2005
Pravs sent an email forward about the Chrysallis event and when v mailed the contacts mentioned in the email, it sounded like a fun event.Even before we realised it, we were busy collecting funds from friends and ended up buying close to 100 gifts for the event...
Since then, the entire process of buying, sorting the gifts as per gender n age n gift wrapping has become a small little tradition...
Friends and family get-together at home, packing anything pinky:) to gals...n fighting for gift wrappers or cello-tapes or stapler pins to do the gift wrapping....
Coming back to 2005....as we stayed close to Yelahanka, we had volunteered to organize the party for the Srilankan refugee children of the IGIA school....
Now, we used to also teach the 10th STD kids Maths, Science n Social Science on weekends. When the kids happily told us that v cudnt take classes on Dec 10th...coz they had the Christmas party...v had the joy of telling them that you would get to party with us:)
The party turned out to be a joyride...with hundreds of kids from orphanages and challenged homes in B'lore dancing,performing n having a gala time....The volunteers BTW....got to do face painting, food distribution, decorations n a whole lotta fun stuff....
2006
Gifted close to 200 kids, but only Pravs was able to make it to the parties!!We bought Books(Story and Coloring), Crayons, Color Pencils, Sketch Pens,Lots of Cars, Lots of Dolls, Purses, Chains, Bangles for the girls…. Pouches, Water Bottles, Pencil Boxes……….. Tennis Balls,Spiderman and other Toys that kids (boys) would love:)…we were actually short of ideas as to what to buy for the really young boys:)
2007
Gifted close to 133 gifts...n v organized the party at home grounds:)...yes at the IGIA school..n ya....there is this custom that the volunteers should arrange a small programme for the kids...so this time the kids ...I think had the misfortune of having to tolerate their teacher's dance performances:)
2008
Gifted 1401 children....y v mention the number every other year is only coz ...v realised the value it had...only after this party.....
We volunteered at Bubbles Learning Centre for Autism and there were children who were mentally challenged, who would not respond or talk or take part in any of the party activities, but the moment you give them a gift, you could actually see their faces light up ....:)
2009
Yet to update:):)
1 comment:
Nice that see that you have all the numbers in place...Hope this time it would be more.... (ya, ya, I would also sponsor, and that too before u ask...)
Even I remember the first time you spoke about it 5 years back and even I wonder how come it had been already 5 years...so quick na...
Keep up these kind of good works which you are diligently doing it from past 5 years(atleast that is what I know..)
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