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The Bengali Kids of Princeton Area (BKPA) is a US educational and  cultural organization intended to help children learn about Bengali language,  culture, and  heritage. The BKPA was founded by Anita Dam in December, 2005 and was registered as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization recognized by the Federal Government on May 15th, 2014. It is a nonprofit organization founded by, organized by, operated by, and educating children. Pennsylvania is the BKPA's official home state, but it is registered as a out-of-state organization with the state of New Jersey, where it holds most of its educational activities around Princeton, New Jersey.

Four Pillars of BKPA
The BKPA conducts four types of activities to help to further their organizational goals: educational, cultural, literary, and charitable. Certain activities are recurrent every year, as expressed in their charter. Additional activities have occurred from time to time based on input from the child members of the BKPA. All activities occur with adult (parental) supervision, but the officers of the BKPA are given the responsibility for organizing these events and the children are their primary participants.

Educational activities

 * Weekly Bengali Heritage Class
 * Trips and tours related to Bengali-American history (including field trips to the Vivekananda Retreat in Ridgeley, New York
 * Physician shadowing program in West Bengal, India
 * Program Abroad in Kolkata for high school students

Cultural activities

 * Saraswati Puja
 * Bengali New Year
 * Summer Picnic
 * Kali Puja
 * Holiday play outing

Literary projects

 * "EMagination", an e-Magazine containing ???
 * Publication of "Learn Bengali Now!"
 * Compiling a compendium of biographies of  notable Bengalis, in conjunction with the Poet's Foundation (ongoing project)
 * Academic scholarship and fund-raising

Charitable activities

 * March of Dimes Walk
 * Performance at nursing homes
 * Volunteering Abroad
 * Fundraising for the Missionaries of Charity, the charity formed by Mother Theresa

Motto and logo
The original motto of the BKPA is "We are our future! We can make a change!". On January 26th, 2016, the logo of the BKPA was registered with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (Registration# 4892095).