Announcements May 11, 2014 - Chinmaya...
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The Chinmaya Mission
Pittsburgh FAMILY
Announcements
May 11, 2014
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LAST DAY of
BALAVIHAR
• This is the last day of the
current Balavihar session.
• We’ll resume on September
7, 2014
• PLEASE ATTEND THE
GRADUATION FUNCTION
ON May 17, 2014
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Our
Satellite Centers
• CMP has started a satellite center in the South
Hills (Fort Couch Middle School).
• We are also planning a North Hills Center, which
will hopefully open in September
• Please let your friends know about these new
venues.
• If you are interested in transferring to the new
sites, please email [email protected] or
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Youth
Seva
• Our Youth Seva program
teaches our children to think
about sharing and caring
• This year, the group raised
over $1300 for CORD
• All children are invited to
join – please email
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Read-a-thon
contributions
• The Read-A-Thon is one of the many
projects sponsored by the Youth Seva
Committee
• If you received an email showing how
many books your child read, please make
your contribution accordingly
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Presidential Volunteer
Service Award
• The President’s Volunteer Service Award is the premier
volunteer awards program in the US
• Through the efforts of one of our parents, CMP is now an
officially designated certifying organization
• We will now be able to officially recognize our volunteers
with awards and certificates. Such recognition may be
especially valuable to students when they apply to college.
• We will recognize several volunteers at the Graduation
Ceremony next week
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Community
Seva
• Our Community Seva
Program allows everyone an
opportunity to serve
• Please join or get more info
by e-mailing
– [email protected] OR
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PARENT
SATSANG
• Balavihar is designed to teach children,but the
adults are not forgotten!
• Our Assembly is intended for the whole family
• From 11am to 12pm, we have a Parent
Satsang, which will include study of key
Vedantic texts and also Yoga practice
• We are seeking parent volunteers to help lead
the study sessions. If you are willing, please
email [email protected]
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Jnaana
Yagnas
• CMP holds spiritual discourses several times a year.
• Chinmaya Misssion Acharyas from all over the world come to share their wisdom through evening lectures about various topics
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Our
Volunteers
• Everyone that you see helping at CMP is a
volunteer
• Do you have an interest in helping?
– Please contact [email protected]
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Lunch
Program
• Our ever-popular lunch program is only
possible because of a committed group of
volunteers, as well as lunch sponsors
• If you would like to volunteer or serve as
a sponsor, please contact
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Lunch
Sponsor
Many thanks to the Lunch Sponsor today:
• Nadkarni family
• Shah family
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Online
Information
• Missed an announcement? Need to see
the full Balavihar calendar?
• You can access this slideshow or our
calendar ONLINE at any time
• Go to
www.chinmayamissionpittsburgh.org
and follow the links
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www.chinmayamissionpittsburgh.org
Weekly
announcements
Entire year’s
calendar
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End-of-Year
Function
• We are now planning to complete our Balavihar year with a graduation celebration and fun activities
• This event will occur on Saturday, May 17, 2014 at Carson Middle School (North Hills)
• We are planning a grand function, followed by games, dinner, and ice cream
• PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND!!
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Summer
Camps!!
• We are planning THREE major summer
activities
– Kids camp June 29-July 3
– High Schooler camp August 10-14
– Sundarakand by Swami Shantanandaji Aug17-24
• Look out for more details, which will be sent
by email over the ensuing weeks
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Family Camp
SAVE THE DATE
• We have scheduled our next family camp
for the weekend September 26-28, 2014
• We will again have this event at the
Antiochian Village
• Look out for an email invitation and
registration information
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We strive to be on time!
Please do the same
• Swami Chinmayananda, our Mission’s founder, made it a ‘religion’ to be on time, and we seek to follow his example
• Please arrive to Assembly at 10:25 am or earlier.
• NEW: At 10:30 am, doors to the auditorium will be closed. If you arrive after 10:30 am, please view the Assembly using the large monitor in the lunch area