{"id":3481,"date":"2016-10-25T16:24:17","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T14:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.servethecity.brussels\/2017\/09\/27\/kindness-knows-no-age\/"},"modified":"2017-11-15T15:16:27","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T14:16:27","slug":"kindness-knows-no-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.servethecity.brussels\/fr\/2016\/10\/25\/kindness-knows-no-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Kindness knows no age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many\u00a0can\u00a0agree\u00a0that our future lies\u00a0in the\u00a0hands of tiny human beings; the children of our\u00a0society. They are our successors, revolutionaries, our little\u00a0miracles in a big, bad world.<\/p>\n<p>This is a story\u00a0full of hope;\u00a0a story\u00a0of a\u00a0girl with an\u00a0extraordinary wish.\u00a0It begins with an idea, a desire, an urge,\u00a0for the need\u00a0\u00a0to give back to the community\u00a0where\u00a09 year-old\u00a0Morgane\u00a0is\u00a0from.<\/p>\n<p>For her\u00a0birthday,\u00a0Morgane\u00a0had one wish: to serve\u00a0those in need.\u00a0With the help of social media, her plan was to make a video, asking\u00a0friends, family,\u00a0her mom\u2019s coworkers\u00a0to donate\u00a0anything they could which would\u00a0help\u00a0her in achieving\u00a0the\u00a0birthday wish;\u00a0to make a difference in\u00a0someone&rsquo;s life.\u00a0To\u00a0Morgane\u2019s\u00a0surprise, a lot of people\u00a0joined in on what was\u00a0a\u00a09 year old girl&rsquo;s\u00a0aim, and\u00a0donated items piled up, occupying\u00a0an\u00a0entire room.\u00a0As the planning went on, Morgane and her family chose \u201cLa\u00a0Phare\u201d\u00a0to provide\u00a0with\u00a0food, love, and kindness.\u00a0One of\u00a0the\u00a0targets was not\u00a0just\u00a0to serve as a volunteer, but to learn their names,\u00a0and\u00a0their stories\u00a0as well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2208 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/servethecity.azureedge.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/2017-02-24-photo-00000009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"\/\/cdn.servethecity.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/2017-02-24-photo-00000009-300x225.jpg 300w, \/\/cdn.servethecity.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/2017-02-24-photo-00000009-768x576.jpg 768w, \/\/cdn.servethecity.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/2017-02-24-photo-00000009-1024x768.jpg 1024w, \/\/cdn.servethecity.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/2017-02-24-photo-00000009-330x248.jpg 330w, \/\/cdn.servethecity.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/2017-02-24-photo-00000009.jpg 1600w, \/\/cdn.servethecity.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/2017-02-24-photo-00000009-552x414.jpg 552w, \/\/cdn.servethecity.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/2017-02-24-photo-00000009-1280x960.jpg 1280w, \/\/cdn.servethecity.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/2017-02-24-photo-00000009-414x311.jpg 414w, \/\/cdn.servethecity.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/2017-02-24-photo-00000009-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>We can all learn something from a girl who not only empathizes with the difficulties the refugees, the homeless, or anyone in need has, but she also participated in\u00a0trying to plan an eventful evening to show\u00a0people that they are not alone.<\/p>\n<p>We\u00a0are inspired by people\u00a0who take action; people who are not looking past the\u00a0struggles,\u00a0rather\u00a0they are participating\u00a0to help with\u00a0food, clothing, paperwork, and most of all, hope.\u00a0We would like to thank Morgane for her\u00a0compassion, courage, respect,\u00a0humility, love and ability to spread kindness without boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>-Elizabet Torosyan, March 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many\u00a0can\u00a0agree\u00a0that our future lies\u00a0in the\u00a0hands of tiny human beings; the children of our\u00a0society. They are our successors, revolutionaries, our little\u00a0miracles in a big, bad world. This is a story\u00a0full of hope;\u00a0a story\u00a0of a\u00a0girl with an\u00a0extraordinary wish.\u00a0It begins with an idea, a desire, an urge,\u00a0for the need\u00a0\u00a0to give back to the community\u00a0where\u00a09 year-old\u00a0Morgane\u00a0is\u00a0from. 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