One calendar year gives us several occasions to celebrate. Aside from festivals and days of national and international importance, we have our personal occasions to celebrate such as birthdays, weddings, promotions, housewarming, and the like. More often than not, we celebrate these special days with our near and dear ones. Pause here for a moment and think if there is any other way to make your occasions more special!
Celebrations with a difference
There are many unique ways to celebrate special days, and one among them is engaging in a charitable act. While you have your own wish list on how you would like to celebrate or surprise your dear one on a special occasion, adding charity to it will invariably add goodwill to your celebrations. You can share your day with the less privileged and add happiness in the life of the beneficiaries and yours too!
Celebrate with children
The Akshaya Patra Foundation gives you a platform to celebrate your special days with their beneficiary children. Currently, the Foundation provides daily nutritious meals to 18,00,907 children in 19,039 government schools and government-aided schools across 14 States and 2 Union Territories in India. You can gift a smile to these children by contributing towards their much-needed mid-day meals.
Which occasions can you celebrate with Akshaya Patra?
Akshaya Patra always encourages the thoughtful nature of adding charity to your special occasion celebrations. Below mentioned are some occasions that will serve as an example of the occasions you can celebrate with Akshaya Patra:
- Donate towards mid-day meal programme to celebrate occasions of personal importance such as birthdays, weddings, housewarming, in memory of, in honour of, promotions, new ventures, etc.
- Gift mid-day meals to feed the needy children as a part of celebrating important events at your office.
- Donate to feed children and spread happiness on festive occasions such as Diwali, Christmas, New Year, Holi etc.
- Donate individually or conduct a fundraising campaign on days of national and international importance such as Independence Day, Children’s Day, World Food Day, World NGO Day, etc.
- In fact, you can make your own special calendar day to ‘gift a smile’.
What’s the takeaway?
Adding charity in your celebrations is a noble way to double your happiness and add goodwill in your life. Your choice of sharing a special day has the potential to make a huge difference in the lives of the beneficiaries. For instance, when you donate towards mid-day meals to feed the needy children, you ensure accessibility to nutritious food and contribute to their health and education. To conclude, donate to NGO with all your heart because it is not only a good gesture, but also a medium to transform lives.
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