I slept and dreamt that life was joy;
I awoke and saw that life was service;
I acted and behold, service was joy. Rabindranath Tagore
In order to develop a mindset that is directed towards socially responsible thinking, we at Ekya, encourage the students to engage themselves in some kind of fund raising activity every year. The proceeds would then be handed over to a needy organisation.
As a part of this endeavour, a Newspaper collection drive was held in the school. The students from Grades 1 to 10 exhibited great enthusiasm and participated actively. They brought in old newspapers and magazines everyday over a period of one month and a total of 1232.6 kg was collected. The funds raised amounted to Rs. 12326, which would be handed over to a needy organisation.
The students took pride in contributing their little bit and have undoubtedly proved that –
Little drops of water,
Little grains of sand,
Make the mighty ocean
And the pleasant land. Terry Hogan
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