Dear Friends,

I am very proud to say that Taman Bacaan Pelangi or Rainbow Reading Gardens, has agreed to be my 2013 CSR partner: Children Helping Children- Color Your Life.

Founded by the high-spirited Aunty Nila Tanzil, this non-profit organization specializes in establishing childrens libraries in remote areas of eastern Indonesia. They aim to encourage and nurture childrens interest in reading by providing access to good books. Isnt that wonderful? It is also in line with what my social mission.

This years social activities are unique since I am providing 5,000 coloring and story books for my needy friends in Indonesia. But, I also has a special mission for this activity. I want to invite as many companies, schools and non-profit organizations to work together with me. I am hoping that as many people will grow their social awareness by participating in my activities.

The road shows already started on May 21, 2013 at the Santa Ursula, BSD school where around 1,000 of its kindergarten and elementary school students as well as its teachers and employees participated enthusiastically. They helped me by coloring the first page of the book, and writing a short-inspiring message on each book. It was a great day, and I repeated that wonderful feeling on the second road show, May 23, 2013 at TB-TK Santa Ursula, Jakarta.

The excitement has only begun. I also got a wonderful offer from Aunty Nila. She has offered her helps to facilitate correspondence between students who participate in this social activity with the needy children of eastern Indonesia. Through personal correspondence hopefully mutual understanding and supports can be built between these children. I just love the idea! In fact, Sr. Francesco Marianti, OSU, of Santa Ursula, BSD also loves the idea, and has promised to facilitate the correspondence between the students of her school with Rainbow Reading Gardens. This is the kind of results that I wan to have from doing this kind of social activity. It is like a dream come true for me!

So, as you can see, doing good deeds also have wonderful rewards for you. In this case, my new friends and I were having a lot of fun dancing, singing, story-telling, coloring and writing on the book, as well getting cute puzzles from one of the sponsor. But, for me, the most rewarding of all is the the fact that at least 2,500 needy children served by Rainbow Reading Gardens will have wonderful books to read, to color, as well as to share with their friends in their communities.

I do hope that this small social activity can be an inspiration for many children and adults alike to always try to make this world a better place for everyone. Remember, being good kids are so cool! Spreading love to others rocks!

Thank you very much Rainbow Reading Gardens for being a wonderful partner in this activity. Really appreciate your kindness.

Truly Yours,
Didgit