Volunteers Session on 17/12/2011

For this coming Saturday (24 Dec) we will be carrying on our usual morning breakfast service.

Session 1: Breakfast
Food: Bee Tai Mak Soup w Fish Cake and Eggs
Time: 7 A.M.

We hope to see you around and also wish you have a happy holiday! Merry x'mas!

Volunteers Session on 17/12/2011

For this coming week we will be having our morning service @ CMH. There will not be any 2nd session as New Life B-P Church volunteers will be having their session at 10 a.m.

Session 1:
1) Breakfast (Shredded Chicken with Century Eggs porridge + You Tiao)
Time: 7am @ the home

We hope to see you around in the morning session and happy holiday!

Volunteers Session on 10/12/2011

Hope you all enjoyed the retreat and your weekend! For this coming week we will be having our morning service @ CMH. There will not be any 2nd session as Ang Mo Kio Methodist Church will be having their session at 9.30am.

Session 1:
1) Breakfast (French Toast (2pcs) with chicken sausage)
Time: 7am @ the home

We hope to see you around in the morning session and have a great week ahead

Volunteers Session on 03/12/2011 + Retreat

Apologise for the late of the post! For this week we will be having service @ CMH. We will be celebrating December birthday for the residents! Also if weather permit, we will be bring them for lunch session at the market!

Also we will be having our annual retreat @ Changi Aloha! Good food, memories, fun will be all be happening on that day!

Session 2:
1) Birthday Celebration
Time: 9am @ the home
2) Lunch
Time: 11am @ Marketplace

Annual Retreat:
Address:

Changi Garden Chalet G

30 Netheravon Road, Singapore 508522

Map: Click here for the map
Time: 1700hrs

The chalet will be from a 3 days and we will have activities on Sunday too! If you will be staying over night, feel free to and drop me a notification! Or can come back on Sunday for 2nd round of activities!

Hope to see you guys this coming Saturday! Have a great week ahead!

Volunteers Session on 26/11/2011

For this week we will be having service @ CMH. We will be serving light tea snacks for the residents. If weather permit, we will be bringing them for lunch session at the market!

Session 2:
1) Tea break: Donuts
Time: 9am @ the home
2) Lunch
Time: 11am @ Marketplace

Hope to see you guys this coming Saturday! Have a great week ahead!

Volunteers Session on 19/11/2011‏

For this week we will be having service @ CMH. We will be serving breakfast and if weather permit, we will be wheeling the elderly to the nearby park for fresh air and befriending along with lunch session at the market!

Session 1: Breakfast
Time: 7am @ the home

Session 2:
1) Outing with the elderly @ the park or games session (wet weather)
Time: 9am @ the home
2) Lunch
Time: 11am @ Marketplace

Hope to see you guys this coming Saturday! Have a great week ahead!

Volunteers Session on 12/11/2011‏

For this week we will be having service @ CMH. We will be serving breakfast and followed by light tea snacks with the folks with small befriending session and if weather permit, we will be bring the residents out to the nearby market for lunch!

Session 1: Breakfast
Food: Fried Kway Teow
Time: 7am @ the home

Session 2:
1) Teabreak Session
Time: 9am @ the home
2) Lunch
Time: 11am @ Marketplace

Hope to see you guys this coming Saturday! Have a great week ahead!

Volunteers Session on 05/11/2011‏

For this week we will be having service @ CMH. We will be serving breakfast and followed by birthday celebration with the folks and if weather permit, we will be bring the residents out to the nearby market for lunch!

Session 1: Breakfast
Food: Mee Sua Soup
Time: 7am @ the home

Session 2:
1) Birthday Celebration
Time: 9am @ the home
2) Lunch
Time: 11am @ Marketplace

Hope to see you guys this coming Saturday! Have a great week ahead!

Volunteers Session on 22/10/2011 and Deepavali Celebration

For this coming Saturday, 22/10/11, we will be having our morning session and also our special Deepavali Celebration!

As we will be frying the Roti Prata in the 2nd Session and hence, we would required equipment like stove and frying pan. If possible please bring them down on that day (:, thank you!

Session 1: Breakfast
Food: Fried Carrot Cake (White)
Time: 7am @ the home

Session 2: Deepavali Celebration
Food: Roti Prata with Ice Cream Topping
Time: 1pm @ the home

Please do not hesitate contact Wei Wen (98503039) should you have any queries. Hope to see you and have a great week ahead!

