[:en]19th January 2019
It is the time of the year where we gather our families and friends together to give back to the community. This year, we conducted our CNY charity event at the Geylang East Home for the Aged where we planned out a series of activities to engage the elderly and celebrate the upcoming CNY together.
On the day of the event, we met up in the early morning to pack our goodies bags before our guest arrival. Each goodies bag consists of some daily necessities and CNY cookies.
After the goodies bags are lined up all accounted for, they are ready to be dispatched!
A group photo of all the volunteers before we split up into groups for our assigned activities.
At the HOME:
We started our indoor event with a quick introduction of the programs that we have lined up before welcoming the entrance of our God of Wealth mascot.
It was really great to see everyone’s face lit up with the entrance of our very own God of Wealth mascot who greeted each elderly with a hug and red packet. Following which, we did some simple stretching together before we proceed to split up the group for games or art & craft.
While a group of elderly participates in handicraft making, another group of elderly were engaged in mini games.
At the nearby BLOCKS:
On top of the activities arranged at the Home, we made sure to reach out to the less privileged households around the vicinity as we celebrate the joyous occasion. Through goodies bag distributions, our volunteers delivered a total of 150 hand-packed goodies bag in hope that everyone will get to have a year of abundance ahead.
While we await the arrival of the rest from the different distribution teams to return, some of them who have returned earlier, went to help with some gardening for the Home.
Once all of us has gathered at the home, it was nearing the end of the event. We arranged for the elderly to have lunch together, and the cheque with our donations is presented to the PIC of the Home.
All in all, it was a tiring yet fruitful day for all our volunteers and we sincerely hope our group of volunteers will continue to grow in the coming years!
[:zh]2019年1月19日
又到了一年中我们和亲朋好友聚集在一起回馈社会的时候。今年，我们到了芽笼东老人之家举办了慈善活动和乐龄人士们一同欢庆农历新年的到来。我们筹办了一系列的活动与老人之家的朋友们一起互动。
活动当天的早上，我们和志工朋友们到了老人之家集合并在客人们抵达前包装好礼品包。每个礼品包里都包含了一些日常用品和一些农历新年常吃的年饼。
礼品包装好后，大家也准备出发了！
在分成小组参加分配好的活动之前，所有志工朋友们的合照。
老人之家内的节目:
在活动开始之前，我们先快速地介绍今天安排好的节目行程以及各项活动給参加活动的朋友们。
在节目的开始，我们迎接财神爷的到来。财神爷也分发了红包给老人之家的朋友们并和朋友们一起互动带给了老人之家的朋友们很多的欢乐。接下来，在把参加活动的朋友们分成不同的活动小组前，我们和老人之家的朋友们一起做了一些简单的运动。
在一群老人之家的朋友们参加手工艺品制作的同时，另一群老人之家的朋友们参加了迷你游戏。
户外活动：
除了安排在老人之家的活动外，在这庆祝佳节即将到来的时刻，我们也与附近的弱势家庭进行了互动。通过分发礼品包，我们的志工朋友们总共分发了150个爱心礼品包，希望每个家庭能够过一个充裕的新年。
在我们等待其他义工朋友们回到集合点，有些早回来的义工朋友们自动自发地帮忙打理老人之家的花园。
当所有义工朋友们都聚集在老人之家时，我们的活动也即将画上句点。我们安排了一起和老人之家的朋友们一起享用午餐与及把捐款的支票交给老人之家的院长。
最后，对于我们的所有义工朋友们来说，这是一个又累却收益良多的一天。我们也衷心地希望我们所有的义工朋友们踊跃参与我们未来地慈善活动！[:]