Volunteer Activities on 4 January 2014

Finally the first Saturday of the Year is arriving. With all the new initiatives this year, we hope it will be more fulfilling year for all our volunteers. Now you can plan your activities ahead of time and also keep up to date of all the exciting activities lined up for the beneficiaries.  

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Heartwarmers Weekly Activities Chart 2014:
With the great help of the Weekly Activities Committee (made up of Chee Yeong, Ernest, Young Lee, Alster, Yong Yi and Ying Xuan), we have come up with the activities and breakfast for the first 2 months of the year.  
Please find the weekly activity chart in the link here: https://app.box.com/s/eiiw5xjovs7ebs0sq3za We will keep the chart updated as soon as more details are being finalised.  
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Heartwarmers Calendar of Events:
Also not forgetting the online calendar suggested by Joanne. I have entered the activities for the first 2 months into the Calendar!! You can either bookmarked the Calendar or visit box.com/heartwarmers for the link to the calendar (Note that I have problem accessing the calendar from an Android web browser, so if you have problems too, please make use of your laptop of PC to access it)   Link to Heartwarmers Calendar: tinyurl.com/HeartwarmersCalendar Use the Agenda view for easier viewing of upcoming activities =)  

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Important upcoming event:  
11/1/2014:
Event Name: Goodie Bags Distribution Event for Lunar New Year 2014
Location: Henderson CC
Time: 0830 - 1300  
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Alright the email is getting a little long, please find details of the activities for this Saturday activities:  

First Service Breakfast
Time: 0645 - 0800
Food: Mee Soto  

Second Service:
Time: 0930 - 1300
Activities: Birthday Celebration + Games (https://app.box.com/s/qpawbhig4jyulin1bpzn)
IC 1: Young Lee
IC 2: Ernest  

Should time and weather permits, we will also be bringing the beneficiaries out for a meal at the nearby Market.  

Feel free to come join us if you can make it. Have a lovely week and may your days be filled with overflowing blessings. See you on Saturday!!

Stand down of Weekly Activities on 28/12/2013‏

Tomorrow is the last Saturday of the year. Please note that there will be no weekly activities.
Hope that you all have a really great Christmas and also a Happy New Year.

I am at a lost of words here, however, really appreciate all the effort that every single one of you have contributed to Heartwarmers.
2014 is just around the corner (just next week). I hope that your contribution to the family will be increased and lets work together to make 2014 a whole new memorable one for the beneficiaries and for yourself.

You all deserved a pat on your back. Good job for 2013, better job for 2014.

And before I end off the email, I would like to share a quote with you :
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” ~ Mae West

Enjoy the festive season and see you all next Saturday!!

Volunteering Activities on 14/12/13‏

Please take note that there will only be breakfast service this week.

First Service
Breakfast
Time: 0700 - 0800
Food: Fried Kway Teow Penang Style

Feel free to come join us if you can make it.

Have a lovely week and may your days be filled with overflowing blessings. See you on Saturday!!

"I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life's greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitment to act until they achieve. This level of resolve can move mountains, but it must be constant and consistent. As simplistic as this may sound, it is still the common denominator separating those who live their dreams from those who live in regret." ~ Anthony Robbins

Volunteer Activities on 7 December 2013

There will still be activities this week as we have gotten news that no other groups will be coming down to CMH for any festive celebration. As usual, we will be serving breakfast, followed by a second session of fun-filled activities. If time and weather permits, we will also bring the beneficiaries out for a lunch at the nearby market.

First Service
Breakfast
Time: 0700 - 0800
Food: Curry Chicken w/ Bread

Second session
Activities: Games, Sing songs and hawker outing
Time: 9.30am - 12pm

Have a lovely week and may your days be filled with overflowing blessings. See you on Saturday!!

"It's not what the world holds for you. It's what you bring to it." ~ Lucy Maud Montgomery

Volunteer Activities on 30 November 2013

As this Saturday is the last week of the month, breakfast service will be served by Mustard Seed so there will be no breakfast service. However, our second service will still be on as usual. If the time and weather permits, we will bring some of the beneficiaries out for lunch at the nearby market.

Second session
Activities: Games, Sing songs and hawker outing
Time: 9.30am - 12pm

Have a great week and I see you this Saturday!

CMH Christmas Celebration on 23 November 2013

Alright, for this week, there will be no volunteer service as we are invited to join in the party to celebrate Christmas organised by the staff of CMH in the afternoon. However, you can still come to CMH to serve breakfast if you are free.

Breakfast

Time: 7am - 8am

Food: Maggi Goreng

CMH Christmas Celebration

Venue: CMH Hall

Time: 3.30pm - 6pm

Do note that dinner will be catered for all who attend the celebration.

Volunteer Activities on 16 November 2013 (Food Festival)‏

Alright people, here comes the exciting activities for this Saturday!

First Service
Breakfast
Time: 0700 - 0800
Food: Burger with luncheon meat and fish fillet

Second Service
Food Festival and Hawker Outing
Time: 0830 – 1200 (Please be punctual so that we can serve in time for teabreak)
Food: Roti Prata, Fried Bee Hoon and Assorted Kuehs

We will be using about 2 induction cooker and 5 gas stoves for this food festival.

So we will be splitting into 3 different groups on that day – first group will be frying the roti prata, second group and third group will be serving the fried bee hoon and assorted kuehs which are already pre-prepared by volunteers beforehand.  

