| Festivals |
| Ganesha |
| Schools to send circulars to order Eco Ganeshas |
| Educate the children in advance about the best Ganeshas to get |
| Identify 4 locations in Whitefield and use technology to pre-order ganeshas to be picked up on the day of the festival |
| Add on goodies needed as fixings – eg: flowers, coconut, mango leaves etc . |
| Adult volunteers begin planning for Ganesha festival |
| School Volunteers get ready and planned |
| Children begin learning about the importance of eco ganeshas . Orders received by Aug 15. |
| Order placed with ganesha vendors. Lead time is atleast 1 month since they have to source special clay |
| Pick up Ganesha – preferably before day of festival to avoid traffic. |
| Xmas |
| Secret Santa prg for slum/ govt school kids |
| Waste Management |
| Awareness about using non-CFL bulbs in your school |
| Recycle/ mass drive of plastic shopping bags from your community |
| Adopt a green patch/work with Rajani |
| Heritage & Culture |
| Profiling interesting local people/ Pride of Whitefield |
| Sports |
| Organize regular soccer/cricket coaching for local slum childre(ITPL grounds is an option) |
| For NGOs |
| Toy collection drive for NGOs ex Karunashrya / Start a Toy library |
| Volunteer time at local NGOs |
| Elderly |
| Volunteer time at local retirement home(if we have one here) |
| Chart out a program to involve elderly to volunteer at govt schools |
| Others |
| Can we make a `Whitefield Kindness’ day? |
| Help out with Community Dogs project |
| Garage sale for charity |
| a diversity awareness training to educate |
| youth on global culture |
| Disaster Management prg |
| Host a seminar on social media safety |
| Donate backpacks to school children |
| Mentor a youth |
| Design/sell bird nests to villa communities |
| `About Whitefield’ newsletter emailed to all students from the area studying outside |
| Ewaste |
| Create awareness in your home, offices and among neighbours/do a collection drive during holidays |
| Staff |
| Getting medical and life insurance in bulk for domestic staff |
| Anti tobacco campaign (can be routed through Koota for maids and male staff) |
