Hello everyone!
I hope you're all well.
Today, I want to share something about an interesting event called 'Serious Request' that I attended to a few days ago.
During the Dutch Serious Request, three popular radio DJs are locked up for six days in a small temporary radio studio which is a glass house, placed in the main square in a different city each year. Living on a juice-only fast, the DJs make an interactive, themed broadcast around the clock.
Funds are raised in a few different ways. While the DJs are in residence, they play songs requested by listeners and visitors, in return for their donations. Celebrities and artists also donate personal possessions or performances, which are auctioned off. Straightforward donations are made to the project's bank-account, and by physical visitors depositing cash and cheques into the house's letterbox.
This year the Serious Request was organised in my hometown Apeldoorn and the goal was to raise funds in order to help families finding their loved ones in disaster and conflict zones. I was shocked to hear that worldwide, more than four million family members have lost each other due to a disaster or conflict.
Isn't it great that there is a team of people capable of bringing families together again during this special time of the year? Do you have similar events like Serious Request in your area?
