Something from my heart: Dil Se Event 2016

Even though this happened two years ago it is still fresh in my mind. Our board of director Parul yesterday reminded of this incident and I decided to write about it.

Dil Se event was our first event on a large scale. It was a sold out show and we had a little over 500 people in the hall. We had a lot of left-over food in the end. The people who stayed back were the two of us, Parul, Mehul and Hemant. We were trying to figure out what to do with this leftover food.

It was very late around 11:45 or so in the night and we were still putting stuff back in our cars. Parul and I were standing by our cars which were parked next to each other and discussing what to do with so much food. Out of nowhere, one young man came. Standing from far he folded his hands, bowed to us and showed us a card that said Namaste. He then started to display a few cards which basically read that he was hungry and had no money. He was deaf & mute.

Parul quickly ran into the kitchen and brought him a large tray with all the food individually packed inside. During our conversation we came to know that he has a family on the streets and the food we give him will be of big help to his family. When we found out about the family we gave him more food and $20. He was so overwhelmed he started crying. He wrote on his paper that no one in his family had eaten in 2 days and they would be so grateful to us. God bless you always and again he said Namaste and he left. The street was long but within seconds he disappeared. We both got goosebumps when we did not see him after a few seconds.

By now, we found out a place where they took food as a donation. We took all the leftover food at this shelter and to our shock, there were 110 men who had not had any dinner that night. As we served them they ate till they were content blessing us. We got home that night around 2 pm feeling humbled and satisfied that we were able to help the hungry even on our event night. This feeling of gratitude comes over us each time we do any service and I am grateful for all of it. Thank you, Parul for reminding me of this story the other day so I can write about it. Namaste, Much Love and God Bless.
Love,
Shefali

Something from my heart~Dil Se Event 2016

Shefali Kalyani

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