Mandela Day 2013
The date 18 July is regarded as international Mandela Day to honour the late, ex-president of South Africa, Mr. Nelson Mandela. His life, inspired by the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, is...... Read More »
The date 18 July is regarded as international Mandela Day to honour the late, ex-president of South Africa, Mr. Nelson Mandela. His life, inspired by the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, is...... Read More »
A tornado with winds exceeding 200 miles per hour, flattened entire blocks and demolished two schools and a hospital on the storm’s 17-mile, 50-minute rampage through central Oklahoma on May 20, killing at least 24...... Read More »
BAPS Charities Blood Donation Drive organized in Clifton, NJ on June 23, 2013 helped collect 42 pints of blood.... Read More »
Over the weekend of March 6-8, 2013, volunteers of BAPS Charities and over 1,000 leaders from public, private and non-profit organizations convened for the Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) Summit in Washington, DC. Led...... Read More »
BAPS Charities Blood Donation Drive organized in Chicago, IL on May 12, 2013 helped collect 166 pints of blood. ... Read More »
Founded in 1989 by Dean Kamen, ‘FIRST’ means For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology. Often students view science and math careers as “geeky” and not exciting. Kamen created FIRST “to transform our culture...... Read More »
BAPS Charities and The Princeton Review organized the “Roadmap to College” day program for high school students at 10 centers across North America in the month of January. The experts from The Princeton Review guided...... Read More »
“Let us speak. Let us act. Let us rise.” With these words, Michelle Bachelet, the current Executive Director of UN Women and the first female President of Chile, encouraged the United Nations community, governments and...... Read More »
BAPS Charities Blood Donation Drive organized in Atlanta, GA on April 28, 2013 and October 6, 2013 helped collect 130 pints of blood. ... Read More »
An estimated 750,000 Americans live with leukemia, lymphoma or myeloma and someone new is diagnosed with one of these cancers every 5 minutes. To help these patients, BAPS Charities regularly organizes Bone Marrow Drive. Recently,...... Read More »