Boond - A Drop of Hope

BOOND PREPARATION DAY

Here we are with another edition of the Boond Week!!!! The prelude to the festivities began today as Boond Members and Volunteers gathered at the Seva Sadan today for understanding their roles and give a final touchup to the preparations for the Week, which begins tomorrow.

All the volunteers were introduced to the members and each other, and everyone was assigned their respective tasks, so that the events could be coordinated well and collectively lead to a successful Boond Week!! Everyone enjoyed completing pre-festival arrangements, and tried their best to ensure that the school children that start coming from the next day feel comfortable and enjoy to the maximum.

After putting in a hard day’s work and hoping that a superb Week is carried out, the Members and Volunteers left satisfied that they had done a good job, which would surely lead to accomplishing a fruitful Boond Week.

“Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values.”
With this spirit, commenced the third and final day of the Boond Festival Week 2014. With an unmatched vigor, Boond was committed to make this day the best among the three days. The 24th of December, 2014 was programed to be celebrated as CHRISTMAS DAY with the kids from the Chattar school, Vihaan school and the Ram Mandir school!!!! The schools started arriving at 10.30 A.M., the children visibly mesmerized by the beautiful decorations around them- the Christmas tree, the stars, balloons, decorative fillers, charts, et al. The volunteers and members were asked to come dressed in Red and White, which accentuated the festive mood all around. The kids themselves personally came and started conversing with the members, as the previous 2 days of fun had made them familiar with each other.

The children started walking across the field, admiring the decorations and getting thrilled amongst themselves. They were served Aloo tikiya chutney and Soup as their snack meal, which they savored. In accordance with the previous days, they were made to display their specialties in front of the audience, which everyone appreciated. Then was the time for the Dance!! With lively music being played in the background, the children and the members alike danced heartily and thoroughly enjoyed, as well as drained, themselves. Simultaneously with the Stall games (Feed the Monster, Hit the Glass) and the Bouncy, a very exciting game, “Bombing the City” was organized- in this game, 4 cities were demarcated at the four different corners and the kids were asked to run from one end to another till the music played. As the music stopped, the kids had to choose any one corner, and the corner whose name was called-out was declared out. What an amazement it was to see such a large number of children running helter-skelter on the Sewa Sadanground, cheering and enjoying thoroughly. After these exciting games, a mouth-watering lunch was awaiting the students, in the form of Daal-Bati, Churma, Mirchi, sweets. The children ate immensely and needless to say, relished the food very much. After the delicious lunch, Boond had another surprise in store for the children- the attraction of the day!!! The kids were assembled school-wise and made to sit on front of the stage. There was a cake cutting ceremony, which was distributed among the kids. And within a few minutes, BEHOLD!!, appeared someone very familiar and popular, especially among children. Ho Ho Ho, it was none other than the Santa Clause!!!! Jingle Bells started playing in the background with Santa’s entry, and the kids literally went mad!!! Shouting, hooting, cheering, applauses surrounded theenvironment. Santa distributed toffees among the kids and more than the toffees, the kids were excited about shaking hands with Santa. They were in complete awe of the event. Consequently, the certificates for the Sports Day event were distributed and the kids, in a very sporting manner, cheered each other and clapped for one another.

As the schools started leaving the Sewa Sadan premises in their buses, there was a mixed feeling of happiness and a bit of sadness. Happiness because the Boond Festival Week had truly met its aim- instilling joy in the lives of the children, and sadness because from the next day onwards, we would be back to our routine lives- the Boond Week was over! But, with a hope of organizing more such and better events in the near future, we bid adieu to the Boond Festival Week-2014!!!!

