Actress Elli Avram, fresh from
the success of Abbas Mastan’s film ‘Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon’ celebrated
Christmas with children from Smile Foundation at Gaylord’s Bake Shop joining
the popular heritage restaurant in treating them to a range of delicious
goodies while drawing attention to the immense need for increasing support and
awareness on the issue of education of the girl child. The event was an initiative with the Smile
Foundation with the intention of helping raise awareness about the importance
of educating the girl child and the need of education in every child’s life to
help eradicate poverty, ignorance and prejudice.
The Smile Foundation is a
national level development organisation directly benefitting over 300,000
children and their families every year, through 158 welfare projects on
education, healthcare, livelihood and women empowerment in more than 700 remote
villages and slums across 25 states of India. Children, their families and the
community become the target group for Smile Foundation's activities as child
education cannot be done in isolation and nothing else but education for
children can bring long lasting change in society.
Gaylord, established in 1956, a
historic destination in itself is a melting pot of various ethnic cuisines. A
culinary pit-stop in the heart of South Mumbai, where one can indulge in the
delicately prepared North Indian, Mughlai & Continental fare created for
the Maharajas and Nawabs.
Gaylord’s, Bake Shop, enchants
its visitors with its European bistro charm. For the festive season the
bakeshop has a special Christmas menu that includes a delicious array of food
such as the X’Mas Medley, Chicken Marina, Baked Aubergine and a variety of hors
d’oeuvres, which were on the buffet for the children. In addition, Elli also
gifted each child a special souvenir from Sweden which depicted the various
celebrations of the country and spent time interacting with the kids.
Speaking at the event Elli said,
“Christmas to me is a time for giving and to remember to be grateful for
everything you have in life, especially if you have had the privilege of
receiving an education. I support the
great work that Smile Foundation is doing, especially with respect to the
education of the girl child. Christmas is a time for celebration and giving and
it is great if we can all open our hearts and support this much needed cause.”
“We at Gaylord support the cause
of education of the underprivileged girl child and are happy to host this event
and support Elli in bringing Christmas cheer to the children at Smile.” Said
Noel D’Souza, General Manager, Gaylord, Mumbai.
No comments:
Post a Comment