After frying the roti prata, we will place them into the trays before we put them into the serving plates and top it with curry and it is ready to be served! If we have enough manpower, volunteers will serve the food to the beneficiaries.

Lastly, if time and weather permits, we will push the beneficiaries out for hawker outing.

That's all from me. Have a lovely week and I see you this Saturday!

Heartwarmers Family Day on 17 November 2013

Heartwarmers Welfare Department is organising our very first family day to Marina Barrage. The details are as follow:

Date: 17th November 2013
Time: 9.30am – 2pm
Venue: Marina Barrage (8 Marina Gardens Drive Singapore 018951)

All are welcome! You are encouraged to bring along your family and friends to join us in this fun-filled event. It will be a potluck session so participants are required to bring their own food. We will hold the family day – rain or shine.

Please fill up the form in Google Docs with your attendance and the food that you intend to bring. The link to the Google Docs is https://docs.google.com/forms/d/18aN0DEpf8d3XrTLsSJy5hYNOBnhKq5_wZrH1f1kz--s/viewform.

Have a great day and I hope to see you this Saturday as well as on our family day!

Volunteering Activities on 9/11/2013‏

Upcoming Events
16th Nov 2013 - Monthly Food Festival

Timing: 8.30am to 12pm
Venue: CMH
Details: There will be 3 stalls setup to provide different types of food

1) Roti Prata (We will be pan-frying frozen Roti Prata) and serve with Curry
2) Bee Hoon (Pre-prepared by the volunteers)
3) Miscellaneous Kueh

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Alright so for this coming Saturday, we will be having our regular session.

Please find details as below:

First Service
Breakfast
Time: 0700 - 0800
Food: Nasi lemak

Activities Session
Time: 0930hrs - 1200hrs
Activities: Games Session and Hawker outing

Have a lovely week and may your days be filled with overflowing blessing. See you on Saturday!!

"Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment." ~ Tony Robbins

Volunteering Activities on 02/11/2013‏

[Upcoming Event]
16th Nov 2013
Monthly Food Festival
Timing: 9am to 10am
Venue: CMH
Food: Roti Jala and Fried Bee Hoon

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For this coming Saturday, we will be having our regular breakfast volunteer service. However, there will be no second session as there is a sponsored lunch at 9.30am. Instead, we will be packing our store and better organize the items inside.

First Service
Breakfast
Time: 0700 - 0800
Food: Putu Mayam with curry or sugar

Have a great day and see you this Saturday!

Appreciation for your help with Silver Lining Carnival on 26 Oct 2013‏

Thank you very much for your help at the Silver Lining Carnival yesterday. We are very blessed to have you people in our Heartwamers family. Everyone did a remarkable job and I believe the beneficiaries were grateful and had fun too!

I would like to express my gratitude to Shermin, Wen Qing, Joanne and the organising committee for putting in so much time, effort and dedication to make this event happen! They are the ones behind the great success of the entire event. Thank you!

I would also like to extend my appreciation to Wai Mun and her game stall team for organising the wonderful game for the beneficiaries. I am sure that the beneficiaries loved our game a lot as we have the most number of participation at our stall. Great job, well done!

Once again, special thanks to all the volunteers who have turned up to bring the beneficiaries to the event. I hope that all of you had fun too!

You may also provide us with any feedback with regards to the event via this email.

Enjoy your weekend and I see you next Saturday!

Heartwarmers - Silver Lining Carnival on 26 October 2013

As this Saturday is the last week of the month, breakfast service will be served by Mustard Seed so there will be no breakfast service. There will also be no second session for this week as we will be participating in Silver Lining Carnival held at Singapore Expo in the afternoon. Please get back to me if you are interested in joining us for the event so that we can make the necessary arrangements.

Silver Lining Carnival
Date: 26 October 2013
Time: 11.30am @ CMH
Venue: Singapore Expo Hall 9

11.30am - Pre-event Briefing and loading up into the bus
12.30pm - Depart CMH
1.00pm - Arrives at Expo Hall 9
3pm - Depart Expo
3.30pm - Debrief at CMH
4pm - Home Sweet Home

Please arrive punctually for the briefing so that we can depart on time. We will be back to CMH by 3.30pm for debrief before we all head home at 4pm.

We will be bringing 20 wheelchair beneficiaries for this event at Singapore Expo. As per previous years, we will be setting up a game stall as well. This time round, Wai Mun will be overall in charge of the game stall. 

Feel free to email me at cmh.volunteer@gmail.com, should you have any queries or clarification.

May you have a great week ahead! See you on Saturday!

Volunteering Activities on 19/10/2013

Apologise for the late post. We are currently still lack of volunteers for next weekend Silver Lining Carnival. Please get back to me if you can make it for the event soon for those who have yet to respond.

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26th Oct 2013 - Silver Lining Carnival
Timing: 12pm - 4pm
We will be bringing 20 Wheelchair beneficiaries for this event at the Expo.
As per previous years, we will be setting up a game stall as well. This time round, Waimun will be overall in charge of the game stall.
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Alright, for this coming weekend, we will have our usual breakfast service, followed by games session with the beneficiaries. If time and weather permits, we will bring some of the residents out for lunch at the nearby market.

