A Special Valentine

It was a special day, a special day in all of our lives, the lives of the modern civilized urban youth. Yeah we celebrate this day every year and it holds a varied significance to diverse souls around. So it was yet another 14th Feb, but this year was a little different, as it provided me a chance to be a Valentine, a special Valentine for those underprivileged kids, who were toiling under the sun while we were enjoying all the modern comforts, who had to be content with one meal per day n sometimes even without it, while we had the pleasures of all the exquisite cuisines, who had nothing but those ragged clothes to cover their bodies while we were decked up in the branded apparels n costumes, who had nothing but dust, sand and stones around them while we were exchanging roses, gifts n other goodies on the V-Day.

So it was an occasion to do something little from our end for these unfortunate children - whose little hands which are today carrying the burdens and loads of rags, when actually those tender hands should be carrying the wisdom of knowledge by virtue of books - so that these minds n souls can also script the future of a bright n prosperous nation.

On this occasion of the Valentine's day, the social arm of our organization conducted this beautiful program, an operation called "Mission Rescue Street Child" in collaboration with an NGO which is operating at major railway stations in India; their efforts directed towards the goal to rescue the runaway and lost children at railway platforms, counsel them for home placements or in shelter care and also conduct de-addiction camps.

Towards this initiative, the foundation put up stalls in our cafeteria during the V-day, to spread this message and in course provided an opportunity to all the associates(employees) to be a Special Valentine for such deprived street children. We had the option to gift roses and chocolates to these kids. Games were organized where in the gifts n chocolates won could be donated to the kitty of the foundation for these kids. And in the course of these events n games, the revenue generated would be utilized towards noble cause of betterment and upliftment of the lives of these young kids by providing them education.

And I had the opportunity to volunteer for this great cause to bring a smile on these kids' faces; it really made my day. And I am sure we all would love the internal satisfaction that we get when we feel that though we could not do everything worthy on our own, by involving in such an endeavor, we've done at least something, though trivial, from our end to help resurrect a young bud which could blossom in to a lovely n beautiful flower and grace humankind tomorrow.
All in all, another page of this book(mY LiFE), made worthy, purposeful n cherishable down the memory lane, by this opportunity to be 'A Special Valentine'.