A little story about one of Drew’s Act of Kindness August 2012
In 2005 we were getting ready to go to Central Asia to do
humanitarian work and many of my co-workers were very generous and gave towards
projects and activities. Drew thought
that every child should have Smarties and crayons so we were able to give them
out in one of the larger orphanages that we support occasionally. This act of kindness has not stopped having
an impact in Kyrgyzstan and around the world.
After being posted on our blog others have passed along this story and
John was overwhelmed when a young boy eagerly showed him his empty Smartie box
a few years later. Here are the posts,
comments and re-posts about Drew’s act of kindness.
Did we tell you about a man we know with a great big heart?
He told us that he thinks every kid should at one point in their life have a box of crayons and a box of smarties.
He gave us the money, and we had the privilege of hand delivering crayons and smarties to orphans at the Red River Orphanage.
170 orphans say, "Thanks Drew"
ANOTHER POST FOUR YEARS
LATER
Wednesday,
November 25, 2009
Final Countdown
One day I
walked into an orphanage in Central Asia... I had been there a few times
before, there are about 250 kids in that orphanage ... They don't get a lot of
support.... These are older kids, many of them with minor disabilities... the
unwanted and the untouchables...this is the way that they think the rest of the
world perceives them...unwanted and worthless... It just breaks my heart... I
saw one little boy that I thought I recognized... I asked him if he remembered
me... he said Daaa.. yes, then he ran to his room... a few minutes later he came
back with an empty smarties box.. it was not even a big box, it was one of
those little boxes that you give out at Halloween. You know the ones that hold
about 10 smarties.... I saw it and just gave him a hug... I try so hard not to
cry in front of someone when I have a glimpse into their life... but what is
wrong when an empty smarties box is a symbol of HOPE... you see it was in 2005
that I first walked into that orphanage with a group of friends and we gave
each child their own box of smarties....
This is
just one of the 2000 kids I want to have a special Christmas this year. If an
empty smarties box can make such a lasting impact... how much more can we do
with $5.
The
Christmas Pie Challenge ends at midnight Thursday.... please act right now and
help us...
3 comments:
Maria said...Four
years and he kept a smarties box. What does this say about our society, John?
Just wrong!!
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