FREMONT, CA: In today’s increasingly electronically driven society, it is difficult to find teenagers who work hard, embrace the incalculable school pressure yet find the time to go beyond requirements to give back to the community. Shrey Kapoor from Saint Francis High School, Mountain View, is one of these rare persons who initiated and organized a successful fundraiser at the Fremont Hindu Temple on Sunday, August 10. Shrey is donating all proceeds from this charitable event to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland.
In organizing the event, Shrey collected flyers from the hospital and gathered other supplies himself to distribute amongst the attendees of the temple.
Regarding this fundraiser and his other charitable work, Shrey said, “I feel this type of altruistic work shouldn’t be something that is a point of emphasis; rather, it should be more common amongst us youth. We as a community need to realize that underprivileged people exist as a large part of society and something needs to be done for them.
I feel it is more of an obligation on the part of this current generation of young men and women like me who are blessed with tools and education to take steps to actualize change in our society. Many thanks to the Fremont Hindu Temple for this opportunity to do my part in giving back to the community.”
FACC and FIA chairman Dr Romesh Japra praised Shrey and encouraged him to do more of such events.
Apart from this fundraiser, Shrey has shown selfless passion in other noble causes, such as volunteering for the Masonic Homes Senior Center, multiple Alameda County libraries, and other events throughout the year that work with the developmentally disabled, children, and poor. He has thus accumulated hundreds of hours beyond the school’s requirement of 10 hours a year.
Shrey plans to conduct more of such fundraisers and he’s actively working to encourage others to do the same.
Deepak Chhabra
