Friday, July 30, 2010

Joy of Giving Week

Good morning friends. Today, we have to be joyful as it is The Joy of Giving Week.

The Joy of Giving Week (JGW)', is a national movement aimed at engaging people in different acts of giving' whatever they have -- money, time, resources or skill -- will begin its second edition from September 26. There are group of volunteers from corner to corner of the country The social movement, was coordinated that will conclude on Gandhi Jayanti' on October 2. The first edition of JGW had more than 200 NGOs, 1,000 schools, 100 colleges, 200 corporate houses and 20 lakh individuals taking part.

There are well-known personalites who actively supported the initiative. Lakhs of people donated money and clothes, or volunteered to give their time. Not to mention but some of the personalities are like Azim Premji, Deepak Chopra, Rahul Dravid, Anu Aga, Kumarmangalam Birla, Adi Godrej and Nandita Das. Narendra Somani, founder & chairman, Bhagwati Banquets; Umang Hutheesingh, president, Hutheesingh Design Company; Amit Khatri, member, Traffic Committee; and radio jockey Dhwanit Thakar were present at the meet organised to share the information regarding the upcoming event.

So let’s give with joy and share the joy we have to everyone. – The Times of India

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