I've been wanting to write this for so long. That was like 7 years + ago. When i was organizing an activity for kids. There were 36 kids in total and i absolutely loved it. Minus the commute in the bus though. Imagine 36 kids in a chartered bus.
What started off was a project that started by looking for old folks as i was part of the organizing committee for organizing a visit to old folks. As it has been for the past 5 years since i join the company in 2012, i propose that we should do something different. How about have an event for the under privilege kids?
We asked around and manage to get Faith Acts to oblige and was willingly to let us take photos to show case the committee event that we have done. In case you are wondering what is Faith Acts. Do check out their website. https://www.faithacts.org.sg/about-us
From there, 1 started the preparations. I was researching on the activities that we could bring the kids for a Saturday morning with 2-3 hours play and also get the volunteers from my company to mingle around so that there will be play. I queried on Kidz-amaze, Snow City, Science Centre. With the budget of $2k on hand, we visited the 3 places for an understanding of the venue and the area where we can house 60 people. We finally settled with Kidz-amaze with budget,location & safety considerations. Here's the website, do check it out. Kidz-amaze people were very nice and really went through with us on all the activities and the safety that need to be taken care of.
https://www.safra.sg/our-facilities/kidz-amaze
We have the venue and location. That was my main concern.
The other items on my checklist was
- Chartered bus to bring the children to and fro from Faith Acts
- Morning snacks (using the budget)
- Volunteers to man the stations (meeting with volunteers to assign their roles as playgroup, safety, ushers)
- Gifts for the kids as they finished the event (corporate gifts)
- Prize hamper for the team of kids (using the budget)
- Lunch for the kids (using the budget)
Overall i would give myself and the team 9.5/10 😀
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