Intelligent Living Sessions

Maithreyi Inspires Excellence in Intelligent Living Sessions

Maithreyi led the LTSFA Enrichment Program, guiding students in developing communication skills, self-expression, and confidence through public speaking, active listening, storytelling, and strategies to overcome stage fright, while also launching classes in Python and Human Biology. Witnessing students overcome anxiety and engage more confidently was deeply rewarding, and parents shared positive feedback on their children’s growth. Inspired by LTSFA’s values of community service and youth empowerment, Maithreyi also recruited and organized a team of youth tutors, gaining valuable leadership experience and seeing firsthand the impact of student-led learning. This work reinforced Maithreyi’s belief that true leadership is about fostering community, promoting wellness, and inspiring change, with a goal of expanding the program nationwide to create a lasting ripple effect of confidence and capability.Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

Python Coding Classes

Ready to learn Python? Join our friendly coding class to build skills, create projects, and boost your career. Visit us in the near future to enroll in our next class!

The Python course, organized and conducted by Love to Share Volunteer Nilay Arangil, introduced students to programming by starting with the basics, including how computers read code and perform simple actions like returning text or asking questions.

Topics Covered: Python Editors, Writing With Python, Manipulating Sentences(Strings), Working With Numbers, Variables, Reading User Inputs, If-Else Conditions, Lists, For Loops, While Loops, Sets, Tuples, Dictionaries, Functions, Modules.

Early projects focused on real-world problem-solving, such as building a calculator that could interpret word-based commands and return numerical solutions. As the course progressed, students advanced to topics like object-oriented programming and list manipulation, applying their skills to more complex challenges, including creating a cashier program that calculated totals with tax. By the end, students had gained both a strong foundation in Python and the ability to use coding as a practical tool for solving real-world problems, equipping them with skills to continue growing as programmers.

Earth Day – Issaquah, WA

Sandwich Sewa - San Jose, CA

Project Adam – A Youth Cardiac Screening Event with UC Davis Health

Empowering Gen Next – Atlanta, GA

Sandwich Seva in Bay Area, California

On February 24, volunteers in Bay Area, California came together to make sandwiches and donate them to Salvation Army in Modesto. Volunteers made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and packed them in lunch bag along with some fruits and water.

The lunch bags were then dropped at Salvation Army shelter in Modesto. There was already a line outside when volunteers got there to deliver the sandwiches. They were so thankful for this simple yet much needed meal.

LTSFA thanks all the volunteers who donated ingredients, helped to make the sandwiches, pack them and drop them off at the shelter.

Digital media workshop series

BUILDING A COMMUNITY AROUND FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM GROUPS

The Love to Share Foundation America hosted an online session on “Building a community around Facebook/Instagram Pages/Groups” on Wednesday, September 20th, 2023 led by Muthu Annamalai from Seattle, WA. The session started by covering the fundamentals of brand building including a discussion on how the marketing funnel is applicable when thinking about building communities on social media. The session then covered several strategies for how to generate and present content that will not only help grow a community but will also help with ensuring healthy engagement with existing.

Ranking Up on YouTube SEO Tips

On behalf of Love to Share Foundation America, Jayashri Jambu, a Digital Media Marketer, Content writer and E commerce specialist conducted a YouTube SEO workshop where she delved into effective strategies for ranking YouTube videos higher. It was an excellent session with active participation from the attendees. She organized this primarily for Love to Share social media volunteers.

2023 Life and soul health fair in Manvel, TX

Our 11th annual community health fair - Life and Soul, was a grand success thanks to the blessings of the Divine and the selfless efforts of all our volunteers, health service providers, and sponsors!

About 100 participants underwent Biometric screening - Body Mass Index, Blood Pressure, Blood glucose, Vision, Dental, EKG, Carotid Dopplers, Lung Function Test, Thyroid Ultrasound, Breast Exams, Chiropractic Evaluations and adjustments and Flu Vaccinations.

