Greater St. Louis Nepali Chautari (GSTLNC)

Let's congratulate our very own Kiran Gajmer bhai on passing the blind audition of Voice of Nepal Season - 3. You have definitely made us proud. We wish him all the best for upcoming round and want to let him know that entire ST. Louis community will be rooting for him. Good Luck bhai! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OQaO4p2-f4

Update: Thank you for your help and supporting our campaign 2000 books to 2000 children in 1 month. With your help we are happy to announce that we were able to raise enough fund and books (including pledges) to purchase/order more than the number of books we expected. Here is the snapshot of funds and books that have been purchased and/or ordered.... Total Raised: $2,709.32 Transfer fee (4 transaction $45 each): $180 Total Fund for books: $2529.32 Number of books purchases/ordered: 2770 Distribution of books started from 02/14/2021 and will continue until all the books have been distributed. We have started to deliver books to our volunteers who will take the books to various schools in the country and distribute them to class 3 and/or class 4 students of Government schools. The list of schools and number of books donated along with pictures of schools and children receiving the books are uploaded to the Book Distribution page as we receive them from our volunteers. Please visit the site below for campaign details and updates. Site includes everything from name of donors, volunteers, books publishers and detail of fund raised. https://readwriteandeducate.org/ Again, thank you very much for your help and support. Your donation has and will make a difference, however big or small that may be. PS. Special Thanks to Bharat Kandel, our Past President for initiating this campaign. Kudos to his effort! Have a Great Day!

Wanted to send a quick reminder that our Books distribution campaign is coming to an end this Sunday Feburary 14th, if you still haven't donated we would encourage you guys to donate for this great cause. Any amount of money is a great help so we would like you to open up your wallet and share a little. If you have any questions or concerns please feel fee to contact us via messenger. Stay warm and Happy Friday to you all !... http://gstlnc.org/newsite/archives/1412

Dear Chautarians, Got a message from ER doctor from SLU Hospital. They have an elderly gentleman whose name they do not know and he does not speak English. They think he is from Nepal based on some numbers he wrote down. They have not been able to communicate with him even with the translator lines. If you know any missing elderly males recently please contact SLU Hospital ER. Thank you!

Dear Friends, Our Books distribution campaign is coming to an end soon so want to encourage our members to donate for this great cause. Any amount of money is a great help so we would like you to open up your wallet and share a little. if you have any questions or concerns please feel fee to contact us via messenger. Thank you and have a great day!

Dear Chautrains, We would like to request you all to join our initiative of buying and distributing 1000 books to 1000 children in Nepal within first two weeks of February 2021. You can help by donating books to our volunteers in Nepal or donating money via the link below. A mere $10 donation will be enough to purchase 2 to 3 books in Nepal based on discounts provided by our partner publishers in Nepal. Donation link: Donate (https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=GBR...JL9WBZ58B4) GSTLNC Book donation campaign information: Books distribution to Children affected by Pandemic in Nepal http://gstlnc.org/newsite/archives/1412 Book donation campaign inspired from: https://tinyurl.com/y4fexo29

Let your voice be heard. Choice is yours to make a diffrence today. GO VOTE!

Wishing you and your family a Happy Dashian. Stay Blessed!

Missouri register to vote deadline is October 7th 2020 (next week). Please register and let your voice be heard. If you cannot make to the poll in Nov 3rd, request the mail in ballot TODAY. !!!VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!... https://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/goVoteMissouri/howtovote

Nepali Interpreters Wanted! Please call/email Mina if you are interested.