Volunteers Session on 15/10/2011 and Henderson Packing on 14/10/2011‏

1. For this week we will be having our usual breakfast session. However there will not be any afternoon session as most of us will be involving in an event at Northlight school.

Session 1: Breakfast
Food: Fried Rice with Char Siew
Time: 7am @ the home

2. As mention previously, we will be packing goodies bag at Henderson CC for the needy people on14/10/11. There will be approx. 100 bags this time round and therefore your help is very much appreciated!

Packing of Goodies Bag
Time: 7pm
Venue: Henderson CC
Map: http://gothere.sg/maps#q:henderson%20CC

3. As mention above, on 15/10/11 some of our volunteers will be going to Northlight School to help out on a ceremony. If interested, please do let us know.

Northlight School Ceremony
Time: 9am
Venue: Northlight School
Map: http://gothere.sg/maps#q:northlight%20school

4. If you're interested in any activities, please do let us know in advance by SMS at 98503039 so I can account for the manpower on that day. Thank you!

Hope to see you guys and have a great week ahead!

Stand Down of Volunteer Activities on 24/09/2011

Heartwarmers will stand down for this Saturday 24/9/11 as there will be a church group visiting Christalite Methodist Home.
We will resume our activity on the 1/10/11.

Before I forget, I would like to express my thanks to Mr Wong for organising the Mid Autumn Celebration last Saturday.
And to all other volunteers who have turned up, thanks. I had originally thought that the turnup for the celebration might not be good, but was glad you all had came down to support in one way or another, making the event a successful one.

A well deserved break for all of you. =)

Anyway some updates of upcoming activities.

Date : 14th Oct
Event : Packing of goodies bag for the needy (Timing to be confirmed)
Location : Henderson CC

Date : 22/10/11
Event : Deepavali Celebration at the Home (Food Fest as part of event)
Remarks: Any volunteers who wish to put up a performance or two, please put up your hand... Oh no, please send us an email ;)
We will involve SGCares volunteers for this event.

Enjoy the rest of your week. See you around next Saturday.

Volunteer Service on 03/09/2011

For this coming Saturday, 3/9/11, the breakfast serving will still continue as per normal.

Session 1: Breakfast
Food: Laksa with Tau Pok and Fishcake
Time: 7am @ the home

We will also be participating in ESN Carnival, held at Yishun JC in the afternoon.

Event: ESN Carnival
Time: 1pm @ CMH

A total of 15 residents will join in the carnival as well, which starts at approximately 2pm. More details of the carnival in the attached powerpoint document.

Each resident will be given 15 ice-cream sticks (worth a dollar each) to spend in the carnival and they will have a lucky draw coupon as well.

We will need a minimum of 15 volunteers to assist with this event to take care of the beneficiaries at the carnival. Your duty will be to assist the resident with the ice-cream sticks as well as the lucky draw coupon. 

Would appreciate it if you could confirm your attendance with Wenqing by Friday [you can either sms Wenqing or email him]. Thanks =)

Hope to see you around this Saturday.

Volunteer Service on 27/08/2011

There will not be any morning breakfast service for this coming week. However we will be assisting the selected 40+ residents from CMH for the presidential election for one of the "Tans"! Hence, please come down and help out in this event! Although I'm aware most of us here do require to vote too!

Activities: Aiding the Residents in Polling
Time: 8am @ the home

Your response is very much appreciated as we need to know the manpower will be available on that day. Please SMS Wei Wen your attendance at 98503039.

Hope to see everyone of you and have a great week ahead!

Volunteer Service on 20/08/2011

For this week's service, we will have our normal Breakfast session follow by a series of activities planned by Alan Oh's thOh Music School. They will be coming down to perform and help out in session 2.

Session 1: Breakfast
Food: Mee Suah Kueh （面线糕）
Time: 7am @ the home

Session 2:
1) Serving of Teabreak + Performance by students of thOh Music School + Game of Bingo
Time: 9am @ the home
Volunteers will be required to help out with the preparation of Teabreak and assisting with the Game of Bingo.

Have a great week ahead and see you around this Saturday!

Volunteer Service on 13/08/11

Hello everyone!

