Date: 22nd November 2008
Time: 9am-2pm
Venue: Singapore Zoological Gardens
Event Sponsored by: KRAFT FOODS
Guest of Honour: Mr. Charles Chong, MP for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC
Participants: 50 needy families from Sengkang Primary School, staff of Kraft Foods, staffs and volunteers from Food from the Heart
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Hi folks,
Just came back from another exhilarating experience of watching kids having a ball of a time (to borrow the slogan of Temasek Primary School) and see how the old kids took care of the younger kids, and kids from the donor schools offering toys to the receipient schools. It was like a buyer’s market. (^^) To quite Kahil Gibran, Happiness is in giving, it was in action here!
In the sprawling campus ground of Catholic High, where FFTH used the entire hall and most of the canteens, it was a big feat put together by the people who never say “impossible”! (^^) Imagine, there were events just before the FFTH event when the hall and the canteen were used. There was the O Level exams going on in the morning. Yet within an hour, all the stalls and decorations waiting by the side were put into place! Kudos to the FFTH office team, volunteers and the FFTH Toy Ambassadors! Of course, to the teachers who had to take care of their students, bringing them to the location of this year’s Toy Buffet 2008!
The dance performances by Evergreen School was fantastic! Almost pro! The kids got to “shop” for their toys, watch the performance, have makan (food) at the canteen and voila, games too! The longest queue must be the hair spray booth. The kids just loved to have a tinge of purple on their hair, much to the consternation of some of the teachers, I am sure. Now, even the VIP queued up to have her hair tinted! Another VIP had two hearts on the back of her shoulder nearer to her left arm. Cool ..
It was interesting to see some kids literally carrying their toys to offer to the other kids. And there were also those we went round looking for what might attract them. Ah, it’s like the market, grab before it is too late. I was eyeing at this lonely bear seated on a red chair by the German International School, when one small girl came asking if she could have it. Sure!
Victor
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