GSTLNC’s Covid support update: 07/25/2020 We want to make an announcement: Since we ran out of funds unfortunately we will be halting the Covid care package from today. If you have any question or concerns please reach out to us. This our 14th week delivering the care package in our community. As of today, we have provided 267 care packages to the students and families in need during this time of pandemic. We have delivered both food and critical packages not only for our co...mmunity here in St. Louis but also personally delivered packages to the students in Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, MO and Edwardsville IL. Once again we want to give a big THANK YOU out to our donors, our partner Gurung Bazaar and Seema at Page Ave.An Indian Grocery Store.and all our volunteers for thier support our community and making this program possible. Also, a big shout out to our GSTLNC’s Covid Task force team. They have contributed countless hours and worked selflessly to initiate this program and make it successful. If you see them don’t forget to acknowledge their work or send them a thank you note! GSTLNC’s Covid Task force team members: - Balram Panthi (Relief package coordinator): 314-276-3868 - Rohan Benjankar (Illinois/Metro East): 208-284-8472 - Dhiraj Pradhan (Fund coordinator): 618-444-8317 - Leewa Kathiwada (Communication): 314-225-7187 - Neelam Kayastha (Relief package coordinator): 540-449-5019 - Kamal Thapa (St. Charles County and Relief package coordinator): 314-556-9720 - Manoj Nepal (St. Louis City and Relief package coordinator): 314-452-0349 - RK Wagle (IT Coordinator): 703-789-4040 - Divesh Pradhan (Program coordinator): 314-283-4067 Thank you all and Stay Safe!

GSTLNC’s Covid support update: 07/19/2020 This our 13th week delivering the care package in our community. As of today, we have provided 247 care packages to the students and families in need during this time of pandemic. We have received several notes from people thanking this initiative and given feedback of the positive impact it has made during the shutdown. All the credit goes our donors who made it happen. Thank you! Unfortunately, we will be ending the care package pro...gram in 2 weeks (7/31) since the funds are depleting. For the last 2 weeks Individuals/family who have not used this care package are prioritized and recommended to get assistance. We want to give a big shout out to our GSTLNC’s Covid Task force team. They have contributed countless hours and worked selflessly to initiate this program and make it successful. If you see them don’t forget to acknowledge their work or send them a thank you note! GSTLNC’s Covid Task force team members: - Balram Panthi (Relief package coordinator): 314-276-3868 - Rohan Benjankar (Illinois/Metro East): 208-284-8472 - Dhiraj Pradhan (St. Louis County/Fund coordinator): 618-444-8317 - Leewa Kathiwada (Communication): 314-225-7187 - Neelam Kayastha (Relief package coordinator): 540-449-5019 - Kamal Thapa (St. Charles County and Relief package coordinator): 314-556-9720 - Manoj Nepal (St. Louis City and Relief package coordinator): 314-452-0349 - RK Wagle (IT Coordinator): 703-789-4040 - Divesh Pradhan (Relief package coordinator): 314-283-4067 The best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself in the service of others. Mahatma Gandhi https://www.gofundme.com/f/gstlnc-covid-19

GSTLNC’s Covid support update: 07/03/2020 This our 11th week delivering the care package in our community. As of today, we have 263 people signed up and have around 198 people have picked up the care package so far. We have also started distribution essential items like mask, sanitizer and gloves to the needed individual or family. If anyone is in need please share this message. ... Since the demand is still there, we will need further more funding to continue this effort so we are looking for your generosity. Anything would help, if you donate $20 you will be providing the necessary food supplies for 1 person for 1 week. The best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself in the service of others. Mahatma Gandhi Happy 4th of July everyone, Have Fun and Stay Safe! https://www.gofundme.com/f/gstlnc-covid-19

GSTLNC’s Covid support update: 06/21/2020 This our 9th week delivering the care package in our community. As of today, we have 221 people signed up. We have seen most of students taking advantage of this program week over week and some have picked up 7 times in a row. We are gotten several thank you/appreciation note from the members of how it has help them during the lockdown. This is the second week that our volunteers drove all the way to Southeast Missouri State Univers...ity, Cape Girardeau, Missouri to drop the care package to the students. Our volunteers have also dropped the care package to several students home who didn’t have ride to pick it up from the store. If you like to volunteer to deliver the care pacakge, please reach out to one of us by sending us the direct message. We have also started distribution of essential items like mask, sanitizer and gloves to the needed individual or family as the St. Louis has open and our commuity needs to get around, go to work which will help protect them and others. Since the demand is still there, we will need further more funding to continue this effort so we are looking for your generosity. Anything would help, if you donate $20 you will be providing the necessary food supplies for 1 person for 1 week. https://www.gofundme.com/f/gstlnc-covid-19

