Thursday Email – Ringing In 2016, Happy New Year One & All!

2016 has flown by, and we at KnowYourStar had a beautiful journey, covering some beautiful planned and unplanned milestones. We thought we’ll take you through it, so you know how your collective support has impacted the life of hundreds of rural and underprivileged kids through Mentor India! You can read our 2016 journey here, which has all been possible only because of kind-hearted people like you!

KnowYourStar is now a 5-member strong dedicated team, with more than 50 volunteers. Inspired by Vinoda Bhave, we believe in the formula-

Seva (Service) / Ahankar (Ego) = Punya (Good Merit).

To attain infinite Punya, we need to maximize Seva and Minimize Ahankar (1/0=infinity), which is the backbone of our actions and initiatives at KYS.

The workbook – Mitra Pustak, is gifted to every student by a well-wisher. We are thankful to the 13 supporters who have already showed faith in Mentor India, and have agreed to gift one Mitra Pustak to one student every month for the year 2017. If you wish to do the same, here’s the math for you –

​1 Mitra Pustak costs INR 300. So if you’re game to gifting one workbook to one student every month, that is 12 workbooks to 12 students in a year, you can pay INR 3600 here.

Most of us make resolutions every year that we forget to keep. How about we start this year, not just with a resolution, but an action too? Invest in the education of rural and underprivileged students with Mentor India, and be a part of the movement.

We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Very Happy and Prosperous New Year from the entire team of KnowYourStar. We pray that this year awakens among all of us the bug of more service, compassion, kindness and generosity. May this year be the year of giving!

Gifting is infectious. Try it!