Completed Initiatives
Packaging 2800 Diapers for Moms in Need
Coppell Team
The PQ Coppell Chapter partnered with Hope Supply Co. This organization provides homeless and at-risk children with diapers, wipes, hygiene kits, baby food, and many other necessities. Our volunteers helped their initiative by sorting and packaging over 2800 diapers!
Treats for Animals @ Plainfield Area Humane Society
Edison Team
PQ Edison organized donated food items, socialized with the cats, and walked the dogs at Plainfield Area Humane Society animal shelter! They showed that their community outreach extends past just humans, but also to animal companions!
Posters for Teachers and Faculty @ JP Stevens High School
Doing What’s Needed
Our Edison chapter expressed their gratitude for teachers and faculty at JP Stevens High school through beautifully designed posters! They brought a smile to the faces of many teachers, and welcomed copious amounts of positivity to their community!
Utensil Bundles for Soup Kitchen in Need
Edison Team
The Edison utensil bundles project was a wonderful initiative that provided a local kitchen with well-needed supplies. Elijah’s Promise Soup Kitchens received 50 utensil bundles consisting of forks, spoons, and napkins. The soup kitchen provides meals for many community members, so our Edison chapter further helped the kitchen’s initiatives.
Frisco Art Camp
Frisco Team
PQ Frisco’s art camps were a creative project like nothing PQ had done before. They raised an astounding $600, while also spreading the joy and creativity of PQ by teaching young children how to make beautiful pieces of art.
Appreciation Treats for Medical City Frisco
Frisco Team
Our frisco chapter drops off baked sweets to show appreciation for doctors at Medical City Frisco!
Appreciation Packages for Prosper Firefighters
Prosper Team
Our PQ Prosper chapter delivered appreciation packages for the firefighters in their district today! These packages included an assortment of snacks and crafts to show how much our first responders mean to us! We are so proud of their hard work, along with the time and dedication they’ve put in every project they have taken on so far. Even though our Prosper chapter is one of our newly formed chapters, Khushi has quickly become one of the best leaders I’ve worked with. Their chapter’s work is impressive!
Coppell Farmers Market Fundraiser
Coppell Team
Our PQ Fundraiser at the Farmers Market was a success! We were able to raise $400!! Go team and thank you to everyone who came out and supported and for all our awesome members for making it happen!
Bake Sale Fundraiser
Prosper Team
Our Prosper chapter had their first fundraiser today and raised a total of $226. They made hand baked goodies from brownies and cookies to pastries and pretzels. Everything they made was so excellent and they are so awesome!! We are beyond proud of them! Go team!
Edison Clothing Drive
Edison Team
Our Edison Chapter dropped off 200 pieces of clothing (6 bags) to those in need! Go team!
Relay for Life Partnership with the American Heart Association
Coppell Team
Our PQ team was a vendor today for the Relay for Life with the American Heart Association @ the Coppell HS 9th grade Campus. We raised $65! Go team!!
Project Querencia x March of Dimes Remembrance Walk @ Dallas!
Coppell and Prosper Team
Project Querencia x March of Dimes Remembrance Walk @ Dallas! This walk and event were definitely so memorable and we were able to learn so much and grow so much. Our Coppell and Prosper chapter met for the first time and it was awesome! Thank you to Khushi, our prosper chapter head for bringing her team to help at the event and for Ms. Modi for giving us this awesome opportunity! Go team!.
Project Querencia x March of Dimes Walk of Remembrance @ Fort Worth
Coppell Team
Project Querencia x March of Dimes Walk of Remembrance! Definitely, an unforgettable experience to see the impact being made on these strong moms and their families, getting to meet so many groups from healthcare to just the volunteers that never stopped making us laugh, the on site nail painting, face-painting, and so much more! Thank you Ms. Modi for giving us this wonderful opportunity and for letting us be a part of such a beautiful event! Everyone come join us next weekend to support for take 2 on the event @ Dallas!
Old Town Anniversary Fair - Mural Presentation
Coppell Team
Today PQ Coppell took on the Old Town Anniversary Fair where we presented our plan for painting a mural at the Old Town Local Diner and the Summer fair that we are going to have in June! We got to build so many connections with the members of old town and met so many amazing people that are ready to come volunteer for this awesome upcoming event! We hope that you will be here with us to support Old Town and our PQ family as we begin this new endeavor to bring the community together to create a new Coppell Landmark!
