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Welcome to

CA - Bay Area Chapter

Vasavi Seva Foundation started in June 2008. A group of vysyas gathered at a coffee table to start this community.
Rao Panuganti
Ram Bhoopalam
Madhu Grandhi
Veeraganti Ranganath
Ravi Donthi
Prasad Nune

Ranganath was the first President and Rao Panuganti as Secretary.Gupta garu wrote the bylaws of the community. Now, 17 years later, we have approx. 2,500 families as part of our vibrant VSF community.

Balaji Raj and I - Roopa Sunku are very excited to represent NRIVA Bay Area as chapter leads this year 2025.

A little about the two of us and the community we have here in the Bay Area.

Balaji is married to Bhavya and has a beautiful daughter Nivi and they live in Livermore CA and originally from Bangalore. He is a fun guy to hang out with and has been involved with the community for a few years now. His hidden talent that we admire is his ability to light up a room with a bug smile. He has been involved with the religious track in the community and you should check out his skills of making a clay ganesha!

Roopa is married to Ravindra and has two beautiful kids Rashika and Rithvik and live in Union City CA and originally from Bangalore married into Hyderabad. She has been leading the communications, newsletter and website for the community. Loves to travel and enjoying cooking and hosting parties.

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 The bay area community houses a webpage here- https://www.vsfbayarea.org/

Our newsletters are here- https://www.vsfbayarea.org/newsletter-archive

Our womens group is called Sakhi

Our mens group is called Adda

Our kids group is called Rising Stars

We have focused activitites in the community :

Religious track for all the festivals like Vasavi Jayathi, Atmaarpana day, Ugadi etc. That is housed in three local temples of Balaji temple in San Jose, Veda temple in Milpitas and Balaji temple in Livermore.

Seva track for all of the sandwich seva each first saturday of the month in multiple location for the unhoused. Gen connect an activity of removing isolation for the seniors with cards and entertainment. We host blanket drives, No sew blankets via Project Linus to name a few.

Health track for all the free clinics hosted in the temple by DR's. Walks, marathon and excercise events hosted in collaboration with other organizations.

Financial track hosts session with startups and entrepreneurs, tax checklists and financial series to educate the community.

Our signature events each year are:

-Picnic in the September October timeframe of each year

-Summer Camp in the May  June timeframe for the kids with fun and educational tracks

We have a variety of clubs you can be part of:

-Garden

-Pets

-Shopping tips

-Toastmaster


 

Chapter Leads

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    Balaji Raj

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    Roopa Sunku