Trisha believed that providing opportunities for young people to actively address community needs not only benefits the community, but also helps young people develop the tools necessary to properly shape and participate in civil society and government.
EVENTS ENDOWMENT AND CHARITIES MEMORIAL LETTERS TRISHA'S PHOTOS CONTACT HOME


ENDOWMENT & CHARITIES

Endowment: A scholarship endowment has been established at Northwest University (Trisha Apte Memorial Fund) to honor the life and legacy of Trisha Apte. Details are below. Click Here for More Information on the Endowment

Charities: Family continues to support the two charities (ICRW & CatarACT International) where Trisha had planned to work during summer of 2009 and academic year 2009-10 respectively. Click Here for More Information on the Charities



NORTHWESTERN ENDOWMENT
Trisha Apte Memorial Fund
Trisha Apte Northwestern Endowment


Trisha once wrote the following about community service: “The efforts put forth facilitate a generation of opportunities for young people to change their communities for the better and to build essential skills for the future through civic engagement.  I want to work with you ng women as I truly believe that they have a unique ability to create lasting and sustainable change in their communities.”

This endowment has been established at Northwestern University to honor the life and legacy of Trisha Apte. She spent the last six years of her life in Chicago, first at Northwestern and then with a community of friends from Northwestern. Trisha’s passion for helping those around her has inspired us to set-up this endowment in her memory.

The summer after Trisha graduated from Northwestern, she used her signing bonus to cover her living expenses while she volunteered with a non-profit group in Washington D.C. Trisha’s experience interning for this non-profit helped shape her career perspective, as she realized she could use her business skills towards the mission of improving education, healthcare, and the quality of life for people around the world. In this spirit, we have set up this endowment to provide the opportunity for others to pursue a similarly meaningful summer volunteer experience.

You can make donations to this fund in either one of the following ways. Kindly also notify us at InLovingMemoryofTrisha@gmail.com with the name of the donor and the date of donation so we can make sure that all donations made in honor of Trisha reach the correct destination. Also, please send an e-mail to if you are experiencing any difficulty in the donation process.

Online option for donations:
Log on to site - https://wallstreet.itcs.northwestern.edu/Dev1/asp/giving.asp
Page 1: Your personal details.
Page 2: Matching company funds.
Page 3: (“BUILD YOUR GIFT”) WRITE “TRISHA APTE FUND” IN THE BLANK FOR “OTHER”, WRITE THE AMOUNT, AND PRESS “ADD”.
Page 4: Verify Information
Page 5: Payment details.

Credit Card via Phone: Donors wanting to make a gift over the phone can contact Mitchell Neubert, Phone (847) 491-5316; Fax (847) 467-1846. His information as is follows: MITCHELL NEUBERT, WCAS '07, Associate Director, Young Alumni & Reunion Programs. Please tell Mitch that you are making a donation for the “Trisha Apte Memorial Fund” and he will take care of the rest.

Check or Credit Card via Mail: Please mark “Trisha Apte Memorial Fund” in the “for” area and make the check payable to “Northwestern University”. Mail the envelope to: Office of Alumni Relations and Development; Northwestern University; ATTN: MITCHELL NEUBERT, 2020 Ridge Avenue, Room 415, Evanston, IL 60208.



CHARITIES: ICRW & Cataract

The International Center for Research on Women

The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)

Trisha planned to spend the summer of 2009 with ICRW Mumbai as a volunteer with two programs

1) a health and community education program to reduce HIV infection among married women in the slums of Mumbai; and
2) a program to promote gender-equity and reduce violence against women among children between 12 to 16 years of age in 30 low-income schools in Mumbai

If you are interested in donating to ICRW in honor of Trisha, please direct your donations to ICRW via their website (www.icrw.org) in Trisha Apte’s name (please include the following contact address for Trisha so that donations are correctly processed: PO Box 349, Neenah, WI 54957.) All donations made in Trisha’s name will go directly towards the programs she was going to volunteer with.

ICRW is a non-profit organization headquartered at 1120 20th Street, NW, Suite 500 (North), Washington, D.C. 20036, USA, with an Asia regional office in New Delhi and project offices in Mumbai and Hyderabad. Its mission is to empower women, promote gender equality and fight poverty in the developing world. You can learn more about ICRW and the projects in Mumbai through ICRW’s website: www.icrw.org





CatarACT International (Eye Surgery Charity)
Charities – CatarACT International
CatarACT International (Eye Surgery Charity)

Trisha was going to work during the 2009-2010 academic year with CataraACT International to help set up the cataract eye surgery charity in Ghana while completing her Rotary Scholarship at the University of Accra.

If you are interested in donating to CatarACT in honor of Trisha, please send a check made out to  "Northwestern University (for CatarACT International)“. Please include the following details in the memo: “In Trisha Apte’s Memory for Accra, Ghana Cataract Surgery Clinic”. Checks should be mailed to the following address: CatarACT International; c/o Prajwal Ciryam; 5455 N Sheridan Rd #3112; Chicago IL 60640; USA. All donations made in Trisha’s name will go directly towards the cataract clinic in Ghana that Trisha was going to help set up.

CatarACT International empowers communities to overcome the scourge of curable blindness by helping them launch sustainable cataract reduction programs in the developing world and the U.S.A.  This charity has been started by students at Northwestern University.  website: www.catar-act.org.

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