You can Make a Difference is an
effort of Smile Foundation to sensitize and recognize the existing
disparity between the ‘haves and the have nots’ even in the 21st
century and motivate both the young and the old to contribute
their individual mite towards the cause of the underprivileged.
Smile Foundation thereby intends to initiate a
pilot project towards sensitization of school children about the
disparities existing in the society and concerns of the world
around them, thus motivating the young students to take a small
positive step in the direction of addressing the issue. The campaign
aims at helping them to build desirable values, outlook, knowledge,
character and act responsibly towards their families and society.
“Individually, we
are one drop,
Together, we are an ocean”
- Ryunosuke Satoro
Making a difference? Well it’s not just about
acts of bravery or heroism, but thinking of problems in the world
-- whether across the globe or right in our own backyards -- and
giving some of our time to help solve those problems. For we pass
this world but once, and it is here that We Can Make a Difference!
Children, the catalyst of progress and the future of the nation,
are changing the world every day. But how can children make a
difference in our society immediately?
Here are a few ways how we can make a difference -
1. Make sure your parents don’t employ children under
14.
2. Use cloth bags for shopping, say no to plastic.
3. Help plant trees and flowers in your area; in a public area
that could use some sprucing up or at a park near your home.
4. Adopt a local park, stream or beach, and clean it up.
5. Leave the wild animals, wildflowers, and insects where they
belong -- in the wild. Take a pledge to help the environment.
6. Adopt a "grand friend", write letters and visit them.
7. Start a compost pit
8. Don’t drive before 18.
9. Drive responsibly and obey traffic rules
10. On birthdays and auspicious occasions like marriages, students
can ask parents, friends and grand-parents to make a donation
to a special organization. Students can do the same for other
people's birthdays
11. Save peelings from fruits and vegetables for a compost pile
12. Purchase Charity Greeting cards
13. Motivate elders to vote
14. Motivate elders in your family to Donate Blood and pledge
their organs.
Drop in your suggestions and comments at: coo@smilefoundationindia.org
16. Don't leave water running. For example, turn
off water while brushing your teeth. By wasting less water, we
leave more water, try and adopt methods of rainwater harvesting.
17. Hold a weekend car-wash to raise money or make yourself (and
friends) available to run errands, do yard work, or walk dogs.
Make up fliers to advertise your services and explain where the
money will go that is earned.
18. Organize fetes in your school where you can ask everyone to
bring things from home to sell. You can donate the money for a
cause.
19. Write a letter to the editor about an issue you care about.
20. Spay or neuter your dog or cat, which stops them from having
babies. There are already millions of dogs and cats without homes.
21. Tell your parents if you see children or adults hurting an
animal.
22. Your time helping the Initiatives / Voluntary organisations
in their day-to-day activities Helping such Initiatives / Voluntary
organisations in fund raising / resource mobilization.
23. Offer to help an elderly neighbor. Ask if you can help walk
their dog, change kitty litter, and/or clean a birdcage.
24. Use rechargeable batteries.
25. Give away unwanted clothes and toys to those who can use them.
