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Kaushik raised $2400 through a Facebook
fundraiser and donated $1200 towards the Kerala
Club Flood fundraiser.
Kudos to Kaushik for organizing this fundraiser on
August 17and raising this money towards a great
cause. It is amazing to see kids thinking about
helping people back home and goes to show how
the community needs more kids like Kaushik to
show the generous act.
According to Kaushik - "I started a fundraiser on
Facebook, and invited everybody I knew to help out
in whatever way possible. I had never raised money
online before, so I was initially skeptical of its
capabilities. However, with the help of my parents,
I was able to raise over $700 on the first day alone.
I believe that the primary reason for such a
Our partners who stood with us in
raising funds for the flood-a ected victims
Michigan Indo-American Forum (MIAF):
Kerala Club members would like to convey their
sincere thanks to the Michigan Indo-American
Forum (MIAF) for their kind gesture in donating
$5000 to the Kerala Club's Kerala Floods Relief
Fundraiser. This amount will be utilized in our
ongoing relief and rebuilding e orts for the people
of Kerala. Kerala Club and its members would like to
thank Mr. Murali Nair - President MIAF, Mr. Nandu
Kamat - Treasurer MIAF and the entire team at
MIAF for this wonderful partnership towards a
great cause.
Henry Ford Macomb Hospitals Medical Sta
Fund:
The Kerala Club received a generous contribution
from Henry Ford Macomb Hospitals Medical Sta
Fund in the amount of $5000 towards our Kerala
Floods Relief Fundraiser. The amount will be
utilized in the ongoing e orts by the Kerala Club
volunteers in helping the relief and rebuilding e ort
for the Kerala flood victims. We wish to thank Dr. Liz
Wilson and the entire Henry Ford Macomb
Hospitals Medical sta for this kind gesture. The
amount will be utilized in the ongoing e orts by the
2018
successful fundraiser was the fact that a lot of
people were sharing my page and information
about the floods on their social media. This allowed
people to be aware of the situation in Kerala and
made them want to help out."
Parasar and SreeDeekshitha Athmakuri:
Kerala Club and its executive committee members
would like to give a big shout out to to Parasar and
SreeDeekshitha Athmakuri for contributing to the
Kerala Club Go Fund Me from their personal
savings.
Varnika Are:
Kerala Club and its executive committee members
would like to give a big shout out to to Varnika Are
for contributing to the Kerala Club Go Fund Me.
Kerala Club volunteers in helping the relief and
rebuilding e ort for the Kerala flood victims.
Children’s Academy:
Thank you, Children’s Academy, for supporting our
Kerala Floods Relief Fundraiser. A great gesture by
a great organization. A partner in need is a partner
indeed. The $2000 will greatly help in providing the
much needed assistance to the flood victims in
Kerala. Mrs. Sherin Thomas has been a great partner
with us over the years; we sincerely appreciate it.
Skateworld:
Kerala Club of Detroit would like to sincerely thank
Skate World of Troy and Nirupa Surendran for
partnering with us in helping raise funds for the
Kerala Floods Relief Fundraiser. Skate World of Troy
owner Larry Masumy reached out with an open
heart after seeing the people of Kerala su er due to
the devastating floods. Nirupa Surendran was the
main driving force in this fundraiser working closely
with Skate World of Troy and Kerala Club members
to organize and successfully conduct the fundraiser.
With all the support that we received from Skate
World of Troy's patrons we raised over $1000 on
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