Summer Camp Leaders Needed!
| Date & Time: | You decide! Please be flexible as we have several programs lined up |
| Location: | “Chinmaya Haridwar” 3551 NE John Olsen Ave |
Share Your Talent. Inspire Young Minds. Make a Difference. |
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We are seeking enthusiastic volunteers to lead our upcoming Summer Camps!
Do you have a skill, hobby, passion, or area of expertise that you would like to share with children and youth? We invite you to offer a camp and help create a memorable summer experience.
We Are Looking For Leaders To Offer Camps In:
- Arts & Crafts
- Music & Dance
- STEM & Technology
- Nature & Outdoor Activities
- Cultural & Heritage Programs
- Yoga & Wellness
- Storytelling & Creative Writing
- Life Skills and Leadership
- And other creative ideas!
As a Camp Leader, You Can:
✅ Choose the camp topic you would like to offer
✅ Select your preferred date(s)
✅ Determine the age group and camp size
✅ Share any special requirements or materials needed
Ready to Lead? Please sign up and provide the details:
Sahayana Participation Release of Liability
Release of Liability must be signed online -BEFORE- driving/riding on behalf of Sahayana |
The spirit of advaita is not to keep away from anything, but to keep in tune with everything.
– Swami Chinmayananda
Hari OM!
Please fill this form to sign the release of liability.
Sponsor Event: Adopt-A-Roadway Q2 2026 6/20/2026 10 AM
| When: | Once a quarter |
| Location: | Report in front of Apna Bazaar at 10 am PT |
Volunteering Opportunity Exclusively For Our Sponsors!Signup Required |
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Love is not love if it does not serve and sacrifice.
– Swami Chinmayananda
Hari OM!
As part of our commitment to giving back to the community, our team will remove litter from our adopted street—173rd Street from Cornell Rd to Walter Rd—on a quarterly basis. Beaverton City requires volunteers to be at least 12 years old. Volunteers aged 12-17 must print, sign, and bring the waiver form. The link also provides details about the Adopt-A-Roadway program, safety rules, FAQs, and more, which you may choose to review.
All volunteer work done for Chinmaya Mission Portland and CORDUSA counts toward your total volunteer hours. Volunteering not only enhances your resume but also enables you to give back and positively impact the community. After participating in the event, please ensure you get the initials of our Adopt-A-Roadway coordinator for your volunteer hours.
We also encourage donations to support the humanitarian activities carried out by Chinmaya Mission Portland through CORDUSA . These include efforts like cooking and feeding at homeless shelters, supporting the Oregon Food Bank, offering free English Language Learner programs, assisting refugees, donating school supplies, and more. Your donations will serve as seed money for these initiatives. Please check with your employer about matching grants to double the impact of your contribution today!
PLEASE NOTE: No one under 12 years of age is allowed to participate or to be on-site during a clean-up. Late arrival for the event is NOT possible.
Pujya Guruji Swami Tejomayananda’s Birthday Offering on June 30 2026
| Date & Time: | June 30, 2026 at 6:30 PM |
| Location: | “Chinmaya Haridwar” 3551 NE John Olsen Ave |
Open to all with RSVP |
Happy Birthday to our dearest Guruji!
On June 30, Guruji celebrates his 76th birthday. As the global head of Chinmaya Mission from 1993 to 2017, he guided countless seekers with wisdom, compassion, and unwavering dedication. We were especially blessed to welcome him to Portland for our Center inauguration in 2014 and again in 2016 for the Prabhavali Pratishta.
With deep gratitude for his teachings, guidance, and inspiration, Chinmaya Mission Portland offers a special Bhajan Sandhya featuring bhajans written and composed by Guruji himself.
Join us in celebrating Guruji’s birthday with devotion, gratitude, and fellowship.
Bhajan Sandhya • Ice Cream Social • Family & Friends Welcome
Please RSVP and join us in encouraging our children as they offer their heartfelt bhajans in honor of Guruji.
Summer Camp 2026: Learn Gita Chanting for ICA Signup before June 30th to participate
| What: | Gita Chapter 15 Chanting during ICA Event, August 23 2026 |
| Details: | Classes will be scheduled and communicated with the parents later. The performance will be at Pioneer Square |
| Fee: | ICA charges a participation fee per participant (amount TBD) This will be collected on the first day of practice. |
Exclusively for CMP Balavihar children |
From the recitation of the Bhagavad Gita arises the desire to know its meaning. Thence arises the Knowledge (of the Self). From this Knowledge arises fulfillment. Hence an individual must recite the Bhagavad Gita. —Swami Tejomayananda
The study of the Gita is the key to opening the vast treasure of God’s love for us. It starts with chanting, then studying, and over time, assimilating (embracing) that same love wholeheartedly and completely. Gita Chanting allows one to begin this journey here and now, and open themselves to the embrace of the infinite love.
