OSBM Youth Wing: Mad Hatter's Tea Party

On 8th of July 2014, we derived pleasure in organising a Mad Hatter's tea party for all 65 children at Moorcroft Special School in Hillingdon. The tea party was eagerly set up by the youth members themselves and decorated according to a Mad Hatter's tea party, as depicted in the classic 'Alice in Wonderland'.

The tea party consisted of a plethora of activities in order to entertain the children. The day started off with a surprise visit from a youth member who had dressed up as the Mad Hatter to excite the children. The results were truly extraordinary as they cried out in delight whilst also tucking into sandwiches which were all home made by the youth members themselves and endless boxes of cakes, which were generously provided by Karen Woods, from Just Love Food Company, as they cater specifically for those with severe nut allergies. The children then had an enjoyable game of pass the parcel, followed by a hilarious game of musical statues in which saw youth members also join in.

Therefore, we are truly grateful to Moorcroft for giving us the opportunity to interact with the children which we believe has helped us immensely on our spiritual path to becoming karma yogis, bhakti yogis and jnana yogis. We have come to believe through our own spiritual realisation, at this tea party, that we are born each lifetime needing to "wake up" and once we do that our job is simply to grow as much as we can. This is because we received an outpouring of love from these children as we realised that they had so much to give and teach us. The event truly helped us achieve one of our motives: to help those marginalised in society.

At the end of the event, we received a letter of thanks from the Head teacher of Moorcroft which we all found truly rewarding.

Below are some of the pictures taken from organising and hosting the event. If you would like to enlarge the pictures, simply click on the image.