THANK YOU ALL for coming together for our community:

Texas Medical Association, Southeast Cardiovascular Associates Rajan Kadakia, Coastal Vascular Center, Perk Dental, H-E-B plus!, Kroger Pharmacy (Angleton), Alvin Community College (Respiratory Care), Premier Chiropractic, Walmart Vision Center (Pearland), Indian American Nurses Association of Greater Houston, Incarnate Homehealth, RecoverEase, The Monk's - Pearland, Biryani Express, Center Court Pizza & Brew - Pearland Original, Shipley Do-Nuts (Pearland), Costco Pearland, VVLS Tents, and Special guest City of Iowa Colony Mayor Wil Kennedy, AND all our enthusiastic volunteers from Love to Share Foundation America, Sai Primary Care Clinic, GOD Namadwaar Houston, the Pearland Indians Group & Pearland Desi Grp Volunteer Community, and our Youth participants of all ages!

Lemonade stand

My name is Gurudas Muthukaruppan. I am a 5th grader. This past summer I ran a lemonade stand for 3 days and raised around $3k for the Love to Share Foundation of America. In the lemonade stand, to make it interesting, we had a raffle with 5 prizes in it. The night before the first day of the lemonade stand we passed out flyers in a our neighborhood for about 50 houses. We had in our kitchen, popsicles, ice creams, Oreos and of course lemonade. On the last day of the lemonde stand, my friend and I went out on a scooter and bicycle around the community and passed out more fliers. Also the same day we annouced the raffle and gave out the prizes.

Book club in hopkinton

Introduction

Love to Share Foundation America contacted three 8th graders from Hopkinton, Massachusetts, to start a club. They all collectively started a Book Club. The Book Club would inspire children to be confident in their reading and writing capabilities.

Our Story

During the summer before 8th grade, Kashvi, Aanya, and I, (Akshadha) discussed hosting a club for elementary schoolers. Immediately, our minds went to a book club. As middle schoolers who love to read, the idea of inspiring young students to do the same, as well as helping them grow throughout their reading journey, was very exciting. We knew it would be challenging and would take a lot of planning and effort, but we persevered. We wanted this to be fun as well as educational. Book Club was one of our first opportunities to be leaders and showcase what we have learned as readers up until this point. We faced many challenges but stayed focused and committed. There were classes where we only had a few students interested. We also encountered many technical difficulties with Zoom. Some students couldn't turn their video/mic on., or we could not share their screen. These challenges encouraged us. We found ways to engage all the students by balancing fun games and activities along with lessons and writing prompts. The students were so eager to learn, and that made us optimistic to continue. Overall, we are delighted with how this club turned out. We can't wait until next summer.

At a glance

Topics

Elements of poetry such as onomatopoeia, personification, and similes.

How can one write stories efficiently?

Books

We read the book Front Desk by Kelly Yang. Front Desk is a perfect book for Middle and Elementary schoolers, and it incorporates many topics that would be useful during our lessons. We read several chapters each week and answered discussion questions about them. Throughout the club, we did many fun projects as well.

Love to Share Foundation

Overall, we could only have done this with the support of Love to Share Foundation. We are very grateful that we had this opportunity. Love To Share Foundation is helping many students improve themselves, and we are incredibly thankful that we could be a part of this.

Speech and debate club in hopkington

Mahathi Manikandan, Hopkington, MA

On behalf of Love to Share Foundation America, Mahathi Manikandan, conducted a speech and debate club this summer in her neighborhood to teach children not only to research a topic but also to write about it. The club focused on topics such as:

-Important vocab words in debate

-Writing an opening statement

-Writing and developing arguments

-Writing closing statements

Mahathi is a youth volunteer and middle schooler from Boston, Massachusetts. She also led the debate workshop to teach kids ranging from the ages of 8-10, Some of the issues debated were:

-Should middle schools have recess

-Should schools have more extended lunches

-Should schools start at a later time

Every week, 5-10 kids from Hopkinton would show up at my door eager to learn how to debate against their peers and become more confident with their speaking skills. Thus, the debate club would prepare them for future opportunities at school or speaking tournaments. This summer was my first time getting a chance to discuss a topic I enjoyed learning about. Every week, I had a good or not-so-good experience. Most of these experiences brought learnings with them. For example, when the kids would research a topic, sometimes they would present it very well, and sometimes, they could have been better, but I learned how they brought in different perspectives and what we could do to perfect a skill. Another challenge was the need for more communication, and I was curious if some kids would show up. I learned that if I initiated the contact, we could bridge that lack. My experience with the clubs had its ups and downs; it was one of a kind and something that I purely enjoyed and hope to continue next summer.