For this week services, we will be having our 7th month Getai! For those who are not familiar with Getai, it's a stage performance that usually held during the lunar 7th month.

Also, there will be SGCares volunteers joining us on that day!

List of activities on that day:

Time	Activity	Conducted by
0900hrs	Briefing	-
0930hrs	Serving of Tea Break	Volunteers
0945hrs	Emcee Introduction	Ronald and Cybele
0950hrs	Joseph’s Singing	Joseph
1000hrs	Auction	Volunteers
1015hrs	Shanghai Bang	Shanghai Bang
1030hrs	2nd Auction	Volunteers
1045hrs	School Band	Zhenghua Band
1100hrs	3rd Auction	Volunteers
1115hrs	Finale – Singing · 情非得已 · 关怀方式 · I’m Yours · 老鼠爱大米	Volunteers
1130hrs	End of Getai	-

Let us create a fun atmosphere for the residents to enjoy this very special event!

Hope to see everyone of you on that day! Have a great week ahead!

Volunteer Service on 06/08/11

For this week service, we will be having our usual breakfast session and followed by birthday celebration with the residents! If weather permit, we will be bringing out a few residents to the market for lunch.

Session 1: Breakfast
Food: Century Egg Porridge with Shredded Chicken and You Tiao
Time: 7am @ the home

Session 2:
1) Snacks and Birthday Celebration with the residents
Time: 9:00am @ the home
2) Lunch
Time: 11am @ the marketplace

Hope to see you guys there and have a great week ahead!

Volunteer Service on 30/07/11‏

For this week service, there will not be any service at CMH as we will be supporting the goodies despatch at Henderson CC.

We will be helping out to despatch the packed goodies to different agencies on that day. Therefore your assistance on that day is very much appreciated!

Please revert to this post or SMS Weiwen at 98503039 if you are coming to help out. So that he can get the total amount of strength available on that day.

If there is any question please call Weiwen. (:

Henderson Goodies Despatch
Time: 0900hrs
Venue: Henderson CC
Map: Henderson CC Map

Hope to see everyone of you around and have a great week ahead!

Volunteer Service on 23/07/11‏

For this week service, we will be having our usual breakfast session and follow by sing along session with the residents. After that we will be bringing some of the residents to the hawker for lunch.

Session 1: Breakfast
Food: Fried Carrot Cake (Black)
Time: 7am @ the home

Session 2:
1) Sing along with the residents
Time: 9:30am @ the home
2) Lunch
Time: 11am @ the marketplace

Hope to see everyone of you around and have a great week ahead!

Volunteer Service on 9/7/2011

For this week service, we will be having our usual breakfast session and follow by our outing to the near by park with the residents! After that we will be bringing the residents to the neighborhood for a lunch at the coffee shop.

Session 1: Breakfast
Food: Mee Goreng (Fried Indian Style)
Time: 7am @ the home

Session 2:
1) Neighborhood Outing
Time: 9am @ the home
2) Lunch
Time 11am @ Marketplace

We will be doing Hari Raya goodies packing at Henderson CC on 29 July. Therefore we need volunteers on the 30 July for the distribution of the goodies like what we did previously before CNY. If you are interested regarding this please revert to this mail or sms me at 98503039. Further notification will be send out as we get closer to the date.

Hope to see you guys and have a great week ahead!

Volunteer Service on 2/7/2011

Hi folks!

For this week service, we will be having our usual breakfast session and follow by our monthly birthday celebration with the residents! Some light tea snacks will be served for the rest of the residents. After that we will be bringing the residents to the neighborhood for a lunch at the coffee shop.

Session 1: Breakfast
Food: Fried Kway Teow with Fish Cake, Eggs and Chai Por
Time: 7am @ the home

Session 2:
1) Birthday Celebration + Teabreak
Food: Donuts
Time: 9am @ the home
2) Lunch
Time 11am @ Marketplace

Hope to see you guys and have a great week ahead!

Volunteer Service on 25/6/2011

Hi all,

For this week service, we will be having our second session only as the breakfast session will be carry out by Mustard Seed. Please be at home by 9:00am where we will prepare for this week activities.

1) Teabreak
Food: Carrot Cake
Time: 9am @ the home
2) Lunch
Time: 11am @ the marketplace

Also we will be having our CMH Welfare BBQ later in the evening time. This is the time where we can have time to catch up with everyone and relax after all the hard work.