First Service
Breakfast
Time: 0700 - 0800
Food: Laksa
Activities Session
Time: 0930hrs - 1200hrs
Activities: Games Session and Hawker outing

Have a lovely week and may your days be filled with overflowing blessing. See you on Saturday!!

“Love never reasons but profusely gives......gives like a thoughtless prodigal, it's all and trembles then, lest it has done too little. ” ~ Hannah More, Writer

Congratulations!

Congratulations and well done to Tan Bao Kuang for his photo taken, Wen Qing for his effort and time dedicated to the beneficiaries and Jane for the well-written synopsis! I would also like to thank those who had helped us LIKE the photo on Facebook which allowed us to emerge as the winner for the Popular Choice Award in this year's Silver Lining Carnival Photography Competition with a total of 407 likes! Thank you!

Photo title: Heart Warming Hearts
Synopsis: Touching lives with the greatest gift one can give another - TIME. It shows that they are worthy and we care. The very act of volunteerism promotes itself, for no life can remain untouched when in the presence of a cheerful giver.

 

Volunteering Activities on 12/10/13‏

Here are some information of the upcoming activities

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26th Oct 2013 - Silver Lining Carnival
Timing: 12pm - 4pm
We will be bringing 20 Wheelchair beneficiaries for this event at the Expo. Please do let me know if you are able to make it for this event.
As per previous years, we will be setting up a game stall as well. This time round, Waimun will be overall in charge of the game stall.
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21st - 22nd Dec 2013 - Heartwarmers retreat @ Fairy Point Seaview Chalet at Changi
Timing: 21st, 3pm - 22nd, Evening
We will be lining up exciting activities for this retreat and also discussing the way forward for year 2014. If you are interested to help out or have interesting ideas to contribute to the retreat, please do let us know.
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Alright, for this coming weekend, we will have our usual breakfast service, followed by games session with the beneficiaries. If time and weather permits, we will bring some of the residents out for lunch at the nearby market.

First Service
Breakfast
Time: 0700 - 0800
Food: Mee Siam Dry

Activities Session
Time: 0930hrs - 1200hrs
Activities: Bingo Session followed by KTV? and Hawker outing

Have a lovely week and may your days be filled with overflowing blessing. See you on Saturday!!

“One kernel is felt in a hogshead; one drop of water helps to swell the ocean; a spark of fire helps to give light to the world. None are too small, too feeble, too poor to be of service. Think of this and act.” ~ Hannah More (1745-1833); Writer

Volunteering Activity on 5/10/13

Here are some information of the upcoming activities

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26th Oct 2013 - Silver Lining Carnival
Timing: 12pm - 4pm
We will be bringing 20 Wheelchair beneficiaries for this event at the Expo. Please do let me know if you are able to make it for this event by the Saturday (5/10/13).
As per previous years, we will be setting up a game stall as well. This time round, Waimun will be overall in charge of the game stall.
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21st - 22nd Dec 2013 - Heartwarmers retreat @ Fairy Point Seaview Chalet at Changi
Timing: 21st, 3pm - 22nd, Evening
We will be lining up exciting activities for this retreat and also discussing the way forward for year 2014. If you are interested to help out or have interesting ideas to contribute to the retreat, please do let us know.
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Alright, for this coming weekend, we will have our usual breakfast service, followed by birthday celebration and a sing along session with the beneficiaries. Please do join in by singing along and bringing up the atmosphere. If time and weather permits, we will bring some of the residents out for lunch at the nearby market.

First Service
Breakfast
Time: 0700 - 0800
Food: Mee Soto

Activities Session
Time: 0930hrs - 1200hrs
Activities: Birthday Celebration followed by Sing Along Session and Hawker outing

Have a lovely week and may your days be filled with overflowing blessing. See you on Saturday!!

“Make the most of yourself....for that is all there is of you.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration at CMH on 28/09/2013

As this is the last week of the month, there will not be any breakfast session. 

We will start the first activity at 9.30am for the making of Agar Agar Mooncake for the beneficiaries. We estimate to finish this latest by 12pm.

The next session that follows will start at 2.30pm. Programme outline as below:

Time Event
1430 Briefing conducted by Yongyi, Cheewei, Zhenghao,Vinoth
1500 Singing Session
Songs to sing:
月亮代表我的心
Country Road
Top of the World
老鼠爱大米
You are my sunshine
Beautiful Sunday
朋友
And more etc. Will choose on the spot

Apologies for this late post, as it was only confirmed yesterday that we are able to continue with the activity tomorrow. In addition, as it is not recommended that the beneficiaries goes for any outing, there were some changes to the programme. Further details of the programmes will be let known during the briefing on Saturday.

Have a lovely week and may your days be filled with overflowing blessing. See you tomorrow!!

"Make yourself necessary to somebody. Do not make life hard to any." ~ Ralph Waldo

Bursary Programme on 21/9/13

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It's been confirmed. Heartwarmers annual retreat will be held on 21st-22nd December. Further details to follow in November!!

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Next week, 28/9/2013, we will be celebrating Mid Autumn at CMH, where we will be making Agar Agar Moon cake for the residents in the morning.
There will also be an afternoon session where we will be singing some songs for the residents. After their dinner, we will bring the residents out for a walk around the neighbourhood before ending off the day with the serving of Agar Agar moon cake prepared earlier in the day for supper.

