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GIFT a SMILE
(Submitted by Vimal Hemani)
Mother Teresa said:
"What matters is not how much you give, but how much love you put into
giving."
When Dina Denning
in June 2004 sent an ethnic doll for "Rotary Dolls museum" Rajkot… "Let me
send some toys for the poor children" she told Rtn Deepak Agrawal, project  in
charge. She asked her Rotary Club of Norwin and her friends. Soon a few
became more than 800 lovely stuffed toys.
60 Rotarians,
spouses and children of RC Rajkot midtown personally gifted those toys to
underprivileged children. The stuffed toys instantly brought broad smiles on
young faces and the project was named "Gift a Smile".
As she wrote: "Even though you are thousands of miles away, our
hearts go out to you. We hope that we have put smiles on your face,
laughter in your hearts and a warm feeling all the way down to your toes. We hope that we have made your day a little
brighter and that you will always know that a group of us back in America are
thinking of you and wishing you well. We wish that we could be there to
see the sparkle in your eyes."
Children of RCC Tramba
(a village where Mrs. Kasturba Gandhi- wife of "father of the nation" M. K.
Gandhi was kept under house arrest), children in paediatric
ward of general hospital, children of Mother Teresa orphanage, children in
slum areas, children in Rotary Midtown Township built for earthquake affected
(one of our 3-H projects), received this unique gift of smile, love and
warmth.
For all those
children, this was the most precious gift they ever received and their tears
of joy and wonder made Rotarians feel immense sense of satisfaction.
It appears that
across continents, smiles will continue to be exchanged.
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