As our first initiative to involve school kids in the foundation activities we organized a Drawing Competition at the St. Peters School (ICSE), Mazgaon. With the kind support of the school 62 children participated in a drawing competition on the theme ‘A sight that makes you happy.’Hindustan Pencils India Ltd. sponsored the paper and drawing kit and each child paid a small fee for participating in the initiative. The money thus collected was donated towards our cause. The drawings that were created were both evocative and inspiring and will be used in the various communication material created by the foundation
Celebrity Fame Gurukul in aid of Make-A-Wish Foundation®:
Sony Entertainment Television chose a unique way to support our cause. They created a program that was an extension of their popular reality show Fame Gurukul (adaptation of the Spanish show Fame Academy ) where ten popular television personalities spent time in the Fame Gurukul Academy learning to be singers and performers and competing to win the grand prize. All the proceeds from the telephone voting and part of the grand prize went to the foundation. The celebrities who had no prior experience in singing willingly
participated given the cause behind the show. During the 2 weeks that the show was on air the channel included a number of wish stories on it and also had special events where the celebrities spent time with our wish children. The show created awareness for our foundation both here and overseas making the impact of this association go far beyond the monetary.
Reuters Community Week Celebrations
Reuters India Ltd. each year organizes an event for our children as part of their Community Week Celebrations. While last year it was an exciting party thrown for 25 wish kids at McDonald’s, this year wish kids were invited to a day of fun and games at the Bowling Company. Movie star John Abraham and television personality Riya Babbar joined the kids making it a special and memorable day for the kids.
The Wishing Well
A Wishing Well was installed at High Street Phoenix, Mumbai – the popular shopping/entertainment destination. Visitors and shoppers for a week supported our cause by purchasing coins and throwing them in the well while making a quiet wish for themselves and for our wish children. Celebrities like Aftab Shivdasani, Arbaaz Khan and Simone Singh were invited to grant wishes of a few children. This Awareness-cum-Fund Raising Drive was a real success. The Hyderabad division carried out a similar initiative at a Kids Carnival organized for their First Year Anniversary and Global Wish Day Celebrations with cine artists Prabhudeva and Raja participating in it.
This initiative would not have been possible without the generosity of Atul & Gayatri Ruia of High Street Phoenix who gave us space free of cost for a week & Provogue, Big Bazaar, Spykar Jeans, My Dollar Store & Noodle Bar for sponsoring the prizes.
Prasad’s Family Entertainer kindly sponsored the venue in Hyderabad with prizes sponsored by Tirumala Music Centre and Lanco, Zen Securities, Daikin, Moldtek, Matrix and Taj Krishna were sponsors for the well.
Disclaimer :
Make-A-Wish Foundation ® of India is affiliated to Make-A-Wish Foundation ® International
"Funds donated to Make-A-Wish Foundation ® of India, do not accrue to the benefit of Make-A-Wish Foundation of America, any United States Chapter of Make-A-Wish Foundation ® of America, or the children that Make-A-Wish Foundation of America and its Chapters serve."
