Make a difference

Those who find themselves unable to run in the Mumbai or the Delhi Marathons held each year, can always decide to walk for a cause. This is exactly what some employees of Maruti Suzuki decided to do during the JGW 09. The number of people who participated may be small in number, and funds raised were nil because fund raising was not their aim, volunteering for the future was. The employees organised a 'Walk for a Cause' to create awareness in society about lack of quality education for the underprivileged. They did this by requesting volunteers and concerned residents of Suncity, Sector 54 to walk holding hands on 2nd oct 09 during the JGW. The idea was to get residents to commit their time to teaching the socially disadvantaged.

And what did they learn from the event ? As they put it:

1. Awareness to the mass requires consistent and patient efforts from the people
2. Lot of efforts are required from every educated person to educate the lesser fortunate children
3. _Everything starts from within and hence one must try to help these very capable children to make our India reach pinnacle
The number of those impacted in this event were small, but as we have said earlier, each individual and every idea contributes towards spreading the collective idea, the Joy of Giving and helps make the Joy of Giving Week a success. So those who would like to participate this year, but fear they may not be able to engage or impact many, need not worry for your participation can make a difference.