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How did we celebrate? Festivities AXA Annual Day On the occasion of their Annual day Town Hall, AXA Technologies invited the ACT children to perform at Hotel Grand Ashok. 30 children performed 3 lively group dances. For the first time in their lives the children experienced a standing ovation. Infineon Event 50 children from Class V and upwards were taken to a homely resort, where a series of team games were arranged for them. All in all, the children had a fun-filled day. Diwali Celebrations We held our community Diwali celebrations at the RBANM's grounds. Anil Gupta bought crackers from Hosur for the occasion. We had 15 volunteers participating in the celebrations. All the children burst crackers under the supervision of a volunteer. The volunteers made the day memorable with their participation and sweets. Rajayotsava Day Celebrations Bengali association invited our children to perform at their Rajyotsava day function. Bakrid Celebrations A special lunch was organised at the centre to celebrate Bakrid. Christmas Celebrations Christmas was celebrated with much joy, giving and receiving. Last year, Lea King donated a 12ft. Christmas tree to ACT. This year, Shubhra Sinha continued Lea's tradition by organising a common lunch of biryani, cake and sweets for all. She also brought several gifts for the children. The children took much interest in setting up the tree and decorated it themselves. The senior girls wrapped gifts for every child and kept them under the tree. Jai Ho! Starting with the 1st performance at our Annual day, our children have till date given 9 fantastic renditions of “Jai Ho”, the award winning number from the movie “Slumdog Millionaire”