Govinda Pai
Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light.
-Norman B. Rice
Life exemplifies dreams. Dreams propel ambition. And hope. Having been fortunate enough to realize some of my own dreams, I can easily empathize why they are considered the stepping stone to one’s future. Education cements this foundation which is why this cause is so close to my heart.
Running has transformed my life in the most positive way. Losing 37 lbs in six months revitalized my life. Running a full marathon for something other than my own well being is very important to me because that would really make it a lot more meaningful. Today I have the opportunity to have it transform lives and dreams into a promising future. In this journey, I wish to include each one of you, a friend to humanity, to help make the positive socio-economic changes we talk about through education. Education is a basic right. It has the immense potential of bringing out a better person, a better citizen, and a country tomorrow which can claw her way out of poverty and crime and become truly democratic. This is why I strongly believe that everyone should avail of it, especially the underprivileged. The need to prioritize education for children who can ill afford it is fundamental to a dream of a brighter tomorrow.
Asha strives with every individual like you and me to fulfill this need. Asha for Education is a zero-overhead, 100% volunteer driven organization, which means that after paying the 1-2% operational costs that include publicity, fees to local authorities, etc., ALL the rest of the funds we raise each year, reach our schools and vocational centers. We are so proud of being able to do that. Asha for Education is rated as the #1 charity in the field of International Relief & Development by Charity Navigator, America’s premier independent evaluator of over 5,300 charities.
It is incredible how far a dollar can go in transforming someone’s life. My goal for this run is to raise $4200. I realize that you may have your own favorite charity but I humbly request you to open your heart to this noble cause and help me reach my goal with your pledge. I am counting on you.
The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.
~Nelson Henderson
I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to the following donors for supporting me:
Swarnalatha & Gopalakrishan Pai
Aparna Pai & Sonal Jain
Shona & Utpal Dave
Purnima & Ramdas Nayak
Sangeetha Naik & Amarjyoti Krishnan
Prema & Vijaykumar Rao
Anita & Raghuveer Nayak
Poornimadevi Kasargod
Kala & Achuta Shenoy
Diane Walters
Akshata Hegde
Jayanti & Sreedhar Rao
Aruna & Shaju Davis
Vidya & Govind Pai
Kirti & Vasant Acharya
Poorna & Rohit Kamath
Sharmila & Prasad Honasoge
Rajesh Nayak
Priya & Kalpak Kothari
Shobha & Surendra Basti
Hitpreet & Aman Raheja
Rajeev Nayak
Neerja & Rajat Kapoor
Ramya & Chandrashekhar Shetty
Murugesh Kashilingam
Gauri & Srinivas Ganga
Gemma & Venugopal Kosanam
Sruthi & Nikil Prabhakar
Guru Rao
Susmita & Vosudesh Pai
Vaidyanathan Venkateswaran
Leena & Anand Balsekar
Parijat & Sunil Pai
Rashmi & BalaKrishna Palamadai
Shweta & Nithin Srinivasamurthy
Ratna & Vivek Nayak
Anita & Vas Madhava
Sharmila & Venkat Vedam
Ambika & Aravind Birthi
Preeti & Prashant Jagadish
Aruna & Rajendra Basti
Kim Cullum
Vinodkumar Ramamoorthy
Naveen Vanjani
Vaishali Belsare
Ami Gandhi
Arati & Suhas Naik
Shubhada & Vinayak Lawande
Veena & Ganesh Nayak
Sandhya & Diwakar Kamath
Jyothi & Sundeep Pai
Neethu & Sreekanth Bhat
Bala Nair
Mitul Patel
Vasu & Vish Baliga
Mali & Ram Shetty
Martin Stone
Priyank Patel
Help Me Reach My Goal!
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Team Asha 2011 - Govinda Pai” printed in the memo to:
Asha for Education, Chicago Chapter
P.O Box 2283
Chicago, IL 60690-2283
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