Annual Day Celebrations – 2009
Om Foundation celebrated its 6th Annual day at the Indira Gandhi Auditorium NOIDA. All the 98 kids presented impeccable performances at this event on Saturday the 28th Feb 09. Present at this do were parents of these underprivileged kids and many other friends and well wishers of Om Foundation
. Mr. Peter Parson, Offshore Transformation Manager from British Gas UK was the chief guest at this function and he made a spirited appeal to all-present to work towards bridging this divide in our society. Among others that graced the occasion was Mr. K.K. Verma, the program director of SMILE Foundation. Addressing the guest he highlighted their foundation’s commitment under the Action for Children Program to support Om Foundation in their endeavors. He also announced that whatever funds were raised in this event, their foundation would double that amount.
Dr. Shukla, Retd. Director of NCERT, who is helping Om Foundation with talent acquisition, also enjoyed watching the little angels perform with utmost confidence and fervor. The highlight of the event was a high voltage gig from the rock band “OORJA”. OORJA is the house band of outsourcing major EXL Services and they were kind enough to belt out some very heart warming numbers in both Hindi and English to enthrall the crowd. Pankaj a leading band member commented that they typically do only English numbers but they added some Hindi numbers to ensure that the parents of the kids enjoyed the music too. Also a large team from EXL showed up to cheer up their band. Noteworthy was the fact that most OORJA band members were working the previous night and still were present at 10 AM to spread their energy for this cause.
Speaking at the event Mr. Sanjay Drabu, Trustee Om Foundation and President & CEO of Pacific Ventures Pvt Ltd was nostalgic about how a small beginning some 6 years ago was taking shape and the big day indeed was the strategic support from British Gas. He also made a passionate appeal to everybody present to give back to society a bit so as this world becomes a better place to live.
At the end, the cozy Saturday morning offered us the right doses of fun, entertainment, music, a cause to get associated with a heart full of hope.
