Build the spirit of volunteerism in youth

Develop responsibility, leadership and commitment to goals

• Nomination to prestigious President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) if required criteria are met.
• Participate in informative and educative Training programs/ Webinars.
• Leadership opportunity to create a workshop to help pursue your passion and build confidence
• Receive discounts from our partners (example: tuition waiver up-to $500 on ACT or SAT training)
• Receive guidance on Grant Writing and College Essay Writing
• Organize volunteering or fundraising drives end-to-end from planning to achieving your targets, with your chapter support

Adopt a District

• Each Ekam USA local chapter adopts one district in India 
• Raise funds to support Sustainable Well Being Initiative (SWBI), which includes community empowerment activities for preventive health
• District Officer and Staff from the district give periodic updates of progress made in ongoing projects to respective EYAs and Chapter Leads.
• Update on variety of projects in which EYAs participate are presented at a monthly national Zoom call.

Each chapter can choose different locally available service activities.

Ekam is open to working with other organizations.

EYAs can bring their ideas to the table and have chapter support these projects.

EYA volunteer have participated activities in previous years such as

• Serving at soup kitchens or food banks
• Participating in health fairs / local events / awareness activities
• Organizing Food / Clothing / Book drives
• Candy drive for Veterans
• Organizing 5K runs
• Various fund raising events & Gala events
• Volunteering in India

• Ekam is certified to nominate EYAs to the prestigious President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA)
• EYAs are eligible if they meet  guidelines 
• For more details, please check volunteering guidelines under EYA Resources after you register as volunteer

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