GSTLNC’s Covid support update: 05/06/2020 This our 7th week delivering the care package in our community. As of today, we have 170 people signed up, out of which 154 of them are students or their dependents and rest are families. This week some of our volunteers drove all the way to Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau to drop the care package to the students. Along with the food we also dropped sets of sanitizer and mask. (Thanks to Sewa For Saint Louis for... donating mask and Citimortgage for donating the sanitizer). We could NOT have done this without your support and generous donations. Thank you for being an important part of our story. Also, As the demand keeps increasing every week, we will need further more funding to continue this effort so we are looking for your generosity. Anything would help, if you donate $20 you will be providing the necessary food supplies for 1 person for 1 week. https://www.gofundme.com/f/gstlnc-covid-19

At the end it’s not about what you have or even what you’ve accomplished. It’s about who you’ve lifted up, who you’ve made better. It’s about what you’ve given back. - DW https://www.gofundme.com/f/gstlnc-covid-19

GSTLNC’s Covid support update: 05/30/2020 This our 6th week delivering the care package in our community. As of today, we have 149 people signed up, out of which 138 of them are students or their dependents and rest are families. This week we saw the most serge in the sign up thus we had to increase our quotas temporarily. 31 students picked up the care package this week. Its all because of your support. THANK YOU!!! As the demand keeps increasing every week, we will need fur...ther more funding to continue this effort so we are looking for your generosity. Anything would help, if you donate $20 you will be providing the necessary food supplies for 1 person for 1 week. Robin Sharma, a Canadian author said it right: Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more. https://www.gofundme.com/f/gstlnc-covid-19

Since our last post we had quite a few queries about the items included in the care package. With help from store owners and Covid task force team we have compiled a list of items included in the weekly care groceries package. This will give a clear guidance to both store owners and recipients. Rice Bread Eggs ... Oil Milk Yogurt Noodles Fresh/Dry/Frozen vegetables Fruits Flour Fresh/Frozen Roti/Paratha Lintel and beans Poha/Cheura (beaten rice) Basic spices Salt/Sugar Tea/Coffee If we have missed any critical items please fill out the survey and put in the feedback/suggestion section for consideration. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PZWD2PC Thank you for your support and understanding. - GSTLNC Task Force Team

Wanted to remind everyone that GSTLNC’s weekly care package is still taking place as planned and is on its 6th week. If you need help with your groceries please signup using the link below. GSTLNC Covid-19 Support Sign-up Form https://forms.gle/UqjE9TnWQSMMBo8r8... Pickup Location: Gurung Bazaar Phone: 314-664-2884 or 314-337-3531 3801 S Grand Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63118 Pickup Time: 11AM-6PM Seema at Page Ave.An Indian Grocery Store. Phone:314-423-9998 10635 Page Ave, St. Louis, MO 63132 Pickup Time: 10AM-7PM (Sunday-Thursday) 10AM-8PM (Friday-Saturday) Reminder: 1. This is a weekly care package so anyone who needs help can pick up from the aforementioned store in a weekly basis (every 7 days) after they sign up. 2. If you don’t need the package weekly then please be mindful and let others who are in most need to get the care package since we have quota of only 20 package per week. 3. Care package is 1 per person per week only at one store. So, please do not pick up the package from both Gurung bazaar and Seema in the same week. If you do this remember you are not letting other community members who are in need of groceries get the assistance due to the quotas. 4. The care package is for common daily essential groceries item like (rice, dal, vegetables, noodles etc) so please use your best judgement. 5. Please call the store before picking up the items. If you have not signed up and not received confirmation unfortunately you will not be able to get the assistance. Happy Memorial day!

GSTLNC’s Covid support update: 05/22/2020 This our 5th week delivering the care package in our community. As of today we have 104 people signed up, out of which 95 of them are Students or their dependents and rest are families. For past week or so we are seeing high need which is maxing our weekly quotas of 20 count. To increase the quotas, we will need further more funding so we are looking for your generosity. Anything would help, if you donate $20 you will be providing the... necessary food supplies for 1 person for 1 week. As Winston S. Churchill said: We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give. Lastly, wanted to thank you all your support It would not have been possible without your help. So THANK YOU!!! https://www.gofundme.com/f/gstlnc-covid-19