching Bollywood 3 hours movie.
We would like to Salute to Organizers, Volunteers, Participants and Community for bringing yet another fabulous, and wonderful event of various diversity all across the community.
What a fun filled Diwali virtual 2020 event!
A big shout out to all for showing up, and proving ownership by actively participating in our own ‘Virtual Diwali event’.
We enjoyed watching talents of local community by sitting comfortably.
Thanks to all the parents and choreographers for preparing kids well for the event!
Thanks to all choreographers/directors for producing such fabulous performances!
So heartening to witness all this happen locally.
Its a great feeling to watch the spirit of being active in our community.
Feels like watching Bollywood 3 hours movie.
We would like to Salute to Organizers, Volunteers, Participants and Community for bringing yet another fabulous, and wonderful event of various diversity all across the community.
COVID-19 Response
Updates :
4/20/20: We have had a great response from SWWICCA community. Thank you to all those who have contributed and are planning to contribute. So far, we have raised $1070 (as of 4/20/20). We have coordinated with Clark County Food bank and have given them a check of $1000. This will provide 3000 meals to vulnerable families in Clark county. As we collect more funds we will coordinate with other local organizations to help the people in our community. Those planning to contribute please go to SWWICCA website and donate. Your donations have helped us to continue working towards our mission of helping the needy families in our community especially in this time of great need. You support truly makes a difference. More details to follow as we collect funds and allocate them to various charitable organizations helping vulnerable families.
4/29/20 & 4/30/20: Distributed more than 100 packets of food plus masks along with Toothbrush kits in east Vancouver area. This event was in collaboration with Must Love Kids Pediatric Dentistry.
6/02/2020: Donated $576 to Clark County food bank.
Sincere thanks to our donors (Names as provided in payment apps):
Surendra Gupta, Sumanth Kommareddy, Vaidedhi Potnis, Jyoti Ramachandra, Bhavin Shah, Ramesh Andey, Abhishek Gupta, Divya Jain, Rama Sarma Palepu, Srinivas & Avanthi Kuchibotla, Priya & Ravi Parasa, Akhil & Anu Kadambi, Jagadesh Nandaswamy, Ravi & Sai Illuri, Venu Parachuri, Prasad Ravi, Ari Murugan, Srikanth Gorrepati, Raghu Chintalapati, Arun Dodla, Vikash Tyagi, Titu Hariharan, Priya Ramanathan, Raj Monnappa and Subash Nagegowda.
Diwali - 11/09/2019 (Saturday)
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What a fun filled Diwali event!
A big shout out to all for showing up, and proving ownership by actively participating in our own ‘Diwali event’. We enjoyed delicious food, and talents of local community. Thanks to all the parents for preparing their kids well for the event. So heartening to witness all this happen locally. Its a great feeling to watch the spirit of being active in our community. We would like to Salute to Organizers, Volunteers, Participants and Community for bringing yet another fabulous, and wonderful event of various diversity all across the community
A big shout out to all for showing up, and proving ownership by actively participating in our own ‘Diwali event’. We enjoyed delicious food, and talents of local community. Thanks to all the parents for preparing their kids well for the event. So heartening to witness all this happen locally. Its a great feeling to watch the spirit of being active in our community. We would like to Salute to Organizers, Volunteers, Participants and Community for bringing yet another fabulous, and wonderful event of various diversity all across the community
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Navaratri - 10/05/2019 (Saturday)
Venue: Shahala Middle School, Vancouver 601 SE 192nd AVE Vancouver, WA 98693 |
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Bringing the community together to promote Indian culture and goodwill .