Once the plan have been confirmed, I will update the blog to brief on the exact details for the celebration.

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Alright, for this coming weekend, we will be having an external event (distribution of bursary to needy students) at Macpherson Secondary School.
If you are free to join us, please let us know, extra help are definitely required and welcome.

Location: Macpherson Secondary School
Address: 121 Circuit Road. Singapore 379499
Timing: 9am to 12pm (latest)

For those who finds Macpherson too far but are keen on serving breakfast at CMH, the details are as below

Breakfast
Time: 0700 - 0800
Food: Fried Carrot Cake

Have a lovely week and may your days be filled with overflowing blessing. See you on Saturday!!

“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Volunteering Activity on 14/9/13‏

Year end is coming again. 
This year's retreat will be held either on 14-15th or 21st-22nd December. Please let me know your availability by tomorrow if you haven't informed me yet. 
We will be renting a Seaview chalet at Aloha Changi (Subject to availability). Please do let me know if you wanna help out with the planning of the retreat. Thanks.

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Alright, for this coming weekend, we will have our usual breakfast service, followed by karaoke session. If time and weather permits, we will bring some of the residents out for lunch at the nearby market.

First Service
Breakfast
Time: 0700 - 0800
Food: Fried Kway Teow

Activities Session
Time: 0930hrs - 1200hrs
Activities: Karaoke Session and Hawker outing

Have a lovely week and may your days be filled with overflowing blessing. See you on Saturday!!

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Volunteering Activity on 7/9/13‏

Before I start with this week's activity, I would like to thank all who have contributed to last weekend event yet again. I hoped you have enjoyed yourself as much as the beneficiaries had.

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In addition, year end is coming again. This year's retreat will be held on 14-15th December. We will be renting a Seaview chalet at Aloha Changi (Subject to availability). Please do let me know if you wanna help out with the planning of the retreat. In addition, to prepare enough food for everyone, we would need you to inform us of your availability. Thanks.

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Alright, for this coming weekend, we will have our usual breakfast service, followed by birthday celebration and a sing along session with the beneficiaries. This week, Limei (Our volunteer) together with another 2 volunteers from VGC will be joining us with their guitars and songs at around 10am in the morning. Please do join in by singing along and bringing up the atmosphere. If time and weather permits, we will bring some of the residents out for lunch at the nearby market.

First Service
Breakfast
Time: 0700 - 0800
Food: Nasi Lemak with Egg and Luncheon Meat

Activities Session
Time: 0930hrs - 1200hrs
Activities: Birthday Celebration followed by Sing Along Session and Hawker outing

This list of songs which will be performed are listed as below:
1. El Condor Pasa
2. I Believe I can fly
3. Leaving on a jet plane
4. Country Road
5. 500 miles
6. Streets of London
7. Frauleine
8. Sailing
9. Clementine
10. House of the Rising Sun
11. The lightning Express

Do take some time to listen to the songs before Saturday :)

Have a lovely week and may your days be filled with overflowing blessing. See you on Saturday!!

"You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know who soon it will be too late" ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

7th Month Celebration @ CMH‏

In the blink on an eye, we are celebrating 7th Month with the beneficiaries again.
Excited?? This year we will be doing it a little different from the previous years.

This is a summary of the programme we have lined up for the day:

0800 - 0815 Briefing and Setting up of Casino Games Simon (OIC)
0815 - 0900 Casino Games Chin Lee
0900 - 0930 Serving of Tea Break (Kong Ba Pau) Shermin (Food)
Wen Qing (Tables arrangement)
0930 - 1030 7th Month Auction Ronald
1030 - 1045 Sing Along Session (I) Staff Performance
1045 - 1115 Sing Along Session (II) All Volunteers (Joanne)

Casino Games: (Chin Lee)
We will be adopting similar sets of games as per the Casino games we had held previously during the Chinese Dumpling Festival:
https://app.box.com/s/n3w5s781m966k91i14e7 (This link will direct you to the notes created for the Dumpling Festival Celebration)
The aim of the Casino Games is to allow the beneficiaries to earn extra ice cream sticks which will be used for the auction later on in the day.
* Note: Each beneficiaries will start with 10 ice cream stick for the day.

Serving of Tea Break (Kong Ba Pau):
The volunteers will be split into 2 groups here where :
1) The first group will rearrange the tables for the Auction which will follow after Tea break (Wen Qing)
2) The second group will prepare and help serve tea break to the beneficiaries (Shermin)

Auction:
The Auction table will be set up right in the middle of the dining area, we will make use of the staff table to setup a mini stage. The entire dining area will be split into 4 sections. Each section will be cordoned off using raffia string and there will be an OIC in each section. The volunteers will be assigned to each tables in a section to assist the beneficiaries for the auction.
* Note: No one is allowed to crowd around the mini stage.
* Note: All items will be well spread out to be auction to each section.
Ronald will lead the auction and also 1 volunteer will be assigned to each section to help distribute the auction item once bidding is over per item.
https://app.box.com/s/ihnedcqe5bktb5wtice4 (List of auction items can be found here)

Sing Along Session (I)
The staffs and beneficiary from CMH have kindly accepted our invitation to put up 2 songs for the event. Lets give them a big cheer during the performance :)

Sing Along Session (II) - All volunteers will gathered on stage for the finale songs (Can someone volunteer to be the lead singer?) (Joanne will take charge)
1) 一人一半 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch5pjUhTp_g&gl=SG&hl=en-GB
2) 如果我有100万 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6bCELkKExk
3) 我问天 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqxCUQE5gZI
3) 爱拼才能赢 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wflMFaDSJDo

If you have any queries, feel free to email us.
Have a lovely week and may your days be filled with overflowing blessing. See you on Saturday!!

