Basketball's tie-up with the Singapore Hotel Association (SHA)

Basketball has been partnering Singapore Hotel Association (SHA) for 8 years and have helped them in the inter-hotel track and field competition by facilitating the whole event held on July 26 and August 30 in the Toa Payoh stadium.

They had to work closely with the officials of SHA and coordinate their events in order for this to be successful.

As Alvana reflected: An interesting experience where we get to learn more about track positions!

This activity allowed the team to bond more as a whole and also to learn new things such as track positions and rules of the game. Allowing them to work together as a team for this even also bonded the team much more.

Visit Metta Day Activity Centre for the Intellectually Disabled by the Computer Club

They went to Metta Day Activity Centre for the Intellectually Disabled to help them to make clay objects like fridge magnets, penholders etc for sale for their fundraising event to be held later in the year. Since the members have no experience in making clay objects, their staff gave them pointers to create simple clay objects. They also helped them to create a video to create awareness of their services to the public.

Value exercised: Selflessness

Overall reflection:
"Th tried our best to make the most presentable clay objects so as to make sure that our creations are sellable in order for them to gain funds. Furthermore, they also bought some of the clay objects on display for sale as a matter of donating to their organisation."

Table Tennis's visit to the Ling Kwang Home

The Table Tennis Team went down to the Ling Kwang Home on the 25th of May to render their services to the old folks.

They washed and dried a total of about 200 chairs and also took the chance to interact with the elderly.

It was an eye-opener listening to the stories of these elderly, especially since they have stories of the past which we never experienced before.

As Shiuan Ling puts it:

" The interaction with the elderly was most meaningful as the smile and nod provided me with a sense of satisfaction which I had never really felt before. They reminded me about my grandparents and the need to spend more time with them. "

Library Society's Visit to the Darul Ihsan Orphanage

Killing two birds with one stone, the library society explored their creative sides by staging a play and also shared their joy and laughter with the people of Darul Ihsan Orphanage on the 27th of March 2009.

The librarians got in touch with their imaginative side to write a play titled " Snow White and the 2 Gingerbread Ladies " based on various fictional fairy tales.

They also prepared door gifts and conducted interactive story-telling sessions to engage with the orphans.

Many obstacles came along our way, such as having to coordinate rehearsal times and switching locations at the last minute. However because of the persevering character of SRJC-ians, they managed to overcome these obstacles and made a success out of this event.

As Janet Ng puts it:

" Despite this, we managed to make full use of our CCA time to complete our rehearsals and persevered through even by means of moving from venue to venue in school to find a suitable place for rehearsals after CCA time. "

Volunteering at Hortpark for the Children Cancer Foundation

Instead of spending our usual Friday Nights on movies and dinner to kickstart the weekend, a group of CCC volunteers headed down to Hortpark to volunteer for Project Springs in conjunction with the Children's Cancer Foundation.

We put our skills to the practice by folding origami to be displayed at our Booth. In addition, we increased our repertoire of folding Origami by picking up a few more skills from Yi Qi,. a member of the Project Springs.

By volunteering our evening there, we not only gained experience in learning more about how the Children's Cancer Foundation operates but also picked up the skills of promoting and creating awareness about the CCF amongst our patrons.

It was indeed an enriching experience, a Friday night well spent!

Guest Speaker from the HCA Hospice

Did you guys know about the five language of love that can be expressed?

Well, the CCC found out through an engaging activity helmed by a representative from the HCA Hospice, a place for terminally ill patients to live out their remaining days
Through this talk, we were able to learn more about communicating with these people via the 5 love languages, namely:

1. Words of Affirmation
2. Quality Time
3. Receiving Gifts
4. Acts of Service
5. Physical Touch

We were introduced to the five languages by watching a video titled "Tuesdays with Morrie" where we watched different scenes meant to trigger our thoughts and emotions.

By relating to the various characters in the show who had to care for the elderly and terminally ill "Morrie", we learnt to relate to our friends residing at HCA Hospice.

"Morrie" reminded us to maintain a positive outlook on life, even in the face of battling a life-threatening disease.
We learned to remain positive and caring towards the patients at HCA just as how Morrie's caretakers and the people around him treated.

Geared with this new knowledge and passion, we are definitely ready for our upcoming event with the elderly to Vivocity!