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Paradise Valley sisters create space for youth to give back

Seva Club gives young residents a path to volunteering

Seva Club members Rian Sahai, Sona Sahai, Jaya Sahai, Anika Mehta, Avni Gupta, Saya Sahai, Ananya Patel, Kira Patel and Anika Patel serve dinner to people experiencing homelessness. The club has provided and served meals to more than 250 people.

Seva Club members Rian Sahai, Sona Sahai, Jaya Sahai, Anika Mehta, Avni Gupta, Saya Sahai, Ananya Patel, Kira Patel and Anika Patel serve dinner to people experiencing homelessness. The club has provided and served meals to more than 250 people.

(Photo submitted by Eileen Jain Sahai)

Seva Club volunteers participate in a service project at GiGi’s Playhouse, which provides free therapeutic, educational and research-driven programs for people of all ages with Down syndrome.

Seva Club volunteers participate in a service project at GiGi’s Playhouse, which provides free therapeutic, educational and research-driven programs for people of all ages with Down syndrome.

(Photo submitted by Eileen Jain Sahai)

Seva Club members assemble hygiene kits containing toiletries, water and snacks for people experiencing homelessness.

Seva Club members assemble hygiene kits containing toiletries, water and snacks for people experiencing homelessness.

(Photo submitted by Eileen Jain Sahai)

Saya Sahai, Sona Sahai and Rian Sahai (top to bottom) are pictured during the early days of the Seva Club. The group began by making brown paper bag lunches for people experiencing homelessness and planter pots for refugees because the young volunteers were not old enough to work with most service agencies.

Saya Sahai, Sona Sahai and Rian Sahai (top to bottom) are pictured during the early days of the Seva Club. The group began by making brown paper bag lunches for people experiencing homelessness and planter pots for refugees because the young volunteers were not old enough to work with most service agencies.

(Photo submitted by Eileen Jain Sahai)

Seva Club members make crafts with children at Sunshine Acres Children’s Home. Past projects have included slime, hand puppets and suncatchers.

Seva Club members make crafts with children at Sunshine Acres Children’s Home. Past projects have included slime, hand puppets and suncatchers.

(Photo submitted by Eileen Jain Sahai)

For sisters Saya and Sona Sahai, volunteering has always been something their family did together. They would make meals, volunteer their time and look for ways to help others in their community.

The experience was rewarding for the family, and the sisters wanted other young people to have the same opportunity while expanding the impact they could make together, they said.

“We realized that we were already doing this, so that if we could get more people involved, that would be great,” Saya said.

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