I teach public high school and shared my frustration with a colleague, Madhavi, that I was trying to help a student and his family with their food needs. The hospital had contacted our school alerting us to some health issues for the student that required a special diet. Without any hesitation, Madhavi asked me what the exact grocery needs were for this family. I connected her to our social worker who was in communication with hospital staff. Within two days (just two days!) a plan was created to help this family get back on their feet with nourishing food and groceries. This is the first I had heard of I Mission and I am so grateful for this serendipitous meeting. I Mission has been a godsend for the family. With limited school resources, we were unsure how we could help meet special dietary restrictions utilizing just donated foods from our food pantry. I Mission is now helping meet this family's necessary food needs. Thank you, I Mission!
There are such countless families affected because of pandemic who are frantically searching for assistance and iMission is working effectively in supporting the families without any second thoughts... truly thank all I Mission staff & volunteers in bringing smile & change in many people lives....Much appreciated !! I see Extremely compassionate and hardworking in all they do.
I Mission is an amazing non-profit doing so much good in the Beaverton community! They have steadfastly supported our recently arrived immigrant and refugee students/families participating in at Beaverton School District's Newcomer Program with food donations. They are easy to coordinate with and very responsive to our lowest income students and their families who are experiencing food insecurity.
Thank you especially to Likhila Vavialapalli, who is a senior at Westview High and the President of I Mission (as well as Madhavi). This organization is effective and has worked tirelessly to serve the needs of our community. Thumbs up!!!! :)
I Mission is a wonderful and versatile non-profit organisation. They raise funds to improve the welfare where needed the most locally and around the world. It is a privilege to be able to volunteer for I Mission. Their communication to the volunteers is amazing. Thanks to the funds they raise, I am able to volunteer and buy groceries and other basic vital necessities for families in great need and deliver it to their doorstep. Seeing the smiles on their faces, is the most rewarding of all. I feel very honored that I'm able to volunteer for I Mission.
This is One of a kind of NGO..Came across a volunteer named Harshavardhan from I MISSION ,who helped one of my patient who has a baby with congenital problem and also supplied a 2 month ration and books for 100 plus students in Vandemataram foundation in our area..Looking forward to associate with this team and hope this team achieve much more..Thank you once again
I have been following iMission and its activities since 2 years in India. Associated with a volunteer, I could witness how iMission and the team relentlessly work to help the needy every day. They haven't only grown in USA but in India as well to a large extent helping the people with Covid Kits during peak Covid rise in India, Oldage homes, Orphanages, Visually impaired with Food and basic necessities, Children with Education, Stationaries and School Uniforms. They extend their helping hand to genuine needy people.
iMission is focused to help poor and needy old age homes and orphanages with a smile. Being a volunteer, I could see the happiness of each beneficiary and they are always thankful to the People who does these activities on right time and to the right ones.
I wish iMission would do a lot more and reach more.
Very proud of this organization and very grateful for all the initiatives they have undertaken over the past several years and especially during the pandemic as well when it was not easy to do all the volunteering work. Their efforts are truly selfless and I have nothing but admiration for the teenager who started it all !!; and for the tireless support, incredible work and consistent encouragement of the parents. Keep it up!!!
Probably 7 years ago a young kid had this idea to start a mission to help the under previleged and in particular help to provide sight and eye care to those who could not afford. We were fortunate to be around and be of help in a small way then and continuing till today. This mission has bought joy, smiles and hope to many. In particular they do yeoman service of reaching food and other aid to those who need in Portland metropolitan area every week without fail. Wishing more to thepwer of positive change in community led by kids and students of the next generation.
Imission plays a huge role in helping needy people in and around Portland area. It also extended its wings and reached many old age homes and helped many for their surgical needs. The volunteers and people who work for Imission come with a heart to help people in need and do their best and exceed expectation in how far they go above and beyond in helping people in need financially and daily essentials to many .
The I-mission was started by a teenager a few years ago and has grown tremendously, reaching out the people in rural areas, helping the needy. Initially, it was started with the aim of helping children who need financial support for surgical expenses to restore eye-sight, provide Braille devices to blind schools for their education, eye examination, etc. I-Mission volunteers have expanded their operations to provide groceries, blankets to poor people, orphanages, both in India as well as USA. All the fund donated goes towards achieving the goal and no overhead. Thank you all volunteers and donors for helping to fulfill the dream of teenagers.