"Too often we under-estimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around." ~ Dr. Felice Leonardo Buscaglia
You can turn a life around too, just take more notice of small details in life. :)

Volunteering Activity on 24/8/13

The next major event that we will be celebrating will be Hungry Ghost Festival Celebration (7th Month) on the 31st of August

Simon will be organising this event, so please do show your support.
The brief plan have been drafted out as below:
1) 0800 - 0900 Casino Games
2) 0900 - 0930 Serving of Tea Break (Otah Bun)
3) 0930 - 1030 7th Month Auction
4) 1030 - 1100 Sing Along Session

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Alright, for this coming weekend, we will have our usual breakfast service, followed by Bingo session with the beneficiaries. If time and weather permits, we will bring some of the residents out for lunch at the nearby market.

First Service
Breakfast
Time: 0700 - 0800
Food: Mee Rubus

Activities Session
Time: 0900hrs - 1200hrs
Activities: Bingo and Hawker outing

Feel free to contact us if you need more details for any events or if you are keen to organise something for the beneficiaries,
Have a lovely week and may your days be filled with overflowing blessing. See you on Saturday!!

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for someone else. --Benjamin Franklin

Volunteering Activity on 17/8/13‏

Hope you all had a great rest last weekend.

Just a brief updates on the next major event that we will be celebrating.

31 Aug - Hungry Ghost Festival Celebration (7th Month)

Simon will be organising this event, so please do show your support. We are still in the planning phase, so if you are keen to help out in one way or another, please do let us know.

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Alright, for this coming weekend, we will have our usual breakfast service, followed by Karaoke session with the beneficiaries. If time and weather permits, we will bring some of the residents out for lunch at the nearby market.

First Service
Breakfast
Time: 0700 - 0800
Food: Laksa

Activities Session
Time: 0930hrs - 1200hrs
Activities: Karaoke and Hawker outing

Feel free to contact me if you need more details for any events or if you are keen to organise something for the beneficiaries,
Have a lovely week and may your days be filled with overflowing blessing. See you on Saturday!!

“To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind.” ~ Pearl S. Buck

Gardens By The Bay Photos

Here are some photos of the GBB outing taken by Bao Kuang.

Volunteers having their briefing prior to outing

Beneficiaries all ready to set off!

Volunteer, Nimmi, with her beneficiary

Otw to the conservatories..

Cheese!

At the Cloud Forest..

Cloud forest.

The amazing greens in the cloud forest!

Happy volunteers and beneficiaries enjoying their day out!

It's time for lunch!

Omnomnom.. Lunch sponsored by Ronald. Thank you very much!

Heartwarming sight of the volunteer with the elderly

:D

Perfect shot of auntie admiring the flower..

Group 2 Photo at the Flower Dome.

I will post the photos taken by Poh Yan as soon as I receive them. Stay tuned!

CMH National Day Celebration on 3/8/13‏

For this coming weekend, we will have our usual breakfast service, followed by National Day Celebration (Organised by the staff of CMH) with the beneficiaries.

First Service
Breakfast
Time: 0700 - 0800
Food: Fried Kway Teow with Chinese Sausage

National Day Celebration
Time: 0900hrs - 1200hrs
Activities: National Day Celebration followed by Teabreak and Birthday Celebration

CMH will be celebrating National Day on 3/8/13 and as per previous years, we are invited to the celebration from 0900 to 1200. There will be performances by CMH's engaged performers Adris and Friend, followed by teabreak and birthday celebration. Buffet lunch will also be provided.

Have a lovely week and may your days be filled with overflowing blessing. See you on Saturday!!

"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal." ~ Albert Pike

CMH National Day Celebration on 3/8/13‏

CMH will be celebrating National Day on 3/8/13 and as per previous years, we are invited to the celebration from 0900 to 1200. There will be performances by CMH's engaged performers Adris and Friend, followed by teabreak and birthday celebration. 

Buffet lunch will also be provided. Please let us know by Saturday 27/7/13 if you are able to make it, this is so as to facilitate CMH in catering the buffet lunch for our volunteers.

Volunteering Activity on 27/7/13

Some reminders of our upcoming major activities: (let me know if you want to contribute in one way or another)
31 Aug - Hungry Ghost Festival Celebration (7th Month)
21 Sep - Mid Autumn Festival Celebration
(Timing to be confirmed)

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In addition, some of our volunteers will be shaving their hair for the "Hair For Hope" event this year as well.
One of the volunteer profile as below:
Hair For Hope online profile link (https://www.hairforhope.org.sg/index.php?%2Fshavee%2Fidetails%2F157) to raise funds for the children cancer beneficiaries.
Please do show your support by donating for the event.
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As this is the last week of the month, breakfast service will be taken care of by Mustard Seed.
We will be having a Bingo session with the residents and if time and weather permits, we will bring some of the residents out for lunch at the nearby market.