Earthfest - Helping the Environment with Eco-Friendly Bird Houses
Coppell Team
Thank you to everyone who came and supported us at earthfest! This event was definitely one for the books and I’m so proud of our pq family. We raised over $200 which will go towards future initiatives! Wohoo! We are also really happy to say that we met amazing new members interested in service and built new connections with our community!
A couple recognitions : Thank you to Maya for working tirelessly with me to make preparations for earthfest and being such an avid speaker and for her dad for being on site and helping us set up this beautiful booth. Thank you to Spandan, Roma, and Sahaj for spending this Saturday AND the last Saturday volunteering with us @ Coppell events and for being so bright, spontaneous, and dedicated. This event wouldn’t have been possible without y’all! We did it guys!
200 Care Packages for Prosper Teachers
Prosper Team
Our PQ prosper chapter delivered 200 care packages to show appreciation for their teachers during teacher appreciation week. Getting back to normality after COVID is a struggle for educators and we thought that showing appreciation for them would brighten up their day! Go team!
Coppell Connected - Neighbors Help Neighbors
Coppell Team
Today, our PQ Coppell team took on the Coppell Connected - Neighbors help Neighbors event where we brought the Coppell community together by helping residents with various tasks from washing windows to painting fences! So proud of our team and their hardwork during this event! We look forward to it next year as well!
176 Cards for Veterans @ Menlo Park Veteran Home (Edison)
Edison Team
PQ Edison writes 176 cards for veterans at Menlo Park Veteran Memorial Home!
135 Meals for the Homeless in Rural Chennai, India
Organized by Shraavya Pydisetti and Jia Dedoja
Project Querencia takes it international! Today, we were able to provide 135 meals for the homeless in rural India and we received these photos and videos in return. We cannot begin to express in words how grateful we felt watching this video…this is why we do what we do and we are so lucky to be able to serve and make a difference even if it’s a small one❤️
Candygrams for doctors @ Excel Pediatrics in Piscatawy
Edison Team
Our Edison team created candygrams for doctors serving children in order to show appreciation for their hard work!
Holi Fundraiser to collect items for local shelters
Frisco Team
Our PQ Frisco team held a Holi fundraiser this weekend to bring together members and the community to celebrate culture while also collecting items in high need in local shelters! The event was incredibly successful and our members raised over $150 worth of items such as cereal, cooking oil, diapers, and more. Thank you to everyone who donated and helped out!
Resource fundraiser for low-income families
Edison Team
Our PQ Edison team fundraisers and donate non-perishable items such as pasta, canned foods, cereals, etc. These items were then given to families in the Edison community that were lacking these necessities. They also assisted in packaging bags with food and essential items to give to these families firsthand through car drives!
Birthday gifts & presents for kids @ Children’s Health Medical Center in Plano!
Navya Munigety, Shraavya Pydisetti, Anish Arepally, Rushil Vankamamidi
We were able to provide $110 worth of gifts for Children fighting disease!
Hygiene kits in Partnership with iLead for the Homeless
Shraavya Pydisetti, Sanjitha Sreemustha, Navya Munigety, Krish Patel
Thanks to our PQ team for helping fund items to help the Coppell iLead team create 500 packages to help the homeless and low-income families. Also a huge thanks to our members for helping write 300 cards and decorating 200 bags! Good job iLead and go PQ members!
The packages provided consisted of soap, toilet paper, toothbrushes, toothpaste, cards, shampoo, laundry detergent, and socks. Feminine hygiene products, as well as baby care items.
Candygrams for Cancer Patients @ Hematology and Oncology Care Edison
(Edison)
Edison Team
Go PQ Edison for delivering cards and candy grams for cancer patients at The hematology and oncology care in Edison! These packages included hand written notes from the members, chocolates, and other treats to motivate those battling cancer!
Litter Cleanup @ Roosevelt Park (Edison)
Edison Team
Our Edison team helped the environment by cleaning up litter in one of the biggest parks in Edison, New Jersey - Roosevelt Park. Go team!
$2000 Donation Partnership with March of Dimes for North TX Food Bank (Coppell)
All Project Querencia Members
We were able to team up with March of Dimes to provide 6000 meals for individuals in need through a $2000 donation! Go PQ team!