We cannot do great things on this Earth, only small things with great love" Boond week is initiated with the purpose of providing happiness & sense of belongingness to the unfortunate and poor kids.
Day 2 of the beautiful Boond festival week started. 23rd December was scheduled to celebrate Sankranti with the kids of Chattar, Vihan and Rammandir school at Seva Sadan in Adarsh nagar, Jaipur. The event commenced at 10.00 in the morning, the venue was garnished with flags, colorful balloons, kites all over exhibiting the Sankranti theme. As soon as the kids entered the venue, a loud bustle was encountered with their way of expressing Joy. The members interacted with the children and explained them the reason why Makar Sankranti is celebrated. hot Milk and tasty pasta. They relished each Sip and bite. The real fun, continued and the children were allowed to bombard on the stalls where games were lined up. ’Hit the Pyramid’ brought smiles, where a ball had to destroy a building of steel glasses. ’Shoot the baloon’ was no less in fun, where kids targeted balloons with their guns & ‘Feed the Monster’ was gratifying where children had to pass a ball into the monsters mouth. Along with this, ”mickey mouse” was home to many. Kids jumped and played in the giant Mickey mouse with no intention of leaving it.Simultaneously, they displayed their artistry on the stage. Dance on peppy numbers, poem recitation, soulful songs. A healthy meal followed in which the kids were provided with mouth watering food like Chola Kulcha. This was not the end, but the beginningas everyone was too exicited to take the seat for kite enjoyment.Children went crazy, when they were offered to fly kites. The area was filled with colourful kites all over. The blue roof of sky was flooded with thick layer of their kites. The place was on fire. The kids were hooping on the chairs and everybody painted the ground with full dance, masti and enjoyment. Members, children and helpers all danced and hooted. 
BUT ALL GOOD THINGS COME TO AN END and so did this day but with a promise to meet the next day with all the more vigor and fun.

With a noble mind and a generous heart that symbolizes the tradition of Boond, it set out to organize yet another year of the popular Boond Week to position it as an even better version this year than the last one. The main motive for the members and the volunteers at Boond was to see the center of attraction of this event happy- a smile on the faces of the children from the schools, coming from different slum areas of Jaipur.

Hence, with this as its motivation, thus commenced the Boond Festival Week- Day 1 on the 22nd day of December 2014 at the Adarsh Nagar Sewa Sadan. Attended by around 350 children from 3 different schools around Jaipur, namely Chattar school, Vihaan school and the Ram Mandir school, today’s event was destined to be a whole lot of fun and frolic for the kids. Because today was the SPORTS DAY!!!!!!! A beautiful sunny day in the harsh winters of Jaipur proved that even the nature was supporting us in bringing a smile on these children’s faces.

The kids started arriving at the venue by 10.30 A.M. and very courteously and in an organized manner, were made to sit in their tents by the members. Each school had a respective tent of its own, where seated the children of that school. Members and volunteers started the ball rolling with engaging in friendly and a frank talk with the children, and making them feel completely comfortable. In each tent, the respective members assigned to that tent asked the kids to display their talents and engage in entertainment. The kids frequently shouted out their school’s name in the midst of it all, to get their school recognized. All these small-scale actions made the kids content. A short introductory speech was given next, after which kids from each school were asked to come up on the stage and show their skills in front of everyone. It was indeed a very pleasurable sight as the kids sang, recited poems, showed off their dancing and acrobatic skills, and basically, let’s say, thoroughly enjoyed!!!!! Tasty ‘Poha’ and ‘Rabri’ were provided to the kids, which they relished very much.

Now was the time for the main event of the day- the Sports!!!!! Each school was being pepped up and getting geared up for winning the maximum races. And seeing their power-packed zeal and enthusiasm, the games were declared open! There were interschool races organized which comprised of the relay and the sprint races. For both the races, each school sent 6 kids- 3 boys and 3 girls to compete. The white lines were chalked out, the finish string ready, the coordinators ready and most importantly, the participants all set to win! So as to invigorate the children, there was even a fun race in which some of the members took part and competed amongst themselves. It was indeed a very nice gesture undertaken, as the children liked the fact that even the ‘Bhaiyas’ and ‘Didis’ were racing. After this, the tug of war event was conducted, in which everyone showcased their strength and tried to win by pulling the rope as hard as they could. It was remarkable to see the vigor by which everyone was pulling at the rope. All these events were being participated with a lot of enthusiasm, with lively music being played in the background. Side-by-side, there was even a provision of stall games such as ‘Feed the Monster’, ‘Hit the Glasses’, etc. which saw long queues of children eagerly wanting to try out.

Lunch followed after these exhaustive events, where the kids were offered with delectable delicacies such as aloo-poori, mirchi and pakodas. After eating to their heart’s content, the children were lined up school-wise and taken towards playing on the Bouncy! Their joy knew no bounds!! The kids were really excited to play on the Bouncy and were requesting the members to let them go on the Bouncy again and again. It was genuinely very elating for us all to see the cheerful faces of the kids. Happiness, Masti and the loud cheering of the children filled the air. Therefore, ended Day 1 on a positive note and with noticing beaming faces all around. Although it was indeed hectic, all of us were filled with all the more zeal to make the next 2 days even better. This day was really special- it gave a magical feeling of euphoria!!!

So boond week is back with a bang !
Members actively participated in the preparations of 3 days boond festival week 2014, all the members gave 5 hours consecutively for 5 days making the event a big success.

