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STORY dons Santa's hat for underprivileged kids

by IBNS 28 Dec 2015, 08:47 am

Kolkata, Dec 28 (IBNS): The talk of the town leisure store STORY hosted a storytelling competition for underprivileged children on the day of Christmas in Kolkata.

The kids came to the premises of STORY's flagship store in Elgin road from Chetna Street School and Future Hope School. 
 

A total of 25 participant children narrated funny and amusing stories using puppets and soft toys. The winners of the competition were later awarded with prizes.

Three winners from both the schools were selected. 
 
This event was a brain-child and planned by Sejal Arora of South City International School.

STORY also arranged for a tattoo corner where each one of these children got a Santa tattoo done.
 
The walls of STORY have been adorned with literary pieces specially picked out for children of various age groups. 
 
Every Sunday, STORY organizes the ‘Story-teller’s’ club meet, where various activities are planned for the kids to have fun while they learn, at its flagship store at Elgin road.

There are a total of four STORY outlets in West Bengal. They are in Elgin Road; Diamond Plaza Mall, Nager Bazar; Avani River Side Mall, Howrah and Junction Mall, Durgapur.

The flagship bookstore of STORY, was launched in 15th April, 2014 in Kolkata. It claims to be eastern India’s largest standalone bookstore covering an area of 15000 sq feet.

STORY also helps students of Future Hope, an NGO in Kolkata that provides home and school for street children, by training them at various stores during summer internships. It also raises funds and donates books, gifts and toys to various charity organisations.

‘Share a Story’ initiative collected 10,000 books and handed it over to Future Hope and Mukti Rehabilitation Centre. STORY contributes books for the annual Carnival and Jumble Sale at IICP (the Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy).

Eventually a pilgrimage for all book-lovers Story has a massive collection of books of all genres and a dedicated floor for children. 

Through innovative technology and outstanding customer service, Story provides more than 50000 titles. The best basket of collectible pens and writing accessories is available in the Pen & Ink section. 

The art street section offers art material and accessories, gift it! section has bountiful of special gift items, greetings section boasts of a wide range of all reasons greeting cards whereas the paper shop and stationery section has a comprehensive range of house paper and stationery materials of different kinds.