How SupportSoft Team Brought Smile to Children

Place: Bangalore

Date: 27th October 2007

Host: SuportSoft Inc. Team

Centre of Attraction: 25 Smile Children

Starry eyes, lofty dreams, creative minds, fun and frolic and lot of dancing - are a few things that sum up the day with children of Smile Foundation-Bosco project in Bangalore. You had to be there to believe that innocence nurtured can turn into dreams realised, and I’m sure the few of us who turned up to whole heartedly support the event will vouch for that. Those who heard children barely into their teens, or even less, say that they would like to grow up to become an IPS officer, a cricketer, a hockey player or even a computer engineer would have realised that even a small but earnest attempt to support and encourage the less privileged is an attempt that will pay rich dividends for the society.

As some of you might have noticed from the painted diyas on display in the cafeteria, there was no dearth of talent or enthusiasm on part the 25-odd children from the school. Thanks to Meera and Sabir for doing the tough job of having to pick 3 winners from among the kids. Sabir handed out the prizes to the winners, as a small token of our appreciation for his generous gesture of sponsoring gifts for all the children. Some of the diyas were “bought” by our colleagues for as high as Rs.1000 as their contribution to Smile Foundation.

Thanks to Suresh, Asit, Shailesh and Shekhar for this unique gesture. All the other diyas are still up for “sale” for ANY amount that you would like to contribute. We also have applications for those interested in enrolling for payroll giving. Jaleel is the first person to have the initiative in the regard, and I’m sure there are many more to follow. Please get in touch with me for all your contributions.

There was some serious ‘Saturday Morning Fever’ as we set the floor on fire with all our dancing skills, trying to match the vigor and gusto of the children. Much like our state government, we had our own round of musical chairs, although the sole objective was to have fun J Thanks to the GS team for blowing up all the balloons – they came in very handy! On the whole, it was a day of great fun, although we would have loved more participation.

Thanks to Nihar, Pranav, Prashanth, Kavitha, Hemanth, Sumeet Chawla, Sudhakar, Ravi Kumar and Raghavendra for being there and showing the SPRT spirit!

Thanks also to the winning team of aisle decoration for their handsome contribution.

[The above piece of experience is from Bharath Kumar, Product Analyst, SupportSoft Inc. on behalf of his colleagues who came together in support of children from Smile Foundation-Bosco project in Bangalore.]