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Community Volunteer

Community giving through community volunteers

Tasneem Anjary, a dedicated community volunteer with Asha Hope Amanaki, has consistently stepped up during times of crisis, exemplifying the spirit of community giving. She has actively participated in various initiatives of cook and serve such as delivering food to Community Fridges in PDX, coordinating origami collections from Lewis and Clark College for elders on International Day of Elders, and creating cards for  Operation HOPE. 

Alongside her pursuit of a Bachelor’s in Science with an Accounting Major at Portland State University , Tasneem remains connected and engaged through her profiles on Facebook and LinkedIn, welcoming opportunities for further community giving.

Hi Tasneem, Thank you for sharing your experience with us. Tell us a little about yourself to our readers?

My name is Tasneem Anjary. I was originally born in India, then I got married and moved to England and lived there for seventeen years. I have two children there. Then I remarried and came to the U.S and now I am living in Portland, Oregon for the past six years. I am studying for a bachelors in Science and account as a major and hopefully I will get my masters in taxation. My favorite food is butter chicken, but not the ones that we get in this part of the world. Its the one I used to eat next to my house in India, but it has been decades now since I have eaten that food, but I still miss it.

Could you describe your volunteer role at Asha Hope Amanaki?

I think I started as a student volunteer and now I am a community volunteer. I think I started in 2020 when I got the information through one of my professors at Portland Community College. Since then I have been really enjoying volunteering with Asha Hope Amanaki . Once I am done with my studies I would want to spend more time like especially if I can help them around any accounting stuff would be nice. So that would be my part of doing further volunteering. 

How did you find out about the Volunteer Opportunity?

Through Portland Community College. When I was in college and I was taking this economics class and then one of the projects was either I do a written assignment related to some economic stuff or I do some community work where I feel very soul-satisfying. So i contacted a lot of organizations, but Ashwin was the first one who got back to me as soon as possible. I was a small organization and I felt I will be making some difference here and I will be acknowledged. Sometimes you know when you work with a lot of big ones you kind of get lost in that system, but the smaller ones you make an impact. That is where i felt like I should be, I felt more connected. 

How was your experience working with Asha Hope Amanaki and the volunteer opportunity in general?

I think it is a simple answer. I really enjoy it. the work life I started with a food drive and food packaging. I thoroughly enjoyed it and then picking up food for community fridges and then delivering the same. Again really enjoyed it. Anything related to food I feel very good because I do thoroughly believe that no person in this world should go to bed hungry. We have food everywhere, one should get some portion and so those are the times where I really enjoyed, and I think now we will be adding something different like mandala and then some origami. So I don’t really do origami but I have to go pickup and drop off that is what I do. I am always open to playing any part in Asha Hope Amanaki. I never felt like “Oh this is nor worthy of me, or I should be doing something different”. I just feel good in being connected, so that’s how I would wrap up my answer.
 

Did volunteering on community projects help you in your job or career?

Yeah, I think a lot of the business world I would say a lot of times they do ask about what are your roles in community work. Like what are you doing for the community? So i think it is very important for self-development also, to have this any thoughts of volunteering for the community I think it is very important, not just you know like academics wise but also for personal growth because it makes you a better person for sure. It creates awareness , it creates like I said kindness. You want to be giving to people, it is not just about receiving, also you should be giving if you receiving something. So yes, in terms of work also that it is a forum for me to be a part of an organization and play a role of a good citizen, a good human above all.  
 
What motivated you to volunteer?
I think, my belief that no one should be hungry and so that was one of the motivations and also, I think my past life, I think there have been instances where people have helped me so just naturally I felt inclined to, now its my turn to return the kindness back to the world. I feel like I definitely believe in creating a chain of kindness like id I do an act of kindness somebody else will be impacted and will reciprocate it with someone else. That is why I really believe in it  And I also, I am very proud that anytime I receive an award, being a scholarship, or being acknowledges anywhere I mention, even at my interviews, they ask me the one you would want to share with us and I always mention, “Hey you know if you want you can go check it out, its on Facebook”. I really thoroughly am proud of it, every part of Asha Hope Amanaki. 
 

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