Our school was invited to have a booth at the annual Culture Fest, hosted by the city of Issaquah. Dharini Bysani, Gaurangi Gupta under the mentorship of Tushar Gupta, volunteered and took up this opportunity. For over two hours, the volunteers helped run the booth, engaging the visitors and managing the stall. The people who visited the booth got the opportunity to create and take home a Madhubani-style wooden coaster.

Many also decided to design their coasters in their own way. “I really enjoyed this event. It was super fun to help kids with the Madhubani that I'm learning, and also cool to see people put their own creative twist,” says Dharini, capturing the essence of this year’s Culture Fest. It was a successful experience for our volunteers and seemed to be an enjoyable time for the visitors; a wonderful community event overall!