The children’s get-together in a hotel hall on 15 October 2024

Sixty-seven photographs in the trust’s records come from a single day, 15 October 2024. They show children and volunteers together in a hotel hall.

Dates in this post are the dates in the file names of the photographs on the volunteers’ phones.

What the photographs show

Children sit in rows on chairs facing a stage with a backdrop of the trust’s emblem. Volunteers stand at a table with warming dishes of food and serve the children. In some pictures the children stand in a group with the volunteers; in others they sit at round tables with their plates.

Why a hotel hall

Children from homes rarely eat in a restaurant or a hall. A hotel table teaches small things that matter later: how to sit, how to ask for a second helping, how to say thank you. It also tells the children that they are guests, not recipients.

What 67 photographs say about the day

Sixty-seven photographs from one day is the largest single-day set in the records after the outdoor food service. It suggests that the event was large enough for several volunteers to be taking pictures at once.

The trust does not publish a count of children or a cost for the day, because it has no list to back them. If the trust’s next get-together can be sponsored, it will say so on the volunteer and donate pages. The trust number is 97036 30893 (call and PhonePe).