Dumpling Festival 2007

Hi all,
Its our Rice Dumpling Festival once more…remember our Human Race with 6 supporting volunteers dressing up as the ingredients of the dumpling?? (FYI: you may wish to check out our archive blog for the pictures, hee hee) You know our volunteers are very supportive of one another..

This year, we will be playing HUMAN JACKPOT…sounds interesting..come on down to be a part of this game… Do not worry only hands and smiley faces are required. No makeup will be provided.

Well, back to our main star of event.."Hokkien Dumpling", please be @ SILRA Home by 10am. Please bring along "S-Hooks" if your home do have any available. This is for hanging our wrapped dumpling.

To make you drool, yummy big mushrooms, the tantalizing meat, the chestnuts. In addition, the main ingredient, rice, also forgotten the "outer clothes", without these what’s rice dumpling…the bamboo leaves & strings..

See you guys here @ SILRA Home this coming Saturday.

Lastly, we hope to see you bring along your family members and/or friends to join in the fun to be wrapped together…

Another Fun Saturday

Hi folks,

were you feeling down because you can't join us for the fishing game..oh we had so much fun not catching fishes but checking whether we got any winning number....hmm you mean its a new game??



Nope we had our usual game, BINGO...together with a group of RI boyz who came down and they also made italian pizza with our residents. Our residents enjoyed it that some of them had second round...Do you know that topping is of your wish.you like more chicken you'll get more..so good..where to find such good service.



Great thanks to the Boyz for their time in coming SILRA to share with our residents...also thanks to our them and our residents that our volunteers also managed to catch a bite of RI pizza as well after dinner is served.



Yesterday weather was sunny and raining which we tot we couldn't bring our residents out for walk. Thankfully, the rain stop abt 5 plus and we brought them out to exercise and sing-a-long by our "small" lawrence and pei hua with our new song book done by the team.
















Keep up the good work...

Next week (2 June), we shall have our fishing game if manpower allowed. As such, do come down @ 2pm to help us set up the stall okie..many thanks in advance.

Hi hi folks,

What a Saturday we had yesterday!! Finally, there are still soup left in the pot after serving the residents 2 times. Yeah!!

Great thanks to all who came early to do the "dirty" job like washing, peeling and cutting. Hope you all had fun in the kitchen... oso thanks to Mak Gor for answering our paging..Hee.. Also, for those who are still helping at the last moment for clearing. GREAT JOB!!

hmmm next month 16 June is our Dumpling Festival so its time to get our hands "dirty" one more time... but this time round, we hope that it can be our 1st ever "official" family day..meaning...bring along either your family member(s) or friends to join us to wrap dumpling..

Check out archive blogs for dumpling festival 2006 with cute pictures of our volunteers dressed up as ingredients of rice dumpling and dragon boat...

Also not to worry we hope that this year we will also have volunteer's mummy, daddy, aunties, sisters and friends join us to guide the "young" ones how to wrap dumpling...so this year is revision time again...Remember to mark your calendar and bring them down once more...

But before that...lets look forward to the coming week - FISHING GAME... do be here ontime @ 2pm to set the fishing stall oso some will need to assist to do exercise at 2nd and 3rd level..

Okie dokie?? Thank YOU & So C ya then...

We are over 20...

Hi all,

Yesterday for a long time our no of volunteers turned up for yesterday service is over 20 pax..tis is remarkable feat (ps: thou can't enter into guinness world record, hee)

Well definitely, the count goes to our new friends who joined us like, Lawrence (aka Xiao Lawrence), Shu Zhen or Suzanne (aka Xiao Suzanne), Mei Chuen (aka Mei), Steven (the one with good memory, rem??). Without them adding to the count, we may not pull out the feat off.

Yesterday was the day that "arrow" was shot to one of our new friends in sharing with us her experience in wheelchair handling. Well, guess we are just trying to be friendly....

This week was pretty interesting, as some of us went to visit Samantha & Kok Leng's princess Grace on Labor Day. Grace is almost full month less 1 day (actual: 2 May) So sweet and demure..Papa Kok Leng look tired but surely he is enjoying this whole process. Check out Mummy Samantha..hmmm where's Kok Leng??

**Princess Grace @ 2 days old **

** Mummy Samantha & Grace @ 1 month old (less 1 day)**

Our next star during the full month visit, Ms Chia Shi Yi...

