Announcements May 11, 2014 - Chinmaya...

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The Chinmaya Mission

Pittsburgh FAMILY

Announcements

May 11, 2014


LAST DAY of

BALAVIHAR

• This is the last day of the

current Balavihar session.

• We’ll resume on September

7, 2014

• PLEASE ATTEND THE

GRADUATION FUNCTION

ON May 17, 2014


Our

Satellite Centers

• CMP has started a satellite center in the South

Hills (Fort Couch Middle School).

• We are also planning a North Hills Center, which

will hopefully open in September

• Please let your friends know about these new

venues.

• If you are interested in transferring to the new

sites, please email [email protected] or

[email protected]


Youth

Seva

• Our Youth Seva program

teaches our children to think

about sharing and caring

• This year, the group raised

over $1300 for CORD

• All children are invited to

join – please email

[email protected]


Read-a-thon

contributions

• The Read-A-Thon is one of the many

projects sponsored by the Youth Seva

Committee

• If you received an email showing how

many books your child read, please make

your contribution accordingly


Presidential Volunteer

Service Award

• The President’s Volunteer Service Award is the premier

volunteer awards program in the US

• Through the efforts of one of our parents, CMP is now an

officially designated certifying organization

• We will now be able to officially recognize our volunteers

with awards and certificates. Such recognition may be

especially valuable to students when they apply to college.

• We will recognize several volunteers at the Graduation

Ceremony next week


Community

Seva

• Our Community Seva

Program allows everyone an

opportunity to serve

• Please join or get more info

by e-mailing

– [email protected] OR

– [email protected]


PARENT

SATSANG

• Balavihar is designed to teach children,but the

adults are not forgotten!

• Our Assembly is intended for the whole family

• From 11am to 12pm, we have a Parent

Satsang, which will include study of key

Vedantic texts and also Yoga practice

• We are seeking parent volunteers to help lead

the study sessions. If you are willing, please

email [email protected]


Jnaana

Yagnas

• CMP holds spiritual discourses several times a year.

• Chinmaya Misssion Acharyas from all over the world come to share their wisdom through evening lectures about various topics


Our

Volunteers

• Everyone that you see helping at CMP is a

volunteer

• Do you have an interest in helping?

– Please contact [email protected]


Lunch

Program

• Our ever-popular lunch program is only

possible because of a committed group of

volunteers, as well as lunch sponsors

• If you would like to volunteer or serve as

a sponsor, please contact




Lunch

Sponsor

Many thanks to the Lunch Sponsor today:

• Nadkarni family

• Shah family


Online

Information

• Missed an announcement? Need to see

the full Balavihar calendar?

• You can access this slideshow or our

calendar ONLINE at any time

• Go to

www.chinmayamissionpittsburgh.org

and follow the links


www.chinmayamissionpittsburgh.org

Weekly

announcements

Entire year’s

calendar


End-of-Year

Function

• We are now planning to complete our Balavihar year with a graduation celebration and fun activities

• This event will occur on Saturday, May 17, 2014 at Carson Middle School (North Hills)

• We are planning a grand function, followed by games, dinner, and ice cream

• PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND!!


Summer

Camps!!

• We are planning THREE major summer

activities

– Kids camp June 29-July 3

– High Schooler camp August 10-14

– Sundarakand by Swami Shantanandaji Aug17-24

• Look out for more details, which will be sent

by email over the ensuing weeks


Family Camp

SAVE THE DATE

• We have scheduled our next family camp

for the weekend September 26-28, 2014

• We will again have this event at the

Antiochian Village

• Look out for an email invitation and

registration information


We strive to be on time!

Please do the same

• Swami Chinmayananda, our Mission’s founder, made it a ‘religion’ to be on time, and we seek to follow his example

• Please arrive to Assembly at 10:25 am or earlier.

• NEW: At 10:30 am, doors to the auditorium will be closed. If you arrive after 10:30 am, please view the Assembly using the large monitor in the lunch area

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