The day was bright and sunny and we at Travelocity were all charged up to give the children from the Sneha Sagar and Prem Kiran Transformation Centre the time of their lives, which surely included a large dose of pampering and maha entertainment.Food is the best way to connect with any soul and that includes children. And what better way than to fulfill their wish to “simply enjoy a meal at the McDonald's outlet”. This luxurious and eagerly awaited wish-treat was fulfilled by us genies, who had already organized a place at the nearby outlet. There were yummy burgers, vegetable rolls and fizz cool colas to satiate their appetite and quench their thirst, and activate us all for the entertainment quotient that was lined up by Prerna Sharma, the HR Head. The tagline of McDonald's “I'm Lovin' It” loomed large in the background and we made it doubly sure that each child experienced happiness and laughter through this day-out. Interactions with us included activities like a spontaneous jig by Niket Mishra, (one of the Travelocity-Travelguru event members), a fun exercise of building a pyramid out of the cola cups within a minute, and making installation art through the cola straws and lids, which was initiated by Kinnari Paleja, our event leader.
The time was up at McDonald's but the fun was not yet over as the kids were then taken to the office. On the way out of the Mall, its escalator caught their fancy and we, especially Kinnari, Sharon and Charmaine took them for a ride so that they could experience the nuances of modern interior technology. It was a sheer joy to observe the toothless grins and boisterous enthusiasm on all of the faces.
We had a train of enthusiastic and well behaved children on the way to the Travelocity office. Taking a ride in an elevator up to the 8th floor, a simple everyday habit of ours was also enjoyed by the children as if it was one of the Disneyland’s joy rides.
The magic continued with the “Open Seasons”, a children’s movie shown in our office’s cafeteria, which was engulfed with uncontrollable laughter. Post the movie, it was time for a small drink break and this was followed by more games and dance performances, which was done by all, especially Vandana Shenoy, who gyrated to a famous Bollywood number. We also had a musical chair game for the children that were also equally enjoyed by the Travelocity & Travelguru team, who were having a second go at their childhood. The innocence of the day was getting contagious and we had some goodies distributed to the children, who were extremely happy to receive the same.
Partings are never sweet but the children were delighted and expressed their happiness and presented a personalized memento to Himanshu Singh, Travelocity’s head honcho.
So, experience Eternity like we did by sending out rays of sunshine to the children of the lesser God and see the world change around you into a beautiful place with loads of laughter, happiness and smiles.
