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GOPIO Edison & Sayreville Toastmasters

Club concludes youth leadership program

OUR BUREAU
Edison, NJ

OPIO-Edison sponsored or-
ganized a Youth Leadership
GProgram (YLP), for High
School Students. Sayreville Toastmas-
ters Club is based out of Sayreville,
NJ under District-83 of Toastmaster
International (TI). The program is
very well popular free event to bring
young adults under the age of eigh-
teen to develop leadership quality
and public speaking and to make
them aware of Toastmasters Interna-
tional. The students Sayreville and
many other cities participated.
GOPIO Edison Lifetime Found-
ing Member, as, Club President,
Chitranjan Sahay Belwariar, who re-
cently became Division Director ‘F’,
District-83, TI, took the initiative to
organize the event. The Club pub-
lished the schedule well in advance
and was also redistributed by school
mailing distribution. Thanks to Su-
perintendent of Schools at Sayreville
Board of Education, Dr. Richard
Labbe, who supported the club and
its activities. These were also pub-
lished on Sayreville Toastmasters
Club Facebook group and redistrib-
uted by friends of the club. Many
parents encouraged their kids to join very promptly signed into zoom at al Organization of People of Indian joined over zoom, and some were
this program as they saw the value 7pm and quickly get on to their roles. Origin (GOPIO), Edison Chapter, present in-person. The appreciation
in kids public speaking growth. This As Coordinator for YLP pro- which has been supportive of club certificates were virtually shared over
was the first initiative by the club, and gram, Toastmaster Chitranjan, took initiatives. zoom and given to those who were
it quickly became very popular as sig- up the position as Toastmaster of the Appreciation Award: Final Ses- presented and later sent to each de-

nup sheets had to be closed, and it Day role and explained the agenda sion concluded on April 27th, 2023. serving students as digital certificates
still gets interest among youths. The for each day. It did not take long for Every student who was present gave to their emails. If anyone wants to
program was planned for six weekly students to understand the meetings positive feedback. One student said, reach the club, send email to Toast-
online zoom sessions. The district-83 format and took turns each day for “I am going to add his experience [email protected] or
official Somesh Chablani, the Chair different roles. in his college application”. Anoth- leave voicemail at 848-4595918. The
for Youth Leadership, gave valu- Sayreville Library: On Saturday, er parent sent a thanking note to Club President Chitranjan Sahay
able guidance to the program and April 29th the certification distribu- the club for the initiative. They re- Belwariar, Division Director, prom-
suggested getting parental consent. tion was organized in Hybrid mode quest more such events. Toastmaster ised to bring more such events and
The initiative was well supported by at Sayreville Public Library. The en- Somesh Chablani, DTM mentioned thanked all who participated and sup-
Toastmaster Javeed Ghani, Toast- tire Library staff always helped and the importance of three ‘C’ - Com- ported Youth Leadership Program.
master Smita Tokekar and Toast- supported the event by the club. Club munication, Collaboration and Com- GOPIO-Edison, NJ has been
master Pallavi Verma, who is also president thanked the Librarian Ms mitment. GOPIO Edison President a community service organization
president of GOPIO-Edison. The Aziza Haque for help in providing Ms. Pallavi Verma, also a club mem- since early 2022 hosting programs
program was meeting every Thurs- the space and Library equipment ber explained in detail about the GO- of broader interest to the Indian
day at 7pm and young students were for club events. Librarian Jennifer PIO and its activities and gave en- Diaspora community. With cooper-
participating very enthusiastically Larsen and Librarian Daniel Vetra- couraging speech to bring more such ation with the Indian Consulate, the
and each one was signing the google no have always been helpful and ap- programs. chapter launched India Collection of
sheet to pick roles. The roles were preciative of the club activities. The The awards ceremony was held Books at the Edison Public Library
prepared speaker, evaluator, Tim- Sayreville Toastmaster club truly ap- at Sayreville Public Library in hybrid in March 2022 and has organized
er, and listener roles and Table top- preciate their support. Not the least, in person event held in Sayreville informational seminars and celebra-
ic master. Every week, the students we also got sponsorship from Glob- Public Library. Many participants tion of Indian Festivals at the library.

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