Activities Session
Time: 0900hrs - 1200hrs
Activities: Games Session and Hawker outing

Have a lovely week and may your days be filled with overflowing blessing. See you on Saturday!!

"No one can do everything, but everyone can do something" ~ Max Lucado

Goodies Bag Distribution @ Henderson CC on 20/7/13‏

Before I start with the activities for this week, below is an email from Mr Goh from CMH in response to Heartwarmers outing to Gardens By The Bay:

"Please convey our heartfelt thanks, on behalf of the residents who went for the outing, for the love and care shown by each and every one of the volunteers. You have put in so much time, effort and finances into organising this outing and making sure that all the residents are well taken care of. I was really encouraged to see at least one 3 generation family volunteering together.

I saw some of the volunteers connecting very well with the resident under their care, directing his / her attention to the colours of the flowers, and other highlights along the way. One of the volunteers took out her own jacket to cover a resident, when she realise that she was still feeling cold even under the CMH sweater. Another went to buy a packet of curry chicken for one of our staff when he found out that she does not take pork. I am sure that there were many personal touches that I did not notice, but all these went to make the outing so much more memorable for our residents."

Thank you Mr Goh for the message, our heartfelt thanks goes out to CMH and its staff as well for the support given to us throughout our time at CMH.
Lets all work together to bring more care and love to the beneficiaries at CMH.

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For this Saturday, if you are keen to help out with Breakfast at CMH, here are the details:

First Service
Breakfast
Time: 0700 - 0800
Food: Mee Siam Dry

For the rest, once again we will be having Goodies bag distribution at Henderson CC.

Time: 0830
Location: Henderson CC
Purpose: The purpose of having this event is to provide Goodies to the needy for Hari Raya. Distribution will be carried out by the various VWO and SCB volunteers.

For this event, we have manage to engage the help of SP students to assist with the manual work of loading goodies bag onto VWO's and SCB volunteers' vehicles.

However, there are still alot of help required with
1) Carpark management (at least 4 volunteers)
2) Henderson CC main gate control (1-2 volunteers)
3) Usher (2 volunteers)
4) Ang Bao Counting Room (4-5 volunteers)
5) Goodies bag distribution (at least 2 volunteers)
If you are free to join us for this event, please do inform us by Thursday, so that we can assign a role to you before the event.

In addition, the packing of goodies bag will be carried out on Friday 19/7/13, if you are free and will like to take a look of how it is like, feel free to come down on Friday from 0930 to late afternoon.

Have a lovely week and may your days be filled with overflowing blessing. See you on Saturday!!

“Volunteers don't get paid not because they're worthless, but because they are priceless" ~ Sherry Anderson

Gardens By The Bay Outing on 13/7/13

Apologies for the late update.

I believe you all know what is up this week. We will be having the Gardens By The Bay outing!!! Excited?
Many thanks to David, who have put in a lot of effort to make it come to fruition.
Also not forgetting all those who have contributed one way or another.

Please ensure that you turn up for the event for those who have responded as all the tickets have already been paid for. If you do not show up, please at least find a replacement or we will have to get you to pay a penalty for the ticket price as all this money comes from donation.

I have attached the briefing slides by David in this email, please take a look.

Reporting Time is 0800 at CMH.

Please note the schedule below:
Schedule  
Details
8:00
8:30 Briefing for Volunteers
9:00 Depart from CMH
10:00 Arrives Visitor Centre
10:30 Visit conservatory
12:00 Lunch near Conservatory (Holding Area)
13:00 Visit conservatory
14:30 Depart Garden by the Bay
15:30 Arrives CMH

Feel free to email us for any further information or queries.
Have a lovely week and may your days be filled with overflowing blessing. See you on Saturday!!
"One is not born into the world to do everything but to do something." ~ Henry David Thoreau, poet, writer, philosopher

Volunteering Activity on 6/7/13

For this coming weekend, we will have our usual breakfast service, followed by July Birthday Celebration for the beneficiaries and a Karaoke session. If time and weather permits, we will bring some of the residents out for lunch at the nearby market.

First Service
Breakfast
Time: 0700 - 0800
Food: Nasi Lemak

Activities Session
Time: 0930hrs - 1200hrs
Activities: Birthday Celebration, Karaoke and Hawker outing

Please do also take note of the upcoming events:
13 July - CMH Outing to Gardens By The Bay - Organised by David and Team  
You can find details of the outing plan @ https://www.box.com/s/v7w6t8te6fvzjj787342 - 5 more volunteer slots to fill
20 July - Henderson Goodies Bag Packing and Distribution (@ Henderson CC) ~ Please update us if you can make it so we can assign you roles before the event =)
31 Aug - Hungry Ghost Festival Celebration (7th Month) - Looking for volunteers to organise
21 Sep - Mid Autumn Festival Celebration - Looking for volunteers to organise

Feel free to send us an email if you need more details for any event.
Have a lovely week and may your days be filled with overflowing blessing. See you on Saturday!!

"To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do." ~ John Adams

Stand down at CMH on 29/6/2013‏

We will be standing down this weekend at CMH as some of us will be at a meeting to prepare for the upcoming Henderson CC goodies bag distribution event. Breakfast will be carried out by another volunteer group as it is the last week of the month.

Thanks to all who have responded thus far for the outing to Gardens by the Bay. Please do let us know if you have any restriction to the type of food, or we will assume that you can take the food we catered for. In case you are wondering, there will not be any beef.

