Thought Overflow

Last year, towards the end of September, there was a huge media spotlight on a special week — The Joy of Giving Week. It was celebrated from September 27 – October 3, 2009, and consisted of various events aimed at raising cash, food and clothes for the under-privileged. It was quite grand and XLRI played a huge role in bringing it to Jamshedpur. The students of XLRI had organised nukkad nataks, bike rallies and clothes collection, among other things. In fact, even the faculty participated by taking out a car rally. For more details, check out Jamshedpur Joyfest.

Now, there’s a chance to contribute again. Give India, the foundation behind the Joy of Giving Week, is in the race to win $ 1 Million by Chase Foundation in a competition on Facebook, and it needs votes. This money will be used for child education, and will apparently be enough to send about 40,000 children to school for one year.

But don’t believe me. Go and check out the foundation’s page on the Chase Community page. You may have to install the application, but it’s not really a big deal, is it? Do it now! Here’s the link:

http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/charities/338730

I’ve voted, and every vote counts. I hope this post makes a difference.

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