In addition, some of us got to see "Spidy" in action..hmmm all that about changing color red/blue to black and back again..I tot was spider not chameleon?? Hmm. spidy fans, no offense okie..

Volunteer Orientation @ NVPC (26 Apr 2007)

Hi folks,

its been a great evening for most of us at NVPC.

First of all, on behalf of De Long, Lawrence and Rimei. The 3 of us would like to give thanks to Bee Kim, Chan, Veron, Yue Ping, Stan, Jack and Yan Ting for taking time off in the evening to be @ NVPC distributing SILRA Home brochure, sharing with the attendees on their volunteering experience.

In addition, its heartwarming for Kenny (NVPC staff) to know that this Volunteer Orientation is useful as we have 3 volunteers (Bee Kim, Veron & Chan) who was "attracted" the last round in Nov came this evening to share their experiences. The 3 of you have brighten up his evening. =)

This feeling is more than words can described. Although we know we do not expect to volunteer for any rewards however, as a token of appreciation, SILRA Home Management will provide them movie tickets to watch Spiderman 3. (Limited tickets received in kind)

For those who are unable to make it tonight, we know that you have given us your moral support. We know you have, right...you did gave us support right...yeah you did...

Upcoming Volunteer Orientation

Hi folks,
it’s here again! Yes, volunteer orientation! A chance to seek fresh blood to join us. Besides, at NVPC, we would also like to invite your friends, colleague or family members to join us this round, if they are interested. Remember our date is on this Thursday (26 Apr-NVPC).

Attached is the our schedule for the coming May - Jun 07.

Date/Special Events
5 May: Volunteer Orientation / Wheelchair Handling
12 May: Dialect Session – Hokkien
19 May: Food Festival – Cooking of ABC Soup
26 May: Fishing Game
16 Jun: Dumpling Festival
23 Jun: Volunteer Retreat
30 Jun: High Low Game

We need your valuable help to share your wonderful experience at SILRA with the potential volunteers Details are as below:

Date: 26 April 2007 (Thursday)
Time: 7pm to 8:30pm
Venue: NVPC (National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre)
7 Maxwell Road, #05-01 Annex B MND Complex,
Singapore 06911
Above Amoy Street Hawker Centre (Nearest MRT Station: Tanjong Pagar)

From Tanjong Pagar MRT station, go to exit “G”. Follow the covered walkway from exit “G” which will lead you to a lift lobby (next to the lift lobby is the “ Lee Community College ”). Take the lift up to 5th level.

Hope to c u there! Hope u can join us as well to meet our new volunteers, exchange experiences and make new friends!!

Drinking Session (Ba Kuk Teh)

This Saturday (21 April) we will be preparing Ba Kuk Teh from 12 noon. This will be coupled with some stir-fried vegetables and "You Tiao" for their dinner.

If you like your hands to be wet, join Rimei at 12 noon to wash 8kg of Ba Kuk. Yes, its 8 kg your eyesight didn't fail you.

Alternatively, you can us at later timing to "snip" "snip" "You Tiao" or just to drink the soup

The drinking session will begin at 4pm. So be in for a treat.

Waiting 4 you @ SILRA this Saturday. (",)

ESN Workshops on 22 April 2007 (Sunday)

Hi everyone,

we are glad to inform that Elderly Sector Network (ESN) is organising 2 workshops (details as follows) on 22 April (Sunday). Yes, we are having it on NCSS premises from 9.00am to 3.15pm.

For workshop schedule, pls go to ESN Blogsite @ http://esnworkshops.blogspot.com/

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Workshop 1: The Beginning Volunteer

This is an annual workshop conducted for new volunteers who joined an agency in the elderly sector.

Objective: To allow participants to understand the physiological and psychological aspects of Elderly

Target participants: Fresh volunteers in the Elderly Sector or Volunteers who are interested to know about Elderly

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Workshop 2: Together in Volunteerism

This workshop is for volunteers who are potential leaders in an elderly-related agency

Objective: To allow participants to be aware of issues encountered in volunteer management and organization

Target participants: Volunteers who have at least half a year of experience

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If you are interested but yet to register, pls email your name and the workshop that you are interested to attend to Rimei. (Check your inbox for more details)

New Videos

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