Gift baggies for residents @ Watermere Oldage Home! (Frisco)
Frisco Team
Our Frisco chapter completed their first project by creating gift baggies for residents at Watermere Oldage Home! These gift baggies had cards, chocolates, and other appreciation treats in order to let these individuals know that we're thinking of them!
100 meals for the homeless in South Dallas (Coppell)
Divya Sivalenka, Shraavya Pydisetti, Hamsika Naganaboina, Sanjitha Sreemushta, Anish Arepally, Saharsh Manderwad, Sahaj Kancharla, Krish Patel, Manas Vayuvegula
Our team provided 100 homeless people down with pasta, water, and hand warmers! A life changing experience to say the least! Thank you to Anish, Shraavya, Hamsika, and Divya for cooking meals in their homes as well as Shraavya and Sanjitha’s dads for helping bring these meals downtown! Thank you to all our volunteers for helping make a difference for the homeless!
50 meals for the homeless in South Dallas (Coppell)
Shraavya Pydisetti, Navya Munigetty, Rushil Vankamamidi, Anish Arepally, Mihira Kada,Sowbarnika Morsa
Our members had made 50 meals to provide to the homeless and those in need during these difficult time in South Dallas. This was truly an amazing and life changing experience!
Homeless Hygiene Kits (Coppell)
Sowbarnika Morsa, Kaamya Pilaka
Sowbarnika Morsa and Kaamya Pilaka won our service project competition and were able to use $150 to derive their own project! These two amazing girls put together over 40 hygiene kits with treats, cards and other essentials items for homeless people!
Cards for Cancer Patients @ Texas Hematology Oncology (Coppell)
Rushil Vankamamidi
Our PQ member, Rushil Vankamamidi dropped off 500 cards for Cancer patients at Texas Hematology Oncology!
Packages for High Risk Pregnancy moms with March of Dimes (Coppell)
Krish Patel, Shraavya Pydisetti, Andy Vayalali
Our team packaged 75 kits for high risk pregnancy moms in partnership with March of Dimes! These kits include blood pressure kits, hand sanitizers, mini journals, and our own PQ Cards!
Thank you packages for Staff @ CISD Vonita White Building (Coppell)
Shraavya Pdyisetti
Starting off the year with our thank you package delivery for the staff at the CISD Vonita White Building to show appreciation for administrators in Coppell ISD and their hardworking! These packages include personalized books and pens, handmade paintings and cards, chocolates, chips and granola bars!
Care Packages @ Coppell High School for teachers (Coppell)
Shraavya Pydisetti, Sanjitha Sreemushta, Kadhir Vivekanandan, Rushil Vankamamidi
We delivered and made care packages for teachers at Coppell High School to show appreciation for everything these teachers have done for our school and community. These packages include hand made cups with hot chocolate, chocolate and cards made by members!
Care Packages delivery for teachers @ Coppell High School 9th grade Campus (Coppell)
Shraavya Pydisetti
We made these care packages to show appreciation to are teachers for their efforts for our students and district! These packages included hand made cups with hot chocolate, chocolates and a card!
300 Care Packages @ CISD Service Center (Coppell)
Shraavya Pydisetti, Sanjitha Sreemushta
We delivered 300 care packages to show appreciation for all the janitors, lunch ladies, and bus drivers in our district. We thank these staff for everything they do for us and the community. We love our "behind the scenes" superheros! In these packages we included granola bars, chips, chocolates, and a card made by our members!
Canned food drive @ Metrocrest (Coppell)
Manas Vayuvegula, Shraavya Pydisetti, Sanjitha Sreemushta
Our Project Querencia canned food drive was a HUGE success! We were able to provide OVER 300 CANS to Metrocrest!! Thank you to everyone who donated!!
Praire Restoration @ Coppell High School
Krish Patel, Shraavya Pydisetti, Dhruv Kamtam, Navya Munigety, Raed Sharib, Rithvik Chittineni, Anish Arepally, Sahaj Kancharla, Kadhir Vivekanandan, Mihir Kabbur, Arjun Jayakumar, Vivek Gadicherla, Rushil Vankamamidi, Sanjitha Sreemushta.
Project Querencia came together with texas conservation alliance and the sierra club at Coppell High School to restore an area back to its native form to promote native wildlife and attract native pollinators.
