Kids Day Celebration at NICE....

Get your Kids at Work....

 My First Event to Enjoy at NICE....KIDS Day. Though it was for kids, being volunteered  for it was also a good time enjoyment. 

    

         28th April'17 , called as "KIDS DAY" at NICE, to let know the kids of NICE PUNE family members, the pretty environment where their parents work..

   To make them familiar with NICE family and ensure them they have a Fun-filled day at NICE, couple of  activities were planned out for the kids.. The Entire office was decorated with colorful balloons & Cartoon Statues.

   Starting with the registration in form of bands on their wrist, kids were welcome by the most fascinating characters of Indian Cartoon Family - BHEEM & CHUTKI to which kids love much.

BHEEM & CHUTKI

    Kids love Animated Movies much... We came to know this  when they were watching  "THE BOSS BABY"  with too much fun, even parents enjoyed with them.

THE BOSS BABY Movie

       Some fun loving activities like Mehendi, Hair Beading, Tattoo making, Nail art, Balloon art were arranged for kids to make them more comfortable at place.

 The Real fun started from 2PM. The cafeteria premises was beautifully decorated. Games Corner  like Archery, basket ball and Eatery stalls like Panipuri, Candy Floss, Ice Gola were arranged to make kids use full advantage of  the day at NICE office. The Puppet and the Magic Show was a full fun stop.   

 The Host of the Event made the kids to get involved in fun activities planned for them. Drawing Competition, Dancing with parents and Bring it on  activity made the kids day.  They loved the dancing with DJ songs playing in the background.  

 

 Simultaneously, we had arranged a small Nutrition session for the parents to let them know the proper food required by the Children for their overall development.

 At last, their was a CAKE CUTTING Ceremony arrange for the kids at cafeteria followed by the MacD meal. 

As a small symbol of Love, We gifted TIFFIN-ZIPPER-BAG kit which was awesome gift for them. 

Also they captured this fun loving day at NICE at  Photobooth in reception area. 

PhotoBooth

  The Kids enjoyed a lot with NICE Family. Even most of kids were not ready to live the Office. Overall it  was a very fun filled day for kids and there parents  with NICE family. 

Time to Time, such type of events make it a Healthy  environment for the Employees  to work. Not Salary is an important outcome of  your work, but  sometimes such events making you relax and enjoy at Workplace is also needed. Healthy and NICE environment inspires your Employees to work with more dedication and passion. 

          Thank you to all KIDS, their PARENTS and of course the VOLUNTEERS and MANAGEMENT TEAM to make it memorable day for all.

 

To know more about NICE Pune, visit: nice.com/PUNE

       

 

The Company I work with..

NICE SYSTEMS...

                      After  completing  11 months at Mphasis- my first job, I moved forward in my life with NICE LTD, Pune, where new challenges and many more surprises were waiting for me.

       When I came for the interview at NICE about one and half months back, I never knew that I would be lucky to be the part of this NICE family. It was whole day interview process, consisting of 5 rounds. Over the time, no. of things happened with me, would like to share you with.

                 Entering the office and greeted by the Security Guard in energetic way was how my interview day at NICE begin with !! Then as soon as entered the office, the walls attracted my eyes towards them. Colorful walls with some inspiring quotes written on them mesmerized me.

            Since it was a longday process and the HR knew it, They took us to office canteen which was not allowed for interviewers to access.we all interviewers had our lunch there and then back to waiting for turn.

     Meanwhile in waiting space, I just saw a big Bell hanging in the mid of floor. I got very curious to know the reason behind putting that bell there. in the Last round with HR Priyanka, I was unable to stop self and finally asked her the reason behind putting the bell in mid of floor. 

     The answer was very inspiring for me. She told that whenever any team achieves success in their work, the bell is rang by winning team, and all the employee gather over there to celebrate the achievement by the team. This let us know that happiness needs to be shared with others. 

      After couple of days I got  my offer letter from NICE and on 20th of March, I became the part of growing NICE family. On very first day, all the new joiners became friends and started there office journey's with it..!!

   After all team work is what leads to achievement in any organization..

Team NiceNOC

 In the next week, we had a grand induction program for new Joiners. Our team was lucky enough to have Mr. Barry Cooper to  be present at this event at courtyard marriot to interact with us all. Even our Global HR head, Mrs. Sigal presided in the event. With Couple of sessions by directors, we had some fun activities conducted by Head HR of NICE Ltd. India. 

           At last, we had a photo session with  Mr. Vijay Gondi, Head of NICE, Pune.

