Being Kinder in 2019

part of the team of Be.Kind.Sg volunteers to craft 50 flower arrangements to show the community's appreciation and support for the care-givers of children with chronic illnesses in October.

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together, we arranged 40 pots of flowers for the nurses working at IMH to thank them for their hard + heart work this Nurses' Day in August.

flowers really make the day happier.... puts me in a good mood to take lots of pics... =)

presented my pot of flowers to the nurse working in ward 82

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of diy national flags with oil pastels, shinny stars stickers and yellow dotted crescent

and waving them in the air while singing national day songs led by Eric and Bernice

making origami hearts to form a larger national flag to be displayed at the home in the month of August

and receiving super cute balloons as birthday gift for the birthday residents in July...

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of line dancing,

human train with the volunteers & residents,

colouring

and monthly birthday celebrations for the residents @ the home in June

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my job as an art teacher brought me the privilege of assisting 6 of the home's residents to assemble paper quilling flowers in the aircon meeting room for a prison & home collaboration project that will be presented to a minister during kindness week 2019.

then back to the main hall to interact with the rest of the residents over colouring & sing alongs...

had passed these colouring sheets created by my Junior Art Club members as part of their VIA program to MX last month and was very happy to spot one of them bringing joy to a resident ... =)

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participated in BeKindSG's Encouragement/Appreciation series with NKF to gift diy flower bouquets to support & encourage their patients on dialysis on a Saturday evening in April.

the program started with a half an hour tour at the NKF Kidney Discovery Centre led by a staff from the NKF's volunteering department. It was a very educational tour on the importance of renal care and the pain & suffering of patients who need dialysis. I strongly encourage everyone to visit. The centre is open to the public every Friday from 9am to 4pm.

next up was the flower bouquet arrangement session led by one of BeKindSG's exco-volunteers. Under her super easy step-by-step instruction, i managed to make these two bouquets to gift to 2 of the dialysis patients who were at the centre that evening... =)

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Really thankful to have Be Kind SG, a Ground-Up Movement which initiates unique and out of the box 'Doing Good' programs on top of the usual volunteering programs @ homes...

To promote the message of acceptance and inclusivity of autism in this month of April (World Autism Awareness Month), Be Kind SG organised a Movie Get-together to watch the movie '光 Guang' ...

It's an amazing show which i feel that every decent human being should watch to learn how to be a part of a more inclusive and civilised society.

The show gives us a gleam into the world of a man with autism; his obsession with his passion, his single-mindedness in doing anything & everything to achieve what he set out to achieve, his way of communication and his struggles. The movie also portrays the love & responsibility, stress & frustration of his primary care-giver; his younger brother after their mother died when they were both still rather young.

the program was concluded with us writing appreciation and 加油 cards which will be presented to parents with autistic children during an Autism Awareness event later this month...

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Claire showed interest in being involved in some volunteering work so i suggested participating in one of "Project Awareness - Share & Walk with me" weekly food distribution programs in April where her two older kiddos could come along too....

Together with 50+ volunteers, we helped to distribute rice, noodles, bottle drinks, puddings and soy sauce to families whom live in rental flats in Ang Mo Kio...

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of egg sandwich making with the residents and orea chocolate muffins from Dignity Kitchen for the residents @ the home in March