Appreciation cards for Texas Oncology department (Coppell)
Sanjitha Sreemushta, Shraavya Pydisetti
We donated 200+ cards to the Texas oncology department in medical city, Lewisville, we were able to provide support and encouragement to all the patients and doctors at the hospital and show appreciation toward their strength and perseverance through difficult times.
Book Resource Fair @ Irving
Sanjitha Sreemushta, Shriya Srivastava, Anish Arepally, Shraavya Pydisetti, Mihira Kada, Sanjana Sreemushta.
Coppell ISD gave us hundreds of books that were discarded from schools in order to create projects and use them to help people. We were able to take part in a huge resource fair at Irving to help underprivileged families and promote reading, literacy, and education.
Care packages @ Auberge Memory Care (Coppell)
Shraavya Pydisetti, Sanjitha Sreemushta, Arjun Jayakumar, Kaamya Pilaka, Deeksha Nandi, Mihira Kada
We are so thankful that we got the opportunity to make and deliver care packages for these awesome senior citizens and put a smile on their faces. Our packages included chocolate, cards, paintings, and blankets!
Resource and Packages donation in Coppell ISD @ CHS@9 (Coppell)
Shraavya Pydisetti, Sanjitha Sreemushta
Resource and packages donation for Special Education in Coppell ISD the 9th Grade Campus! We provided them with $200 worth of items from fidgets to puzzles as well as paintings and candygrams! It was an amazing opportunity and we are so glad we were able to support these awesome kids and strong teachers!
Project Querencia Fundraiser (Coppell)
ALL MEMBERS!!
I am ecstatic to say that we made a total amount of $550 at our Project Querencia Fudraiser that took place on Saturday at the Westhaven Subdivision!
I would like to take a moment to thank all of our members and volunteers for all their hard work and dedication to make this fundraiser happen! I know how much time it takes to make all of the items from brownies to pasta to mango lassi and to take the time to purchase all the items like tables and chairs and games that were needed and I am so thankful to have such an amazing team that is willing to do all that.
Mainly, I would like to thank @sunita_tumula for holding this amazing henna stall at the fundraiser that was such a highlight for every person who attended. Your work is absolutely stunning and I am so grateful that you took the time to come all the way to help us out and for spending hours with us and our team on such short notice. Our team LOVES YOU!!
So many of you were there to help in last minute situations and took so much time to make this happen. So many people came together today and it was SO beautiful to see that, from taking shifts at stalls to cleaning up late at night. I was so happy to see so many new members at the fundraiser and to see them putting in the time to stay back and help and get to know everyone and I’m so excited to work with each of you. We had a lot of siblings who also helped out and PLEASE members take the time to thank them because their patience and willingness to help was commendable. Thank you to everyone who came to our fundraiser and donated and supported us! I want to say so much more but I don’t know how to put my appreciation for all of you into words so just know I am so grateful for you guys and I love yall and this amazing PQ fam! Go us!
Litter Clean-up @ The Westhaven Subdivision (Coppell)
Shraavya Pydisetti, Rushil Vankamamidi, Sanjitha Sreemushta, Mihira Kada, Anish Arepally, Saharsh Manderwad, Karthik Emani
We hosted our park clean-up with Keep Coppell Beautiful at The Westhaven Subdivision to help take a step towards making the environment cleaner and safer as well as beautify the areas around us.
Litter Clean-up @ Andrew Brown Park West (Coppell)
Karthik Emani, Saharsh Maderwad, Anish Arepally
We hosted our park clean-up with Keep Coppell Beautiful at Andrew Brown Park West to help take a step towards making the environment cleaner and safer as well as beautify the areas around us.
Litter Clean-up @ Coppell Nature Park (Coppell)
Anish Arepally, Saharsh Manderwad, Karthik Sobhirala, Ratnakaru Yalagathala
We hosted our park clean-up with Keep Coppell Beautiful at Coppell Nature Park to help take a step towards making the environment cleaner and safer as well as beautify the areas around us.
Book Donations Workshop (Coppell)
Shraavya Pydisetti, Sanjitha Sreemushta, Pavithra Vijayakumar, Rushil Vankamamidi, Ananaya Anupindi, Parth Aphale, Saharsh Maderwad, Sanjitha Venkata, Revant Kanakamedala, Gautam Rao, Hamsika Naganaboina, Anusha Kokala, Mihira Kada
We took the opportunity to take the books that were donated to us to start sorting them in either working or ruined condition as well as by grade level and genres. We repackaged the books and got them ready for donation!