    Before few days, we had our team lead, Tushar's birthday celebration at office. First time  we got to know is  this is erver 1st bday celebration  in Team. So, Tushar took us for pizza party.

 So what makes a team? Coordination with each one of in team, working as a team, celebrating many events together like birthday's,Cup of Coffee gossips and many more. This what all i am experiencing here at NICE. Work culture needs to maintain to keep employees to stay with company for a long time.... After all,                                                                                                                                NICE is all about Creating Better Experiences...

     Lucky to have you as team mates and New friends: Vishakha, Dipti, Rohit, Snehal, Sanoop, Nikhil, Rohan, Shantanu, Priyanka,Ajay and old team members whom i dont know properly....

 

                 To know more about nice/Pune, visit: www.nice.com/pune .

The Clothes Donation Drive and Christmas Celebration...

Whats the Biggest Thing to give Someone??

    Its LOVE Bcoz, How much you give to Others,

                                                You get more in Return.....

 

     After the successful Daan Utsav, We  were ready for our next, CLOTHES DRIVE. All our volunteers were charged for this.  All things were planned were in perfect way.

Clothes Collection at  various drop points

       The donors gave so much response and we had gather countless of love for this underprivileged people in terms of clothes.It took many hands to sort the clothes as per age wise and gender at many collection centers so that it should reach at proper place in the hands of needy one.

                    
     The day arrived for all of us we were waiting for. Preparations were on its peak to Spread the Smile & Share the Love. Dedicated Volunteers were ready for all 3 locations: Old age home(Navipeth),Orphanage(Wagholi) & Chinchwad  Slum area.

   After  distribution at Navipeth old age home, Volunteers from there joined Wagholi team for the next location. Volunteers had a meeting session with each other after arriving at orphanage and then we handed over the clothes to orphanage supervisor. We had some interaction with children residing over there and had a small kabaddi session with them.
  
                   Alternatively, volunteers at chinchwad were having great time with kids over there. 

The cute smiles...

Kids having fun..

       After a small tea break, we headed towards our destination. The Clothes drive ended happily and in organized way.

Volunteers team at different locations...

 The Christmas Drive.....

           
       Just 2 days after the clothes drive Neeraja our dedicated volunteer from Kalyani Nagar who works in Agrostar company at E-space(viman nagar),Pune informed us that her office employees are planning to donate Toys on eve of Christmas through our Lets Spread Love Pune  group. So the  planning began in no time.

LSL Volunteers Diksha, Rohit and Neeraja accepting Christmas gifts from Team AGROSTAR..

 The day came...25th of Dec,2016- CHRISTMAS DAY. We gather at Diksha's place as decided. AS soon as all arrived we started our journey towards ashram. On reaching there we were surprised to see Kunal and Ankit.

            The children were very happy to see us there. they all gather in the common hall and sat in disciplined way. 

Kids listening to volunteers attentively at Wagholi Ashram,Pune

 We had an interaction session with them, where some of them sang the song. the best part was when we asked the to stand for prayer and recite Navkar Mantra  which is daily verse to recite while praying.

Chocolate distribution and interaction with 10th Standard Students

      After Chocolate distribution, we had an interacting session with Children studying in 10th standard.We are trying to make some difference in their lives and to led their path towards their Dreams. 
  Some of them want to become IAS, some IPS, some want to go in ARMY, some  SINGER and DIRECTOR.

   It was indeed great Christmas celebration with this children in the true way.  We felt very happy and peaceful spending the time with them.

         Its true that Money is very important to live. But to be happy, you don't need money, you need to make some difference in others lives.  

                 Thanks to all volunteers who save their time  from busy scheduled and use it to spread the smile & Love on lovely faces of kids. Thanks to donors for their  kind support. 

     

       "Never Stop doing Little things for Others,

   Sometimes those little things occupy the biggest part of their Heart."

 

 

The Dil Wali Diwali Celebration....

Diwali is Family Festival. Celebrating the diwali with all the family together has special; happiness. The Laxmi Poojan, Busting Crackers with family & friends, Eating Lavishing Sweets & Snacks   and more things we do....

         Every Year, I celebrate Diwali  with my family. But this time no holidays so had to work on Diwali day too... So was little bit upset for not going to celebrate Diwali this time with family. After all you get fewer occasions to see your family altogether...

  

 Overcoming from the Upset mood,  I thought to celebrate this Diwali  in unique way. Like me.. Many of my LSL friends were not going to home for celebration.. So we togetherly planned to celebrate this Diwali with the Slum Kids...And the Planning began...