Effective Parenting in Challenging times - The EPIC Program

On July 29, the Love to Share Foundation held a Parenting Workshop, exploring how to effectively parent children in challenging times and situations. The goal of this workshop was to illustrate the various factors involved in the relationship between parents and their children and how to enhance the connection and bond between both sides of a family.

Although there were a plethora of topics and ideas covered, one of the main points made was the role and importance of parental communication in building a strong and long-lasting connection with the child. Communication is an extremely broad term, and this workshop went into detail about the systematic
process of communication that is necessary from the parents to the child so that the message reaches the child in a way that does not impact the child’s self-image or confidence. The main steps to communicate in a way that builds healthy relationships within families are as follows: observing actions/words, recognizing the feeling with regard to the observations made, identifying what the ultimate need is, and communicating the need through these observations and feelings in the form of a request.

As described in the workshop, being able to communicate in such a systematic, compassionate, and empathetic way will foster the relationship between parent and child while also resulting in the child responding in the proper way, as opposed to an argument that damages the connection within a family.

Although we all enter this world as infants, it is essential to realize the importance of strong familial relationships and connections, as these connections are the building blocks for the future of the family, especially the child. Not only did the workshop contain the blueprint on how to maneuver through the intricacies of effective parenthood, but also provided hands-on exercises for the audience to employ each of the methods and processes described throughout the presentation for all of the topics such as Children’s Challenges and Parental Roles, Compassionate Communication, Connecting Empathetically, Goaded by the Past or Guided by the Future, Focusing on Strengths and Praising Wisely, and Keeping an Eye on Purpose and Valuing Values. This workshop was a huge success and was extremely rewarding and useful for all parties involved.

Love to Share Foundation focuses on self-improvement and personal development, which led to the emergence of the EPIC Parenting Workshop which focuses on building a congenial environment for positive, honest exchanges in a household leading to the all-round development of a child. This EPIC Parenting Workshop falls under the Building EPIC Relationships Module(registration link at end of article), which consists of in-depth sessions (extending till Fall) revolving around building strong interpersonal relationships at home, work, or a nonprofit one volunteers for. One of the many ideas demonstrated in these sessions is the PERMA model of happiness which conveys how positive relationships are key to one’s happiness. Mr. MK Ramanujam and Ms. Poornima Kumarasami have been working tirelessly on training and guiding the speakers of these workshops.

Mindfulness walk in raleigh, NC

Lake Pine Trail at 2200 Laura Duncan Road, Apex , NC, i s a 2.0- mile loop rail near Apex , North Carolina. This area is trendy for scenic views , bird-watching, biking, and running. The trail i s full y paved and easy to walk, with shady, dense, luscious green trees , a lovely lake, birds , and much more. Raleigh G O D organized a one-hour mindfulness walk on behalf of LTSF on 7/22/23 at @5: 30pm. We had about 11 people who participated in the walk and enjoyed it thoroughly . We gathered at the shelter towards the end, where one of the volunteers , Mathangi ji gave an excellent talk on the relationship between the brain, heal th, and mental well-being. She s tar ted by explaining the par t s of the brain and their funct ions . She then discussed how nature walks can be a great feast for our eyes and how they s low down thought s and calms our mind.

First Body, Mind and Soul Event in Dallas

Love to share foundation chapter had its first Body, Mind & Soul Retreat on April 28th in the presence of Mr. M.K. Ramanujam at One Eleven Ranch Park in Garland, TX.

The participants were given a warm welcome and a brief note on what to expect in the retreat, by Sriram ji from Houston. The day and place were beautiful, apt to begin the retreat; with birds chirping and greenery all around under the early morning sun rise. The first session was Yoga, led by Smt Priya Mahesh. She guided everyone with Sun Salutation – mantra & stretches and breathing techniques. Next in line, was a Silent-Walk session. Sriram ji guided everyone through this session. Following this, was the Reality retreat -Meditation session led by Sriram ji. Then came the most awaited session of Sri Ramanujam ji’s – “Vital Conversations”. He addressed the participants with more insight on the overall retreat and encouraged everyone to practice it consistently and spoke about the actual happiness and calmness we gain by practicing it regularly.