The children MUST BE AVAILABLE for the practice sessions scheduled by Yasodhara Somayajula for them to participate in this event. Please have your child(ren) practice at home once our practice sessions start.
Signup is required:
Our Senior Shuttle Initiative, request a ride – Sahayana
| Dates: | Specific Dates will be coordinated offline with you |
| Days & Time: | Wednesdays, meeting starts at 6 PM |
Sign up here to request a ride |
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Hari OM!
We are excited to launch Sahayana’s Senior Shuttle Initiative—a program dedicated to helping our elders attend their weekly Wednesday meetings safely, with dignity, and care.
We are requesting the seniors who need rides to the senior meetings to sign up here. We will contact offline to get more details.
For more details or to sign up, please fill out the form, and Shyam will reach out to coordinate available Wednesdays.
Thank you for helping us bring “Traveling Together with Dignity, Safety, and Care” to our community.
Volunteer Drivers Needed for Our Senior Shuttle Initiative – Sahayana
| Dates: | Specific Dates will be coordinated offline with you |
| Days & Time: | Wednesdays, meeting starts at 6 PM |
Sign up to make a difference! |
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Hari OM!
We are excited to launch Sahayana’s Senior Shuttle Initiative—a program dedicated to helping our elders attend their weekly Wednesday meetings safely, with dignity, and care.
We are looking for adult volunteer drivers with their own cars to give a few hours on Wednesday evenings starting in April. Your support will make a meaningful difference in the lives of our seniors.
For more details or to sign up, please fill out the form, and Shyam will reach out to coordinate available Wednesdays.
Thank you for helping us bring “Traveling Together with Dignity, Safety, and Care” to our community.
Thanksgiving camp 2026 with Swami Aparajitanandaji
| Topic for Adults: | Train the Mind for Life’s Final Exam, Bhagavad Gita Chapter 8 |
| Topic for Children: | The Power of Positive Thoughts |
| Location: | “Chinmaya Haridwar” 3551 NE John Olsen Ave |
| Dates: | Sessions: |
| Nov 25 2026 | Thanksgiving Dinner & Inauguration |
| Nov 26-27 2026 | Sessions 1 through 4 |
| Nov 28 2026 | Valedictory Session |
Open to all, Registration Required to Attend
About the topic:
The Bhagavad Gita teaches us how to prepare the mind. Chapter 8 highlights the power of focused thought, devotion, and detachment, showing that the quality of our final consciousness shapes our next journey. By cultivating remembrance of the Divine, disciplined living, and mindfulness throughout life, we train the mind to face the ultimate transition with peace and clarity.
About the speaker:
Swami Aparajitananda is renowned for his clear and insightful discourses on Vedanta and Hindu scriptures. Before embracing monastic life, he trained and worked as an Electronics and Communication engineer and served as a lecturer at an engineering college in Bangalore. Following a profound spiritual calling, he underwent intensive Vedanta training at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya in Mumbai, continuing his spiritual journey as a brahmachari before eventually receiving sannyasa deeksha.
Swamiji is widely appreciated for his engaging English discourses on texts such as the Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads, as well as his writings and contributions to magazines. He currently serves at the Chinmaya Mission center in Chicago and continues to inspire audiences worldwide with practical and profound spiritual teachings.
REGISTRATION LINK COMING SOON..
Sing Bhajans During Assembly!
| Location: | “Chinmaya Haridwar“ |
Volunteering Opportunity Exclusively For Our Sponsors!Signup Required |
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Love is the heart of religions, the theme of all classical works of art and literature, the song of all devotees. Scientists know only what love does not what love is.
– Swami Chinmayananda
Hari OM!
Devotional Singing (Bhajans) and Namasmarana (repetition of the Divine name) have often been prescribed by eminent divine personalities and true spiritual leaders as an age-old tool for spiritual, mental, and emotional upliftment. In short, an end result is an act of purification to one’s being and surroundings.
If you are our Bala vihar participant and you or your child would like to sing Bhajans, here is the perfect opportunity, during our assembly! The bhajan singing slot is from 9:20 to-9:30am. Any devotional song, in any language, can be sung as long as all can sing along. Please prepare bhajan(s) to be sung in an assigned 10 minutes duration. You will need to be in the hall (or login to zoom) by 9:15 am. The lyrics of the bhajan need to reach our AV coordinators by Friday of the preceding week at the latest.
Please signup below and appreciate your flexibility about the date.