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ORGANIZATIONS

Vidyaranya Kannada Kuta

847-997-3429 | www.vidyaranyakannadakuta.org/index.php/about-vkk |

vicepresident@vidyaranyakannadakuta.org

FOUNDING YEAR: 1973 VOLUNTEER STRENGTH : 50

donations camp, charity for poor
FOUNDING MEMBERS
Shriraman Aparanji, Tribhuvana Murthy, Venkatesh • Organize drama performances, Kannada movie
Jakka screening, devotional music concerts

VISION MAJOR PROJECTS
Combine meaningful volunteer work and real life
experiences to address a real community need. • Sankranthi celebrations at the Hindu Temple of
Greater Chicago
MISSION
To improve the lives and protect the dignity of the • Annual Winter Olympiad March 2020
less fortunate in our community. Our humanitarian • Yugadi Habba Celebration
endeavors are aimed at promoting and strengthening • Ganesh Habba Celebration
our community and our basic humanitarian principles • Charitable Programs
innate to each of us. • Deepavali and Kannada Rajyotsava Celebration
• Offer/conduct free medical checkup, blood
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Vidyaranya Kannada Kuta is a not-for-profit donations camp, charity for poor
organization catering to the needs of Kannadigas • Organize drama performances, Kannada movie
of Illinois. We seek to organize meetings, promote screening, devotional music concerts
cultural activities for adults as well as youth born
and growing up in the US, and support various IMPORTANCE OF DHARMIC NETWORK FOR
humanitarian causes. HUMANITY
It is important for an organisation like ours to offer
HIGHLIGHTS
• Sankranthi celebrations at the Hindu Temple of help and be involved in outreach activities in this
Greater Chicago COVID situation.
• Annual Winter Olympiad March 2020 COVID-19 RESPONSE HIGHLIGHTS
• Yugadi Habba Celebration Due to lack of physical infrastructure, we currently
• Ganesh Habba Celebration organize virtual programs like music concerts,
• Charitable Programs Kannada Sahitya programs, folk music and standup
• Deepavali and Kannada Rajyotsava Celebration comeday forums.
• Offer/conduct free medical checkup, blood

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