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NORTH AMERICAN Newsline                                                      APRIL 09, 2021  |    The Indian Eye                          28




            Humbled By Your Service celebrates



                                            its first anniversary






        NEERAJ DHAR

        North America - Bureau Chief

                 umbled by Your Service,
                 proudly celebrated its
        H1 year anniversary on
        April 3, 2021 with a memora-
        ble event held at Johnson Park
        in Piscataway, NJ. As the sun
        shone brightly on their banner,
        the founders and supporters
        looked back on the fortune of
        having helped ease the difficul-
        ties of many in the community
        this past year.
            Humbled By Your Service
        (HBYS) began as  a group of
        concerned individuals want-
        ing to help a family affected by
        Covid. What started as a food
        drive for a family of 6, led to a
        group  who  experienced  first-
        hand how each person can truly
        make a difference. They were
        in awe of the front liners and
        organizations working tirelessly
        every day during the pandemic
        and knew they had to do their
        part in supporting them. This
        group  of  individuals  named
        themselves  Humbled By Your
        Service and set out on their mis-
        sion of “Filling the Voids of So-
        ciety”.                              need.                               ma Rajani (Treasurer) makes  cause for celebration. Whether
            From delivering food and            Key founding members and  sure every penny donated to  it was hardworking volunteers
        PPE to front liners at hospitals  core volunteers currently make  Humbled By  Your  Service is  offering their time and efforts
        and nursing homes, to water  up the board and have helped  accounted for; Chandresh Shah  or generous donors providing
        drives and collections for food  Humbled By Your Service grow  (Marketing) gets the word out  monetary support, HBYS want-
        pantries, they became unstop- to what it is today. Alka Ane- about all the great work HBYS  ed to recognize all those who
        pable. Donors came from plac- ja (President) and Anju Malik  does.                                            went the extra mile to help them
        es least expected and support  (Vice President) spearhead-                   While  they  have  supported  in their missions.
        continued to grow. Everyone  ed the formation of this orga- many one-time missions, HBYS                          In addition to the core team,
        seemed to understand the only  nization and continue to lead  also has ongoing missions with  HBYS recognized Mr. Sanjeev
        way to survive this difficult time  the missions of HBYS; Chan- Casa of Middlesex County, Di- Aneja, owner of On Track Re-
        was to help each other through it.  drashekhar  Vyas  (Secretary)  na’s Dwelling, Manavi, and sup- alty for his generous donation
            With overwhelming support  has kindly allowed the use of his  porting a cow sanctuary in PA.  of $5000; their media partners
        from the community, HBYS  home this past year as the main  Along with these, Humbled By  Manat International TV, Radio
        officially  became  a  non-profit  collection point for all sup- Your Service continues to be on  Mirchi, & TV Asia for spread-
        organization in January 2021.  plies donated; Gitesh Malick  the lookout for individuals and  ing the word; Mithaas Restau-
        What makes this organization  (Procurement) makes sure all  organizations in the community  rant for sponsoring the food
        special is that the founding  missions run smoothly; Hardik  that may need a helping hand.                    for the 1-year anniversary cele-
        members, board, and core team  Brahmbhatt (Social Media) of-                 Founding members, sup- bration; and, of course, all the
        of supporters voluntarily fund  fers his professional knowledge  porters, and volunteers felt  donors and volunteers for their
        expenses so 100% of all dona- of technology  to  create  an  on- the successes and milestones  continued support and encour-
        tions can go directly to those in  line presence for HBYS; Resh- achieved this past year were a  agement.


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