CRC Ambassador:Akshita Vaka, Ohio, USA

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Akshitha Vaka

Akshitha Vaka

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School and Grade: Olentangy Liberty High School, Powell, Ohio, 10th grade

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Service Project Details:

Welfare Association of Blind School, Eluru, WGDT, AP; Total Amount Raised-$1411
Mission Statement:

My mission is to help the Visually Handicapped and make their lives easier so that they can continue their education for free and have the basic needs also. .

Goals: My goal is to raise $1000 and send it to the Welfare Association Of The Visually Handicapped to set up a class room.
Objectives:
  • Help and provide free education and basic needs for this blind school.
    • For more information about projectclick here
    Strategies:
  • I will ask friends, family, and my community members to donate money for the Visually Handicapped.
  • I will use social media as a way to reach people and make them aware of the Welfare Association Of The Visually Handicapped.
  • I will sell food and send the raised money to set up a class room for this organization
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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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