Birthdays come with such joy and
happiness – all your loved ones gathered around that scrumptious cake to
celebrate you! It also comes with the inevitable question – What gift would you
like for your birthday?
Many of us would jump at this question
with a long list of items but one of our longest supporters, Kavita Mehta’s
daughters’ Sofya and Reyna had a simple and heartwarming answer. They wanted to
help children living in extreme poverty get an opportunity to live a better
life.
They chose to forego gifts and requested
their friends and family to pledge support for Magic Bus through AllButCake instead and
helped us raise funds to move children out of poverty.
Their mother Kavita Mehta said, “When we
were finalising plans for the girls’ 10th birthday celebrations, the girls were
clear that, instead of getting and receiving gifts, many of which would remain
unused, they would rather give to an organization that could use the funds to
do good. Since we had celebrated their older sister’s 10th birthday at the
Magic Bus Centre at Karjat three years earlier, they thought this time we could
donate funds to the NGO.”
She also added, “While our donation is
only a drop in the bucket, we hope that Magic Bus can use it to extend their
fabulous, life-changing programs to reach more young people.”
We are delighted to have been a part of
Sofya and Reyna’s birthday. On behalf of our children, we thank Sofya and
Reyna.
Inspired by this story? You can pledge
your birthday too – Just head to AllButCake.
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