NetApp is giving Volunteer time-off( VTO ) if you want to serve as Volunteer for any NGO event. Recently, We have participated in "Cubbon Park Clean-up" event. Those who have seen they know its beauty, its located in center of city and one of few attraction of Bangalore visitors. There is separate community - Cubbon Park Mithra Sangha ( search in the Google you will get more ) which is daily / weekly organised such events for one noble couse - just to maintain beauty of cubbon park. With the help of "Cubbon Park Mithra Sangha" formers Naren and Karan, we ~40 NetApp guys have organised one full day cubbon park clean-up event just to help this community and we collected ~50 big size garbage bags with non bio-degradable waste.
Cubbon park is not wall-bounded like Lal-baugh and since many attractions surrounding the Cubbon park as well as many different entry/exit points, it is hard to watch who is coming and going. Many people visited daily and at end of the day, it is full with non bio-degradable waste like gutka/wafer/kulfi wraper, plastic/glass bottles, plastic/paper dishes, papers( since its contain die ), and some time injection/syringe might be used for drugs. "Cubbon Park Mithra Sangha" passively informing to horticulture department that you are not doing your stuff properly and if you will not do, we will execute it.. you can say "Gandhi Giri" !. As per community, now this park is more cleaner and greener as compared to 4 yrs back when these guys have started. Department also looks some what active as well. "Cubbon Park Mithra Sangha" not only interested in cleaned up park but has did many tremendous works in past like.. informed to the department regards what all water motors are not working, painted iron grills and stone pillars and many for which this space is not enough.
I really like this concept, many time such common society issues we feel or suffered and as reaction either we neglect it or blame it to some other, instead we only can simply try to working on it. At EOD night, my back was paining, my body looks tired, i can't feel comfort even in bad but yeaah.. I was feeling good deeply inside my heart.. I am part of solution not problem, which really inspired me to help such community.
So, Whats your nava-juni friends ?