  We decided to celebrate the Diwali by Sweets Distribution followed by enjoying Paper Poppers.But Sudden one day before decided to keep Rangoli Competition.

     As planned, we were only 6-7 volunteers to be going to come. Surprisingly,  there were 14-15 volunteers more than we thought and that gave us Goosebumps to  Celebrate the Dil Wali Diwali   with full spirit. 

           On Arriving, we saw kids were newly dressed. They were enjoying with their friends. some of them were new faces for us as they were studying in residential school. All the kids stuck to  volunteers and started doing Masti with them. Doing Photo Session by taking kids on our shoulders was "Moment of the Event".  

Meanwhile, some of our volunteers distributed sweets to every slum family and sought lots of blessings. We volunteers also enjoyed this along with kids.

   In few time, we started Rangoli Competition. Boys along with girls also participated in this Rangoli making activity. 

After finishing, some of kids performed singing & dancing infront of all.  The celebration happily ended with Pastries distribution to kids by the Birthday Boy Deepak followed by Gift Distribution by the Chandrabhushan Modi & others. 

Heartly thanks to  ICERTIS  and the Ladies group of Sanskruti Society,Hadapsar for the Sweets. Thank you Vikas Sir & Mam for being the part of this event... Cheers to our Team...& Thank you for being their...

The Happy Faces of Kids and Smile on them.... was our Diwali Celebration in True Way..

          

  You can be the reason like us for this 

cute smiles and happy faces of kids...

Join us as volunteer or donor by going on to following link....

         Donor    https://goo.gl/52Ggrh           

  

Volunteer : https://goo.gl/d1wmqZ 

Visit us on:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/LetsSpreadLovePune/

Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/letsfeedindia 

 "The Best way to cheer yourself is,

To try cheer someone Else up "

                     --Lets Spread Love Pune, Spreading Smiles--

Lets Spread Love Pune: The Daan Utsav..

"Happiness is Celebrating the Joy of Giving...."

 

  DAAN UTSAV, earlier called the "the Joy of Giving Week", is celebrated across all over India since 2009. It aims to spread Love, Joy and Happiness among those who are lesser fortunate than us for a week from 2nd October to 8th October marking the start at Gandhi Jayanti. 

               From Celebrities to CEO's, auto driver to maids, school/college students to village communities,  millions of people from different backgrounds participate and celebrates this Daan Utsav in no of ways like some donating food, some raising funds, books and clothes donation, funding children's education, 7days 7gifts.

In the Metropolitan cities like  Chennai & Hyderabad,  Many 5 star hotels organizes a event every year called "Battle of Buffet", where they provide their most of lavishing foods to many NGO's Free of Cost  to celebrate the Joy of Giving.

  We, the Lets Spread Love Pune, also decided to celebrate the Joy of Giving Week  with a massive food sharing drive on 8th October,2016. LSL believes ,"To get the full value of joy, you must have someone to share it with." We have aimed to share food with over 15000 people  across Pune.


 
 
Lets Spread Love Pune is continuously working towards Spreading smiles over millions of underprivileged kids who are far away from our luxurious life. Twice a month, we share the lavishing food that we eat with them to make them smile and engaged them in various fun and learn activities. 
     
 Recently, we successfully convinced one of family from the slum to enrolled her children for the Navodaya School Entrance Exam and successfully submitted her form towards Block Education Officer. Also, some of volunteers are putting their efforts to prepare that child for the Navodaya Entrance Exam.

So Join our massive event and Spread the smile......

To Join,

As a Volunteer, contact- Rahul Prajapati 9711284857

As a Donor,contact -  Sonam Bhatia 8928471846

Event Link: https://goo.gl/ykFrzw
 

  "The Best way to cheer yourself is,

To try cheer someone Else up "

        --Lets Spread Love Pune, Spreading Smiles--

The Rising of Women...

''India mein sabzi Lene se leke to olympic Medal  tak.... Ladies ko hi Jana Padta hai....''

 

This sentence is trolling the Tweeter,WhatsApp, Facebook and many other social media sites and applications after winning Silver Medal by PV Sindhu in Rio Olympics2016 Badminton Finals.Literally, this Rio Olympics2016 Games Proved to be mind Changing  Game for Indians about their thinking for Women..  

 India’s 2016 Olympic stars Aditi Ashok, PV Sindhu, Sakshi Malik &  Dipa Karmakar stand tall amidst shattered glass ceilings, prejudices, and apathy. These women have smashed, punched, and vaulted their way forward in a country that counts on its sons for success and sees its daughters as the meek ones to be married off. 

