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"Live and Help Live"
TENDER CARE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM Prafulla Shah
JAINA CONVENTION 2011
Prafulla Shah, an MBA, now devoted to community services, also travels overseas with her husband for volunteer services, medical camps, etc. They have funded a school for handicapped and disadvantaged children in India and donated land for Veerayatan project in Kutch.
Tender Care Community Outreach Program (TCCOP) is a diversified volunteering program to help needy individuals and institutions. They also collaborate with other organizations to jointly provide 7 types of services in the United States, India and other countries.
We all are blessed, some more and some less. Every one of us wants to help others. The question is how? Many of us are active volunteers with various charity organizations. But we wanted to do more! Tender Care Community Outreach Program was born out of that desire to make an impact in the lives of others at a grass roots level.
From helping a student who couldn't afford to buy a computer to providing groceries to a needy family, Tender Care Community Outreach Program is committed to the service of others.
It has been incredibly inspiring to see the Jain Center of Southern California community rally together and make a positive difference in the lives of those less fortunate. For example, we were recently approached to see if we could fulfill someone's dying wish. It was the desire of a dying patient to have her body buried in her hometown in Mexico. The body needed to be flown to Mexico. We quickly collected funds and every one of us felt honored to be part of this wish. On another occasion, we were able to help provide boarding for a sick child who was undergoing medical evaluation at the Mayo Clinic. We collaborated with the Kids Who Care Foundation to provide lodging at the Nazarene house nearby. These are just one of a few examples of what we continue to do in the community.
In these difficult times, we realized that there was a need in the community to reach out, help, and support one another. And so, the Tender Care Community Outreach Program was created in April 2008 at the Jain Center of Southern California (JCSC). The JCSC community came forward to volunteer and word quickly spread!
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