August 2016 - Blog Post 1

As a youth representative for the Indian Association of the Triad, I am in charge of brainstorming, initiating, and organizing cultural events. Aside from those events, I contribute to creating educational and enjoyable events solely for the youth representatives. We are currently working on a science fair to be demonstrated at the Natural Science Center. Two other leaders and I began this project, starting with a few fun experiment ideas and currently working with a fully developed science fair involving over fifteen volunteers and five large experiments and projects describing and explaining the phenomenons behind the experiments. We have carried out biweekly meetings, where we continue to discuss experiment ideas, organize and assign students to each experiment group, and practice the experiments in the meetings to ensure that the science fair runs smoothly. It has been a lengthy process because my dad, who is the vice president of the Indian Association of the Triad, frequently requires my assistance as he is the one who runs the youth leadership meetings, so I am always involved in finding meeting places, creating an agenda for the meeting, and helping to carry out the meeting under his instructions. In the end, however, I am definitely sure that everything will be successful and all of the children who contributed a lot of time and effort for the science fair will be proud of their hard work and accomplishments. Initiatives such as this make me proud to be a part of this wonderful, integrated community!

IB CAS Hour Table

Experience (2016)	Creativity (hours)	Activity (hours)	Service (hours)
Bharatnatyam	20
Flute	15
Voice	10
Hospice			10
Indian Association of the Triad			50
Service Learning Leadership Camp			55
Moses Cone			30
Cross Country		24
Basketball		6
Lifeguarding and Teaching Swim Lessons		76
NC A&T Research Internship		50
Total Hours Overall:	Total Creativity: 45	Total Activity: 156	Total Service: 145