Time for next donation

Joy bank will be carrying out the next donation to mantralaya and affected people near mantralaya. We need donations as well as volunteers in large amount. We can also carry out the donation in north karnataka villages if we can raise sufficient funds. Members can donate money or used clothes which are in good condition which can be shirts,sarees,dresses etc.

Here is a form for your convenience, Please fill the form and submit it as soon as possible http://gouree.wufoo.com/forms/joy-bank-group/

visit joy bank website : http://joybank.webs.com/

spreading joy to the flood affected people

The retreating monsoon claimed several lives due to torrential rains and rampaging floods in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Many people who survived from this havoc were left homeless.

Joy bank group is planning to spread its joy to these people who are affected by floods by providing food/medicine/grains. I need suggestions from all the members regarding how we can accomplish this task with perfection. I am sure that all the members will lend a helping hand in this cause but how can we make sure that whatever donation we make reach the people who are in need and not into intermediate hands?? How can we directly reach to those people? For this cause lot of volunteers are required who can personally visit the flood affected areas and carry out the donation. Please pour in your ideas, suggestions and views at the earliest so that we can reach out to the affected areas as soon as possible.

Joy bank website :-

http://joybank.webs.com/

Successful Completion of 2nd Donation in Banglore

Joy Bank Group has successfully completed the donation to Desire Society , Banglore on 19th July 2009. It was a wonderful experience to all the members who had assembled for the event. As it is rightly said, "The virtues of donations are great because it helps the needy and at the same time it gives an opportunity to the donor to give the surplus to the people in need. It helps the needy to sustain himself. This was indeed an opportunity for all the joy bank members to spread joy and happiness to all those lovely, innocent children.

We reached the society at 11 am. We had a warm welcome from Mr Subhash who is one of the founder members of Desire Society. He explained to us about his motivations and working of the society. DESIRE Society is a non-profit voluntary organization established in the year of 2003 , keeping an objective of health development and well-being of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA).

Total of 10 joy members were present on the event day.

We Distributed eating stuff, cold drinks and chocolates to the children. All children were delighted to see us and were very friendly, full of energy. They introduced themselves one after other. I truly believe that happiness comes to those who are moving towards something they want very much to happen. And it always involves making someone else happy. All the members were spellbound by the activeness of these children.

After finishing their snacks , it was a round of talent. Children sang and danced and we too followed their tunes.Joy members kept encouraging the kids with their lovely comments and gestures. It really feels blessed to have such members in our family.

After the talent round was the time to play!!!! Joy members and desire kids had a lovely time playing cricket..All were back to their school days for that moment...

It was one of the most memorable days in our lives. It was a lovely experience . Our hearts were full of delight.. Before saying good bye, it was a very lovely gesture from 2 of our joy members(Venkatesh & Vijay) to take the kids along with them on rides rather i would say "joy rides". You must have seen the satisfied faces of the kids. I have truly started believing that In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out , completes the circle and comes back to us.It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.Do lend a helping hand to all those who are less blessed.

You can become a member of joy bank group by just filling up this simple form

http://gouree.wufoo.com/forms/joy-bank-bank-for-a-noble-cause/

Do join and read Joy bank website:

joybank.webs.com

JOY BANK GROUP SPONSERED 2 STUDENTS!

Joy bank has sponsered 2 students for their education namely, Miss. Saylee Bhende and Mr Pavan.Nilajkar. Both the students are extremely talented and intelligent.

Saylee is studying in V.M.Shanbhag School in Belgaum.Pavan.Nilajkar is studying in G.S.S College Belgaum.

We wish both these students all the very Best and hope they excel in whatever they do.

 Its time for our next donation. !!

"Desire society"-Bangalore is the place where joy bank will carry out its next donation.

Desire society is an organization that takes care of hiv positive kids who inherited this disease from their parents.Its parent society was registered in hyderabad in 2005.The branch in J.P Nagar shelters 22 children who are hiv +ve. They are in need of donations either in cash or kind.One of the directors of desire society Mr Subhash said that it would be helpful if we could donate few ceiling fans to them as it is their necessity at this moment. They are in need of books too. 

Address of desire society bangalore:

Plot no 35 coconut avenue,

Jambusavari Dinne,

J P Nagar VIII Phase,

Bangalore 560076

Members are requested to donate money(Min 150rs) to joy bank account from which we will be purchasing fans and books.If we join our hands together we can be of greater help than contributing individually.So lets work as a team. Detailed receipts will be given to all the donors. If the donor cannot join us on the event day we will be mailing you a letter from the desire society so that you know that your money is put in the right hands.This donation will be carried out on the last Sunday of July.Members are requested to join us on this day to make it a grand success.

People who want to donate can register using the link below

 http://gouree.wufoo.com/forms/joy-bank-bank-for-a-noble-cause/

JOY BANK GROUP REGISTERED

Glad to inform you all that "Joy Bank Group" is successfuly registered. We are now all set to carry out our next donation. Our family now has a total of 48 members. Hope to make our next event a grand success.

Listing a few places which i have come across with the help of internet. Go through these options and vote for the best possible option you think or you may even come up with new options.

1. DIVYADEEPA 

Divyadeepa is a Mysore based non profit organization working for the betterment of opportunity deprived children. It has been started with an aim to transform these children into self-reliant citizens of the country by giving them care, love, empathy & memorable childhood.Divyadeepa also works in the field of youth and women empowerment, rural development and environmental awareness..

2. Children Orphanage & Destitute Home

18th Cross, Ramesh Nagar
Marathahalli Colony
Bangalore-560037

Where can we carry out our next donation??

Hello joy members,
As we are done with our first donation we now need to focus on our second. 50% of our members are from banglore hence it would be good if we schedule our next event in banglore itself. I need your suggestions ,views about our next event. Members can come up with names of orphanages,blind schools they have been across.
Joy bank group is a family. We all need to interact with each other for more ideas . Only then our goals can be achieved. Till now it was a one to one interaction between me and the other member. But i suggest we all interact with each other so that we feel AS A FAMILY.
post in ur comments and opinions. There are 43 members in our family now. Lets all be a team and achieve our objective. Because i believe that " What is important is not how much we do , but, how much love we put in doing it".

Keep smiling. :)
Gouree.Deshpande-Manjarekar

First event- Grand success

Joybank group has started its joy ride!! Joy bank has just accomplished its first task for spreading happiness.
8th of january 2009 joybank group donated shirts,sarees and food to Shantayee vriddhashram Belgaum.All the grandmas and grandpas were very happy receiving our gifts. They have showered our group with all their blessings and good wishes.

This was a lifetime experience. As soon as we reached the ashram we received many smiles. All the grandparents were eagerly waiting for us. The manager Mr Nagesh Cougule welcomed us and made us familiar with the entire ashram. We started the function with prayers to the almighty lord. We then told them about our joybank group and all the donors who have donated. We handed over some eating stuffs to the cook. All the guests were requested to handover sarees and shirts to the grandparents.

The function was over by 7.30. “Our heart was full of delight when we saw the happiness in their eyes, Let us all pray God to make our hands so strong that we can reach all the needy who need us always...”

Keep smiling
-Gouree.Deshpande-Manjarekar
Joybank group

JOY BANK in DNA newspaper Banglore edition

hello members, glad to inform you that joy bank has started its long track journey already. Article on joy bank is been published in DNA Newspaper banglore edition on 6th of january 2009. Journalist P.K.Surendran is very much interested in the whole concept of our bank and is now an active member of joy bank. 

The link for this interview on joybank  is -->

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1219323 

Keep smiling -Gouree