Candygram for Senior Citizens @ Rosewood Assisted Living (Coppell)
Sanjitha Sreemushta, Pavithra Vijayakumar, Rushil Vankamamidi, Alishba Khan, Rushil Vankamamidi, Shraavya Pydisetti
We created candygrams consisting of mini-paintings made by members, chocolates, and cards to show kindness and love towards senior citizens as well as those in memory and long-term care.
Candygrams for Senior Citizens @ Rockbrook Memory Care (Coppell)
Sanjitha Sreemushta, Harini Chandrashekhar, Hamsika Naganaboina, Shriya Srivastava, Shraavya Pydisetti
We created candygrams consisting of mini-paintings made by members, chocolates, and cards to show kindness and love towards senior citizens as well as those in memory and long-term care.
Candygrams for Senior Citizens @ River Oaks Senior Living (Coppell)
Sanjitha Sreemushta, Varshini Mandiram, Saanvi, Anusha Kokala, Harini Chandrashekhar, Hamsika Naganaboina, Mihira Kada, Shraavya Pydisetti
We created candygrams consisting of mini-paintings made by members, chocolates, and cards to show kindness and love towards senior citizens as well as those in memory and long-term care. This was hands down one of the best experiences for our members as we were able to go give each package individually to each citizen and it was heart-warming! Getting to be a part of putting a smile on their faces was all in all life-changing!
"DAD OLYMPIAD" Fundraiser for March for Babies (Coppell)
Shraavya Pydisetti, Anirudh Vayalali, Sanjitha Sreemushta, Kaveen Patel, Sheryl David
We held a "Dad Olympiad" Fundraiser on father's day to raise money for March for Babies. We thought an Olympiad would be an exciting way to present the idea of the importance of dads in natal care while raising money for a cause that supports dads, strong moms, and healthy babies. We held various games and activities for children to take part in with their dads and raised a total of $200.
Homemade Treats and Essentials for Domestic Animals @ Operation Kindness (Coppell)
Lead by Shruthi Lingam and Navya Munigety (Coppell)
Creation and Delivery of homemade dog treats in bulk to provide dog shelters which are short on treats as well as fundraising for and donating other care item supplies!
Homemade Treats and Essentials for Domestic Animals @ Coppell Animal Services (Coppell)
Lead by Shruthi Lingam and Navya Munigety
Creation and Delivery of homemade dog treats in bulk to provide dog shelters which are short on treats as well as fundraising for and donating other care item supplies!
Candygrams for Senior Citizens @ Home Instead (Coppell)
Shraavya Pydisetti, Meghana Chinta, Harshitha Swaminathan, Kaveen Patel, Sheryl David, Ananya Anupindi, Mihira Kada
We created candygrams consisting of mini-paintings made by members, chocolates, and cards to show kindness and love towards senior citizens as well as those facing long term diseases.
Resources Packaging Partnership with March for Babies (Coppell)
Shraavya Pydisetti, Revant Kanakamedala, Sanjitha Sreemushta, Varshini Mandiram, Anish Arepally, Saharsh Manderwad, Rushil Vankamamidi
We partnered with March for Babies to assist them in packaging items for natal and pre-natal care departments at various hospitals. We were able to take part in making a larger difference in helping mothers and babies across Dallas Downtown!
Candygrams @ The Coppell Fire Departments (Coppell)
Shraavya Pydisetti, Navya Munigety, Anish Arepally, Saharsh Maderwad, Sahaj Kancharla
We made 130 candygrams for the firefighters at the Coppell Fire Departments to thank them for everything they do for their community and working so hard during these difficult times and serving unconditionally. These candygrams had chocolates and cards enclosed in a cellophane packaging.
Candygrams @ Coppell Middle School East (Coppell)
Shraavya Pydisetti, Mihira Kada, Sanjitha Sreemushta, Gayathri Vijayakumar, Pavithra Vijayakumar, Harini Chandrasekar, Anusha Kokala, Hamsika Naganaboina
We made 120 candygrams for the educators and staff at Coppell Middle School East to thank them for everything they do for their students and working so hard during these difficult times. These candygrams had chocolates and cards enclosed in a cellophane packaging.
