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
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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.