Welfare BBQ
Place: Pasir Ris Park 2, BBQ Pit 31
Time: 4:30pm

Hope to see everyone of you on this coming Saturday!!

Volunteer Outing

We will be having our FIRST HEARTWARMERS volunteer outing after our service at CMH on 25 June 2011 at Pasir Ris Park for a relaxing BBQ and some fun activities. I sincerely urge all Heartwarmers volunteers to mark this important date on your calendar especially for those students volunteer.

The main objective of this outing is to thanks all of your hard work, efforts, time and contributions to Heartwarmers and also the residents. Hence this outing will be the time for all of us to interact with each other and relax after all these years of volunteering under Heartwarmers!

Venue: Pasir Ris Park 2

BBQ Pit: 31

Timing: 1530hrs

Please do wear something comfortable on that day; appropriate attire would be CMH t-shirt and shorts.

Looking forward to see you all on that day! :)

Regards,
Tan Baokuang
Welfare Head

Dumpling Festival Outing on 11 June 2011

Main Objective:
To celebrate the Dumpling Festival (端午节）with the residents of CMH.

Event Highlights:
We will be bringing some residents to the Singapore Botanical Gardens.

1000 Gather at CMH

1. Briefing (Day event as well as assignment of beneficiaries to volunteers)

1030 Arrival of bus and the ferrying of beneficiaries

1130 Singapore Botanical Gardens

1. Set up picnic mats
2. Prepare for lunch

1230 Singapore Botanical Gardens

1. Take a walk around the park with the beneficiaries

1330 Singapore Botanical Gardens

1. Gather together and rest
2. Games
3. Final walk around the park

1500 Home sweet home (Back to CMH)

Location:
Christalite Methodist Home → Singapore Botanical Gardens → Christalite Methodist Home

Additonal Details:
Light snacks and rice dumplings (粽子) will be provided for all.

There will also be a sing along session slotted into the programme, if possible.

Time:
10 am to 3 pm

**** How can you help?
Interested parties, please register with us at cmh.volunteer@gmail.com or through Facebook by 8 June 2011.

Volunteer Service on 4/6/2011

For this week service, we will be having our normal morning breakfast service and follow by monthly birthday celebration with the residents! We will have a sing along or karaoke session right after the birthday session. After that we will bring some residents out to the neighborhood for a lunch at the marketplace.

Session 1: Breakfast

Food: Nasi Lemak with Luncheon meat and Otah

Time: 7am @ the home

Session 2:

1) Birthday Celebration + Singing

Time: 9am @ the home

2) Lunch

Time: 11am @ Marketplace

Hope to see you guys on this coming Saturday! Have a great week ahead! (:

Volunteer Service on 21/5/2011

For this week service at CMH, we will be having our usual breakfast serving, follow by bring some of the residents out to the neighbourhood for a walk before making our way to the nearby marketplace for lunch.

Session 1 : Breakfast Serving

Time : 7am

Food : Fried Kuey Tiao

Session 2 : Neighbourhood Walk + Lunch

Time : 9am

There will be an additional service at SWAMI home after services at CMH. SWAMI home is a nursing home located at Sembawang, just right opposite Sembawang Shopping Centre. We have already engaged a caterer to provide teabreak for the residents. We will be serving these food and deliver them to all 3 levels of residents. This will be a great chance to have a go at communicating with the residents in the home and get to see the difference between the desitute home and a nursing home.

Session 3 : Teabreak serving (SWAMI home)

Time : 1.15pm sharp

We hope to see you there! May you have a great week ahead! :D

Upcoming event @ CMH

We are having our first outing of the year! We're heading to the central of Singapore this time, the Botanical Gardens!

Christalite Heartwarmers will be organizing an outing to the Botanical Gardens on 11th June 2011 to celebrate Dumpling Festival with the beneficiaries.

Therefore, we need your help, volunteers!

Stay tune for more updates about the event! You can also visit our Facebook for more information. :D

CNY Celebration and MORE!

I wish everyone happy lunar new year and always stay cheerful and healthy!!

This coming 12/02/11 we will be having our CNY Celebration @ CMH! Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair!


That doesn't mean our event ended after 12th! We will be having our volunteer BBQ session @ 26/02/11! Please refer to the email for more information!! Come down and have a good fun get along session! Summertime will be a loving there!