Nonprofit

10th Annual Sevathon Raises Hundreds of Thousands For Nonprofits

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Sevathon

The 10th Annual Sevathon, an initiative of the Milpitas-based India Community Center (ICC), brought together nonprofits to raise funds and awareness for their causes. Over $500,000 was raised from sponsorship and registrations, of which $250,000 was raised by the approximately 85 nonprofits that participated. “Seva” is a Sanskrit word meaning “service.”  Sevathon took place on … Read more

Sunnyvale Community Services’s Head-To-Toe: Backpack Day Provides Low-Income Students with School Supplies and Shoes

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Sunnyvale Community Services

This past Friday, Aug. 3, Sunnyvale Community Services (SCS) held its annual “Head-to-Toe: Backpack Day,” a back-to-school event that distributes backpacks, school supplies, gift certificates for new shoes, books, dental hygiene kits and bags of nutritious food to 1,800 low-income Sunnyvale school children. SCS (www.svcommunityservices.org) is a private, nonprofit emergency assistance agency that works to … Read more