Upcoming Events:
13 July - CMH Outing to Gardens By The Bay - Organised by David and Team  
You can find details of the outing plan @ https://www.box.com/s/v7w6t8te6fvzjj787342 - 5 more volunteer slots to fill
20 July - Henderson Goodies Bag Packing and Distribution
31 Aug - Hungry Ghost Festival Celebration (7th Month) - Looking for volunteers to organise
21 Sep - Mid Autumn Festival Celebration - Looking for volunteers to organise

Feel free to contact us if you need more details for any upcoming events or you would like to volunteer your service to help organise for any upcoming events.

Have a lovely week and may your days be filled with overflowing blessing.

"One kernel is felt in a hogshead; one drop of water helps to swell the ocean; a spark of fire helps to give light to the world. None
are too small, too feeble, too poor to be of service. Think of this and act." ~ Hannah More

[IMPORTANT] Volunteering Activity CANCELLED on 22/6/13‏

Due to the bad weather out there, we have decided to stand down for this weekend activity at CMH. All activities this Saturday will be cancelled.

Please drink more water and take your vitamins to build up your immunity to battle against the Haze condition and Dengue.

Stay safe and healthy. Have a good rest over the weekend!! Pray that we will be able to see a clear sky soon.

Volunteering Activity on 22/6/13‏ and Updates for Upcoming Events

Just a brief updates on the major activities lining up for the coming months.

13 July - CMH Outing to Gardens By The Bay - Organised by David and Team
You can find details of the outing plan @ https://www.box.com/s/v7w6t8te6fvzjj787342
Thanks to all who have responded and will be coming down to help out at the event, for those who have not responded, do make it fast as we are nearing full capacity =)
20 July - Henderson Goodies Bag Packing and Distribution
31 Aug - Hungry Ghost Festival Celebration (7th Month) - Looking for volunteers to organise
21 Sep - Mid Autumn Festival Celebration - Looking for volunteers to organise

If you are free and you would like to help to organise any of the above events, do drop me an email. We will be very glad to have your service, and you do not have to worry if you have no idea how to start, we will guide you with organising the event as well.

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29 June - As some of us will be having a briefing in preparation of the Henderson Goodies Bag Event, we may stand down for the week, look out for further information.

Also do note that there will be a long long weekend coming up in August, 8/8 - Hari Raya Puasa, 9/8 - National Day follow by the weekend, we will be standing down on this weekend, however, we may be organising a gathering or sort for this week. Do look out for further information as the date draw nearer.

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Alright, for this coming weekend, we will have our usual breakfast service, followed by playing Bingo with the beneficiaries. If time and weather permits, we will bring some of the residents out for lunch at the nearby market.

First Service
Breakfast
Time: 0700 - 0800
Food: Fried Mee Tai Mak

Activities Session
Time: 0930hrs - 1200hrs
Activities: Bingo Session and Hawker outing

Feel free to contact me if you need more details for any events.
Have a lovely week and may your days be filled with overflowing blessing. See you on Saturday!!

"We make a living by what we do, but we make a life by what we give." ~ Winston Churchill

Dumpling Festival and Casino Games Celebration

First and foremost, I would like to thank those who had sacrificed their Saturday morning and turned up to help out. I believe you have made the day of many residents. We could not have made it through without all your support and effort!

Check out some photos of the event taken by Chee Wei below!

Thank you for the morning and see you next week!

Best Regards,

Tan Chin Lee

Volunteering Activity on 15/6/13 (DragonBoat Festival / 端午节)

For this coming weekend, we will have our usual breakfast service, followed by Dragonboat Festival Celebration with the serving of chinese dumplings. If time and weather permits, we will bring some of the residents out for lunch at the nearby market.

For those who have yet to revert on their availability on the 13/7 Outing, please do let us know soon. Thanks.

First Service
Breakfast
Time: 0700 - 0800
Food: Curry Chicken Noodles

Activities Session
Time: 0930hrs - 1200hrs
Activities: Games Session for Dragonboat Festival  (端午节) and Hawker outing
Teabreak: Chinese Dumpling

Have a lovely week and may your days be filled with overflowing blessing. See you on Saturday!!

"VOLUNTEERISM proves that - In every straining, there is a training; in every training, there is a learning; and in every learning, there is an earning." - Chris Ebenezer

Volunteering Activity on 1/6/13

I believe most of you would have known that we will be having an outing to Garden by the Bay on 13th July (8am - 3pm). I would really appreciate it if you could let us know if you would be able to make it on that day by 15th June. (This will facilitate volunteers-elderly pairing as well as allows us time to call for backup volunteers from other places if we do not have enough volunteers). 

For this coming weekend, we will have our usual breakfast service, followed by games with the beneficiaries. If time and weather permits, we will bring some of the residents out for lunch at the nearby market.

First Service
Breakfast
Time: 0700 - 0800
Food: Otah With Bread 

Activities Session
Time: 0900hrs - 1200hrs
Activities: Birthday Celebration, Games and Hawker outing

Have a lovely week and may your days be filled with overflowing blessing.

