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Saturday, October 31, 2009

Thank You Note from Adarsha Shivakumar







I would like to thank Mr. David Brower and his family for creating this award.
I would like to thank the following people for their help with Project Jatropha:

Our Collaborators:
-Mr. Rajegowda, the secretary of Parivarthana
-Dr. Sudheer Shetty the CEO of Labland Biotechs.
-Dr. Geetaa Singh, Managing Director of Labland Biotechs
Our Sponsor of nonprofit Status
-Mrs. Michelle Lacourciere, The Executive Director of Sirona Cares Foundation

-My teacher Dr. Adrianna Smyth for the nomination.
-Mr. Doug Senz , my swim coach and most importantly my life coach who made me believe anything is possible
-Dr. Anuradha Rajput our financial anchor in India.
- Mr. Drew Gerber, CEO, and Mr. Shannon Nicholson, VP of Sales, of Wasabi Publicity for taking a genuine interest in our project and offering guidance and support to construct and maintain the presskit 24/7 free of charge.
- My valuable Teammates, Apoorva Rangan and Callie Roberts, without you, I could not have done this
-Sharon Smith, Program Director, New Leaders Initiative and Brower Youth Awards,
-Earth Island Institute and Celia Alario our PR guru for all their help, support, time, advice and patience.
-I am very grateful to the farmers who are willingly participating in this social experiment.
-Finally I thank all my friends , faculty of the College Preparatory School and the followers of the blog.

Sincerely,
Adarsha

5 comments:

  1. A very detailed thank you note Adarsha! Very impressive. You should put the YouTube Video too. We saw that in the CPS admission blog. Don't yu have a picture of your parents?
    Kristina

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  2. Hey adarsha,
    Is that your mom in third pix and dad in the 4th?
    cheers,
    Lilian

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  3. Hi Kristina,

    I do not have a picture of my parents in the awards ceremony. In fact I want to share something with the followers. Though I don't speak much about our family, I love and respect them a lot. Apoorva and I each are blessed with two sets of parents. Yes, two moms and two dads. That is the benefit of living in a joint family. Apoorva and I are first cousins by birth but we are raised as siblings. We have shared a room thoughout our lives. We are siblings in every sense. Sometimes, because we call each other brother and sister, people get confused and think we are kids of Shivakumars or Rangans. But the truth is we have two sets of parents and each of us carry the last name of one set of parents.
    We do not have words to describe their role in this project. Thanking them is not enough but we still need to thank them. So thanks to both my moms and dads.

    Sincerely,
    Adarsha

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  4. One final note, We want to thank Callie's parents Mr and Mrs. Roberts for their help, support, time and patience!
    Adarsha

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  5. Hey, who are they in that picture though? At least write captions when you post the picture.
    cheers,
    Lilian

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