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| From Chennai 2011 |
This would be the start of another great day for the SCAW team and 600 children. As we drove towards our destination of the D.K.Government Degree College For Women, we were surprised and pleased to see several large billboards advertising SCAW's 2011 distribution with photos from the 2010 distribution on it.
Upon entering the large open courtyard of the school, we were ceremoniously decorated around our necks with huge garlands of red roses that went to our knees. Then as we walked towards the outdoor stage where the children's photos would be taken, things became quite dramatic as suddenly we were showered with hundreds of flower petals by students of the college. Many official looking young men with cameras began taking our photos and we all got a taste of what celebrities experience.
We got a chance to visit some of the classrooms where children were waiting for the big day all dressed in their new clothes from the bedkits. The promised gift would be theirs today! We were greeted with lots of excitement, smiles, and laughter which we hoped would translate into smiling children once in front of the displayed bedkit and camera.
Soon the lines of children appeared and with the help of the students, Rotarians and their wives and teachers, we were able to have a very smooth process of photo-taking and darling needy children receive their bedkits.
Dante seemed to be quite a distraction to the students at this all female college but after some autographs and photos, he continued to focus on getting the little ones to smile for Doug to take the pictures.
Don at one point had about 20 TV station's microphones pressed towards him as he gave a detailed explanation about SCAW and how local needy children are being helped by kind and loving people in Canada and their local Rotarians.
It was a very good day had by all!
Roberta Harris
for the Chennai 2011 Team
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