“The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dreams shall never die.” ~ Edward "Ted" Kennedy (1932-2009); Us Senator

Volunteering Activity on 25/5/13 (Food Festival - Roti Prata)‏

Well well well, its finally our once a month Food Festival again~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hope you are as excited as I am. =)

Before I start with the details for this week activities, let me update you with some of our upcoming major activities.

15/6/13
- Games Carnival in celebration of Chinese Dumpling Festival (We will be serving chinese dumplings on this day)
~ Many THANKS to Chin Lee and his Father for sponsoring the Chinese Dumplings once again
~ Also not forgetting Ronald, Minxuan, Chee Wei and Chin Lee for organising the Games Carnival. So lets all look forward to it.

13/7/13
- Outing to Garden by the Bay, Planning is still in process.
~ Many THANKS to David for volunteering his time to do all the planning and preparation ahead of the outing. Also thanks to all who have provided your inputs.

FOOD FESTIVAL

Ok, so for this week, we will be preparing Roti Prata for our beneficiaries topped with CURRY CHICKEN and/or BROWN SUGAR.

Second Service
Food Festival
Time: 0815 - 1300 (Please help keep to the timing so that we can start on time and be in time for teabreak)
Food: Roti Prata topped with Curry Chicken and/or Brown Sugar and hawker outing

Many THANKS to
~ Shermin, who have kindly volunteered to assist with the purchase of Frozen Roti Prata.
~ Anthony, who have without fail provided his own personal stove and frying pan and gas for our monthly Food Festival.
~ Nimmi, who have kindly volunteered to purchase some brown sugar to be serve with the Prata.

Finally, I have managed to purchase another 3 more Non-stick induction frying pan, this will allows us to have more station to fry the roti prata this week.

A brief note on the process this weekend:
1) We will setup 3 stoves and 3 induction cookers to fry the Roti Prata (we will rotate volunteers to do the cooking to give everyone a chance to do it)
    Concurrently, we will have volunteers to help prepare drinks to go with the Roti Prata.
2) All the cooked Prata will then be placed in trays and cover up to keep warm
3) Once we have prepared a sufficient quantity of Prata, we will start to place them in plates topped with curry and/or brown sugar.
4) If we have enough volunteers to go around, we will serve the prata and drinks to the beneficiaries.

Have a lovely week and may your days be filled with overflowing blessing. See you on Saturday!!

"The capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.” ~ Pablo Casals

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Volunteering Activity on Saturday 18/5/2013

Please take note that we will have our monthly Food Festival next week, 25th May, as there will be a group coming in this Saturday. We will take the time to discuss more about the food festival next week instead :)

For this coming weekend, we will have our usual breakfast service only.

First Service
Breakfast
Time: 0700 - 0800
Food: Otah with Bread
Have a lovely week and may your days be filled with overflowing blessing.
"How beautiful a day can be when kindness touches it! "~George Elliston

Volunteering Activity on Saturday 16/3/13 - Open House (Food Festival + Games Session)‏

For this coming weekend, we will have our usual breakfast service, followed by Food Festival and Games with the residents.

We will be having our first open house (recruitment). Please reached by 8.15am for the Food Festival so that we could have enough time to brief you all on what individual jobs you have and also to set up the cooking equipments be prepared for the open house.

*First Service*

Breakfast
Time: 0700 - 0800
Food: Penang Fried Kway Teow

*Activities Session (Recruitment)*
*Time: 0815hrs - 1200hrs*

Activities: Food Festival + Games
*Food Festival Notes:*

This time, we will be making Luncheon Meat Burger for our beneficiaries. Ingredients includes: Burger Bread, Luncheon Meat, Hard Boiled Egg, Mayonnaise, ....

If you have portable gas stove and pan and would like to loan it to us for this event, please kindly bring along on Saturday =)

A rough plan has been drawn up below. Plan may change with situation.

*Station 1: Cutting Station 1: Hard-boiled egg*
Number of Volunteers: 4-5
Job 1: De-shelling the egg
Job 2: Cutting the egg into small pieces to be mixed with mayonnaise later.

*Station 2: Cutting Station 2: Luncheon Meat*
Number of Volunteers: 4-5
Job: Cutting the Luncheon Meat into 6 round pieces per can.
 Job 2: Deep/Pan Fried the Luncheon Meat (TBC)

*Station 3: Cutting Station 3: Burger Bread*
Number of Volunteers: 3-4
Job 1: Cutting the Burger bread into 2
Job 2: Toasting the bread (TBC)

*Station 4: Mixing Station: Mixing*
Number of Volunteers: 3-4
Job: Mixed the cut up eggs with mayonnaise


*Station 5: Final Station*
Number of Volunteers: 3-4
Job: Putting the Bread, Luncheon Meat, Mixed Eggs + Mayonnaise together

*Station 6: Drinks Station*
Number of Volunteers: 3-4
Job: Making drinks and served them in cups

*Games Notes*
We will be setting up Games stall at 2 different location
1) Foyer
2) Stage and by the side corridor

Proposed Games: (Subject to Changes)

1) Golf (1)
2) Bowling (2)
3) Water Gun (2)

If there are too many volunteers, I would encourage volunteers to head the therapy room to play table soccer or table tennis with the residents.

Have a lovely week and may your days be filled with overflowing blessing. See you on Saturday!!

"If nature made you a giver, your hands are born open, and so is your heart. And though there may be times when your hands are empty, your heart is always full, and you can give things out of that."

By Frances Burnett