Candygrams @ Coppell Middle School West (Coppell)
Shraavya Pydisetti, Gayathri Vijayakumar, Gautam Rao, Sanjitha Sreemushta, Revant Kanakamedala
We made 130 candygrams for the educators and staff at Coppell Middle School West to thank them for everything they do for their students and working so hard during these difficult times. These candygrams had chocolates and cards enclosed in a cellophane packaging.
Candygrams @ Legacy ER Coppell (Coppell)
Shraavya Pydisetti, Sanjitha Sreemushta
We made 75 candygrams for Legacy ER to thank emergency frontline workers for their hard work and for saving lives while risking their own for others during this pandemic. We had such a great experience meeting the healthcare workers and getting a chance to appreciate everything they do!
Candygrams @ Coppell Vonita White Administration Buiilding (Coppell)
Shraavya Pydisetti, Sanjitha Sreemushta
We delivered 70 candygrams to the Vonita Administration building in Coppell to thank educators and district heads for their hard work during this pandemic. We made candygrams that had chocolate and a card encased in a cellophane packaging. These candygrams were then placed into personalized mugs with a mini artwork about distance-learning. We also gave them a painting made by Shraavya Pydisetti that shows the importance of educators in a student's life! It was an amazing experience to put on a smiles on the faces of those who do so much for us!
Candygrams @ Coppell Middle School North (Coppell)
Shraavya Pydisetti, Sanjitha Sreemushta
We made 85 candygrams for the educators and staff at Coppell Middle School North to thank them for everything they do for their students and working so hard during these difficult times. These candygrams had chocolates and cards enclosed in a cellophane packaging.
Park Clean-up @ Andrew Brown Park East (Coppell)
Revant Kanakamedala, Pashin Ponnanna, Hima Nagi Reddy, Alina Jose, Annanya Krishnan, Elan Mathew
We began our Park Clean-up project with “Keep Coppell Beautiful” at Andrew Brown Park East to make our environment better, cleaner and safer as well and to keep the areas around us beautiful.
Homeless Shelters Drive (Coppell)
Navya Munigety, Anish Arepally, Saharsh Manderward, Maalini Chandrashekhar, Geeth Gunnampalli
Many shelters are struggling to provide food and homes for the people living underneath their care due to COVID- 19. Our main goal was to provide the shelters with items that could greatly help them. We knew that we could make a difference in their lives by providing them with the basic essentials that they were deprived of. We wanted to make it easier for those in the shelters along with their family.
The necessities that were donated are -
Beans
Tomato Soup
Book Drive (Coppell)
Tia Pandey, Varshini Mandiram, Kaveen Patel, Gautam Rao, Faheem Sultan Tippu, Hamsika Naganaboina, Shraavya Pydisetti, Gayathri Vijayakumar
We held a book drive in various communities to collect as many books (fiction & non - fiction) as possible! Out of the various books that were collected, we distributed a quarter of them to Half - Price Books to gain funds for future projects, while the remaining books went to our Orphanages/Homeless Shelter Drive to benefit as many underprivileged individuals as possible who are unable to afford reading materials!
Care Packages @ Coppell High School 9th Grade Campus (Coppell)
Shraavya Pydisetti, Revant Kanakamedala, Sanjitha Sreemushta, Gautam Rao
Another round of care packages done for our amazing teachers at the Coppell High School 9th grade Campus! We are so grateful for their hard work and to have had this opportunity!
Our care packages for this delivery included:
Mini - Chalkboards
Chips
Mugs
Journals
Artwork
Chocolate
Granola Bars
& Appreciation Cards made by Students!
Care Packages @ Coppell High School (Coppell)
Shraavya Pydisetti, Sanjitha Sreemushta, Revant Kanakamedala, Gautam Rao
We created 250 care packages to show appreciation towards our teachers for working so hard and putting in hours and hours of extra effort and dedication during these difficult and unfortunate times!
Our care packages for this delivery included:
Mini - Chalkboards
Chips
Mugs
Journals
Artwork
Chocolate
Granola Bars
& Appreciation Cards made by Students!
