When I was a kid, I remember reading about the explorer David Livingstone and day dreaming about one day becoming an explorer like him and discover a new world. I had cooked up stories of perilous expeditions and achievement. For days, I lived like David Livingstone in my heart. I wonder what happened to the dream of being an explorer in me.
As a ten-year old, I was fascinated by the characters in Asterix comics and would read each book many times over borrowed from my neighbourhood library. The characters of Asterix, Obelix, Cacofonix, Vitalstatistix and Getafix kept me entertained for days on end. I started making pencil sketches of these characters and soon I had an entire drawing book full of Asterix characters. My treasured gift to me. I loved making pencil sketches of cartoon characters and the joy I experienced everytime I made a drawing is inexplicable. It’s probably been 3-4 years since I last made a pencil drawing.
In the rigmarole of daily living, do we ever stop to realize our dreams? Do we ever stop to wonder ‘What makes us Happy’? Or is it a question we have forgotten to ask ourselves?
In this festive season, Dream A Dream brings to you an opportunity to realize your long-cherished dream. Do something that makes you immensely happy and also in realizing your dream – you now have the opportunity to help a child at Dream A Dream realize their dreams.
The Joy of Realizing Dreams is a unique fundraising and community engagement campaign being organized by Dream A Dream. It is a 3 month long campaign from October 2, 2009 to December 24, 2009.
The Joy of Realizing Dreams encourages you to do that one small thing you’ve always wanted to do or can do, and in doing so, help children from vulnerable backgrounds, who face larger struggles to realize dreams like – an education, to pursue his/her favourite sport, or talent in arts.
If you always wanted to paint – go ahead and make 10 pieces of your painting, sell it to you friends and contribute the funds to Dream A Dream.
If you always wanted to learn cooking or love cooking – host a dinner for your family and friends, ask them to make a contribution for the dinner and donate those funds to Dream A Dream. Here is your chance to fulfill your long-cherished dream to dance, travel, trek, cycle, volunteer or whatever else it is and be assured that you are helping another child realize their dreams.
The Joy of Realizing Dreams is based on the belief that involvement with charity work could be fun, engaging and extremely fulfilling for an individual and extends beyond just giving money.
I have decided to go back to my passion for pencil drawing and I will be making 15 drawings from the Asterix comic series. I will sell them to my friends and raise money for Dream A Dream.
What dream would you like to realize?
For more details, go to http://dreamathon.wordpress.com
Vishal Talreja
Co-founder & Director
Dream A Dream
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