CORD USA 2014 Winter Service Visits…

We are always looking for ways to get people of all ages to be involved with CORDUSA.  We usually have once-a-year service visit to one of the CORD Centers in India or Sri Lanka. This is an opportunity for high schoolers enrolled in Chinmaya Balavihars all over the world to travel to India and volunteer their time serving the under-served.  If you are an adult and are interested in chaperoning the children, please contact us and we will equip you with the information, connections and skill set needed.

All of our service project visits have been very successful, considering the dramatic impact that it has had on the participants. This is also a great opportunity to earn volunteer hours for college applications.

This is a wonderful practical exercise to compliment all the years of the student’s Balavihar learning.  We are pleased to announce the two service visits for 2014!

CORD USA Service Visit 2014 – An opportunity for the youth of Balavihar in the United States & Canada to volunteer at one of our CORD centers in India.   The dates are December 22 2014 -2 January 2015.  December 20&21, January 3&4 are travel dates.

This year we will be going for two service visits.

1. Two weeks to CORD Tamaraipakkam, Tamil Nadu

2. Two weeks to CORD Lathikata and Deuladiha (one week each)

·      When you are choosing the service visit center you would like to go to, please indicate your order of preference. We will consider your preference when we allocate the centers.

·      After filling in the application, follow the instructions to send in the Release of Liability as well as a check for $600. We will void and return the check if your application is not selected.

·      We will accept your application only if you qualify after our screening process.

·      We will issue volunteer certificates once you are back, after discussing your performance with the parent chaperones.

Every field in the online application must be filled in full before submitting. Once submitted, you will get an acknowledgement email to confirm your entry.  Further screening processes and information will be sent by email.  Parent chaperones must also fill out the form in full, and choose Chaperone in the drop-down box for grade.

Apply online now!

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, I am just an email away…

Thank you!