Sanjay Shetty runs the Philadelphia Marathon for Gurukulam Children

Sanjay V Shetty who regularly sponsors the annual education of Mstr. Khadar Hussain, a VI Std. child at Trust Children's Gurukulam School, has taken a big step forward in supporting the entire School by running the Philadelphia Marathon. Like all marathons sanctioned by USA Track & Field, the Philadelphia Marathon is 26.2 miles (42.16 kilometers), and Sanjay will run this stretch on Sunday, November 21st, 2010 urging all his supporters, friends, and fans to support the education for the underprivileged children at Gurukulam School.

The staff and children of Gurukulam School are extremely thankful to Sanjay for representing us and for taking the effort to spread the message. We request all our sponsors, friends, and well wishers to support Sanjay and help him make a difference to the lives of the children at Gurukulam. Below are a few words from Sanjay himself.


Hi:

I am Sanjay V Shetty and I am running the Philadelphia Marathon on 21st November, 2010 for the underprivileged children at Gurukulam School, a Trust Children Organization.

I strongly believe that each and every child has the right to pursue a life filled with happiness. While education is a critical tool in this life long pursuit, not all children are privileged to get it. Trust Children, with its FREE education, offers this opportunity to underprivileged kids. The Trust has worked hard for many years to bring happiness to over a hundred children and it continues to alter life at an early age in a meaningful way.

Being an investment professional, I believe that Trust Children is an efficient channel for privileged donors to support this cause. Since all administrative costs are borne by Trust Children Trustees and Committee Members, every penny of your contribution reaches the Gurukulam children directly. This makes Trust Children an ideal medium for me to give and help. And I invite you to join me and the hard working team at Trust Children to take this forward.

I am reaching out to invite you all to join me in this worthy cause. Please use the link below to donate to Trust Children via Gurukulam, Inc, a registered non-profit in the United States. Donations to Gurukulam Inc are tax exempt as per section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. 100% of the funds received by Gurukulam Inc in the US is transferred to Trust Children.

I greatly appreciate your generosity.

For any additional information, please visit the Trust Children website, or you can also reach me directly at svshetty@gmail.com or 215.760.0313.

Best Regards,

Sanjay V. Shetty
Philadephia, USA

Facebook

Ladies and Gentleman, may I kindly introduce a new part of TrustChildren. A brand new page on the revolutionary website – Facebook. On the site we’ve got lots of information, pictures and videos. The site gets updated every week, so it tells the world what’s happening as it happens.

This fully operational and functioning apart of TrustChildren‘s online awareness has picked up like wildfire. We have many people from all over the world taking notice of the hard work that is happening in India and the word is spreading....

Feel free to have a look at - http://www.facebook.com/TrustChildren

Another young BIG heart :-)

Nitish is another young man with a BIG heart :-)

Here is the story of another teenager who has touched our hearts at Gurukulam.

Nitish is studying his 1st year of A Level in UK (XII as in India). He formulated and conducted a spoken English class for our children - with such a depth of thought and research, that it amazed me...

Nitish is now taken on another big challenge - he is managing the "facebook" for Trust Children all by himself!! You can meet him at

http://www.facebook.com/TrustChildren

Dear Nitish, thank you for taking time off from your studies, sports, free time and lending a hand to those who are not so lucky...thank you from all of us at Gurukulam :-)

Vijayadasami Celebrations

True to our appreciation of all religions, our school celebrated Vijaydasami - prayers to the goddess of learning.

As told about it by our Vice Principal, Primary School, Ms Shabana Begum "Today all the children assembled in a classroom and were told the importance of praying to God who will help them in their everyday studies and fulfill their vision and dreams in education. This was done to inculcate in them that hard work in education is very important. And if they pray to God, He will help them, assist them in their everyday studies. They were told that - Prayer + hard work is the key to success. All of them prayed and understood the importance and then enjoyed the snacks".

Just as the Gurukul of yore, our children actively help in keeping their school clean...

Ms Anusya, who was the teacher in charge of the school cleanliness until Sept 2010 gave away prizes for the children who had put in their best...

Let us pray that our children grow up to be good human beings who will help themselves and help others...who find joy in all things great and small...

Our kids have done it again :-)

Our kids have done it again :-) in the National Level.

In the "All India Open Karate Championship" held at Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu, on 25th and 26th of Sept, our children brought back a good medal tally

1. Pragadeesh-- Individual Kata III place. Team Kata II place

2.Anandh of grade -IV-- Team Kata II place

3. K.Arunkumar of grade IV- Team Kata II place

4. Varsha of Grade VI- Individual Kata II Place.Team Kata II place.Kumite III Place

5. Dharani- Team Kata II place.Kumite III place

6. Dhanapriya-VI grade- Team Kata II place

7. Shilpa-Grade IV- Kumite III Place.

Our loving congratulations to the kids on their effort and Sensei Ravikrishnan and Sensei Murali on their continuous efforts in bringing up our children to standard...

One BIG Heart :-)

Natasha Desai is a young lady with a BIG HEART.

What could someone in high school do to reach out to others not so privileged?

Natasha simply opened up a bracelet shop on the internet - the Zigzag Store :-) Made some beautiful bracelets, sold them and raised money for the children at Gurukulam. Do visit her at www.zigzagstore.net

She is one of the growing number of young adults helping out with Gurukulam...more about the other young helping hands soon....

Oct 2nd Gandhi Jayanthi at Gurukulam

Mr Ashwin from the "Hindu" along with his friends and the "Story Trails" group Ms Anu, Ms Sandhya and Ms Lakshmi visited our school and celebrated the birth of Mahatma Gandhi.

The "Story Trail" group enthralled our children with an interactive story "India and I". The children loved it. The children were then treated to a movie "Toy Story".

Read about it in the national newspaper - the "Hindu":
http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/kids/article824906.ece

Samosas, Pastries, Chocolate and Juice completed a wonderful day.

Thank you dear Ashwin and friends :-)