Lets See about the Women players who made India proud by winning olympic medals...

Sakshi Malik..

The Rohtak Girl, made india proud after winning the first Olympic medal at Rio Olympics Games for India by winning Bronze medal against Kyrgyzstan’s Aisuluu Tynybekova in 58 Kg category of  Women's Freestyle Wrestling at Rio Olympics 2016.

  Starting her training at the  early stage of 12 years old, has won her first medal in 2000  World Junior Wresting Championship in the 59-kg category in form of Bronze medal by the age of 18. She has won Silver Medal in Common Wealth Games 2014, Bronze Medal in Senior Asian Wrestling Championships 2015 and Recently Bronze Medal in Rio Olympics Games 2016.

(http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/sakshi-malik-from-haryana-to-rio)

  PV Sindhu

This name was not known to all  Indians till she entered the badminton Finals at Rio Olympics2016. The Evening of 19th Aug,2016, has become an historical one as PV Sindhu, 21 years old,  conquered Silver Medal on her name while playing against Carolina Martin, Spanish Player.  Both PV Sindhu and Carolina Martin entered the Badminton Finals in Olympics for the first time. Pusarla Venkata Sindhu's  journey till the finals itself is an achievement n victory. She may not have won the Gold, but she have won the hearts of billion people which made this Silver Medal Shine more than winning a Gold Medal. We cant ignore the man behind her success, Pullela Gopichand,  ex-athlelte and her coach. She has won a bronze medal at the 2009 Sub-Junior Asian Badminton Championships.P. V. Sindhu ended 2013 on a happy note by winning Macau Open Grand Prix Gold title, and the Arjun Award, one of the highest honours for a sportsperson in the country and many more awards re bestowed on her.

Dipa Karmarkar

Dipa Karmarkar, 23 years old,  is the first ever Indian female Gymnast to represent India in Olympics in Gymnasium. Also she is the first ever Indian gymnast to do so in the period of 52 years. She secured 4th position in Women's Vault Gymnastics event of Rio Olympics 2016 with an overall score of 15.066.

  She have not won any of the Bronze,Silver or Gold Medal, but she has become an inspiration for the girls who wants to enter the sports field from  the entire  state of Tripura as well as rest of India.She too have many awards on her name.

Aditi Ashok

Aditi Ashok, 18 years old, is the by far the youngest Indian player to reach into Golf Finals of Olympics. She started learning golf since the age of 5  at Bangalore Golf Club. ADITI ASHOK is the youngest and first Indian to win LET’s Lalla Aicha Tour School 2016 with the lowest winning score of 23 under par at 17 years. With this victory she also became the first Indian (male or female) to win qualifying school of any internationally ranked tour. She equaled the men’s course record and set a new women’s course record with her career’s lowest round of 10 under par on Samanah Country Club. She is the only Indian golfer to have played the Asian Youth Games (2013) Youth Olympic Games (2014) and Asian Games (2014). Besides this, she has no of laurels and awards namd upon her. She is getting trained herself under Mr Steven Giuliano, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and strength and conditioning coach  Mr Nicolas Cabaret, Annecy, France

 The story and their journey to RioOlympics2016 is itself an achievement for them. A nice message to share with you that changes the view about the women in society :

 "For the Indian Girls at Rio.. "

They defeated the ultrasound that declared 'It' was a 'She'.

They defeated the nurse declaring in a sombre tone 'Ladki Hai..' .

They defeated murderous parents or even worse ,

those who keep them alive but kill their spirit every single day.

They defeated the odds against them for parents "Allowing" her to chase her dream.

They defeated the family pride that wants Every Indian Child to be a Doctor or Engineer.

They defeated the School Teacher, who said "It's not a Girl's Game".

They defeated bad Sports Infrastructure and even lack of Healthy food needed to fuel the fire. 

They defeated a System where overweight foreign travelling officials,

who have only played ludo as a sports, decide her fate.

They defeated the Dada-Nana who told her "good girls don't wear short clothes".

They defeated the Dadi-Nani who told her not to play in sun and become "kaali-kaluti."

They defeated friends who told her she needs to "control aggression and chill."

They defeated the pados waali Aunty ji who wondered "akele kahan-kahan ghumti hai aapki ladki."

They defeated the million eyes staring at her legs and not noticing the brilliant game she played.

They defeated the Bua jee and Mausi jee who ask "tum shadi kab karogi."

They defeated the journalist who asked her when she would "settle".

They defeated the cynics who thought they were pouting and clicking selfies on a fully paid foreign trip..

 

They have achieved what they have not because of us. But despite us!"...