I have seen I Mission's work in Portland Oregon metro area and other places for years now and can't thank them enough for their lovely charity work for the community. They do put in lot of time, energy and resources to help community with various projects such as helping with food supplies for needy, donating braille machines and setting up operation camps with doctors for visually impaired, support programs for our frontline workers eg health care, fire fighter, and others, also to help support the foster care kids, etc. They almost doubled their charity and volunteer work during the Covid-19 pandemic to help community. Big Kuddos to I Mission team and volunteers. THANK YOU!!
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I mission team along with it's founders have been doing an amazing job for the community in Oregon and overseas too.
I have seen so many wonderful projects done by them that i have lost a count of it.
They have been arranging for free eye surgeries for ppl who do not have means to good healthcare in places like India.
In the last couple of years with CoVid I-mission did a lot of charity and volunteering for helping ppl in Portland metro area as well as in India.
I-mission encouraged and guided my child to conduct a shoe drive for the next people and it was an eye opening experience for my child.
I Mission is built on a great pillar, compassion to the needy and serving the needy with emotion without disturbing the basic ethical values... We at Sankar Foundation feel very happy and previleged to partner with them in n serving those living in remote villages in North Coastal Andhra Pradesh in India. Would love to associate with them to work in Odisha too.
KBN Manimala
CEO & Managing Trustee
Sankar Foundation Eye Hospital & Institute
Visakhapatnam.
I Mission has been very effective in our community. They have reached out in our residential communities through family, friends and community members to gain critically needed items through those of greater means for those in great need of basic items to subsist in today’s tough times. I Mission is not a simple funding effort. I Mission leaders, supporters and donors are drawn to service through a sense of greater responsibility to community and have been effective in gathering specific donations in most need at the most critical time of need and credibly engaging those in need by delivering needed item to them directly where they live. This is a credible act of selfless love that says, “we care and want to see, understand and help”. Please support I Mission. They are effective, credible, dedicated and intelligent in their building a stronger, healthier community.
The I Mission is an amazing non-
Profit organization that is built on integrity. The volunteers are dedicated , selfless and compassionate to helping all that are in need of medical and those less fortunate with clothing and food. Not only locally,but globally. I highly recommend and believe in their mission.
Barbara Riley
In the immediate wake of the pandemic, the Westview High School community was suffering. The school district did not have a plan for distributing and there was a dire need for more resources like PPE, toiletries, and clothing. Parents were losing their jobs and kids had lost an important support structure. Myself and a group of teachers decided to put out a call to action requesting food and resource donations. We honestly didn’t really know what we were doing, we just knew that we needed to help. Little did we know how massive this campaign would turn out to be.
Our first round of deliveries had over thirty families requesting aid. Without prompting, members of the I Mission showed up with overwhelming support. Carloads of resources began showing up -- families who didn’t even have students at Westview were dropping off box loads of food, clothes, and sanitary supplies. Leading the convoy was Likhila and her mom Madhavi. Once the dust settled after the first round of aid, folks like Madhavi and Likhila became central organizers for the Westview aid project, coordinating with I Project volunteers and making sure we always had deliveries available to go out.
In the end, I Project helped Westview teachers raise over $10,000, providing dozens of deliveries to dozens of families. I can’t thank Likhila and Madhavi enough for stepping up and bringing in massive organizational support. We couldn’t have sustained this project without the I Mission.
The I Mission is an amazing non-profit that brings both basic necessities to local and global communities, while also ensuring health care needs, specifically to support vision, are met. Run by motivated, selfless, and critically aware young adults, this homegrown non-profit is essential to transforming our neighborhoods and communities to truly support and connect with one another. To see the impact of I Mission in our community is a gift, one that deserves to be shared! I would highly recommend I Mission for those looking to get involved with or to support a non-profit.
The IMission is doing such amazing work nationally and internationally. They have been helping serve low income immigrant families through generous and much needed food donations locally. They have supported many families who couldn't afford eye surgery in India from funding the surgery to transpirortation and providing emotional support. Their support has been unwavering and their volunteers are always respectful to all the families.
I Mission is a wonderful organization with very kind and dedicated volunteers. They are very focused in helping any good cause. Their core team especially is willing to work with others in supporting good causes. When our great Portland community sent meals to frontline healthcare workers during COVID19 Pandemic, The I Mission and its volunteers stepped up to support this cause. The relief work they carried out in Portland as well as outside US during the pandemic time was tremendous.
iMission is very kind in donating groceries, medicines, perishable goods and other valuables to the needy people every month. I personally involved as a volunteer and the happiness in the beneficiaries is priceless. There are so many families impacted due to pandemic who are desperately looking for helping hands and iMission is doing a great job in supporting the families without a second thought. I sincerely thank and appreciate all the hard work and efforts in doing these activities and donations.
iMission has come forward to donate us groceries and other valuable goods in the tough covid times where even the regular donations have stopped due to pandemic. iMission proves that there is always a helping hand for the needy people. We are fortunate to have iMission is helping us every month. Couldn’t thank enough for the generous donation but god bless all the people working behind it and the donors.
iMission has been doing a tremendous job since long and more so in the pandemic.. I am thankful to the organisation and volunteers for their support to our hospital as well.. Ray of hope for the needy.. The organisation stood by our hospital for the distribution of masks, sanitizers and pulse oxymeters. Extremely compassionate and hardworking organisation.
