Teen Wellness Summit

On Saturday April/27/24, come visit us at Tuscarora High School for a Teen Wellness Summit event where our fellow USTEMM volunteers will be showcasing their volunteering services through science and math. Event Time: 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM Location: Tuscarora High School Contact: Email: FCTeenSummit@gmail.com Phone Number: (240) 877-943  

EKAL Urbana Kids tree planting

In a project coordinated by the VOU, Green Team Urbana and the Future Stars Program, we joined other volunteers on Sunday May 15 to beautify our neighborhood. Inspired by the success of last year’s plantings in the VOU, Abhi Senthilkumar, a senior at Urbana High School, organized Team Rushmore to add more native plants to our environment. We spent the …

Helping Frederick Rescue Mission

We’ve made great progress in overcoming COVID-19, but we still feel its impacts in our daily lives. As we are getting used to going back to our daily pre-pandemic lives, it is easy to forget the lessons we learned throughout the pandemic, like being grateful for what we have. Because of this we wanted to give back to the community …

Celebrating Indian Independence

The Youth members Ayra, Jai, Kanishka, Nainitha, Pranav, Rakshan, Rakshita, Rishi, Varsha, and Vrishank shared facts about India with the audience and led the National Anthem. In a short span of 74 years after independence, India became the second-fastest-growing economy in the world. A few of India’s many accomplishments are: one of the largest railway networks, the world’s largest milk …

EKAL Youth Help Clean Up Urbana

The pandemic has impacted our lives in an unprecedented way. It has significantly disrupted social life and the global economy. The Urbana STEMM and EKAL youth wanted to create awareness among their peers, and at the same time keep our common areas clean and safe. Some of us, such as Azhan, Reshma, Anushka, Niharika, and Dhruv took a lead and …