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Asian Voice - Saturday 11th December 2010
A selfless day to serve - Kartik. S. Raval
and then distributed to the homeless. Vice Chairman for the Curry Project John McGhie said, “The Curry project were fortunate enough to participate in National Sewa day in partnership with a number of the local Hindu temples across Bradford. Under the banner
ing tree. The aim is to improve the health of the Food and clothing collecarea by providing free fruit tion for the homeless, tree in season, colour and planting for a better enviwildlife benefit during flowronment and spending time ering and improvement in with 4 year old child sufferthe outlook of what is a ing from Leukemia took the very rundown and deprived driving seat on the National estate, thus increasing peoSewa Day with the support ple’s pride in their garden of Curry Project. and in the area and encouraging people to do more in their front garden and take care of it. Rachel Deadman, Joint Community Space Challenge Coordinator, City of Bradford YMCA thanked National Sewa Day to taking up an initiative to give people National Sewa Day: Planting a better and a healthier future a better environment to live in as The event kick started “Be the Change”, groups of now the residents wait for at the Laxminarayan Hindu volunteers across the city the seeds planted by the Temple and Sai Centre worked tirelessly to collect volunteers grow into flowLidget Green. About 36 food and clothing donaers and fruits. volunteers managed these tions for homeless and The group also manlocations and received the deprived people. aged to raise an enthusiasneedful to make the day a A total of 18 Volunteers tic, hardworking and talsuccess. The community went to the Lower Grange ented team of 14 replied with a fantastic Volunteers, who visited a estate, Allerton on the outresponse to an initiative of family in Swillington in skirts of Bradford City giving hundreds of people Leeds where there is a 4 where 21 holes were dug the basics of life. 450 tins of year old suffering from for planting fruit or flowervegetables, over 35 packets acute lymphoblastic ing trees in the front garof rice, 20 boxes coffee and leukemia. The volunteers dens of houses which tea, 67 Black Bin liners full made the best out of this belong to two local of coats, trousers, shirts, Housing Associations. The opportunity by sharing a bedding plus many more residents have been given good time with the child items. These were all taken the opportunity to apply to and also made their day down to St Mary Centre off ‘Adopt a Tree’ and to worthwhile as they promBarkerend Rd where the choose whether they want ised to keep up the good Curry projects runs from an apple, pear or a flowerwork every year.
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India Realty Corner Vikram Goyal, Managing Director
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