We celebrate Birthdays .Some of us do it religiously by visiting places of Worship and staying in peace while others would love to share the special moment partying hard with friends and family.So it is up to the person to decide in what way he would like to welcome the special day.But looking on the philosophical side of things birthdays also remaind us that we are getting a year older too.However this fact is most often overlooked by many of us.
Birthdays could be deared to people who are suffering from crtitcal illness as this might be the time they would be counting their days alive on earth.For them life would come a full circle and they would really yearn to be around for a much longer time.It is the time when the person suffering the ailment notices the special things life offers and cherishes each and every moment and gestures.This ideology would be readily agreed by Shane Bernier in Ottawa.
The Israeli Embassy came to the rescue of this little boy to fulfill his humble request to the world. The 8 year old boy received five million birthday cards from people living in 36 countries.Shane had been suffering from cancer had a quest of setting a world record on his birthday.The Israelis with their big heart were touched by the boy's sad story that they got their countrymen together to write birthday wishes to Shane.The campaign was significantly boosted by the embassy's purchase of a large ad in Israel's largest daily newspaper, Yediot Ahronot.
By the time Shane's birthday rolled around last week, he had received more than 20 thousands cards from Israelis, and the embassy said more continue to flow in. Shane and his mother later visited the Israeli Embassy in Ottawa to meet his benefactors. In all, Shane received more than five million birthday cards from people in 36 different countries, though Israel was the only country where government officials initiated a public campaign to assist the boy. He succeeded in setting a new world record for number birthday cards received. The Israeli Embassy was honoured to have Shane Bernier on site to collect the over 5,000 birthday cards that have arrived from Israel to help fulfill his wish of receiving the most birthday cards in history. Shane was given a brief tour of the Embassy before meeting Ambassador Alan Baker and Deputy Head of Mission Amit Gil Bayaz, who presented Shane with an overwhelming number of birthday cards that have arrived from Israel, and which continue to arrive weekly.
The most number of Birthday cards received on the birthday was set by Shane Bernier with the effort of the Israel Embassy in Ottawa,Canada on June 12,2007.
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