Care Packages @ Texas Health Presbyterian Plano (Coppell)
Shraavya Pydisetti, Revant Kanakamedala, Sanjitha Sreemushta, Gautam Rao, Gayathri Vijayakumar, Parth Mahajan
Project Querencia is back at it again with another Care Package delivery! Recently we had the amazing opportunity of providing care packages for Texas Health Presbytarian Plano! We took on our biggest order yet, as we worked to provide 350 care packages for all of the healthcare workers fighting COVID - 19 on the frontlines. We had the pleasure of working with Mary Jo Dean (Director of Community Relations) to coordinate logistics and ensure this delivery would be a success! 350 care packages is no easy task, and the long hours put in by our Care package project team will along with the many difficulties faced along our journey does not go unnoticed. The chaos and laborious hours was all worth it in the end when we got to see all of the doctors smiling faces and delighted reactions.This time our packages were more food oriented as we included snacks, such as Cheez-Its, NutriGrain bars, Granola bars, and chips as well as bottled water. Along with these snacks we included our signature Project Querencia artwork combined with thank you cards from young children!
We are so proud of the members who have worked to make this huge project happen and we can’t wait to continue expanding this project in the future!
Care Packages @ Baylor Medical Center Grapevine (Coppell)
Shraavya Pydisetti, Revant Kanakamedala, Sanjitha Sreemushta, Gayathri Vijayakumar, Parth Mahajan
We took on a huge project in order to provide Care Packages to the Baylor hospital in Grapevine. We had to create 250 care packages! It took multiple trips to get into the car and then from the car to the hospital. This was a long and hard process but it was very fulfilling at the end. We got to meet Ms. Rachel Nobles, who is the Community Outreach Manager at Baylor Scott & White Grapevine. Our packages this time were beautifully wrapped mugs filled with lotions, pens, gum, and granola bars. We also included some snacks, along with notebooks, handmade artwork, and children’s thank-you cards.
Care Packages @ Baylor Medical Center Irving (Coppell)
Shraavya Pydisetti, Revant Kanakamedala, Sanjitha Sreemushta, Gayathri Vijayakumar, Parth Mahajan
We had the wonderful opportunity of proving care packages to another Baylor facility! We were in contact with the Experience Advisor & Volunteer Services Director, Ms. Stacy Albert. We planned to do about 50 care packages. This time they were in bags that were hand-decorated. They had mugs, lotions, gum, granola bars, pens, notebooks, artwork, snacks, and of course, thank-you cared that were handmade by children. This was another very impactful project and we were elated to receive pictures of medical professionals who had received our packages.
One of the most important things that we have to consider is that despite what we are doing, the pandemic is ever prevalent. We have to make sure we understand that we are at a hospital and that is a dangerous place for the virus. We hope everyone understands the threat that is imminent during this time. While doing a good deed, we do not want to be negatively affected. Safety first!
Coppell Police Department (Coppell)
Shraavya Pydisetti, Parth Mahajan, Revant Kanakamedala
We visited the Coppell Police Department to deliver a painting made by Shraavya Pydisetti. We also provided them with pizzas to show our appreciation for their efforts to keep us safe!!
Upcycle Project (Coppell)
Rushil Vankamamidi, Geeth Gunnampalli, Harshini Mandiram, Varshini Mandiram, Srishti Behra
We have recently led an Up-cycle project and provide refugees with restored materials in "like-new" conditions. We have held several workshops to restore used clothes, furniture, and stationary, so that they can be given away to shelters and facilities who assist and represent major causes. The workshops allowed for several of our own members and various volunteers to participate in an initiative that not only improved the wellbeing of homeless individuals, but also allowed for communities to come together and make a difference.
We have recently had the pleasure of donating several of our upcycled clothes to Dallas Life Homeless Shelter to benefit those who are in need during this time!
Care Packages @ Carrolton Regional Medical Center (Coppell)
Shraavya Pydisetti, Revant Kanakamedala, Sanjitha Sreemushta, Gayathri Vijayakumar, Parth Mahajan
Our very first project as Project Querencia was a success! We set out to create care packages for the health care workers fighting on the frontlines during this pandemic. These packages included notebooks, artwork by Shraavya Pydisetti, cards that were handmade by kids, masks, gloves, baked goods, lotions, gums, pens, and chocolate! When deciding what to include, we though long and hard about what medical professionals would want and how we could provide things that would make their lives easier. We also wanted to put a smile on their face! The cards made by children in our neighborhood was the highlight as they showed how much these doctors and nurses were appreciated by people of all ages. These healthcare workers are not only the heroes to us at Project Querencia, but to everyone around the world. These packages was just our way of showing that their hard work was valued. We hope to continue to show healthcare workers and other essential worker that they are admired and respected for all that they do.
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