CRC Ambassador:Samanvith Thotapalli, Ohio, USA

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Samanvith Thotapalli

Samanvith Thotapalli

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School and Grade: Olentangy High School, Lewis Center, Ohio 9th grade

Academic Profile:

Education and Volunteer Profile


Academic Achievements/Awards (School and Outside School):<\B>
  • 4 yrs straight to State Science Fair
  • Volunteering at the local library
  • Playing for Tennis Varsity


    • Extra-Curricular Activities:<\B> List Volunteering/Leadership Activities <\B>
  • Volunteering at the local library
  • Member of 4H


    • List Summer Experience Activities<\B>
  • Science Olympiad
  • Math Counts
  • Debate
  • Tennis

    • Service Project Details:

    The Home for Orphan Students; Total Amount Raised-$151
    Mission Statement:

    Promote a safe, clean and comfortable environment to the less fortunate children of an orphanage so they can have an opportunity to grow in a healthy and quality focused environment and go on to become good citizens of the world.

    Goals: Meet the basic needs of the children in the orphanage such as beds, schools uniforms, clothes, school bags, books and other student accessories
    Objectives: Raise $1000 for soliciting funds from peers, relatives and friends and purchase the listed items in goals and provide them same to the kids of the orphanage by next school year.
    Strategies:
  • Being awareness to the needs of the children by creating a website , advertise on social media and proactively reaching out to donors via direct contact and electronic media
  • Create a website
  • Nominate a volunteer in India to coordinate with the orphanage
  • Create a list of donors and start contacting them and directing them to the donate link
  • Directly work with Nominated volunteer to purchase items
  • Identify a date for donating the items and provide the same
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    Project Impact & News:

    0. 2015 CRC Ohio Invitational Science Fair on 02-21-2015 .


    1. Since 2008, CRC project collected more than 50,000lbs of eWaste (Computers, Monitors, Printers, Scanners, TVs, and thousand pounds of computer peripheral items) and safely redirected for proper recycling.


    2. Donated refurbished items to Nationwide Children's Hospital, Habitat for Humanity, and more than 1500 recycled bags of clothes to PlanetAid foundation. Shipped 235 boxes of Indian clothes to flood affected areas in AP, India with help of local organizations and www.natsworld.org in 2009.

    3. Total Adopted Schools since 2009: 50 > 2009 -13 Elementary/High schools, 2010- 8 High Schools, 2011- 6 High Schools, 2012-13- 13 High Schools, 2014- 13 High Schools..

    4. CRC fund-raised for other charities: (Central Ohio Hemophilia Foundation, UNICEF)

    5. Community Recycling Campaign project selected for the 2011 Volvo Adventure- The United Nations Environmental Programme Project Read more details (Select Country-United States, select project 6)


    6. Community Recycling Campaign project selected for the 2011 Prudential Spirit State Finalist Read more


    7. Community Recycling Campaign project details on the Junior Scholastic, National Magazine, April 2011 Issue Read more


    8. Can you help save the earth? Meet five young people who saw problems--and set out to fix them.(Brennan Bird, Jonny Cohen, Diana Lopez, Sachin Rudraraju and Freya Chay Read more


    9. A Davidson Young Scholar Making a Difference, In the Spotlight Read more


    10. Community Recycling Campaign project selected for the 2008 Davidson Young Scholar Ambassador Program- Read more


    11. TechColumbus Innovation Awards Semi-Finalist (2010, 2011) - for Green Innovation and Non-Profit Service Read more


    12. Story published in the Columbus Monthly Magazine -2012 Issue

    13. E-Waste: Dark Side of Digital Age >> These days, it's often cheaper and more convenient to buy a new PC than to upgrade an old one. But what happens to those old computers once they've been abandoned for newer models? The refuse from discarded electronics products, also known as e-waste, often ends up in landfills or incinerators instead of being recycled. And that means toxic substances like lead, cadmium and mercury that are commonly used in these products can contaminate the land, water and air.


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