Tata Volunteering Week 11 Volume No. 21  
 
  Donation drive Tata Consulting Engineers  |  Noida
 
Volunteers from Tata Consulting Engineers, Delhi DC conducted a food and clothes donation drive in two slums in Noida. Volunteers collected and donated old clothes and food items.
 
  Visit to an orphanage Tata Consulting Engineers  |  Delhi
 
Tata Consulting Engineers, Delhi conducted an activity with kids of L.B.S. Sudarshanam Open Shelter Home, Vasundhara, Ghaziabad. 18 volunteers spent a day with the kids playing games, watching short inspirational videos and conducting a drawing competition.
 
  Visit to a blind school Amalgamated Plantations  |  Assam
 
14 volunteers visited the Moran Blind School to prepare and serve meal to the visually challenged students.
 
  Visit to a school Indian Hotels  |  Mumbai
 
Associates from Human Resources and Front Office department visited school children to spend some quality time. They played games and danced to the beats of some popular music. The children were also encouraged to talk about the stories they were taught in their respective classes. The children were given a picture with outlines of flowers and cartoons which they happily colored. In the end, chocolates, juice and cake was distributed to the kids.
 
  Food donation drive Giner Hotels  |  Vapi
 
Ginger Hotels visited a government school Salvav at Vapi where they spent some quality time interacting with thee kids and distributed snacks to them.
 
  Blood donation drive Ginger Hotels  |  Agartala
 
Team Ginger Agartala organised a blood donation drive in the hotel premises.
 
  Visit to a old age home Rallis India   |  Navi Mumbai
 
Rallis volunteers visited Vatsalya home for senior citizens and orphan girls where they interacted with all the inhabitants and shared happy stories.
 
  Blood donation drive Ginger Hotels  |  Tirupur
 
The Ginger hotel team conducted a blood donation camp at Tirupur.
 
  Meal distribution Trent Hypermarket  |  Thane
 
The staff of THPL-Star Bazaar, Thane, organized a meal distribution for children in collaboration with Divya Prabha NGO.
 
  Plantation drive Trent Hypermarket  |  Kolhapur
 
The staff of THPL-Star Bazaar, Kolhapur organized a plantation drive.
 
  Beverage distribution Trent Hypermarket  |  Kolhapur
 
The staff of THPL-Star Bazaar, Kolhapur served beverage at traffic signals for the traffic police. The beverage distribution was carried out as a gesture of appreciation for the traffic police's smooth management of the city's traffic.
 
  Road safety awareness Tata Sponge  |  Bileipada
 
30 volunteers of VSN and TATA Sponge participated in a road safety awareness program organized at the Birikala Gram Panchayat Road. Volunteers counselled the bike riders and drivers on the road to take appropriate safety measures while driving.
 
  Walkathon Tata Power Solar   |  Bengaluru
 
Tata power solar conducted walkathon to promote the message of ‘QUIT TOBACCO’. 144 volunteers participated in the walkathon and educated the masses on the ill effects to health due to tobacco consumption through various means of communication such as oral communication, visual communications and using health tip cards.
 
  Blood donation camp Tata Power Solar   |  Bengaluru
 
Tata power solar conducted a blood donation camp at the Engineering & Procurement office at Electronic city. The employees and contract workmen of the plant actively volunteered for the blood donation which resulted in collection of 38 units of blood.
 
  Visit to a non-profit Tata Motors  |  Sanand
 
28 Employees of Central Quality Department of Tata Motors Sanand plant visited a non-profit Ashramshala and spent some qualitative time with the under privileged children residing there.
 
  Road safety awareness Tata Power Solar   |  Bengaluru
 
Volunteers from Tata Power Solar conducted a road safety awareness campaign in the Electronic city, they shared the importance of following the road safety rules, necessity of wearing helmets and distributed the road safety tip cards to the personnel as a ready reckoner.
 
  Pulse polio campaign Tata Power Solar   |  Bengaluru
 
Volunteers from Tata Power Solar volunteered for pulse polio drops administration at Sarjapur Govt Hospital covering all the villages in Sarjapura. The volunteers supported the sisters, asha workers and parents in the pulse polio programme covering 400 children.
 
  Visit to a rehabilitation center Tata Power Solar   |  Bengaluru
 
Volunteers from Tata Power Solar visited Karunashraya for advanced stage cancer patients at Marathahalli, Bangalore. They participated in the routine activities of the center like cleaning, cooking, housekeeping of stores and library, supporting the cancer patients, cleaning and servicing of rooftop solar power generating system.
 
  Visit to a school Amalgamated Plantations  |  Assam
 
Amalgamated Plantations visited Lamabari High School & Lamabari M. E. School and did various activities like campus cleaning, roof repairing, whitewashing, door and window painting, signboard re-writing, M.E. School kitchen walls painting and planting fruit trees.
 
  Blood donation drive Ginger Hotels  |  Chennai
 
A blood donation camp was organized at Ginger Hotels Chennai - Vadapalani along with Lions blood bank foundation. 24 team members and family successfully donated blood.
 
  Safe water awareness Tata Power   |  Satara
 
Tata Power conducted an awareness session for villagers to educate them on safe and clean drinking water practices.
 
  Visit to skill training centre Tata Motors  |  Pantnagar
 
Spouse of Senior Leaders of the Plant visited the skill training center that imparts skill training for the slum women. The team interacted with the trainees enrolled at the center and understood the quality of training being imparted to them at center. Volunteers emphasised on converting skill to action by engaging at the right place for advancement of skill. They also emphasised on work safety and promoting girls education.
 
  Health awareness session Tata Motors  |  Pantnagar
 
Volunteers along with a medical team from the plant conducted an health awareness session for the parents of malnourished children at Shivnagar and Bhootbangla slum center. The parents were advised to take care of the malnourished children through periodic check up and providing nutritious diet available locally.
 
  Visit to a non-profit Indian Hotels  |  New Delhi
 
Taj Mahal, New Delhi organized a visit to a Jamghat's Shelter Home named Anchal Home in Malviya Nagar. Their aim was to instil them with knowledge and skills to build a career and become an independent and responsible member of the society.
 
  Visit to a non-profit Tata Global Beverages  |  Kolkata
 
Tata Global Beverages visited St Jude's Child Care Centre at Premashraya and interacted with the children by playing games like passing the parcel, nursery rhymes/song, etc.
 
  Visit to an orphanage Tata Motors  |  Pune
 
87 Volunteers from ERC CV Engineering MHCV-VIG, SCV-VIG & VSE Departments from Tata Motors Pune visited Yashwantrao More Patil Ashramshala, Pune. The team interacted with the kids and inaugurated a dining hall for the kids where they previously used to sit in the sand for lunch. The volunteers also served a meal to all the kids.
 
  *This update covers only some of the activities undertaken by companies.
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