SN Home volunteer aim to provide a conducive environment for the elderly in Sree Narayana Mission Home through our weekly visits and activities. We continue building a cohesive volunteer group which attracts, motivates and retains quality volunteers
Service Learning @ Zoo with Sree Narayana Home – 5/1/07
Service Learning @ Zoo with Sree Narayana Home – 5/1/07
Programme
09.30am: Volunteers arrive at SN Home + wheel elderly down
09.45am: Girl Guides meet at SNH
10.00am: Guides, Volunteers and the Elderly depart for the zoo
10.45am: Arrive at zoo
- Brief introduction by Xiaozheng (Assistant Company Leader)
11.00am: Set off from entrance of to embark on trail to the following exhibits
- Polar Bear
- White Rhino
- Giraffe and African Lion
- Orchid Garden
- Children’s World Animal Land (for Animal Show)
12.00pm: Lunch @ Children’s World Animal Land
12.30pm: Animal Friend’s Show @ Children’s World Animal Land
01.30pm: Set off for the exit of zoo, will walk pass the following exhibits
- Komodo Dragon
- Orang Utan
02.30pm Arrive at the exit of zoo
03.00pm: Set off for SNH
03.45pm: Arrive at SNH
Logistics
Chartering of buses (two): North View Guides
Preparation of lunch for elderly: SNH (25 packets)
Additional Notes
1. Admission for the elderly is free, however, the admission for volunteers is payable at a 20% discount (discounted price: $13.20, normal price: $16.50)
No promises, but we are still trying our best to look for subsidies and sponsorships to cover the admission costs for volunteers. Nonetheless we hope you can continue to lend your support for this elderly outing please… Thank you!
2. Areas marked out at Animal Friend’s Show to cater to disabled visitors
Finally, there will be a total of 25 elderly (10 walking, 15 wheelchair-bound) and 2 staff going. We need about 20 volunteers to help supervise the 28 students attached to the elderly. Lunch and afternoon tea will be provided only for the elderly by SN Home. The rest of us have to see to our own lunches. See you there!
This coming Saturday (24 Nov 07) we are having a Deepavali Celebration at SN Home. We have arranges many performance and activities for the celebration.
I would like most of our volunteers to join us for the celebration and bring happiness to our elderly at the home.
Yoo hoo, my turn to post something... Went for SHARE visit on the 17th of Nov. was there because my tuition centre wanted to do their part for society so I went down to lend them some support. we arrived at Marsiling road blk 3 at about 11.30am and apart from Share volunteers, there were 8 others who came down (7 from the centre, the other's my friend). great thanks to them for collecting goodies from parents and fellow tutors to distribute to the beneficiaries. that day we visited 5 homes and did a pretty good job in area cleaning... spick and span! we had split into three groups and i was with alex and candice. hehe, as i'm not the one doing the housework at home, i only know how to clean the tables and fan... plus wash the dishes. 'most hardworking' award goes to alex for he washed and scrubbed the toilet. he turned it from yellow to white... yeah... was 'yellow-stained'. anyway... he encountered a problem with the flushing system and roped me in to solve it. gosh... how would i noe how to fix that thing? so i tried hard to yank open the top flush cover to see what exactly was wrong wif the bowl. after struggling for 2min (because i didn't want to appear useless), i gave up eventually because it wouldn't come off. later on when alex tried i was embarrased. well actually u had to unscrew the cap before u can lift the cover up... well, told u i dun do housework! yeah so later on nancy came and helped to mopped the floor and we're done... the other groups did a great job too in cleaning the other homes and we finish everything by 3.30pm... before heading back home. i went back wif jacqueline to SN and saw that there were only less than 5 volunteers that day... so there weren't much activities going on. anyway, to all who read this... dun forget this sat (24th Nov) is our deepavali celebration! be there or be square.... (i'm not going as i've exams on monday... keke) ok la... let me put it this way.... pls go... =) okie i'm off to join my books for some fun again... take care ppl!
Some of our volunteer regularly visit the beneficiaries in Marsling and Yishun estate once a fortnight in the SHARE program.
We befriending and lend assistance to the needy. We provides a listening ear, reading letters for them, help them to buy daily necessities and helping them in other areas where assistance is needed.
You can join us together with our volunteer to give a listening ear and help out with the beneficiaries in these area.
