Nina, who has been a close friend since first grade, is moving to Africa to work as a volunteer for the World Food Program. The World Food Program is actually the United Nation’s frontline program which was designed to battle global hunger head on. The fight against poverty and global hunger is a difficult task; volunteers like Nina ought to be commended for giving up a life of luxury and putting their careers on hold to help a worthy cause. This is why my friends and I planned a send away party for her on the weekend before her flight. Instead of spending a lot of money for a fancy party, however, we just pooled our money together to donate to the Program. Nevertheless, I thought I just couldn’t send away my friend without at least a small token to remember home by. Luckily, I came across these custom photo key chains on the net. It looked like custom jewelry or fashion accessories, actually. Yet what it meant to both me and Nina was that she would have a small token of home wherever she went. It was easy to carry around, highly personal and not likely to be an object of theft. They were like cufflinks – fashionable yet functional, subtle yet special. Nina became very emotional when she saw the gift. I had even put a small photo of us friends on the keychain so that it would be ready to go along with her to far away Africa. It was made of good quality material and I was sure it would last the full year she was going to be away – even if she put it through a shower of tears for the first few weeks.