Around 20 – 25 participants from different walks of life took part in the retreat. The participants enjoyed the retreat very much and shared their individual experience on each session at the end. They also showed their interest in taking part in the upcoming sessions. A satvik lunch was served to all.

Reality Retreat Sessions in Bay Area,CA

Love to Share Foundation’s Bay Area chapter had its first Reality Retreat on the 23rd and 24th of April 2018  in two different locations, San Jose and San Ramon respectively.

Mr. M.K. Ramanujam, who guided us through this session helped us discover our true nature of peace and bliss through the calming practice of mantra meditation.

Mr. M.K. Ramanujam, very beautifully explained that meditation is not the first step but the penultimate step to perfection and he showed how we could meditate upon a sound- a Manthra, to silence the mind.

Manthras are powerful words which by nature has the ability to silence the mind.B ut the questions arises – How to silence the mind with a sound?

Ramanujamji explained this paradox with an analogy. He said, in order to prevent a plain neat compound wall being suddenly invaded by unwanted posters, its not just enough if we remove them all, but we also need to stick another message that would say – “Stick no posters” and we need to hold on to this  poster until we are assured that there would be no other new ones on the wall. Likewise in order to silence the mind, we need it to hold on to a mantra – until the mind is devoid of all unnecessary thoughts. That’s why the meaning of the mantra is -“mananAth thrayathe ithi mantra” – that which the mind can hold on to and that which protects the mind from unwanted thoughts.

Ramanujamji, demonstrated this with the powerful mathra called the “mahamanthra” and he used a simple technique to practice this meditation by slowly draw the mind inside from outside with this manthra – first physicaly by calling out the sound, then a little subtle(sookshmam) by imitation of the sound by mumbling and finally very subtle(athi sookshmam) as a thought in the mind.

All those who had gathered for this retreat session thoroughly felt revitalized and were amazed to learn this very simple technique of meditation to calm the mind.  Close to 80 people attended the reality retreat workshops on both days.

Body, Mind and Soul Workshop in Seattle

On Sunday, April 22nd  2018, Mr.M.K.Ramanujam conducted a  four hour long Reality Retreat: Body, Mind and Soul meditation workshop. The workshop had various segments in it including silent walk, yoga, meditation and Q&A. There were 25 attendees at the workshop and all of them went out relaxed and looking forward to more such sessions. The session received immensely positive feedback and hope that with more Reality Retreat classes, it will be able to instill calm and clear thinking for all the attendees. “Life is a lyric” was also released and was distributed to all the attendees of the workshop.

‘Yuva 2018’-Youth Leadership Workshop in Seattle

On Saturday, April 21st  2018, Mr.M.K.Ramanujam conducted the youth leadership workshop, Yuva 2018, for children 10 and above. This was conducted at YMCA in Sammamish and had very good attendance by about 25 children.

The talk walked the children through various stages that one goes through before having an emotion. Through this process, the children became familiar on how to deal with these various stages and how not to end up in an emotion without understanding why they are experiencing it. Through these types of workshops and through the teen Gopa Kuteeram classes, our hope is to instill self-confidence, clarity of thought and love for life with the generation next.

Work Life Balance Workshop at Microsoft Seattle

Mr.Ramanujam started out his visit in Seattle with a talk to the DevDiv Women Leadership Council at Microsoft that was attended by around 50 Microsoft employees. The talk covered work life balance and how one should look at work as a means to enrich life and not as something to be at odds with. His talk received very positive feedback with many wanting the presentation materials. This one hour talk happened on Thursday 19th April 2018.

Empathy for Leadership Workshop in Atlanta

On Friday March 16 2018,  a wonderful corporate event led by Mr. MK Ramanujam on Empathy for Leadership as part of Love To Share Foundation America initiative was conducted at Roam Perimeter, Dunwoody, GA.  Mr Ramanujam conducted a thought provoking session on the importance of Empathy in the corporate world and brought different perspectives with practical anologies on how to apply Empathy on different situations understanding the opposite party’s needs without compromising our need. The event was well attended; very interactive and over 60 software professionals attended the session. The audience were requesting for a longer workshop-kind session in upcoming year. Thanks to Mr. Manohar Ashwath for organizing the program.