The IMission is doing such wonderful work in our community! I am so grateful for their support. Since 2020, they have been helping me serve low income immigrant families through generous and much needed food donations. Their support has been unwavering and their volunteers are always respectful to all our families. I am SO grateful to have them as a partner!
Karla, Social Worker - Beaverton School District
I have been associating with Imission since the inception. Being with Imission has been one of the best experiences that I have ever had. They are working towards their noble cause with a positive attitude even when obstacles get in their way, in a kind and humble way. They brightened the lives of so many visually impaired people. Wishing them best of luck as they keep working towards their goals.
-Sharada Mangipudi
No one can help you better than "your eyes in darkness'
The I Mission is helping the blind people who never knew how the world looks like, according to me bringing vision back is rebirth to one's life.... I Know the Vavilapalli family from the last 5 years & the Founder, Sai Hitesh is my close buddy.... "No one can help you better than "your eyes in darkness'
The Imission is helping the blind people who never knew how world looks like, according to me bringing vision back is rebirth to one's life.... I Know Vavilapalli family from last 5 years & Founder Hitesh is my close buddy. The Vavilapalli family is a Synonym for community service.
When I heard about the I Mission in 2017, I was really surprised about their thoughts on serving the community, the best thing is all 4 of the family travel down to India every year to ensure all activities/treatments are done under there supervision. "Time is the biggest donation ever.
This involves a lot of process of identifying the right patients, screening the needy ones & later taking them to a hospital facility...All care is taken by mission once after identification of people is completed.
When it was started in 2016, I believe they were doing double digit Cataract surgeries, but now they crossed more than 2K surgeries, which is a remarkable growth rate. I hope their services reach all the visually challenged people across the world, wishing all the best!
I have watched this non profit organization grow over the past 4 years and am always in awe of all they are doing! It's incredible to be part of such an incredible event as a performer and I enjoy hearing each year how they spread the work farther and farther throughout the region! Thank you I Mission for all you're doing in India to reach so many people and help them! And to think this all started with a young boys dream!! Wow!! Keep up the good work!!
I-Mission is a place where you can feel good about donating your money. The donations all go to improving the sight of those in need. It is a powerful way to improve lives without creating unintended consequences of dependence. It is one of the most efficient nonprofits I have seen, and it's targeted reach is incredibly effective in fulfilling its mission.
In Vedic tradition "knowledge alone is liberation or salvation" declares an upanishad.
It is said that there are five primary and five secondary avenues that deliver knowledge. Among the primary Eyes rank the first. Problems with the vision impacts not just the individual but the entire family.
I have known Vavilapalli family for well over a decade. I have had the opportunity to get the blessings of their parents as well. The commitment to serving the needy comes to Vavilapalli family from their genes. Poverty in India is still acute though in this millennia the middle class is on the rise. Vavilapalli's parents have been serving the community for several years in India.
In 2016 when the young Hitesh told me that he is promoting the I Mission I requested him to make the announcement in one of our community event. He stood up and with a determined tone spoke about I Mission. The determination, focus and commitment has been seen in action ever since. Each year Hitesh would proudly and personally share the details of the service our contribution added to the less privileged.
Last year, as a senior, he organized the event with volunteers from his school. He set an example for his little sister and we are all witnessing the energy she brings to the mission. Vavilapalli family has been an inspiration to each of us in our little community. I wish their service reaches all the poor and vulnerable visually disabled people of the world.
The I mission is a benevolent dedicated group who strives to educate and enrich the lives of many. I’m moved by their dedication, creative and passion. They inspire all who experience their generosity and passion.
I urge you join me in supporting this mission.
We here at The I Mission love to do as much as we can for the community and we feel like the visually impaired community in specific is very forgotten. We conduct cultural events and educational workshops to raise funds and we use this donations to improve the life of the impoverished, visually impaired coming. I have had many inspiring experiences through the I Mission and ai an very thankful for the opportunity!