About SMM Yuva Mandal
YuvaMandal is a youth committee of young adults who are in grades 8th through 12th. The committee was formed in 1995 to promote Marathi and Indian culture in the young generation of the Maharashtrian community. Every year a new committee is elected: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Webmaster. The YuvaMandal has grown quite a bit since 1995. Members are supervised by an adult adviser who is also an SMM Executive Committee member. Under their supervision the YuvaMandal has been involved in several activities including helping for all SMM events, MC-ing Ganesha Chaturthi children's program in our own Marathi language, conducting food drives, spending the day at Northwest Harvest to help package food, participate in Relay for Life to support the American Cancer Society, coordinating sports for SMM picnic, and much more. These activities have brought teenagers together with extended friendship and bonding. The work they do also gives them an opportunity to collect community work credit hours for the academic year at school. Several of these children have written articles in SARATHI and spread their knowledge and talent. The YuvaMandal's activities have promoted healthy cultural, social, and academic growth in these young children.
Every year, the YuvaMandal is involved in the following activities:
To see this year's Yuva Executive Board click here.
Here is SMM's website.
Every year, the YuvaMandal is involved in the following activities:
- YuvaMandal has a snacks stall, which also sells soft drinks and water, during the annual Sankranti event. They also have other activities for children such as face painting, carnival games, henna painting, etc.
- YuvaMandal helps with any musical or natak events, taking care of babysitting, soft drinks and water stall, and selling pizza for kids.
- YuvaMandal is taking efforts to raise funds for American Cancer Society's Relay-for-Life event, sponsor Easter Baskets for homeless kids, Adopt-a-Family for Christmas, and other initiatives.
- They plan for a field trip to a local charity organization, Northwest Harvest, as a team and family to spread the culture of rewarding volunteer work.
- For the SMM annual picnic, they plan outdoor Indian games such as Kho-Kho for kids as well as adults.
- It has now become a trandition that YuvaMandal does MC-in in Marathi for the kids' Ganapati program, as well help with the Arati and prasad.
- For SMM Dandiya YuvaMandal helps get everybody involved and plan exciting routines on Navratri music.
To see this year's Yuva Executive Board click here.
Here is SMM's website.
Recent Work and Events
- Adopt-A- Family 2016
- SMM Sakranti 2017
- SMM Diwali 2016
- SMM Ganpati 2016
- SMM Summer Picnic 2016
- Relay for Life 2016
- SMM Sankrant stalls/helped SMM Committee with set up/clean up/etc. 2015
- Northwest Harvest 2015
- Adopt-a-Family (2 families, 5 kids total) 2014
- SMM Summer Picnic 2014
- Babysitting for Diwali 2014
- SMM Ganeshotav Volunteering/Performance/MC-ing 2014
- Adopt-a-Family Christmas 2013
- Babysitting for Diwali natak 2013
- Mayor's Month of Concern, October 2013
- SMM Ganeshotsav Volunteering/Performance: Sep 2013
- SMM Summer Picnic 2013
- Relay for Life 2013
- Relay for Life 2012
- Easter baskets for YMCA: Spring 2013