Namaste to all of you,
It was so nice to be with all of you yesterday in your town, Simpsonville and Spartanburg, SC. We were overwhelmed to meet and greet many enthusiastic members of the Nepali community from the different towns of SC, Ashville, NC, and beyond. It is our great pleasure to disclose the wonderful accomplishment of our blood drive jointly hosted by SCAN and NASeA on March 10 at Spartanburg, SC. A total of 33 big hearted individuals donated blood. We have by far exceeded the 18 minimum target set by The Blood Connections because of the relentless work by SCAN. The big hearted social HEROES of the Nepali origin were:

Remant K.C., Sarita Panthee, Narendra Baral, Piyush Upadhya, Ranjana Gupta, Shashank Gupta, Bimal Karki, Bishwa Thapa, Manish Shakya, Prayas Timilsina, Madan Adhikari, Satish Chandra Gupta, Bijaya Thapa, Pravin Poudel, Ganesh Basnet, and Narayan Luitel.

The blood drive would not have been so successful without the self-sacrificing volunteers:
Jyotsna Panthee, Jwalant Panyhee, Shristi Gupta, Shashank Gupta, Vedant Jung Thapa, Brandon Jung Thapa, Uden Shakya, Dina Khaniya, Ashreema Luitel, Sajan Shrestha, and Shakti Basnet.
Similarly, our generous sponsors, who contributed soda, water, juice, snacks to keep all hydrated, and cash to pay for a big pile of pizza to keep everybody full stomach and recognize our blood donors, volunteers and sponsors with an appreciation certificates were: Susila Lama, Dr. Dilip Panthee, Ranjana Gupta, Walgreens, Shakti Basnet, Bandana Thapa, Bimal Karki, Arjun Prasad Mainali, Dr. Nar Kaji Gurung, Manish Das, Sajeena Shakya, and Dr. Uma Karki. A detailed balance sheet of the income and expenses will be brought to you in a day or two.
Thank you so much Mr. President, Manoj Shakya and the SCAN team. You have initiated an exemplary SCAN and NASeA partnership. Your partnership to save lives was above any applause and admiration. The potluck gathering in the park followed by holy (Phagu) was unforgettable. The food was splendid. You were not less than the chefs of a five star hotel. We will try to replicate some of your excellent organizational skills in the upcoming community events “blood drives.”
I cannot stop without recognizing the following names: Satish Gupta, Manish Shakya, Shakti Basnet, Piyush Upadhya, Manish Das and the SCAN team. I thank you so much for your hard work for the past two months. I would like to request NASeA executive body to join me in order to express sincere gratitude, appreciation, and a big round of applause, and appreciation for our big hearted blood donors, generous sponsors, true volunteers, and the whole SCAN team for their outstanding accomplishment and a historic partnership with NASeA. We look forward to hosting another blood drive sometime early in 2013 in your home town, SCAN friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
Eventually, I thank you Mr. President, Sanjeeb Sapkota, Vice presidents, Ram Dangol and Dhan Timilsina, and The Chair, The Youth and Children Committee and Sub-Coordinator of the Alpharetta, Atlanta Blood Drive Coordinating Committee on March 3, Mrs. Sangeeta Dongol of NASeA for participating in and encouraging us to make the Blood Drive a grand success.
Together we win.
Respectfully,

Community Services Committee, NASeA

Lila B. Karki, Ph.D., Chair (AL),

Ghan Shyam Bhatt, Ph.D. Co-chair (TN),

Members:

Khusi Ram Tiwari, Ph.D. (MS), Madav Dhakal, (NC), Ajaya Satyal, (FL), Dipak Regmi, (GA),

Ramesh Chandra Khanal, Ph.D. (AR), Satish Chandra Gupta, (SC), Sakina Shrestha, (GA),

Bijaya Kattel, Ph.D., (FL), Tilak B Shrestha, Ph.D., (AL), Hari Sharan Karki, (LA), Bishal Gurung, (GA),

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