South Asian Giving Circle (SAGC)

08/09/2025

12/04/2014

This season, share the gift of an Education. Consider donating to LAMP (learning and migration program) via AIF (www.aif.org).

$50 covers the cost of educating one child in need for the *full year*. Donate here: https://my.aif.org/fundraise/team?ftid=37935

About LAMP:
Across India, approximately 72 million people migrate from their villages in remote rural areas every year in search of labor, uprooting entire families for up to eight months at a time in hazardous work sites. All too often, children are forced to migrate with their parents, leaving behind their schools, friends, and communities. LAMP works to educate and nurture children in areas of high seasonal migration in India by providing resources to attend local schools, stable home and educational environments, as well as safe and structured care in seasonal residential hostels during migration season.

The Light a LAMP crowdfunding campaign will rally citizens across the globe to help give an education for 5,000 children of Indian migrant workers.

So far, LAMP has been instrumental in educating over 280,000 children in over 9 states in India. It only takes $50 to support one child's education for the whole year! Please take a moment to contribute whatever amount, small or large, to create a better life for these children and their families at aif.org/lightalampbayareayp.

SAGC is proud to support AIF and their LAMP initiative. Please 'share' to spread the word.

09/20/2012

Interested in Volunteering for the South Asian Film Festival? There are still weekend slots available at the Castro and Roxie! Closer to San Jose? Slots just posted for Sunday, September 30. Please email your requested shifts to [email protected]. View available shifts here:
https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B_OirIrttjvsMDBkZmUyMjgtOGQ0YS00Y2YyLWE2ZTYtNTE4YzRlODQ0MTg0/edit

Of course, you can always head out to catch a film, too! Festival Schedule: http://www.thirdi.org/festival/ See you there!

09/20/2012

Food: The Perfect Gift
Help feed families in need this holiday season. With your help, the Food Bank will distribute more than 100,000 meals each day during the holidays. Host a Food & Fund Drive and we’ll make it easy to get your friends, family, business or organization involved.

CANstruction Annual Design Competition
From November 12 – 17 see giant sculptures created entirely of canned food to be donated to the Food Bank. Each sculpture — in this year’s theme of CANnes Film Festival — is designed by local architects and engineers who are volunteering their time to create public art and support the Food Bank.

Food from the Bar Results
Thank you to all Food from the Bar 2012 participants for your generous support. Collectively, 73 law firms and legal departments raised $565,969, collected 9,729 pounds of food and completed 889 volunteer shifts! All the hard work will allow the Food Bank to distribute enough food for nearly 1.7 million meals.

09/20/2012

September is Hunger Action Month.

Food Network star Tyler Florence and 25 Bay Area superstar chefs present a uniquely elegant dining experience to benefit the Food Bank.

06/29/2012

Participate and have a voice in ending female infanticide.

The filmmakers of Petals In The Dust: The Endangered Indian Girls are organizing a focus group/discussion on son preference and gender selection at Bay Area Video Coalition in SF on Saturday, June 30 from 3:30 to 5PM. They will be shooting it and may use some of the relevant parts in the documentary film.

They are looking for guys and gals who are Indian or of Indian origin who are willing to participate in this focus group.

Please email Nyna Pais-Caputi at [email protected] if you are interested in participating or if you know of someone who might be interested.

05/13/2012

Hi everyone! Click here to vote for SAGC to win $6,000 to support local causes you care about most. You can vote once every day! Please vote! And please share!
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03/05/2012

Rice bagging is where its at!