Charity
Swwicca has been actively participating in charitable activities since number of years, in 2017 a separate division is formed exclusively to coordinate and oversee charity activities. The group has dedicated team and conducts charity events in Vancouver metro area.
COVID-19 Response Appeal
Dear SWWICCA Community:
Hope this message finds you well and that you’re able to do everything to keep your family healthy and safe. Our heartfelt thanks to everyone in the healthcare industry, and other essential services, for everything you’re doing in this time of crisis. It's times like this that really tests the enduring spirit of our community for a better tomorrow. Like with any other unfortunate times this too will pass. We’ll soon be able to look back on these dark days and feel stronger for having gone through this experience.
But till that happens and things get better, we cannot let social physical distancing weaken our strong sense of community. Some of us are more privileged than others. We don’t have the constant worry about our next meal or the ability to pay rent. A lot of us are still able to work from home. But we know that there are people who are struggling to deal with this crisis, economically, physically, and mentally.
With that in mind we at SWWICCA feel that it is our duty to help our local community in whatever small way we can. We are soliciting your generosity to help local food banks and other organizations by giving them donations in nonperishable food items or money. SWWICCA would like to match 100% of your first donated dollars up to a total of $500. Please feel free to donate whatever amount is possible for you.
We’ll send you frequent updates on how this money is being put to use both on our website, social media and email. We also plan on highlighting all donors, regardless of the amount on our website (amounts won't be shown).
Donations can be made via online as well as cash app (269-626-6227). Please reach out to us if you have questions or concerns.
Be safe and healthy.
Hope this message finds you well and that you’re able to do everything to keep your family healthy and safe. Our heartfelt thanks to everyone in the healthcare industry, and other essential services, for everything you’re doing in this time of crisis. It's times like this that really tests the enduring spirit of our community for a better tomorrow. Like with any other unfortunate times this too will pass. We’ll soon be able to look back on these dark days and feel stronger for having gone through this experience.
But till that happens and things get better, we cannot let social physical distancing weaken our strong sense of community. Some of us are more privileged than others. We don’t have the constant worry about our next meal or the ability to pay rent. A lot of us are still able to work from home. But we know that there are people who are struggling to deal with this crisis, economically, physically, and mentally.
With that in mind we at SWWICCA feel that it is our duty to help our local community in whatever small way we can. We are soliciting your generosity to help local food banks and other organizations by giving them donations in nonperishable food items or money. SWWICCA would like to match 100% of your first donated dollars up to a total of $500. Please feel free to donate whatever amount is possible for you.
We’ll send you frequent updates on how this money is being put to use both on our website, social media and email. We also plan on highlighting all donors, regardless of the amount on our website (amounts won't be shown).
Donations can be made via online as well as cash app (269-626-6227). Please reach out to us if you have questions or concerns.
Be safe and healthy.
Updates on Donations:
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.
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.
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Recent Event
Santa's Posse
Gift Wrapping and Delivery
Dec 19th & 22nd, 2019
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Dates: Gift Wrapping: Dec 19th starting at 6 PM (Thursday) Distribution: Dec 22nd starting at 8 AM (Sunday) Place: Clark County Event Center Address: 9474, 17402 NE Delfel Rd, Ridgefield, WA 98642 for more info on this event please call or email us @ 360-797-5594 | swwicca@gmail.com SWWICCA would like to invite you all again to join the celebration of festival season by volunteering at Santa’s Posse event. This event is organized by Santa’s Posse committee in collaboration with Clark County sheriff’s office and supported by many local organizations like SWWICCA. We had a successful event last year and looking forward to the same this year as well. |
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Previous Events
Blood Donation - Apr, 2019
Blood Donation in collaboration with Red Cross (04/19/2019): Organized and gathered volunteers and donated Blood to Red Cross.
Lunch Preparation - Mar, 2019
Lunch Preparation and Delivery for Vancouver Shelters (03/09/19): Prepared lunch packets and delivered to one of the Vancouver's Shelters.
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Gift Wrapping Night - Dec, 2018
Gift Wrapping and Delivering (13th/14th, Dec): A team of 25 plus volunteers participated on a cold December night to warp the gifts for under privileges kids, an event organized by Santa's Posse group. Next day (14th) some of them came back to deliver the gift boxes to various families in Vancouver area.
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Food Packing - Aug, 2018
Food Packing at Clark County Food Bank (08/23/2018): A compassionate ,enthusiastic and energetic event attended by SWWICCA volunteers to make this a successful inaugural event. It’s a demonstration of unwavering enthusiasm from local Indian community to help support that are in need. This volunteer group has sorted and packaged 4,600 lbs of food that can provide 5,700 meals to local Clark County families!
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Executive Members
Ravi Illuri (Lead)
Ari Murugan
Priya Parasa
Abhishek Gupta
Dr. Vidya Parachuri
Ari Murugan
Priya Parasa
Abhishek Gupta
Dr. Vidya Parachuri