BOOND FESTIVAL WEEK was of 3 days in which 2 festival and a sports day is celebrated with 350 kids of 2 slum and one government school of jaipur.

After an year of hard work and serving the society, it was time to celebrate and reward the most industrious members for all the efforts they have put in for the growth of the organisation seamlessly. It was time for the award ceremony "AURA 2013" to take place and also to celebrate and enjoy after an year packed with amazing events on 7th January 2014.

The event went on with the much awaited distribution of awards and were given in following categories to the following members:

Fresher (Female): Samiksha Jain
Fresher (Male): Umang Saksena
Best Core-committee member (Female): Manu Shree Shekhawat
Best Core-committee member (Male): Cheeranjeev Moondra
Our Assets: Tushar Agarwal, Love Singh, Jyoti Mittal, Yukti Rastogi, Mohit Bangur, Rishab Sarda, Gaurav Bhambani
Best Member ( Female): Sherry Sahni
Best Member (Male): Himank Chopra
Best Secretary: Divya Pratap Singh Rathore
Vice President: Priyanka Jain
President : Anushree Shah

After the awards were presented it was time for some games and dancing along with the photography session around the borne fire which was then followed by dinner.

The ceremony ended on a happy note by a motivational and thanking speech by the President to work even more better and harder for the society and the growth of the organisation.

A Blood Donation Camp was organized by BOOND - ' a drop of hope ' second time at Bhagwan Mahaveer Cancer Hospital, Jaipur on the 15th of December, . The blood camp was organized with an objective of genuinely helping the people in need who might be fighting for their lives.
Approximately 80 - 90 donors came forward for this noble cause who willingly wanted to to help the society in a big way with their small contribution. . Boond members equally participated in the camp. The people who donated blood were being provided with fresh refreshments, health drinks and thank you cards. Boond encouraged people and gave them an opportunity to feel pride of being the "Life Savers".

To help lead the kids of Vihaan slum school a life wherein safety, cleanliness & hygiene and responsibility towards the society are taken into consideration, the members of Boond arranged sessions there on 24th of October. The sessions were of two hours including the write ups by the kids of what they had grasped. The sessions were made interactive and interesting through posters & charts made according to the respective topics by the members. Thereafter, a card making session and sweets and diyas were distributed as a token for the coming Diwali festival.
The kids also made a big card for Boond wishing us a "happy diwali" :)

HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY BOOND! :)

“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. ”
Day -2 of the beautiful boond festival week started.7th September was scheduled to celebrate Christmas with the kids of chattar,vihan,and ganesh school at seva sadan,adarsh nagar,jaipur.The event started at 10.00 in the morning,the lively decoration aptly suited the Christmas theme. stars, colorful ballons, decorated Christmas tree said it all. Kids entered the venue, a loud bustle was encountered as it was their way of expressing Joy.The members, now familiar with them, personally talked to each one .Children ran, walked acoss the venue. It was such a delight.
Suiting to the theme ,the children were offered chilled juice and tasty pasta. They relished each Sip and bite. The real fun,continued and the children were allowed to bombard on the stalls where games were lined up. ’bowl the building’ brought smiles ,where a ball had to destroy a building of steel glasses. ’Hit the baloon’ was no less in fun,where kids targeted balloons with their guns .Along with this,”mickey mouse” was home to many.Kids jumped ,and played in the giant mickey mouse with no intention of leaving it.
Simultaneously, they displayed their artistry on the stage. Dance on peppy numbers, poem recitation ,soulful songs .Kids were loving it, and so were we. A healthy lunch followed in which the kids were provided with mouth watering food like’ fried rice-Manchurian’ and sweets. This was not the end,but the beginning.!
children went crazy,when they saw Santaclause dressed in white-red attire.It literally was jingle bells,jingle bells ,jingle all the way.The déjà played perfectly apt tunes. The venue was uproared .It was followed by cake cutting,and nothing else but a –DANCE PARTY. The floor was on fire. Members ,children,helpers unitedly danced and hooted.The world around knew,it that we were hard to stop.
BUT ALL GOOD THINGS COMES TO END,and so did this day but with a promise to meet the next day with all the more vigour and fun.

Members actively participated in the preparations of 3 DAY BOOND FESTIVAL WEEK , nearly all the members gave 7 hours for 2 consecutive days for making the event a big success.

BOOND FESTIVAL WEEK was of 3 days in which on each day a different festival was celebrated with 260 kids of 3 slum school of jaipur.