Realizing the self and identifying the self with the divine is the core of vedic philosophy. OCC religious and spiritual activities center around this theme of universal brotherhood.
Art forms such as dance, music and various forms of paininting has no boundaries across any laguage, caste or creed. At OCC we plan different annual events to promote traditional dance and music from Odisha, Indian subcontinent and from around the globe.
At OCC we realize that today’s youth are the future and how they think today holds the key to the success of human society and civilization at large. At OCC we hold year round activities to engage children of all ages upto High School seniors in different literary, scientific and cultural activities.
It takes a village to raise children and OCC augments the efforts of parents of the Houston Odiya community to provide that kind of a conducive environment. Celebration of various festivals at the Fuqua facility helps children remain connected to their heritage. Participation in events organized by the youth, cultural and outreach committees of OCC among others helps them connect with friends, grows their confidence and makes them more compassionate individuals, for example through food drives.
Sharing with and caring for others forms the core of human spiritual values. At OCC we realize that there are less fortunate among us in different communities in Houston. We hold different annual charitable drives for clothing and house hold materails, toys for children.
t OCC we are fortunate to have passionate and compassionate group of doctors who contribute to the health and wellbeing of our community members and members across diverse communities by holding free health camps during different annual events such as the cahriot festival and Janmastami.
OCC Food Pantry “Anand Bazar” opens its door to the people in need during COVID pandemic and distributed Meal Kits in a drive through. We targeted about 20 meal kits and distributed much more than that due to overwheleming demand and supply continuosly for 4 hours in our OCC land.
OCC encourages Boy and Girl scouts of the community to actively serve the communities they live in. Scouts of the community expend voluntary hours together as friends and engage in activities like planting trees, food drives, selling cookies etc. OCC facilitates some of these activities by providing opportunities for such work in Houston area. Some of these community scouts have gone on to earn the Eagle scout rank, which is the highest attainable rank in the Scouts BSA program of the Boy Scouts of America.
